CBDC and social credit system

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by CervicalSpear, Jun 19, 2023.

  1. Are you for or against? Discuss
     
  2. Against oh fellow awakened one.
     
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  3. I’m against CBDCs, but I’m also against DCs generally.
     
  4. What DCs are we talking here?
     
  5. I was primarily thinking of Bitcoin and Ether, but I am against them all.
     
  6. No idea what it even is so neither
     
  7. Ah I would like to know why you're against bitcoin
     
  8. Look it up lol
     
  9. I think it was a novel idea, but the infrastructure does not exist for it to be commonly used in commercial transactions, and it has behaved more like a security than a currency. It has also opened the door to CBDCs.

    honestly, I think the real value of the blockchain is in its potential to serve as a way to make documents (wills, deeds, etc.) basically tamperproof.
     
  10. I would like to disagree with "infrastructure" does not exist. Bitcoin is still work in progress and we are already seeing layer 2 solutions like lightning network, strike, etc. It also provides us people with an option to opt out of fiat standard at will but thats a different argument.

    I agree with it's potential to serve as a proof of ownership of stuff, hence why we have NFTS. BUT,

    Bitcoin = money
    Other blockchains = defi, nfts etc.