Using the Zombacalypse

To hock bitcoins.  Interesting.

It's just money.  Or trying to be.  With advantages and disadvantages just like other money.

There are three fundamental things we want a money to do:

1) We want money to maintain a stable domestic price level.
2) We want money to maintain a stable relationship against other currencies.
3) We want money to be freely convertible into goods, including other moneys.

Pick two.   Bitcoin might one day do 2 and 3.  Not yet, but maybe one day. 

Bitcoin has some advantages and disadvantage over the last money, gold, that did 2 and 3.  But why not