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Extremely private monetary transactions may be a net negative, and yet it may be the world we must adapt to, if the ability to do so now exists.

There is always room for “good honest police work”, though.

There are many roadblocks governments could use to slow progress, but I’m not sure this is truly preventable any more than PGP or BitTorrent could have been.

If income tax becomes logistically problematic, there are many other types of taxes that may then need to fill the void.