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OK so if I bring in a gold bar weighing half an oz to buy a carrot, how are you going to provide change? Yeah sure weigh it out. But how do I verify on the spot it's real gold and how do you divide up my gold bar? Does the Amish have to lug around a bunch of gold nuggets for change? Doesn't make any sense. USD still functions better in this case.

Sandor Clegane 11mo ago

Why the hell would you use gold for small purchases?

Come on, there is plenty of historical example of how this worked & full ounces aren't all there is.

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BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 11mo ago 💬 2

Right. So gold is not a very good medium of exchange.

Your other two options are usd and bitcoin. Which is better?

Sandor Clegane 11mo ago

Monometalism is a modern statist creation.

BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 11mo ago 💬 2

OK sure, but that doesn't change the fact that bitcoin is a better method of exchange than any physical metal coin. Gold or otherwise.

I can weigh metal coins but I have no way to verify on the spot it's not a forgery.

I have to carry around coins and someone has to have a scale.

These old methods worked in a historical context and will continue to work in a post apocalyptic type of context. But in today's current society, bitcoin is better.

Sandor Clegane 11mo ago

For you, who is not in a small closed society who wants little from outside itself.

BITwise 🐳 >>= RIGHTish 11mo ago

If this is true why do the Amish currently use USD over precious metal coins?