My point here, is if they have to have that precious metal, we can take it when we overthrow them for going corrupt, if needed. I know preventing the same problem won't be easy, but I do think that having knowledge from historical mistakes on our side should make our chances a lot higher.

I like the idea of crypto, as it is, but I don't believe that tyrants will simply let it be. And I worry that the more people buy into it the easier they will buy into a central bank crypto to replace it. To normies it would be presented as the same thing, and they would buy it.