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by pakled_engineer 4159 days ago
I once looked into a pegged side chain type coin to make trading easier and it's impossible to do with certain currencies, especially USD. You become responsible for all trades with your token/coins, so if you sell 20,000 USDcoins to user A and they sell the coins to User B without following KYC/money laundering rules the feds come after you demanding ID for User B.

Same goes for CADcoin or GBPcoin, maybe EURcoin would be different but unlikely. You would have to set it up as a centralized service where all transactions req proven identity paper trail which in the end is just as cumbersome as using regular banks.

There's tons of other regulations like preventing your USDcoin from being used for online gambling, which is why Paysafecard must sell crippled PINs in US.