--- title: The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1) | daily.dev description: This post discusses the concerns about a cashless society and argues for the importance of cash in maintaining a balance of monetary power. It highlights the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1) | daily.dev og:description: This post discusses the concerns about a cashless society and argues for the importance of cash in maintaining a balance of monetary power. It highlights the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IMwe2J2US.png og:image:alt: The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1) **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 18 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post discusses the concerns about a cashless society and argues for the importance of cash in maintaining a balance of monetary power. It highlights the disadvantages of digital payments and the positive aspects of cash. The post also emphasizes the need for resilience and privacy in our monetary systems. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#digital-payments](https://daily.dev/tags/digital-payments), [#privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/privacy) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us"},"datePublished":"2024-03-17T18:11:37.381Z","dateModified":"2025-09-06T02:32:34.761Z","description":"This post discusses the concerns about a cashless society and argues for the importance of cash in maintaining a balance of monetary power. It highlights the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/39be110c4fced46c69ed268c0e3afe75?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/39be110c4fced46c69ed268c0e3afe75?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-luddite-s-guide-to-defending-cash-part-1--imwe2j2us","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"digital-payments,privacy","timeRequired":"PT18M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Luddite's Guide to Defending Cash (Part 1)"}]} ```