Zhou Xiaochuan digital currency financial times
Zhou Xiaochuan pointed out that as legal tender, digital currency must be issued by the central bank. The issue, circulation and transaction of digital currency should follow the idea of integration of traditional currency and digital currency, and implement the same principle of management. That is to say, q-coin and the like are definitely not good
as for whether to use blockchain technology to create digital currency. Zhou Xiaochuan said that the blockchain technology is an optional technology, but so far, the blockchain still occupies too many resources. Whether it is computing resources or storage resources, it can't cope with the current transaction scale, and whether it can be solved in the future depends on it. Zhou Xiaochuan said that in addition to blockchain technology, the digital currency research team of the people's Bank of China has also concted in-depth research on other related technologies involved in digital currency, such as mobile payment, trusted and controllable cloud computing, cryptographic algorithm, security chip, etc
in addition, Zhou Xiaochuan also mentioned that there is a lot of discussion about "51% attack" (assuming that indivials have 51% of the computing speed of the whole network, they can realize double payment, reverse transactions, paralyze the whole network, and completely lose the transfer function). More specifically, compared with the special currency, bitcoin does not need the central bank. Zhou Xiaochuan mentioned that for the digital currency controlled by the central bank, a series of technical means, mechanism design and laws and regulations will be adopted to ensure the security of the digital currency operation system, which is different from the design idea of bitcoin from the beginning
as for the digital currency timetable, Zhou Xiaochuan said that there is no established timetable. The relationship between digital currency and cash will be parallel and graally replaced for quite a long time. For reference.
other well-known digital currencies include Leyte, Ruitai, doggy and so on.
eager for quick success and instant benefit, not respecting or developing China's core technology.
of course, in addition to the mainstream digital currencies such as bitcoin, lightcoin and dogcoin, there are also some application-oriented digital currencies in China, such as some digital currencies on coin Ying China platform.
The rise of the Internet has not only changed people's lives, but also greatly changed our way of payment, which greatly facilitates our lives. This time, Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia and former president of the people's Bank of China, was at the Boao Forum for Asia & lt; Digital payment and digital currency; On the sub forum, the topic of digital currency was mentioned, which also showed the country's attitude towards digital currency
What are the difficulties in cross-border payment of digital currency
e to the exchange rate difference between the currencies of various countries, especially the massive issuance of US dollar by the United States, many countries have lost a lot. However, if digital currency is used for cross-border payment, there will be no such problem. However, the original intention of digital currency is not cross-border payment, but to facilitate China's retail instry. Many people see that digital currency is so convenient in China, so it can be applied to cross-border payment. However, cross-border payment is not so simple, because exchange rate and currency stability need to be considered, and even some countries have certain control over foreign exchange. Therefore, the road of cross-border payment of digital currency is still very long, and these problems can not be solved at present, So the difficulty is great