Your comment made me realise, Bitcoin is just sound money. I use it like I use foreign money, I exchange it either in batches or on the fly when needed. From a monetary perspective, I am simply a foreigner in my own country.

As for retaining personality beyond death, I think this will be possible in the future, in fact that's what I'm trying to achieve for myself. I don't, however, think it will be possible to go back in time to restore people from the past, primarily because the knowledge footprint they left would never be sufficient to reconstruct their personality.

While my parents died of old age, I still have unsaid conversations I would love to have with both of them. I understand, in part at least, your pain.