You can, if you're good at math ;-)

Tho in the event of a global power outage a similar scheme could probably be designed for any small town to use as local currency, with more simplified algorithms.

Maybe that'll be a good thing because then the scientists would be the richest, hence they cannot be bought. Imagine a climate scientist with the same charisma as Trump who can tell media and corrupt politicians to just F off and focus on real science without political agendas.