Gold is not safe because of its physical presence its hard to keep it away from street robbers and thiefs so I am sure people are not going to connect with good again once they try investing in bitcoin now is hardly possible for them to move again to 19th century where people were not having any other option than Gold.
Owning physical gold exposes you to a few local thieves, owning bitcoin exposes you to a global network of hackers.
How many exchanges been hacked?
How many people have been scammed on this forum?
Find me a precious metals forum with a section similar to the scam accustion thread on this forum, you wont find one.
$40k gold is the size of a smart phone and very easy to hide away securely and if your discreet how would anyone know you have it?
Buying gold with cash is anonomous, dealing with bitcoin leaves your digital fingerprint everywhere you go.