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I'd be very interested in reading something about this, even if just a list of things you read.
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Its scattered right now but I'll compile something.
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Hey, I am imterested in hearing as well. Could you let me know, too!!
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Maybe I should make a repo so that we can crowdresearch 🤔
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it failed because gold is physical, so all custody had to be centralized and IOUs issued in order to transact. This inevitably leads to corruption, and more notes issued than in reserve, leading to the complete de-linking of gold. This is what Bitcoin fixes
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This is worthwhile research. Suggest you compile some of what you find here and the sources.
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Yeah I'm not nearly at a stage where there is any conclusive evidence though. So I'll work on the repo
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Thanks to Bitcoiners copying the gold bug "sound money" narrative, I've fallen into the rabbit hole of trying to find out what exactly went on prior to 1971, basically: how did the gold standard fail.
Because it did fail. But what really happened. What were the triggers in practice. And how can we detect such scenarios in a digital world?
It goes very slow because I'm digging up memoirs from politicians in the 60s. Some are awesome because they had great correspondence on the topic. Others have been a waste of my time. But maybe, just maybe, can it help. Because thinking that there will be a bitcoin standard (which I personally don't think likely) and then there will be that forever, would probably be wishful thinking.