i think they'd try to make it as seamless as possible.
people had gold-backed dollars then one morning they woke up and it was federal reserve note.
but it still looked like the same physical object except for the fine print.
they could even keep physical bills around, just have people scan them.
that might concede tracking everything, but you could tell if specific digital id nodes were passing notes without checkpoints between them. then flag those people for IRiS audits etc.
the only thing that could delay it would be all the infrastructure needed, but that's catching up quickly w/ credit card apps etc.
the only hope would be a very small percent of people trying to live under the radar and trading locally.
not likely to avoid CBDC altogether.
i think they'd try to make it as seamless as possible.
people had gold-backed dollars then one morning they woke up and it was federal reserve note.
but it still looked like the same physical object except for the fine print.
they could even keep physical bills around, just have people scan them.
that might concede tracking everything, but you could tell if specific digital id nodes were passing notes without checkpoints between them. then flag those people for IRiS audits etc.
the only thing that could delay it would be all the infrastructure needed, but that's catching up quickly w/ credit card apps etc.
the only hope would be a very small percent of people trying to live under the radar and trading locally.