But bitcoin is just a scam of course.
Would love to see an updated map, but I'm not sure I understand how I could update the data behind it.
If you had to flee your country gold/silver will be far more trouble than BTC.
A currency with built-in functionality to track everything, forever and making that data public seems to be good for funding illegal activities?
I would like to think just cash in various currencies would be the best for that. Washing cash is not exactly a new thing and sometimes boring technology is best.
If I wanted to, right now, buy drugs online, engage in illegal online gambling, ransom someone's data, etc it will most likely be done in BTC or maybe Monero.
Meanwhile, people in Venezuela who diverted some assets into bitcoin can actually transact for food or medicine at prices less volatile than the local fiat currency, even including high transaction fees and verification times. Things they can’t do with precious metals held by custodians that transact in the fiat currency, let alone the fiat itself.
But by all means, let’s hear some more specious “Bitcoin mining uses X amount of (largely renewable) energy and I personally happen to think X is too large for what I perceive to be no benefits” diatribes.
This isn't anti-crypto. This is anti-bitcoin as a practical asset if things hit the fan.
Precisely which economy? The world?
You're going to have a lot more problems than just spending money if the world economy crashes.