The USD used to be on the Gold Standard -- that is, it used to be a proxy for Gold. Using BTC as a "proxy" currency isn't unhealthy per se -- it's merely a tra

The USD used to be on the Gold Standard -- that is, it used to be a proxy for Gold. Using BTC as a "proxy" currency isn't unhealthy per se -- it's merely a transitionary step until people have adopted BTC more widely.