With the current method, I've been doing this since Fold was 1st to market with this functionality in Feb last year. There are no fees involved depending on how you use the platforms. There may be some spread, but bitcoin's growth over time dwarfs any potential losses.

Has the US ever been on a gold standard? What year did it end?

I think it was, and it ended in 1971. Up to that point, you could argue that using dollars was a payment rail on top of gold. That's how I use bitcoin today. The dollar is just a payment rail to me.

I pay with bitcoin directly to anyone that accepts it. I buy beef, wine, coffee, soap, etc. with bitcoin regularly. For everyone else, its credit cards.

Someone posted one of my tweets here, so I decided to check it out!

Children in poverty have no voice, and I work for an org that helps release them from poverty. =)