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by lottin 1287 days ago
Do you realise that some of the people behind CBDCs are Bitcoin developers?
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They get money to make some software but clearly aren't proponents of a totalitarian system
I don't know about totalitarian systems. They are involved with CBDCs. How do you know they aren't proponents of CBDCs?
Because CBDC are the complete opposite of bitcoin philosophy. Bitcoin is about personal freedom and separating state and money. CBDC is about centralised govt control and monitoring
So if you found out that a top pentagon official was working as a military advisor for the Taliban, that wouldn't ring any alarm bells to you. It's completely normal and there's nothing to worry about.
You obviously have your own theory so please go ahead and share it. The bitcoin devs working on CBDCs are a small minority
I don't have a theory (other that both CBDCs and cryptocurrencies are dumb). I'm merely pointing out that the idea that CBDCs are absolute evil while bitcoin is absolutely against evil is rather inconsistent in light of the fact that some of the people behind CBDCs are also involved with bitcoin.