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[-] honey_im_meat_grinding@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This means that the role of commercial banks is not canceled with the launch of the single digital currency, but they will still be an important part of the ecosystem.

[...] a ceiling on the liquidity that citizens will be able to maintain in digital euro, in the order of 2,000 or 3,000 euros per user. The goal is for the digital euro to be used purely as a means of exchange and not as a means of accumulating wealth.

The benefits of the digital euro include the immediacy and security of transactions – [...] instant payments [...] made in a few seconds

A very important advantage of the digital euro is also the zero cost of its use, putting an end to the – harsh in some cases – commissions that banks currently impose on direct payments

Maybe I'm talking from a privileged country, but none of this would benefit me at all in my country as the banking system already does all of this. It's a bit disappointing that they seem to be intentionally kneecapping the digital euro so that they can placate private banks. Although I wouldn't mind what they're doing if they also provided a government run bank that didn't shoo away customers if they didn't have the right risk profile, that competed with private banks (e.g. Norway's state-run consumer bank exists alongside private ones). For example, legal sex workers are often pushed out by private banks.

If it's reasonably private and a third-party morality police isn't deciding what you should be allowed to spend your money on, it'd be a big improvement over the US system.

this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
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