Digital cash is a misnomer for programmable liability. You cannot switch off a held asset. This isn't innovation; it's the final surrender of monetary sovereignty to the counterparty.

You need to remember that Bitcoin is also not private. With a bit if technology, it's not even pseudo anonymous.

Rights law offers a useful test here. Monitoring payments, or being able to switch them off, touches private life and property. Any such interference needs a legal basis, a legitimate aim and proportionality. "Digital cash" is a claim that should be able to pass that test.

Really great episode, with good insight and inspiration.

Moving to monero is key, IMHumbleO.