Hi Prepperponderin, Very interesting observations. I understood from the general spirit of your posts that you are for the downside protection, which is great and very important. I sure hope though that if everything does go down, we as a group of humans can figure out a way to keep on going collectively. Even in banking crisis if only people don't panic, things won't be so bad. But, of course, each individually needs to be prepared in the best possible way. Before reading this post, I had written up about a possible crypto network which could help us barter more efficiently, not only with goods but services, and could actually help in a case of a total collapse. You can read it under my handle: @bittax. Cheers!