Soon everything will be traceable..

It started with this.

AIB is to turn 70 of its 170 branches into cashless outlets as a result of what it has claimed is declining demand for these services.
Ref: RTE

That would b e Allied Irish bank who are one of the major players in the industry here.

They say that it's down to a decline in demand which is partly true but they don't say how they have reduced all of their cash services to the point that you can't use them anymore.

They refuse to take coins or exchange outside of a few hours of a window every week.

They are not even the first bank to do this as a lot of the smaller banks are now assistance hubs rather than real banks that offer cash services.

3 Days later.

AIB has abandoned plans to go cashless in 70 branches after "public unease".

And by public unease it is PR for massive public and government backlash that make them run back to head office and tuck tail.

People love cash.

It's quick, it's easy and most importantly it's untraceable. Nobody has ever wanted more government surveillance which is all that this decision will bring.

Everybody that i have ever known is a fan of bending the laws a little bit and bypassing a few of the more excessive regulations like tax, benefits and grants.

They don't need to know everything that is going on in our lives. As long as we are working away and contributing a fair share then passing a few extra euros one way or another is none of their business.

But it is coming.

We are all going digital at some stage so it's up to us to find new ways of staying off the grid when we need to.

Because cash is going sooner rather than later.

They will hit the kids first and wait for us older folk to die off with our set in stone ways.

Electric Picnic 2022.

All bars will be operating contactless only.

No cash for pints????

This is terrible news for all if the kids.

Now we do have crypto but it's going to be an uphill battle to keep privacy coins up and running with the way governments feel about privacy.

And everything on a blockchain will be visible to anybody looking.

Cash was a simple but elegant solution for a lot of these cases but it's going to take something new going forward as cash is phased out by banks and businesses.