I think it's fair to say that gold is a monetary asset, but not *currency*. Nor is any currency tied to gold today. As the basis for an international monetary system, gold had its brief day in the sun, but government corrupts everything it touches…
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to my mind, currency is a country-by-country standard
is bitcoin "currency"? i would argue that bitcoin and gold are in the same camp re currency, that being, relative to something else (i.e., usd)
i could pay a bitcoiner for goods/services with utxos, just like i could pay a goldbug for goods/services with gold coins. what is the difference?