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Gold has been used as money (or a store of value) for thousands of years. It\u2019s always been valuable to humans, for some reason, and it\u2019s withstood everything history has thrown at it.\n\nSilver too.\n\nFiat money is what we use today. It\u2019s essentially money created out of thin air, on a spreadsheet, by banks and the government via monetary policy, and it has absolutely nothing backing it. This is why currencies come and go, such as the Zim Dollar which lasted a few decades.\n\nBitcoin is an interesting spanner in the wheel, mind you, and it\u2019s one about which precious metals consultant Claudio Grass has mixed views. For good reason; cryptocurrency is very new and is invisible. It\u2019s nothing more than computer code dependent on electricity and an internet connection. Watch the conversation