Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by mosselman on Sunday September 15, 2019 @03:45AM
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Well it seems like the German government is worried about Facebook controlling money, not cryptocurrency per se. And I completely agree with that. Facebook creating money and everyone switching to libra sounds very dystopian to me.
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by np_tedious on Sunday September 15, 2019 @09:55AM
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As nobody would be compelled to use it, and those "everyone switching" network effects only occur if it has merit, I'm a bit more concerned about the banning being "dystopian".
And, of course, the Ministry of Truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz