Preparing for a recession... Gold or Bitcoin?
Of course Bitcoin. Harder question would be in times of war (especially world war 3) what you would choose, bitcoin or gold? With gold you could buy food and with Bitcoin? Only in countries not involved in war.
And what would war change about bitcoin?
If you have a network and you have access to it you can still exchange it from virtual currency to fiat and vice versa.
You could even trade with other people in same country the war is at at exchangers like localbitcoins or talk with them and trade currency virtually and get your fiat face to face if you couldnt access the banks.
This is only speculation if a war starts, it is unlikely that any of the methods will work effectively. And in general, we are talking about recession, what is the best way to store the cost. For example, I dont know what will be more safe, however, choosing from a variety of assets, Bitcoin and gold seem to be the most stable during the global crisis