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Nothing is stopping you from storing your savings in gold right now. You don’t need the gold standard for that.

Last week I stumbled upon an article which claimed the Dutch government ( NL ) has the power to claim all private gold in the country.

If it is true, I wonder if similar laws exist in other countries.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Reserve_Act and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102#Similar_l... and https://www.quora.com/Why-did-it-used-to-be-illegal-for-Amer...

Other than needing to safely store your gold somewhere. I'm guessing there's probably also some insurance you could get to protect against loss? With a bank these are generally "free" with laws that protect deposits.

If you trust others to keep it for you, there are companies that let you buy gold online that they will store for you, and there are even gold ETFs. If you have a brokerage account, buy some shares of GLD and you’re done.

If you don't trust the financial system surely you don't trust gold certificates either.

Dig it down ... atleast I would.

The original comment mentioned the gold standard, which is just gold certificates used as everyday currency.

If you don’t trust that sort of stuff then the gold standard is totally irrelevant anyway.

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