Bitcoin Q&A: How would Bitcoin be affected by a return to a gold standard?

How would Bitcoin be affected if major economies went back to the gold standard? Is this even possible at this point? Is gold as scarce as Bitcoin? If somehow many large countries did return to a real gold standard, what would happen to the price of a bitcoin?

This question is from the January monthly patron session, which took place on January 25th, 2020. If you want early-access to talks and a chance to participate in the monthly live Q&As with Andreas, become a Community Builder on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop


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