TD₿: Central Bank Digital Currencies Exposed! - (a guest appearance on the What Bitcoin Did podcast) with Sam Callahan
TL;DR: Technology is forcing banks hands. Every time they have to centralise more and more. What they’re trying to build now is one unified ledger that connects all the CBDCs worldwide.
Hey Bitcoiners,
Sam Callahan joins Peter McCormack in this clip from the "What Bitcoin Did" podcast to discuss the one unified ledger banks are building that connects all the central bank digital currencies world.
“The technology is forcing their hand, and every single time they have to centralise more, and more, and more; and, what they’re trying to build now is one unified ledger that connects all the CBDCs around the world.”
— Sam Callahan
Why are CBDCs being proposed by politicians and central banks worldwide? ow #Bitcoinfixes this and the concept around hyperbitcoinization.
Enjoy!
Tick tock next block,
Cory Klippsten
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