# @VitalikButerin: why cash resilience matters for crypto infrastructure

Source: https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1926616257094091216
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/VitalikButerin-why-cash-resilience-matters-for-crypto-infrastructure?index=0x68332757dbad79beb4be15ff0e2bf832972bb4e83fca5bc4cb9ab7183b23e78eb7874c29
Submitted by tim on 2025-05-25 UTC, 1 upvote, 1 comment

Nordics are walking back the cashless society initiative because their centralized implementation of the concept is too fragile. Cash turns out necessary as a backup.

Ethereum needs to be resilient enough, and private enough, to be able to credibly play this kind of role.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/16/sweden-cash-digital-payments-electronic-banking-security

## Comments

**misha**: Sorry missed this one. Just posted the Lens version since it surprised me Vitalik posted on Lens (and not on Farcaster), which is rare. 

https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/@vitalik:-Nordics-are-walking-back-the-cashless-society?index=0x683342ee88f27697bb00c09f0a71470c6d36887ec14ae53414273ba7bba991985ba3cbe3