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by khmii 1221 days ago
There is also the idea with banking that I am trusting the bank with my money but I do have the option to withdraw the funds and put them under the mattress.

At least in the US, the idea of eliminating the ability to withdraw an account is absurd.

That form of money will simply never be widely used in the US. I believe the digital yuan already has this problem of just not being used enough.