Crypto-dudes saying "say no to CBDC" are a lot like drug cartels saying "say no to licensed marijuana".
The looming authoritarian crisis of centrally controlled digital money wouldn't have been looming at quite the same speed if it were not for highly-capable software developers spending time that could have been used to advance humanity on a libertarian wet dream instead.
And it would have been more difficult to roll out without all the groundwork that has been done for crime-adjacent reasons.
(Edit for comedy coffee-shortage CNBC typo. Definitely say no to CNBC)
The looming authoritarian crisis of centrally controlled digital money wouldn't have been looming at quite the same speed if it were not for highly-capable software developers spending time that could have been used to advance humanity on a libertarian wet dream instead.
And it would have been more difficult to roll out without all the groundwork that has been done for crime-adjacent reasons.
(Edit for comedy coffee-shortage CNBC typo. Definitely say no to CNBC)