imho, it's important because a cashless economy is coming. And with how we've built everything up to now, a society running a cashless economy is ripe for dysto

imho, it's important because a cashless economy is coming. And with how we've built everything up to now, a society running a cashless economy is ripe for dystopic control if the wrong person gets the reigns. These technologies are about resilience in the face of rare but probable hiccups in social order. It's long-term investment and not about a killer feature that a single individual might crave :)