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BTC has utility gold hasn't, like portability, absolute ownership (you can take BTC with you when you die) etc
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That's an interesting property of Bitcoin, that I never really thought about. It's true, you can die and take the keys with you, which is equivalent to making a donation to the Bitcoin community, equally distributed among all BTC holders. Nice!
It can be like any memory in your Brain... yours forever, if you want.