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The digital euro is just so bad

• ranguna 1y ago
  Care to elaborate why? I used to think they'd use this to track citizens, but it seems like that's not the case at all, we'll even have offline transfers.
• robertlagrant 1y ago
  Why? I've never heard of it.
  • HelloUsername 1y ago
    Pretty good video explaining it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkVBXDhTwY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkVBXDhTwY
• wolvesechoes 1y ago
  It is necessary if EU wants to stop relying on US payment companies.
  • ebalit 1y ago
    It seems like wero [0] is making some progress on this front without relying digital euro or on crypto. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wero_(payment)
• pjc50 1y ago
  Why does Europe want a stablecoin when it has PDS2 and near-instant clearing?
  • AvG_DXB 1y ago
    Exactly, you don't really need stablecoins (or digital Euro=CBDC) because you have SEPA in EU