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Not really; every federal reserve note has a serial number. People just assumed that no one had the incentive or ability to track them.
by benlivengood 6y ago
Not really; every federal reserve note has a serial number. People just assumed that no one had the incentive or ability to track them.
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- hungryforcodes 6y agoIt's not an assumption, normally people DON'T keep track of any of this. When I go to the bar and buy a beer with $10, the bar tender is for sure NOT writing down the serial number on the bill, checking my ID, and forwarding that information off to the FBI. The $10 can sit for a day or two in the till, and then be returned to another customer as change. In this way it continues its anonymous passage through the economy.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoWhat about coins then? Those don't have any serial numbers or anything like that, and there's some legal basis that makes that "untrackable" currency legal.