Re: Compared to Bitcoin, gold doesn't seem real...

The rich and powerful usually resort to violence to achieve their ends.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet were the two richest men in America last time I looked, and they're not street-fighters.

Neither has real power. Note the word "and."

The true wealthy isn't those with a publicly large net worth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_banking_system

The shadow banking empires have more wealth than all the physical assets on this planet. This is possible when money has become digitized IOUs and banks have free reign in engaging in fractional reserve lending.