> Germany’s love of cash is driven largely by its anonymity. One legacy of the Nazis and East Germany’s Stasi secret police is a fear of government snooping, an

> Germany’s love of cash is driven largely by its anonymity. One legacy of the Nazis and East Germany’s Stasi secret police is a fear of government snooping, and many Germans are spooked by proposals of banning cash transactions that exceed €5,000. > Ms. Metzger is a member of an activist group demanding the existence of cash be guaranteed in Germany’s constitution. Its not technically impossible to create a electronic version of anon cash. In fact its always possible to create tracked versions of fake cash. Its what the FBI uses for catching drug dealers. With crpyto-currencies that would be impossible. Also cash has your DNA on it.