On the plus side, they haven't even begun planning or coding or even giving much thought to implementing it. The UK couldn't even switch the NHS over to a new IT system without taking ten years, going horrendously over budget, and totally fucking it all up. I have great faith in the government's inability to do IT. And they've overplayed their hand; they've pushed the system too far before they were ready to put one in place smoothly. Bitcoin is already ready.

It was born ready.