No, I wasn't joking. I was asking sincerely, if you're reason for holding bitcoin is that you want to be able to buy goods next week without worrying about inflation, why not just buy the goods now and avoid the risk of owning bitcoin.
Which form? At some point Zimbabwe economy was (is?) so fucked up that currency does not hold any value, so barter is all there is. Money literally evaporates overnight:
> The peak month of hyperinflation occurred in mid-November 2008 with a rate estimated at 79,600,000,000% per month