An educated Martian, looking at the way planet Earth has organized its payment and settlement systems, would find his fingers or sense pods itching to rip them up and start again. Unfortunately these payment systems are not going to benefit from a Martian invasion anytime soon. There is so much vested interest in keeping large chunks of the status quo that change is slow. The main inertia comes from the banks: the beginning and end of practically every transaction, be it online or offline.
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