Gold has given economical stability to any currency if significant amounts are kept in central banks though. And remains the most trustworthy asset during crises.
Bitcoin has its recognition and value from the people that are using it;  what happens if they stop using it?!  

 People will stop using Bitcoin if it ceases to be the best at what it does.

Kind of like how I mostly stopped using gold. 

 So you stopped using gold for something new; bitcoin. And as you said (in other words) people will stop using bitcoin if there is something that is better than bitcoin at what it does; something new. Seems to me that we are in a “wait for it” phase.  

 That something new, that is better than bitcoin in what it does, is happening in the backstage of this world. Check this out:
https://nostr.band/note1fva4q2pq6wjxj8tnyrtukx4rfzjlsghh3rm7frj29z3q2q5a65cqyef8n0