Um, close but not quite.

Would you agree that, in order for someone to WANT to give something a fair shake, the initial interaction must be strong enough to overcome any preconceived notions that person holds?

Would you also agree that the strength of the initial interaction must be different for each person you present it to?

Doing a deep dive into any subject (including crypto) requires a basic desire to know more on the topic, because it takes a significant amount of time and effort to perform said deep dive.

So, the bottom line is that your arguments are woefully insufficient to overcome my preconceived notions about crypto.

So with that said, silver and gold have been money since the beginning of recorded history, before the internet, electricity, or even agriculture. No government or central infrastructure is required for me to maintain or spend my precious metals. No person, no government on the planet knows how much silver and gold I have, and it's impossible for anyone to ever find out without my consent. There's no node ID that can be identified as having a certain amount of wealth. When I make my transactions with silver and gold, no one except those involved in the transaction will ever know that a transaction even took place.

There are a ton of reasons I disagree with your assessment that crypto is the way, but the most basic is this: Crypto provides anonymity, but precious metals provide privacy.

Remember a few months ago when the Resident proposed giving the IRS full access to every bank account with a balance over $600? More than anything else, the cabal wants our INFORMATION. Who we are, what we like, what we buy, what we have, who we interact with, who we vote for....

Maybe to begin with, all "they" can see is a node ID that purchased a pound of weed on Silk Road. Then website xyz starts allowing you to use crypto to purchase their products. Now you give your node id to website xyz, along with your email address. "They" already know which human being is linked to that email address (thanks, Google), so now "they" have enough information to link you to that node ID. The fact that the feds found and arrested the silk road guy proves that crypto is not private. The fact that the feds have, on multiple occasions, confiscated crypto from still-anonymous wallets (they don't have to know who you are to confiscate your assets), proves crypto is not private. True privacy would mean the feds don't even know it exists, vs not knowing who owns it.

When I buy a pound of weed from my local dispensary with silver bullion, all "they" can see is that someone bought a pound of weed, and only if they get a court order to examine the dispensary's records.

For those of us for whom privacy is a paramount (rather than anonymity), crypto just doesn't fit the bill.

Really what we're talking about is salesmanship. You have a belief, and you're attempting to sell others on that belief. The problem is, from my point of view, you're a really bad salesman because your pitch doesn't address my primary concern. So, I don't see a clear benefit to investing any more of my time or energy into what you're selling.