Monero Is Less Untraceable Than It Seems
I think GNU Taler[1] solves the untracabilty problem in a way that most people should be happy with. Consumers have all of their transactions private from everyone (the seller cannot tell how much money they have, what other transactions they&#x27;ve made, or where the money comes from; a government cannot tell what transactions a person has made). But seller transactions can be audited for tax reasons, to avoid tax fraud.<p>And best of all, it&#x27;s not yet another cryptocurrency. It&#x27;s a payment system that works over any currency (traditional VISA, or crypto-currencies). Of course, this means that Taler &quot;tokens&quot; cannot be used as a store of value, other than as a proxy for the underlying store of value. So you would only hold Taler tokens like you would cash in your wallet.<p>They even have really nice easy integrations into browsers and backend processing.<p>(I don&#x27;t work on GNU Taler, I&#x27;ve just been saddened that such an interesting project has gotten so little press outside of GNU circles.)<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;taler.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;taler.net&#x2F;</a>