Trust

Synonymous with “money”. Almost all personal wealth is held in Trust by the CFA. One’s personal financial status and available Trust is carried on a PID.

Trust Notes are bearer bonds carried on PIDs in the form of an encrypted text string and linked to a Trust account held by the CFA. Anonymity of ownership is maintained through the encryption string, enabling cash-like transactions. Trust Notes can change hands many times before they are redeemed; however, their amount cannot be altered. Once redeemed, the Trust is moved from the requestor’s account to the redeemer’s account. No transaction details are maintained by the CFA, with the exception of the use of a Trust Note.

Trust Notes were created to enable financial transactions in locations with limited direct electronic access to the CFA. However, Trust Notes are now used more frequently for illicit transactions (3.1). They usually come in the form of a small data chip or a tiny file which can be carried on a PID and transferred. Any data terminal can read the value of a Trust Note, but no other information can be gleaned without incredibly sophisticated decryption capabilities (3.4.5).

Most Freemen have a tough time acquiring an account with the Central Financial Authority and must provide a DNA sample when doing so (3.4.2).

Today, every electronic financial transaction passes through the CFA’s central headquarters where every Trust account in the world is held and monitored (3.4.5).