If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The dollar used to be a gold standard currency. And the dollar is really good in the last century, I mean in the 19th century.
The value of a currency is, ultimately, what someone will give you for it - whether in food, fuel, assets, or labor. And that's always and everywhere a subjective decision.
A currency designed for long-term storage and investment doesn't do so well at encouraging transactions and exchange in the moment.
In truth, the best Bitcoin can hope for is to be a second-rate version of gold, if that.
The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar.
In reality there is no such thing as an inflation of prices, relatively to gold. There is such a thing as a depreciated paper currency.
Many gold and silver experts will recommend you buy numismatic coins - rare and old coins. If you are not a rare coin expert, I'd encourage you to stay away from them. New investors often pay too much for rare coins that are not really rare.
I don't want to have one currency for all North America.
The only currency I value is the coin of the spirit. That's very important in my life.
The U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time.