Rather than considering as the "gold" of crypto investment, Bitcoin should be considered as the original cryptocurrency. It was the original asset invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. All the other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Litecoin have plagiarized at least a part of the idea from Bitcoin. Some of them may be more technologically advanced, but the basic idea came from Bitcoin.

You are not wrong however who has the money to invest in both at the same time? Most of the members of the forum do not have a lot of money and they need to pick one or the other and when we take into account their performance during the last years then it is completely obvious that bitcoin is the best choice for those looking to make profits, so while gold is not a bad choice most people will select bitcoin simply for the superior benefits they will get out of it.

I think Bitcoin is a very good option as gold. There are differences like very high volatility. But both of them can be very profitable in the long run. Also in an economic crisis, I think both of them will be very valuable because fiat will devaluate.

Yes, bitcoin is truly the gold of crypto investment. Though we've got lots and lots of cryptocurrencies in the market, bitcoin stands strong and high in the market same as gold stands against silver and other valuable metals. There are lots of cryptocurrencies that grow high in the market, but bitcoin is the one that is being trusted. Based on all these facts bitcoin is the gold of crypto investment.

If Bitcoin is the gold of crypto then what can be described as silver? Long ago LTC was the silver to bitcoin's gold, it even used a silver logo to promote this difference but now when it got mostly abandoned I don't feel like it's relevant.

As an alternative to gold bitcoin is great because you can't sell gold fast and it's difficult to move it to another country. Bitcoin is just faster and safer.

I hope you don't mean that it is on par with gold because gold is way out of bitcoin's league when it comes to price. Availability wise, bitcoin wins as it has virtually more accessible coins up there that are also easier to mine unlike gold. It also can't lose value as it does not wear out or deplete. And most of all, it has an insane price per piece ratio compared to gold's. Nonetheless, one can definitely say that bitcoin is the gold of cryptocurrency

I think it is better to diversify, investment in Gold and BTC will be a good choice and we don't necessarily need to compare both, they have proven to be a safe haven and they will remain so for long if not internity.

IMO, we can compare Bitcoin to Gold in many ways, the first one is their scarcity, the only difference is that Bitcoin's actual volume is known and could be tracked, but Gold isn't but we know that it is scarce. Another one is that both Bitcoin and Gold have a practical purpose, for Bitcoin, it could be used for a transaction, investment, and much more undiscovered. The same with Gold, it could be traded, sold, and be formed as jewelry or a conductor for devices. Going back, the case here is about investment. Bitcoin and Gold in that case aren't the same and completely different. There is a driving factor of demand in Bitcoin such as when there's a bitcoin halving, the price could be pushed way up to higher which will direct its path in the long term as progressive, there are also seasonal changes especially the volatility of Bitcoin is sometimes unpredictable, unlike Gold which is steady. But one thing for use is that both Bitcoin and Gold could work hand in hand as we could use Gold to Back Bitcoin or vise Versa.

If people who understand the world of crypto. would be prefer to Bitcoin than gold I guess.  The value of gold is stable in contrast to volatile Bitcoin.  Gold and bitcoin managed to become one of the most profitable investment assets in the first half of this year.  But if Bitcoin can break 20k $ then it will be ready to soar even more expensive. there are advantages and disadvantages of each too.  however as long as we invest Bitcoin on the top exchanges it will be safe.  holding Bitcoin will be easier when we suddenly need money especially during a pandemic like this.