[antpls]

> I'm not sure anyone is philosophically attached to "all balances are visible".

I don't know either about others, but to me it looks like hiding balances is a regression. Why would you hide your balance, unless you want to lie about it?

I can't think of a reason hiding balances would be better, but I don't have a degree about economy so I'm open to explanation.

Same argument than personal privacy I guess, but here we are talking about currency, not personal political opinions or personal identifyable information.