...compared to say u.s. dollar bills which you can hold in your hand or stuff in your mattress.
this is why bitcoins will not go mainstream because majority of human beings on this planet do not have access to a computer.
successful gold standards are things like toyota trucks, ak-47's, u.s. c-notes which thrive in places like afghanistan and africa.
But did you think about the world changing to globalization. I don't want to state it is going to be better with it, but for sure computers are getting more accessable. Even in poorer countries it gets inevitable to owna smart phone, on which you can do cryptos!