Digital currency is a payment tool
1、 Different monetary attributes
1. digital currency:
digital currency belongs to legal tender
2. Wechat:
wechat belongs to the third-party payment instrument
3, Alipay:
Alipay belongs to the third party payment tool. p>
2. Different issuers
1. Digital currency:
the issuer of digital currency is the central bank
2. Wechat:
the clearing Party of wechat is a commercial bank
3, Alipay:
Alipay's settlement party is commercial bank. p>
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in the third-party payment mode, the buyer uses the account provided by the third-party platform to pay for the goods (to the third party), and the third party notifies the seller of the arrival of the goods and requires delivery; After receiving the goods, inspecting the goods and confirming, the buyer shall notify the third party for payment; The third party transfers the money to the seller's account
digital currency can be considered as a virtual currency based on node network and digital encryption algorithm. The core characteristics of digital currency are mainly reflected in three aspects:
1. Due to some open algorithms, digital currency has no issuing subject, so no one or organization can control its issuing
Because the number of algorithm solutions is determined, the total amount of digital currency is fixed, which fundamentally eliminates the possibility of inflation caused by the overuse of virtual currency3. Because the transaction process needs the approval of each node in the network, the transaction process of digital currency is safe enough
in the world, bitcoin is probably the most famous digital currency, in addition to "Wright coin", "Dog Coin" and "Yuan Bao coin" in China
however, there is no centralized issuer for these digital currencies, and anyone is likely to participate in the manufacturing and global circulation. The digital currency of the central bank is the legal currency issued by the central bank, encrypted and supported by national credit. It is understood that at present, the research and development of the prototype system of legal digital currency is in progress. As for when China's legal digital currency will be launched, there is no timetable.
digital currency is an index character RMB, which is a legal encrypted digital currency. It is not only a payment tool, but also a currency. It is essentially different from Alipay and WeChat payment. P> Alipay, WeChat payment and mobile phone banks are all electronic money, is not digital money. These are all payment methods based on electronic accounts, which are in essence just a process of informatization of legal currency, not digital currency in a strict sense. Moreover, it is completely different from q-coin and bitcoin commonly referred to as q-coin and bitcoin, all belong to virtual currency. Compared with digital currency, the most fundamental difference lies in the difference of issuers virtual currency is the electronization of illegal currency, the issuer is not the central bank, and it can only circulate in a specific virtual environment, such as online game currency, which is mainly used for the purchase of virtual goods, but generally does not have security, so virtual trading platforms, such as smart star Witkey, XX one, XX eight, etc., are designed to provide secure trading protection. Digital currency can be used for real goods and services transactions, but only the digital currency issued by the state is legal digital currency, bitcoin is illegal digital currency
In recent years, the rise of financial technology drives the digital and intelligent development of finance, and the form of money is also evolving. Recently, the news of digital currency has attracted people's attention, and there is still a lot of gap with the current online payment
In the two sessions every year, "I don't like the idea of creating a proct that can be speculated and make people rich overnight", "in the future, things in the form of traditional banknotes and coins may graally shrink, or even one day they may not exist.", This is one of the representatives of China's financial regulators who expressed the above views when talking about the central bank's digital currency and bitcoin, ICO supervision and other topics
"these things can be the digital currency based on blockchain, distributed accounting technology and DLT, or the technology evolved from the existing electronic payment." He said
China's digital currency is as long as there is a mobile phone, no network, as long as the touch can be paid, and with detailed transaction records, it is very helpful to combat money laundering crime; This currency is mainly aimed at grabbing shares for Alipay, WeChat and POS terminals. It can also pave the way for RMB internationalization. Digital currency is not only safe and endorsed by the state, but the global central bank is pushing digital money. Now the digital currency is still in the testing stage. What time will it be popularized? It will have to wait until the Beijing Winter Olympic Games in February 2022 to fully promote the use
China's central bank's digital currency can be used for daily micro payments. Because it will be more stable with the endorsement of the state, the central bank's digital currency is different from bitcoin and Libra launched by Facebook. I give digital currency legal effect, and indivials can't refuse to accept it. At the same time, it is very convenient to use. It can be paid without binding any bank account. Digital currency will not cause inflation. Now it can be implemented and used in Shenzhen, xiong'an, Cheng, Suzhou and other cities. It also shows that the era of paperless is coming. Digital currency is a new concept with high technology content. In the future, RMB will enter the 3.0 era. Although the current digital currency is more powerful, it is still unable to put an end to money laundering and corruption
digital currency has the main characteristics of network packets. This kind of data packet is composed of data code and identification code. The data code is the content we need to transmit, while the identification code indicates where the data packet comes from and goes
based on the characteristics of digital currency, the direct benefit of digital currency to the central bank is not only to save the cost of note issuance, circulation and settlement, but also to enhance the central bank's ability to control funds
electronic currency and virtual currency are collectively referred to as digital currency. According to the definition of the European Central Bank, virtual money is issued by non central banks, credit institutions and e-money institutions, which can be used as the numerical expression of the value of currency substitutes in some cases
means of payment
the process of digital currency trading through the platform is as follows:
(1) investors should first register their accounts and obtain digital currency accounts and US dollar or other foreign exchange accounts
(2) users can buy and sell digital currency with the money in their cash account, just like buying and selling stocks and futures
(3) the trading platform will sort the buy requests and sell requests according to the rules and start to match them. If they meet the requirements, the transaction will be concluded
(4) a buy or sell request may be partially executed e to the difference between the buy and sell volumes submitted by users.