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It also assumes that money doesn't change hands multiple times before going back into another bank.

• ilyt 4y ago
  You could probably infer a lot without knowing who traded it to who. If say * person A gets 100 banknotes from the bank, gives 50 to person B, * person B pays 25 to person C and 5 back to bank (say, taxes) * person C pays 5 of them to the bank You can infer with some probability who traded what to who.
  • freejazz 4y ago
    Not really. A billion other things also could have happened, they just didn't. Also, when was the last time you deposited cash?
    • kelnos 4y ago
      Many people don't, but businesses deposit excess cash daily. Certainly, though, those same businesses keep a lot of cash in order to give change to other customers. But that cash will still likely end up back at a bank before too long.
      • freejazz 4y ago
        If it only goes to banks when businesses deposit it, you can't tell anything about the intermediary users
        • ilyt 4y ago
          Just because you can't imagine way of tracking it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
          • freejazz 4y ago
            Offer one...
• kelnos 4y ago
  The person who made this point addressed this already: > banknotes are only in circulation for one or two exchanges before coming back to a bank No, you don't get the 100% whole picture, but you can mine a ton out of data points like "note 38573204 was given to John Doe via ATM on 2023-01-10, and returned to bank by Jane Smith (owner of ABC Widgets) on 2023-01-14".
  • freejazz 4y ago
    Not really. Coincidentally, there is no database of that. Hmm, wonder why!