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I wonder: if there truly was a nuclear apocalypse, could bitcoins be used ? Would it be more practical than barters or leftover coins and jewels ?

• throwanem 9y ago
  As long as the nuclear apocalypse in question leaves the Internet effectively untouched, sure. Oh, and shipping companies, to deliver things people buy. And power generation infrastructure, to run the Internet, and fuel infrastructure, to run the trucks. To whatever extent the nuclear apocalypse leaves these things functional, Bitcoin can still be used. That the extent to which the nuclear apocalypse leaves these things functional, is inversely proportional to the extent to which the nuclear apocalypse is a nuclear apocalypse, seems a detail not worthy of much regard among serious-minded cryptocurrency aficionados. (On a more local level, if your postapocalyptic enclave finds it more practical to denominate transactions in cryptocurrency instead of barter or some physical medium of exchange, congratulations! The power, time, and effort required to maintain such an infrastructure, in such a time and place, represent unimaginable luxury. Try to enjoy it, in whatever moments you can spare from repelling raiders drawn by the prospect of gaining access to a working power plant and all your other riches.)