Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by aurareturn on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:46AM
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What's the difference between this and something like Venmo, Paypal, etc?
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Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by tjpnz on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:34AM
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This one lets you spend according to your social credit score and includes the NWO 5G mind control module developed by Bill Gates.
Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by seydor on Thursday June 29, 2023 @06:51AM
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i suppose they can't demonetize you without a legal reason and the fees will be set by the governemnet , not shareholders
Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by rcxdude on Thursday June 29, 2023 @07:46AM
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hopefully significantly less moralising on the use of the funds and random unaccountable freezing of accounts.
Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by cyberneticist on Thursday June 29, 2023 @09:18AM
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It ultimately comes down to being able to go to a physical location and get coins/paper or not.
I just don't see what the value is of having my account denominated in a way that getting coins/paper is gone. Even if we went to all digital money tomorrow we would probably quickly get a bank that denominates in gold and gives you back paper slips for proof of deposit. Or doesn't even bother with gold and gives paper slips of electronic currency deposits.
We can't even get rid of useless pennies in the US.
Re:Brussels unveils plans for a digital euro promising compl...
by jfkimmes on Thursday June 29, 2023 @10:42AM
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It's private for the user. Transactions are only between you and the merchant. Credit card networks, PayPal, etc are all third parties with insight into all Payments going through them globally.
It's offline. Neither you nor the merchant have to have a connection to the bank for the transaction to happen.