It isn't about the anonymous payment parts, it is about the restrictive terms anti-laundering laws force upon any form of currency, in a time when we are trying to push the boundaries of what "currency" or "money" should even mean.

We cannot achieve the potential of technology in the scope of economics if this entire aspect of market cannot be explored because of archaic laws mostly made as draconian as they are to complement a war on drugs that is even more draconian.