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A Cashless, High-Value, Anonymous Currency: How?

Posted by Soulskill on from the this-must-be-the-mysterious-step-2 dept.

jfruh writes "The cashless future is one of those concepts that always seems to be just around the corner, but never quite gets here. There's been a lot of hype around Sweden going almost cashless, but most transactions there use easily traceable credit and debit cards. Bitcoin offers anonymity, but isn't backed by any government and has seen high-profile hacks and collapses in value. Could an experiment called MintChip brewing in Canada finally take us to cashless nirvana?"

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  1. Re:Gold by Lumpy · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    Gold:
    [x] Cashless
    [x] High-Value - for now
    [x] Anonymous

    Gold is currently in a price bubble, same with silver. it will come crashing down.

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