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Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies by fooblitzky on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:29AM (#30636588)
Sure makes me glad cryptocurrencies were invented to set us free from the totalitarian nightmare of everyone using cryptocurrency.
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Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies by jbay808 on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:57AM (#30637117)
CBDCs and cryptocurrencies have virtually nothing in common.
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Re:Just Say No to Central Bank Digital Currencies by CryptoPunk on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:01AM (#30636810)
A centralized and permissioned digital currency is not a cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies rely solely on cryptography to authorize transactions. There is no legal access-control based on identity and governed by a central authority.
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