I've spent a fair amount of time studying the nature of money.
From 2008 until 2012, I spent most of my time on a different forum where the topics under discussion were macroeconomics, money, and the operation of the financial system. During my time there I came very close to independently deriving the concept of money as
delayed reciprocal altruism.
As far as "ideal money" goes, Krawisz
nailed it.
The only thing I'd add to what he wrote is that where the crypto-goldbugs think they have an example of something being a store of value without being a medium of exchange, what they are actually observing is the effects of subsidies on central banks.
No, you haven't spent a fair time. Nash is nearly 90, and has been lecturing on the topic of "Ideal Money" for 20 years. He had his revelation in nearly 1960 on what would become "ideal money". I do not know what the issue with text internet dialogue in which what I convey doesn't get across.
You have ignored an IMMENSE amount of literature on the topic. I think you and others are reading my words like "Hey some random guy gave some random talks about what good money could be". I need you to read it like this
"The world's most knowleadgeable man on money has been explaining for 20 years how bitcoin is going to revolutionize economics".
He goes into incredible depth, and I think such a thing should not be ignored. You must understand what it looks like from my perspective-this is silly.
(Edit: btw thx for the articles I will read them as we go!)