As a resource extracted from the Earth, gold does not directly contribute to human value. As a centralised currency it poses the same risk of exploitation as paper money, despite the fact it is a more precious resource and may have other useful applications. Both gold and paper currency have more value than digital currency, however, which can be generated from thin air and easily manipulated. But the whole economy is rigged anyway, due to fractional reserve banking and the fiat currency which was designed to fail. If gold were to become the new currency, it would be exploited by those who can acquire the most, fostering another competitive system. In many ways, this is what it was like in history. There is risk posed with any medium of exchange that lacks intrinsic value. Whilst gold has been traded for thousands of years and retains its value better than most assets, it all ultimately feeds the control system until there is a paradigm shift in the way resources are handled and traded, free from the interference of centralised institutions. People have killed for gold. Countries have gone to war for gold and today the majority has been siphoned into private vaults. The global population were tricked into giving their gold away in exchange for IOU receipts, which became paper currency. Most people have no idea about this history of currency. I’d propose a system where we trade based on individual skill sets, without using an agreed upon centralised resource to exchange. This would not be feasible at the moment until we see the dimantling of globalisation and redistribution of wealth, without succumbing to collectivist ideologies such as socialism and communism, which are even more harmful than the corrupt capitalist system. The more decentralised the networks, and the more ethical/valuable the resource/service, the more efficient things would work and the higher the quality of life for individuals, and at the least expense to the planet and its resources.