I dislike this reasoning, lots of things worked for millennia but that doesn't mean the modern version is somehow useless. Phone networks? Communication has worked for literally millennia without it.
Why did we ever move away from sea shells then?
When I was young, taking the ferry would cost you a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say.
I'm cold and their are wolves after me.
traditional money can be readily stolen via taxation and inflation. Digital fiat can be frozen arbitrarily and is not private. So it has not worked.