The dollar is legal tender for all debts that it can cover. The problem with fiat currency is that governments, including the United States, are determined to devalue it.
The $10 of lumber you owned six months ago is now worth $60.
This is not a reflection of the value of a 2x4. It’s a reflection of the value of a dollar.
And then people bash crypto.
Bottom line: Every second you hold onto a dollar the amount of buying power of that dollar drops.
So what’s more sensible: buying crypto or saving the dollar? (Insert whatever you want for crypto - gold, silver, crypto, oil, gas, lumber, food)