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This is the 'Centraal Plan Bureau'. If you open up the front door, you're met with a cloud of dust. The parkinglot is filled with oldtimers and the interior is

by neals 5y ago

This is the 'Centraal Plan Bureau'. If you open up the front door, you're met with a cloud of dust. The parkinglot is filled with oldtimers and the interior is very 'that 70's show'.

amelius 5y ago
They even use cash money.
- MomoXenosaga 5y ago
  The Netherlands is a modern country we don't use cash unless we buy drugs. I don't even own a single coin at the moment lol.
wardb 5y ago
This description is too funny :) It does have a high amount of old man screaming at the cloud. You can have a lot of valid critical views of cryptocurrency (environmental impact / gambling aspect ), but this his view is very unhelpful Does CPB actually has anything to say here? I was expecting "De Nederlandse Bank" to be the organisation to set the rules here.
- sushibowl 5y ago
  This is purely the personal opinion of a pubic official. Neither organization has any regulatory power on this topic. CPB is an independent agency providing economic prognoses and analysis. DNB is in charge of monetary policy but doesn't have the power to completely ban cryptocurrency. Anyway, when the ministry of finance investigated a crypto ban back in 2018 they concluded that it would be completely impractical to enforce such a ban. I don't think that has changed in any way.
- ragebol 5y ago
  No, it's not a regulator and thus has no actual say over this matter. It supports policymakers by evaluating the economic effects of their plans. https://www.cpb.nl/en/what-does-cpb-do https://www.cpb.nl/en/what-does-cpb-do
- IkmoIkmo 5y ago
  > but this his view is very unhelpful Did you read it? If so, why do you take this opinion? > Does CPB actually has anything to say here? The CPB does analysis to inform public policy making, they're not a legislative body. Neither is the DNB for that matter, the Ministry of Finance would make these laws.
- apexalpha 5y ago
  Does CPB actually has anything to say here? No. They deliver forecasts and analysis for government policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_Economic_Policy_Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_Economic_Policy_Ana...
rualca 5y ago
> The parkinglot is filled with oldtimers and the interior is very 'that 70's show'. Could you please explain how that ad-hominem based on blatant ageism does anything to refute the points regarding the nature of cryptocurrencies?
- ur-whale 5y ago
  >Could you please explain how that ad-hominem So, you're saying Baye's rule doesn't work anymore?
- neals 5y ago
  Stop trolling. You make this about age. You are the agist one. Why would young people not be allowed to drive oldtimers and enjoy 70's style interior? Who are you to decide that such a thing is only allowed for those of a certain age. We live in a world where age should not matter and anybody of any age should be allowed to partake in society. You should real change your views.
  - ludamad 5y ago
    Please imagine, as me and the GP may, that one assumes oldtimers means the people pulling up in the parking lot. I wouldn't be so quick to think someone defending an age group underrepresented here is a troll
shoto_io 5y ago
Ban Crypto, ban the Cloud, ban Hashtags, ban Cyber, ban AI, ban Lambda, ban Rust, ban, ban, ban! EDIT: ban old cars, too!
- psychoslave 5y ago
  We should call a ban for banning ban calls. Whether this ban call should apply to itself is left as an exercise.
heywherelogingo 5y ago
I don't think young people are using bitcoin for any reason other than to get rich quick. The young these days are highly conformant and compliant - got jabs? It's gen x and older who are thoughtfully rebellious.
- ganzuul 5y ago
  You think boomers are thoughtfully rebellious? The generation that presided over the entire planet getting polluted with plastic?
  - Lutger 5y ago
    Boomers aren't rebellious at all.
  - heywherelogingo 5y ago
    Hindsight is not thoughtful.
- keymone 5y ago
  How about a reason not to get poor slowly through inflation and constant dilution of money?

by neals 5y ago

This is the 'Centraal Plan Bureau'. If you open up the front door, you're met with a cloud of dust. The parkinglot is filled with oldtimers and the interior is very 'that 70's show'.

amelius 5y ago

They even use cash money.

MomoXenosaga 5y ago
The Netherlands is a modern country we don't use cash unless we buy drugs. I don't even own a single coin at the moment lol.

wardb 5y ago

This description is too funny :) It does have a high amount of old man screaming at the cloud. You can have a lot of valid critical views of cryptocurrency (environmental impact / gambling aspect ), but this his view is very unhelpful Does CPB actually has anything to say here? I was expecting "De Nederlandse Bank" to be the organisation to set the rules here.

sushibowl 5y ago
This is purely the personal opinion of a pubic official. Neither organization has any regulatory power on this topic. CPB is an independent agency providing economic prognoses and analysis. DNB is in charge of monetary policy but doesn't have the power to completely ban cryptocurrency. Anyway, when the ministry of finance investigated a crypto ban back in 2018 they concluded that it would be completely impractical to enforce such a ban. I don't think that has changed in any way.
ragebol 5y ago
No, it's not a regulator and thus has no actual say over this matter. It supports policymakers by evaluating the economic effects of their plans. https://www.cpb.nl/en/what-does-cpb-do https://www.cpb.nl/en/what-does-cpb-do
IkmoIkmo 5y ago
> but this his view is very unhelpful Did you read it? If so, why do you take this opinion? > Does CPB actually has anything to say here? The CPB does analysis to inform public policy making, they're not a legislative body. Neither is the DNB for that matter, the Ministry of Finance would make these laws.
apexalpha 5y ago
Does CPB actually has anything to say here? No. They deliver forecasts and analysis for government policy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_Economic_Policy_Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_for_Economic_Policy_Ana...

rualca 5y ago

> The parkinglot is filled with oldtimers and the interior is very 'that 70's show'. Could you please explain how that ad-hominem based on blatant ageism does anything to refute the points regarding the nature of cryptocurrencies?

ur-whale 5y ago
>Could you please explain how that ad-hominem So, you're saying Baye's rule doesn't work anymore?
neals 5y ago
Stop trolling. You make this about age. You are the agist one. Why would young people not be allowed to drive oldtimers and enjoy 70's style interior? Who are you to decide that such a thing is only allowed for those of a certain age. We live in a world where age should not matter and anybody of any age should be allowed to partake in society. You should real change your views.
- ludamad 5y ago
  Please imagine, as me and the GP may, that one assumes oldtimers means the people pulling up in the parking lot. I wouldn't be so quick to think someone defending an age group underrepresented here is a troll

shoto_io 5y ago

Ban Crypto, ban the Cloud, ban Hashtags, ban Cyber, ban AI, ban Lambda, ban Rust, ban, ban, ban! EDIT: ban old cars, too!

psychoslave 5y ago
We should call a ban for banning ban calls. Whether this ban call should apply to itself is left as an exercise.

heywherelogingo 5y ago

I don't think young people are using bitcoin for any reason other than to get rich quick. The young these days are highly conformant and compliant - got jabs? It's gen x and older who are thoughtfully rebellious.

ganzuul 5y ago
You think boomers are thoughtfully rebellious? The generation that presided over the entire planet getting polluted with plastic?
- Lutger 5y ago
  Boomers aren't rebellious at all.
- heywherelogingo 5y ago
  Hindsight is not thoughtful.
keymone 5y ago
How about a reason not to get poor slowly through inflation and constant dilution of money?