Quote from: pooya87 on Today at 04:11:29 AM

People usually don't become aware of something they've lost until it hits them in the face. And the way the governments invade privacy is slow and unnoticed so people don't panic! For example they knew NSA was monitoring their every move but they didn't go nuts until the intelligence leak went viral. Then again they forgot about it shortly after.

It's the same with banks and also CBDCs. Until it doesn't go down like 2008 and blow up in their faces, they won't realize what they don't already have.

Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on Today at 08:43:20 AM

Quote from: pooya87 on Today at 04:11:29 AM

It's the same with banks and also CBDCs. Until it doesn't go down like 2008 and blow up in their faces, they won't realize what they don't already have.

By which point it will be too late to change anything. We will never be able to go back to before mass surveillance. Once CBDCs are launched, we will never be able to go back to before they existed. And once the government have control of the bitcoin network and can censor at will, we will never be able to go back to it being free. Which is why we need to be discussing solutions now.

Judging by this thread, there is some denial that CBDCs aren't necessarily a bad thing, in fact it's such a "good" thing that people will be enthusiastic to abandon physical cash in favor of CBDC! Cheesy

My disappointment arises from the fact that I have high expectations from Bitcoiners (unless they pretend to be Bitcoiners and in reality they're undercover feds)... they should not be so gullible.

CBDC is like a digital jail. Once you enter it, there is no going back to normal (as Klaus Schwab has said).