Future Currency
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Panel compares CBDC designs, claims central banks prefer centralized money and the ECB vows to keep cash while exploring a digital euro. Concrete pilots include a token used by 50,000 households in Emmen that only buys home insulation and a rural Ghana pilot using smart cards that increased top-ups. Technical points: tokens are simple, programmability limited to smart-contract-held accounts, offline/privacy tradeoffs, and open-banking aims to cut the 2–3% card fees merchants pay.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Intro
- 5:55What's your interest in digital currency?
- 12:10A few definitions
- 23:25Dogecoin
- 24:48Is Bitcoin a joke?
- 29:59Will digital currency replace cash?
- 33:44A positive vision on digital cash
- 39:41Programmability of digital currency
- 46:41Negative interest
- 51:30Privacy & anonymity
- 54:05Outro
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