These are brilliant ideas. But we do not yet live in a society that is technologically ready for them. Sure. we can create the protocols, logic and software. A

These are brilliant ideas. But we do not yet live in a society that is technologically ready for them. Sure. we can create the protocols, logic and software. As a technical prospect it's within reach. All beautiful in theory. But can you imagine the corruption that would ensue?! Where would people store these tokens that represent literal political power? How would they verifiably redeem them? The problem is infrastructure. Civic cybersecurity is a great steaming turd. Digital literacy has declined as people surrender in the face of "convenience". Smartphones are wide open gaping holes, pre-pwned out of the box by vendor malware. Much of our electronic communication is designed and built in hostile nation states, served by a handful of greedy and untrustworthy big-tech monopolies, and overseen by governments who actively labour night and day to weaken our security. Until we live in an entirely different kind of technological culture, where people take more ownership of their technology (probably not within my own lifetime) I'll choose a piece of paper and a wooden box with a slot in it any day! That would be my informed choice as a computer scientist. Although, it is possible that with some clever mathematics and manufacturing technology (modern physical cash is an advanced technology) some kind of paper equivalent might be feasible. But first consider what happened in Russia when the people were issued share certificates in the ex-soviet economy and bartered them for food.