Cash could be almost gone in Australia in a decade

Some places are no longer accepting cash.

I've actually gone back to using cash when most merchants are Charing a 1.5% card fee. Fuck that shit.

Without the establishment of a comparable (in terms of barrier to entry and ease of use) privacy respecting alternative, the complete disappearance of cash is a problem. I don't use it for many transactions myself, but others should absolutely have the right to opt out if they so choose.

The central issue is control. I'm happy to use EFTPOS but would definitely not want to see cash disappear as it's not something governments can easily track and/or move.

I really wish there was a properly private digital currency that wasn't crypto. I hate using physical money ever since covid hit, it's just so dirty.