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Friday, 10 February 2023
Thursday, 9 February 2023
What Will CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) Hell Look Like?
By now many in the crypto scene have heard that the world's governments are on the verge of launching Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), which are electronic fiat currencies issued directly by Central Banks. Let's examine how the world will change when CBDCs become prevalent.
Not everybody has realized that effectively money has been electronic for 10+ years in industrialized countries. Cash is used in less and less daily commerce, and large financial transactions are almost always electronic in this day and age. Buying a new car or house with cash immediately arouses suspicion with the IRS or other legal entities. It's illegal to travel internationally with more than $10k. One of the main reasons to implement CBDCs is to ban cash. Countries like Sweden have mostly eliminated cash, except in rural areas. No cash means that people must be on the CBDC system to have any money at all. Given the recent moves by government to coerce people with lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and digital ID, making the entire money supply centrally controlled by government is truly terrifying. However, CBDC is only a continuation of a 20+ year trend of increasing government and banker control of the world's wealth. Consumers in most industrialized countries have tacitly accepted that they don't own their money under the guises of convenience and safety.
China's digital Yuan CBDC has already been launched. This enables the Chinese government to bypass US government sanctions on SWIFT, formerly the only system which could transfer large amounts of money internationally. Basically the digital Yuan breaks the USA's monopoly on international banking. For Chinese consumers, the CBDC is total hell, all transactions are permissioned and tracked. The digital Yuan even has an expiration date (as will the British CBDC) - if you don't spend your money before that date, it goes away! This would effectively mean the end of saving, nobody could get ahead. Your rights to spend CBDCs as a consumer could likely be regulated by AI, for example you can't buy anymore alcohol after you've reached your monthly purchase quota. The possibilities are endless for government to control and mold the behavior of its citizens.
Cryptocurrency is uniquely positioned to prevent the worst outcomes of CBDCs. When cash is banned, many people will move to crypto to exercise their financial autonomy. Many are already buying crypto, gold, and silver to preserve their wealth and avoid electronic fiat. Also, crypto will likely serve as an intermediary between CBDCs, as the USA is unlikely to allow free exchange of the Chinese CBDC for the US version. Finally, censoring crypto transactions (other than ETH) will be difficult or impossible for governments.
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Bitbox vs Ledger : which one to use ?
Hey bitcoiners,
Currently, using a Ledger X. Have been looking about Bitbox lately and thinking about a switch. Open source software seems right to me.
Do you have any advice ? Which one to use and which one are you using ?
Thanks !
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Bitcoin is alive!
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The BTC price of the past 24hrs showed a typical heartbeat pattern from ECG. It indicates nothing, I just liked the picture :) Have a nice day. [link] [comments] |
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Bitcoin Unlimited are a bunch of dinosaurs stuck in 2016. Maybe they are broke too.
Remember when the BU bros tried to shill the Exbitron NEXA/BCH pair? Well luckily we warned against that because they got all of their users rugged.
They tout no pre-mine and no funding mechanisms as a good thing. However, they made the decision to remove all network effect by starting yet another blockchain. So, now they are trying to crowdfund $100,000 in ERC 20s and USDT for an exchange listings from their fledgling community.
I don't think that even ChatGPT could write a more ironic downfall for BU.
I also wonder if they see the irony of a central development team trying to source resources for the betterment of a community, while also using red and white "community is strong" imagery. Then saying they are only doing it because "the community wants it." Just wait until they stop asking and start demanding payment (lol)
I don't think these guys thought this through. I hope they come back to reality one day.
ref: https://nexa.org/case-studies-database/mexc-crowdfunding
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Bitcoin combined order book data
Hey,
Does anybody know any sites that provide bitcoin combined order books from all the exchanges. Would like to see that if anyone can help me please?...
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Understanding block explorers
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Hello everyone, I was wondering if you could help me understand a few basic things about block explorers. In this case the transaction was made from 1 address to another, but as you can see, there are 60 senders in the list. If you click on the TX hash you can see all the 60 senders and the amounts I transferred are separated into 3 or 4 different transactions with different amounts (but the sum is equal to what I've sent). I wanted to know why do these 60 senders appear here (and not only my transaction); why are the amounts split; and if you have any good reads about this topic. Thank you. [link] [comments] |
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