Yup, and Ron Paul is a true believer in the EMP attack TEOTWAWKI scenario.
I've had people respond, "Well, if there is enough people, they can hobble together an Internet."
sigh Crypto is fine for now, but like all other non-metallic currencies in a TEOTWAWKI situation, it is innately useless.
He's in the pessimistic camp, and I'm right there with him. The powers that shouldn't be are not going to walk quietly into the night. They will burn the house down and kill everyone in it before losing their power.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going is the old saying. I add, "The smart left long ago" to it though. I am not holding out hope for a peaceful resolution to the current economic situation. There will be war. My hope is that it will not be nuclear, but... it probably will be. If that happens though, we won't care about our PM's or crypto.
Silver would probably be the most useful in a SHTF scenario. Makes a great disinfectant from a very small amount of silver. There's really no telling what kind of society will come out of the ashes of this one.
Like Einstein said, "world war 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.."
2nd most useful... right behind brass.