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\section{Introduction}
The design of payment systems shapes economies and societies.
Strong, developed nation states are evolving towards transparent
payment systems, such as the MasterCard and VisaCard credit card
schemes and computerized bank transactions such as SWIFT.
These systems enable mass surveillance by both governments and
private companies, chilling customer activity~\cite{???}.
Aspects of this government control benifit the economy, by enabling
taxation. Also, bribery and corruption are limited to elites who
can afford to escape the dragnet.
The design of payment systems shapes economies and societies. Strong,
developed nation states are evolving towards transparent payment
systems, such as the MasterCard and VisaCard credit card schemes and
computerized bank transactions such as SWIFT. These systems enable
mass surveillance by both governments and private companies. Aspects
of this government control benefit the economy, by enabling taxation
(also called anti-money laundering). As a result, bribery and
corruption are limited to elites who can afford to escape the dragnet.
At the other extreme, weaker developing nation states have economic
activity based largely on coins, paper money or even barter.
Here, the state is often unable to effectively monitor or tax economic
activity, and this limits the ability of the state to shape the society.
As bribery is virtually impossible to detect, corruption is widespread
and not limited to social elites.
activity based largely on coins, paper money or even barter. Here,
the state is often unable to effectively monitor or tax economic
activity, and this limits the ability of the state to shape the
society. As bribery is virtually impossible to detect, corruption is
widespread and not limited to social elites.
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ZeroCoin~\cite{miers2013zerocoin} is an example for translating an
anarchistic economy into the digital realm.