Silver

Monetary property checklist

Property	Met
Medium of exchange	✅
Unit of account	✅
Portable	✅
Durable	✅
Divisible	✅
Fungible	✅
Relative scarcity	✅

Strong on the same property stack as gold. Silver has been used more as a money throughout human history than gold. Even though it's not as popular as a currency today, it's monetary properties are still intact which means the right conditions can come along to bring it back to the forefront as a currency in some form or another. Obviously, that's just our speculative opinion but it's a good bet that silver will still be around in 100 years.

Silver, like physical metals is inherently private. From an individual perspective, silver won't be tracked by anyone unless you want it to be. Hide it under your mattress, in a safe, or in a vault. You decide.

Just keep it secret. Keep it safe.

Silver is realtively easy to get your hands on in bullion form with active retail markets. Once you have it in hand, it's yours as long as you keep it safe. It's easy to invest in by buying it and holding it. When you're ready to sell, you can do so at a dealer or online. How easy it is to do so is really a matter of how much effort you're willing to put into it.

Even you don't invest in silver as a currency or a financial asset, it's still a valuable to industries that use it in their production processes so there's always demand for it in electronics, solar, and other industries.

Bullion silver is widely traded among dealers, wholesale channels, and individual investors. It's a liquid asset and can be easily bought. The majority of physical silver stackers buy from trusted online dealers who are known to be honest and reputable.

That said, keep in mind the paper market (the silver people buy through online platforms and other digital channels) is trading paper, not physical silver. The paper market is more susceptible to price manipulation and volatility than the bullion market which is why stackers often prefer to hold physical silver.

Silver has a long history as a medium of exchange- it's been used as a currency for thousands of years and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Even if it's not used as a currency today, it's still a valuable asset to industries that use it in their production processes so there's always demand for it in electronics, solar, and other industries.

Silver is as easy to self-custody as gold. You can hide it under your mattress, in a safe, or in a vault. You can also store it at a depository. It's up to you how you want to do it, but it's easy to do. Keep in mind that it requires more space than gold so if you're not willing to make the investment in a safe, then you may want to consider other options. That said, silver is still very a popular metal among stackers.

Silver is very retail accessible. You can buy it from a dealer, online, or at a local shop. People find it easy to invest in by buying it and holding it. When you're ready to sell, you can do so at a dealer or online. How easy it is to do so is really a matter of how much effort you're willing to put into it.

Owning silver, like gold, is the ultimate form of wealth sovereignty. No middlemen, no gatekeepers, no government interference. You own it, you control it, you decide what to do with it. You can spend it, invest it, or hold it for the future. It's yours.

Once silver metal is in your possession, it's yours as long as you keep it safe.

The only counterparty risk is associated with where you buy it from. If you buy it from a trusted dealer, your risk is often low.

Like cash, no one can prevent you from spending it or from moving it to someone else in person. While it's not often used as a medium of exchange today, its censorship resistance is still intact. As far as settlement is concerned, it's as easy to do as cash for those that accept silver as payment.