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by pelorat 1896 days ago
More likely they will create their own centralized crypto similar to XRP.
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Why? Every time cryptocurrencies get discussed here, the talking points are “crypto is trust-less” (incompatible with centralised), and “government can’t be trusted” (ditto).

I can believe they’ll make a new currency, might even call it a “cryptolira” or whatever as branding, but there is exactly zero value in a government-run money Blockchain. Databases already exist, much lower energy cost, well studied, easy to audit and backup or rollback.