Re:Ask HN: Why do we need central bank digital currency (CBDC)?
by jqpabc123 on Friday September 09, 2022 @12:04PM
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So why would India need, or benefit from additional CDBC?
What makes the UPI system work *is* effectively a CBDC. It's not possible to have instant transfer without *something* that functions like a CBDC --- though it may be named something else. The EU calls theirs a "credit transfer scheme" --- same difference.
The word that seems to be confusing people is the word *currency*.
A CBDC will be used by *banks* to benefit consumers but it is not something that consumers will consciously partake of. Consumers won't carry CBDC in their pocket or in a special digital wallet.
One way to look at it is that a CBDC would be used to add the functionality of digital wallet to everyone's existing bank account.
What makes the UPI system work *is* effectively a CBDC. It's not possible to have instant transfer without *something* that functions like a CBDC --- though it may be named something else. The EU calls theirs a "credit transfer scheme" --- same difference.
The word that seems to be confusing people is the word *currency*.
A CBDC will be used by *banks* to benefit consumers but it is not something that consumers will consciously partake of. Consumers won't carry CBDC in their pocket or in a special digital wallet.
One way to look at it is that a CBDC would be used to add the functionality of digital wallet to everyone's existing bank account.