How would people react in this crypto market scenario?
How would people react in this crypto market scenario?
I was reading up on the major banks creating their own private shared ledger to be used as a settlement layer. This got me thinking about how they would do this, would they create their own private coin(s) and police each other? Would they adopt an existing coin they could trust (aka BTC) even if they couldn’t control what happened outside their settlement network (I’m thinking it would work like a private lighting layer)? The more I thought about it the more clear it was that they will do anything and everything to take full control of BTC. Heres the question. Let’s say the US government created their own coin, set it as the only official currency & eliminated cash & USD. They offer an exchange, send your BTC to that wallet and get back the new official currency. Same with USD but that’s irrelevant. Now here’s the kicker, they make it very clear that it will be illegal for citizens to use BTC or any of the alternatives. You have to swap it out or essentially be relegated to the dark & grey markets?
You don’t actually need a token to implement a distributed ledger. They can just keep using dollars.
Cbdc could be exactly that, the ban on transacting btc outside is whats kind of imposible. They have to do the same trick every shitcoin does. Appear like a lucrative choice, then give people shitcoin and take their value while they stack btc. But it would just be another stronger version of the fiat, backed by btc allowing faster transactions and what not.
Doesn’t that defeat the concept of being decentralized? Fing crypto people… lol A bunch of hammers and no nails.
I’ve explored this idea. It simply wouldn’t work. For it to work u would need to remove the intrinsic value (demand) of the US DOLLAR from other countries.
Keep in mind, the usd has a value, oart of which is governed by the other countries that also use tye usd and those who want to trade it or against it (those meaning countries)
We are used to governments being able to do ‘anything’.
No matter how hard they try they cannot put the reigns on bitcoin.
They will make their own coins