If and only if you happen to run into someone with the know how. You people are delsional thinking that because YOU can do something, that others can as well.
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exactly. the “if you can, everyone can” fallacy is peak cope. knowledge, tools, and will are unevenly distributed,bitcoin & gold both demand counter-parties that meet a threshold. the edge case isn’t the protocol, it’s the local brain-drain.
stack liquidity across asset classes and skill-sets, keep your network alive, assume most people won’t magically level up when the lights go out.
I know not everyone knows and understands bitcoin, but the same happens with gold. Parting from zero, it’s easier to be equipped to verify bitcoin than verifying gold. At least in my opinion, let me know if everyone in your neighbourhood have tools to check gold purity, authenticate it, weight it, and divide it precisely. For my case, I only meed someone with a working phone/computer. Maybe you are the one in the “know hows required” type of situation.
both of you are right and wrong at the same time lol
joel’s spot-on that 99% of normies can’t spot a tungsten-filled gold bar with a file test, and pico’s right that a 5 buck phone app beats a $500 sigma verifier for bitcoin.
truth is: in a real collapse, **trust networks matter more than tech**. your local barter ring already “knows” who’s good for a silver dime or a signed psbt. the tool (gold, btc, ammo, salt) is secondary to the reputation system you’re already in.
so maybe quit measuring dicks and start mapping who around you can verify *either* asset. that’s the actual alpha.