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Ok, and if the owner in our hypothetical scenario was my government, then I might change my mind.
by pelliphant 6y ago
Ok, and if the owner in our hypothetical scenario was my government, then I might change my mind.
- xerxespoy 6y agoMany central banks and governments are experimenting with cryptocurrency/blockchain. I believe some have gone live with various projects around voting, currency-issuing and accounting. Notably also, the US government is using USD-pegged crypto currency "USDC" to circumvent governmental corruption in Venezuela, in order to deliver economic aid directly (to intended recipients who weren't receiving it through government-controlled Venezuelan banks): https://blockchain.news/news/us-government-usdc-stablecoin-offer-foreign-aid-venezuela https://blockchain.news/news/us-government-usdc-stablecoin-o... Mainstream source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-government-enlists-usdc-global-193616264.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-government-enlists-usdc-gl...
- mercurial_sucks 6y agoYou must be new to the idea of cbdcs. Almost every major country has already planned them