[Elsie]

There are basically two types of people who will be able to buy or sell in the future; those who have the NUMBER, and those who don't.

[palmer]

It’s a good point. The question is whether you want a number controlled by the state or a number that you voluntarily sign up for in a worldwide distributed system of commerce. In the end it won’t matter. But before we get to the end it would be nice to stay out of the clutches of the state.