Was pondering this afresh.

I like the idea of Steem, because of the instantaneous nature of it. You don't have to wait for the verifications. But it would be awesome if this could be done without a web connection, like a true cash.

Having said that, I expect that we'll see www actually worldwide within the next few years. For now, almost half the world's population can't access it from where they live. It would seem that these are the ones that might benefit most from this?

Interesting article about this