The Solari 60-Day Cash Challenge
Governments are moving quickly to roll out Digital ID systems that tie together identity, payments, and access to everyday life. In the United Kingdom, we’re already seeing the push to make digital identification mandatory. Once money is fully digitized, every purchase can be tracked, limited, or even denied.
That’s not a far-off scenario. It’s happening now — and we need to act now. That’s why we’re excited to announce that the Solari 60-Day Cash Challenge officially starts this week.
Why a Cash Challenge?
Using cash is one of the simplest, most effective ways to push back against the march toward an all-digital financial system.
For the next 60 days, we invite you to make the deliberate choice to pay with cash whenever possible — groceries, coffee, gas, meals out, or any brick-and-mortar merchant.
Beyond using cash, we also challenge you to take additional steps to raise awareness and encourage others to join in.
More Ways to Take Action in the Next 60 Days
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Spread the Word
Send this article by Catherine Austin Fitts, The Threat of Financial Transaction Control to 5 friends and ask that they join you in the challenge to use cash whenever possible for the next 60 days. Even better would be to post the link and request on one of your social media accounts to reach more people. Tag us when you do. On X and on Instagram.
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Take a Deeper Dive
Watch Solari’s briefing on Keeping Cash in Circulation: A Key Tool Against the Digital Control Grid to deepen your understanding of the issue at hand.
The briefing held on June 12, 2025, focused on one of the most powerful strategies we have to push back against the emerging digital control grid: keeping cash in circulation.
Financial planner Tim Caban opened the session by framing the critical importance of preserving cash as a cornerstone of financial freedom and privacy. Susan Luschas, Tobi Maier, and Elizabeth Murphy then discussed legislative actions taken in various states to protect and promote the use of cash, as well as strategies that have proven effective for building public and political support. They also provided details on model bills that can raise awareness and build momentum.
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Celebrate Cash on Halloween
This October, if you participate in Halloween, we ask that you check out our “Cash is King” Halloween initiative. For the past two years, inspired by subscriber Susan Luschas’s example, we have promoted Susan’s idea of creating a “Cash Is King” Halloween.
Instead of poisoning trick-or-treaters with candy, Susan hands out dollar bills, placing “Cash Is King: Why Pay with Cash?” stickers on each bill. This has made her house one of the neighborhood’s most popular Halloween destinations, prompting the eager trick-or-treaters to run home and tell their parents about the merits of paying with cash.
Discover more about the initiative here.
Join the Movement
At its heart, this challenge is about protecting the ability to live freely — one transaction at a time.
So join us. Take the pledge to use cash for the next 60 days. Share your stories, your photos, your receipts, and your reasons for choosing cash. Encourage your friends and family to do the same. Together, we can show just how important it is to use and protect cash.
Cash is Freedom. Cashless is Control.
Let’s keep freedom alive — one purchase at a time.
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