Unreasonable

Yes. A means to control capital flight due to crashing prices. This towers gonna fall soon.

ardvarcus

Probably an attempt to stop, or at least slow, the massive numbers of bitcoin holders trying to exchange their soon-to-be-worthless bitcoins for real money.

WhyNoDonuts

Beware of the money changers...

The stock market has all sorts of shut-downs programmed in to detect large changes - under the guise of providing stability, you could be locked away from your investments too.

Cash at home, silver, gold, and tradeable items if you're thinking everything will break down. I doubt it will, but lots of savings are about to be lost.

ardvarcus

It doesn't matter what we do, they are going to screw us. Interest rates went down to near zero, so everybody put their money into the Stock Market. It was the only way to earn anything. When the market crashes, as it will eventually (it always does), a vast amount of fantasy wealth will be wiped out.

But what if you buy gold? Then you've got something that is heavy, bulky, and difficult to exchange for essential goods and services. And if everyone is hoarding gold, the government will just declare gold illegal, as they did under FDR.

What about Bitcoin. No, Bitcoin is a fantasy that is going to evaporate and leave nothing behind but a bad smell.

So put your money into cash, right? But they are trying to abolish cash. And what if the dollar suddenly falls off a cliff in value? Where's your wealth then?

Diamonds? No, diamonds are worthless stones.

Antiques? Art? Try selling an antique sofa or an oil painting for bread and canned goods after the economy collapses.

So where should you put your wealth? Put it into land and into tools. Put it into guns. Put it into learning skills such as gardening and farming and auto repair. Learn how to use an ax, a knife, a saw, a hammer, a wrench, a stove. And good luck.

WhyNoDonuts

Everything you said plus one key category: used bikes, parts, and those speecialised tools. A chain tool alone is a great thing to have. A spare tube could have real trade value. Know where horses are, where pastures are. Trim and shoe a horse and youre busy for the rest of your shortened life. a hoard of condoms might come in handy for times when you aren't.

Wealth? What's that? ;-) land with no road access where civilization is downstream. But don't build on the waterfront!