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Cash is definitely not untraceable. There are literally serial numbers on every bill printed in the United States.
by blantonl 4y ago
Cash is definitely not untraceable.
There are literally serial numbers on every bill printed in the United States.
- FullMetalBitch 4y agoYou can't track all transactions done with cash, you probably can pick a bill from 10 years ago and locate the bank it originally came from but you can't know all transactions done with that bill.
- alexandre_m 4y agoYou can trace when/how it was printed, but not who owned it.
- O__________O 4y agoAgree, explained in more detail here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33234678 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33234678
- JasonFruit 4y agoThey said said the blockchain is "easier", not that cash is untraceable. It would require the participation of innumerable businesses to properly track cash; as it is, they function as a huge network of crypto tumblers.