[tphyahoo2]

Even if this untraceability / unstoppability was possible, it might not be as revolutionary as you'd think.

It's sort of the same problem as email with pgp. You not only have to secure your email, you also have to secure your counterparty and anyone he forwards your email to. Money is like that as well.

So even if monero wins, or bitcoin becomes like monero, there'd still be tax.

There was tax under gold. Bitcoin isn't about ending tax.