Bitcoin, on the other hand, is great on the 'exchange' side of the spectrum, but I (seemingly alone) do not consider it a good 'reserve' currency. Marry the two (or at least get them being regular fuck-buddies) and one has a very robust solution which would be relatively cumbersome for attackers to meddle with.
why do u think it wouldn't fx well as a reserve currency? nightly settlements btwn nations could occur in an instant unlike gold and no centralized warehouses for bullion would be needed.
Gold is the ultimate store of value and has been since the dawn of civilization. That's not going to change any time soon.
this is true but times change.
It wouldn't diminish gold's status at all. Both are decentralized and debt-free, so they complement each other quite well.
But Bitcoin accomplishes everything that gold did when it was the reserve currency of the world. in fact, i'd argue Bitcoin would function better in today's Internet Age. using both would be redundant and i think if left to its own, the "market" would choose the more efficient means of performing the reserve currency function and that would be Bitcoin.