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I think that's a good point and IDs will definitely be one of the more significant inhibitors of widespread adoption. That said, perhaps if mobile payments networks took off, private side innovation might help push public sector reform (naive, I know..but I can dream..). And if an ID were the only thing you needed, I wouldn't be surprised if smartphone cases with ID sleeves quickly showed up in the market to bring the wallet and phone together


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