Honestly our lives would just be easier if we could go just with physical metal coins such as gold, silver, or likely an alloy of some kind with lower value... And use bitcoins for all transactions where connections are available. Small purchases could be made with physical coins or bitcoins, and large purchases should generally always require bitcoins. Unless you want to carry some silver bricks around when you want to buy a car.
Exactly. Use bitcoins when you can, and use
Shire Silver cards for in-person non-digital transactions.
I hadn't heard of Shire Silver before, that looks like a great option. I will probably order a few of them to see what they look like up close. I like the idea of encouraging people to make their own, but I am not sure that's a good idea for physical bitcoin wallets. It would need to be preloaded and tamper-proof.
What I am thinking about with bitcoin would be something like a business card size product (potentially combined with silver or gold) that has a tamper-proof seal that is polished and unique enough to be clearly distinguishable from a cheap knockoff from e-bay. A custom scratch-off ticket could work but I am not sure if it is durable enough for people to keep in their wallets for a long time without accidentally scratching off the decal.
