I buy pretty much everything with VISA or Paypal. If I want something to be private, I could do it with cash or a cryptocoin. I think it would be nice if govt (via crown-corp or some such) provided an alternative that I can choose to use sometimes. They might have a better privacy-policy than I'm getting from the big companies lol.
This might also open up new markets, e.g. micropayments, because govt could choose to eat the cost of this to enable some industries that right now cannot exist because transactions are too expensive.
Cash is private. Most cryptocoin are not particularly private. The few that set out to be private may or may not succeed at being private or being a widely exchanged digital currency.
This might also open up new markets, e.g. micropayments, because govt could choose to eat the cost of this to enable some industries that right now cannot exist because transactions are too expensive.