Public spending transparency · Privacy by architecture · Open governance
Transparent Money
Watching the State Without Watching the Citizen
Transparent Money is a proposal for a privacy-preserving public information layer that would make public money visible in real time while protecting private citizens. The core idea is simple: trace money, not people.
The core idea
If each digital cent has a tracking number, money itself has identity. Because money itself has identity, the movement of money can be recorded without recording the identity of the payer and payee.
1. Each digital cent receives a tracking number.
2. Money movements are recorded in a public structured ledger.
3. Private identities are not included in the public layer.
4. Public money carries higher detail because it belongs to the public.
5. Private transactions remain generic and privacy-preserving.
6. Society can see public spending without exposing private life.