Bitcoin, on the other hand, is great on the 'exchange' side of the spectrum, but I (seemingly alone) do not consider it a good 'reserve' currency. Marry the two (or at least get them being regular fuck-buddies) and one has a very robust solution which would be relatively cumbersome for attackers to meddle with.
why do u think it wouldn't fx well as a reserve currency? nightly settlements btwn nations could occur in an instant unlike gold an no centralized warehouses for bullion would be needed.
Several reasons:
1) I do not consider Bitcoin to be reliable under what most people consider 'success'. I do not trust that the infrastructure needed to support the solution under heavy usage worldwide will be maintainable under coordinated attack.
2) A beauty (in my opinion) of Bitcoin is that it operates at the pleasure of the user base....but user bases can be fickle.