Quote from: GhostInTheBlockchain on December 19, 2013, 09:11:42 PM

Quote from: Rassah on December 19, 2013, 04:55:11 PM

An enormous benefit will be the ability to see at extremely precise detail what is being bought and sold

I understand the utility of the scheme, but wouldn't some feel this information is a little too personal to embed into a public ledger?

If it's generalized categories, and bitcoin is kept anonymous/pseudonomous, all it would do is make

Somewhere in the world, an anonymous person spent 0.05

into

Somewhere in the world, an anonymous person spent 0.05 to buy groceries.

I don't think this would make anything any less anonymous or personal, as long as no addresses are linked to people, and the categories are kept very general.

Quote from: gmaxwell on December 19, 2013, 09:23:34 PM

You're kidding, right?

As a financial analyst and ecoonomist who thinks access to such info would make the job much easier and more valuable for "my kind," not at all. What concerns did you have?