The technological implementation aspect is not generally what stops new ideas. And, I think the technical aspect comes after deciding how a CBDC will look like,

The technological implementation aspect is not generally what stops new ideas. And, I think the technical aspect comes after deciding how a CBDC will look like, since it depends on what you want to achieve with a CBDC. Looking at the different aspects of topics like Privacy, Auditability and how the CBDC relations to the government will give you vastly different implementations of CBDC. For example: 1) Privacy: is every transaction in the blockchain completely public? Is it only accessible to certain authorized parties? Is it private by default and only accessible with a "view" key like with Litecoin or Monero? All of these questions depend on what the goal of the goal of the currency is. Having a more private currency will make it harder to audit, but you probably do not want to make it completely public in the same way that you'd probably not want to make all your bank transactions public. 2) Considering auditability: How can you make sure then money in a transactions didn't come from illegal gains? If all transactions are completely private (even to the central bank), how do you do KYC and comply with AML regulation? Currently, banks do KYCs on every customer, but if the blockchain for the CBDC doesn't have access restrictions, who will do the auditing? Additionally, how would a tax collection agency like the IRS confirm that you're actually telling the truth about your transactions? They'll need to be able to access those transactions at some point too for audit purposes. 3) Considering the relationship with governmental power: does the government have the power to view every transaction at any time? What powers do they have in the blockchain? Are they the ones that develop the code? Considering all these questions, you can start to get a relatively good idea for what a CBDC would look like: 1. There are probably some access restrictions since someone needs to do KYC. 2. The blockchain needs to be private by default, but accessible by anyone auditing. Considering privacy, you could set up a system where authorized transaction processors (such as regional or national banks) are permitted to create wallets for their clients after doing KYC. The transactions could be private by default but have a key to allow the KYC provider to audit transactions an comply with audit requests.