Yes, CBDCs are coming, and they’re going to take any financial privacy you have left with them.
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I agree it would be a miracle to see any anonymous CBDC but it's probably the only thing a CBDC would be good for -- an anonymous digital payment method of last resort to replace cash. If we're going full digital, who would fully traceable fiat? You'd prefer digital gold, #BTC.
In central banks, various privacy models are considered, e.g. thresholds to which transactions remain anonymous by default.
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Replying to @Bitcoin_Sam @zndtoshi and 2 others
I know that many have not thought about the implications of this deep enough, but once people understand, BTC is a no-brainer. Digitized FIAT=
-All transactions potentially censored
-You do not necessarily OWN the "rights" to your money
-Gatekeepers can/will dictate behavior
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I would never trust a closed source CBDC that advertises itself as anonymous, probably backdoored. Even if it were open source, I would need to build the binaries myself to have faith. Statement on backdooring big tech & eliminating end to end encryption: gov.uk/government/pub
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