Cryptocurrency means two things:
Cryptographically Secure
Cryptographically Scarce
These two functions allow bitcoin to operate in a global manner without having to trust any one country or poitical organization like the IMF. If your coin is neither of these things then it is not a cryptocurrency.
Central Bank Digital Currencies are neither of these things. CBDC's are centralized, they rely on trust for security and they rely on authority for supply, just like fiat paper money. CBDC's do nothing for global efficiencies as they still operate within strictly controlled borders. They are no different from what we already have today in the form of digital entries in a commercial banks books.
Bitcoins magic is not that it's digital, it's that it is globally secure and globally scarce without having to trust in a central authority to achieve it allowing the whole world to use one efficient and fair monetary protocol.
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