...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.
I don't think, if true, this will cause bitcoin to fail. Close to 5 billion people have mobile phones and 3.2 billion have internet. These
technology leapfrogs eliminate the need for computers.