for most of history you could use it offline, and it was actually the primary currency. until governments starting banning domestic redemption in gold. it’s onl

for most of history you could use it offline, and it was actually the primary currency. until governments starting banning domestic redemption in gold. it’s only the last 100 years or so that we got off the gold standard. and it wasn’t until the 70s that the US got off the gold exchange standard internationally.