I like your thinking here! Of course it raises several questions Will any substantial number of govts have the foresight to setup such a system of on/offramp

I like your thinking here! Of course it raises several questions Will any substantial number of govts have the foresight to setup such a system of on/offramp controls + rules/bailout + investigation and enforcement soon enough? If the ransomeware plague stays in the non-critical commercial realm, it would work The key looming problem I see is that it is already sanctioned by criminal adversary nation-states, and there will be a lot of profit temptation to go after critical or military infrastructure - some ransomware gangs are just going to be that short term 'smart' long-term stupid. A sufficiently serious enough attack could cause war-level damage...