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> A government isn't ever going to allow a normal citizen to have a anonymous payments system so I don't see them allowing a purely private and anonymous curren
by Angostura 6y ago
> A government isn't ever going to allow a normal citizen to have a anonymous payments system so I don't see them allowing a purely private and anonymous currency (ala-monero)
Actually, the UK got pretty close to it in the 1990s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondex
- BitwiseFool 6y agoI don't know much about UK politics, but the government over there seems to adore surveillance and has no qualms with recording as much information as they possibly can. I simply don't see them accepting the idea of an anonymous payments system.
- mywittyname 6y agoThey also have an economy built upon money laundering, tax avoidance, and other related activities. I've heard many people say that the real reason behind Brexit was to avoid new EU regulations being imposed on British banks.