Apparently, there is a way to pay for things digitally, with gold. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/b...turns-gold-into-a-digital-currency-2018-07-17
I call BS. The whole point, at least for me, of investing in gold is that by taking physical possession of the bullion itself, you eliminate counterparty risk. Do I really trust that I could ever actually access a fraction of a bar in the scheme they describe? Sheesh.