RE:If gold is money
You are free to ignore the difference between currency & money at your own peril. Paper slips with ornate ink are currency. Currency is used for our day to day expenses. Fiat currency has zero intrinsic value, we all know it & it doesnt bother us because currency is for spending not storing value. Gold & silver are money. They are a store of perpetual value. They survive shipwrecks, fires, war, & the collapse of civilization. They are portable, nice when fleeing for your life with only what you can carry. They are universal in their acceptance, every society on Earth accepts them as payment. Gold & silver is money in no civilization & advanced civilization. Fiat currency & cryptocurrency are dependant on civilization as we know it. For everyday purchases now or AFTER the apocalypse, we convert money, gold & silver, in to currency of the day. Currency might be abalone shells or slips of paper with portraits. Know the difference between currency & money.