It's like one to one copy of the traditional monetary system with speed of transactions improved. The volatility of low-volatile assets still contradictive in the long term (I mean just ~5 years) So I don't see any innovative approach in the terms of social order and decentralization.
Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
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Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#52I trust my government more than I trust these companies so I will keep using fiat, but this may be an option for other people.
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#53I'm biased as I'm working on this project. But I'm super happy it's finally out there :) There's a lot of really cool cryptography and tech on this project and there's still a lot for people to discover!
Apparently you're not embarrassed...
Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#54Libra as in liberty? What a joke.
Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#55I'm biased as I'm working on this project. But I'm super happy it's finally out there :) There's a lot of really cool cryptography and tech on this project and there's still a lot for people to discover!
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#56Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#57It’s going to be interesting. “Unlike previous stablecoins, Libra will not be issued by a central party. Instead, Facebook has enlisted 27 fellow Silicon Valley titans—among them PayPal, Visa, Spotify, Mastercard, Uber, and eBay—to operate as preliminary “validator nodes” who will each share a transparent copy of a vast ledger of transactions reflecting all the activity on the network.” That sounds amazingly dystopia…
IMO, it's a small step towards a better direction. The "validator" consensus (oligarchy) is a much more transparent/inclusive solution compared to the closed financial ecosystems of Wechat/Alipay/Paytm/Grab. If Libra is an oligarchy, closed financial systems are dictatorships
Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#58Their next efforts will probably be lobby like crazy to ban any other coin that is not "Approved".
Re: Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
#59Honest question: energy use?