This is still basically wrong, philosophically and economically. As a practical matter, any untraceable payment system becomes a conduit for tax avoidance and illegal activities and will get clobbered by governments. The underlying idea of these systems seems to be that government is the enemy and only idiots pay tax. Seriously?
Economically, the best unit of currency is one that is managed by a responsible government, not one that is privately owned and operates for the psychological benefit of space cadets, and the financial benefit of speculators and various kinds of crooks. (All right, plus the odd internet coffee shop.) If you are a person with a legal job that doesn't provide significant opportunities for tax evasion, what you want is a fully auditable, frictionless transfer system denominated in Australian dollars and the outlawing of payments above a low ceiling that aren't made within the system. Details to follow :) Your tax bill would suddenly decrease. Major crime would become a lot harder, and incidentally be taxed. Banks would have to return their old useful practices - facilitating exchanges between lenders and borrowers - rather than creaming a profits from every transactions you make. Getting such a system up would require overcoming an powerful alignment of rent-seekers and criminals. You don't want to be sucked in by libertarian fantasies. Jim On 27 October 2016 at 18:49, Stephen Loosley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Privacy technology for blockchains > > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
