Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): Digital Poison
[Editor's note]
Today, everybody uses a mix of cash, bank accounts, cheques, bank cards, credit cards, and payment apps. None of these are controlled by the government or the central bank. Cash is free from control and tracing. The rest are handled by private banks and companies that don't have visibility into exactly what you're buying, selling or paying for.
Right now, if the State or any authority wants to control what you can buy or sell, when, or with wh...