There&#x27;s so much confusion in the comments again.<p>It&#x27;s really simple. Governments want to abolish cash so that they can monitor all of your transactions. Hooray! No need for accountants anymore, when the government can calculate how much you &quot;owe&quot; them by themselves!<p>They&#x27;re also doing it so that you can&#x27;t escape their fucking insane negative interest rate &#x27;stimulus&#x27; measures, or bail-ins etc.<p>Oh, and if you can&#x27;t use cash and the government decides you&#x27;re a naughty thought-criminal, they can just freeze your accounts and you&#x27;re instantly reduced to begging on the streets..