For extortion, there's one problem.
Digital Cash.
When every transaction is recoreded by some bank, somewhere, the paper trail of an extortionist becomes a *lot* easier to follow; something that grey/black marketeers and extortionists *hate*. Either they operate in hard currency, or they're telling everyone who and where they are with every leg-breaking operation.
That's one reason I included "Spacebucks" in my story.
In my head they're kind of a cross between bearer bonds and traveller's checks; issued by banks, they're cash-equivalents. You don't *have* to register who purchased a particular Spacebuck "note" if you don't want to have the ability to tell your bank that your money's been stolen and have the notes invalidated and reissued. Allows you to purchase your hentai without it showing up on your credit card invoice at the end of the month, that sort of thing.
Digital Cash.
When every transaction is recoreded by some bank, somewhere, the paper trail of an extortionist becomes a *lot* easier to follow; something that grey/black marketeers and extortionists *hate*. Either they operate in hard currency, or they're telling everyone who and where they are with every leg-breaking operation.
That's one reason I included "Spacebucks" in my story.
In my head they're kind of a cross between bearer bonds and traveller's checks; issued by banks, they're cash-equivalents. You don't *have* to register who purchased a particular Spacebuck "note" if you don't want to have the ability to tell your bank that your money's been stolen and have the notes invalidated and reissued. Allows you to purchase your hentai without it showing up on your credit card invoice at the end of the month, that sort of thing.