Can people buy digital currency
It's illegal
the central bank indicated that it has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency
In addition, the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud 
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virtual currency is the electronization of illegal currency, and its original issuer is not the central bank. This kind of virtual currency is mainly limited to circulation in a specific virtual environment. Digital currency can be used for real goods and services transactions, but only the digital currency issued by the state is legal digital currency
in 2013, the central bank, together with five ministries and commissions, issued the notice on prevention of bitcoin risks, which clearly defined non legal digital currencies such as bitcoin as virtual commodities, which do not exist in the form of currency and legal currency
It's illegal
First, digital currency ICO is illegal in China.
in September 2017, the people's Bank of China issued an announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance, which formally determined that ICO is illegal financing without approval, and no organization or indivial is allowed to participate
later, it was announced on April 23, 2018 that the left and right digital currency ICO platforms had all withdrawn from the Chinese market, so the current ICO is illegal in China
Second, digital currency exchange is prohibited in China.
after announcing that ICO is an illegal financing activity, the central bank also listed services such as trading, exchange, pricing and information intermediary for virtual currency as prohibited items, which means that digital currency exchange is illegal in China
all trading platforms, including bitcoin China, okcion and fire coin, announced in 2018 that they would stop the RMB recharge business and graally shut down their trading platforms. As of April 2018, all digital currency exchanges had completely withdrawn from the Chinese market
digital currency generally has a special digital currency exchange. We can buy the digital currency we need in our digital currency exchange
we can buy from our friends in addition to the exchange. If a friend has something, you can discuss and ask if he can sell it to you
we can buy our digital currency from traders nearby if we need more
we accept payment by digital currency payment service. If we open a physical store, we can support payment by digital currency, so we can also get our digital currency
finally, we can get digital currency by mining, and we can get digital currency by equipping mining machine to work mining, such as investing more hardware
digital currency trading: it can be traded only after RMB or digital currency is recharged in a third-party digital currency exchange
purchase of digital currency: no matter how many coins you buy, there is no limit. For example, if bitcoin is 100000 yuan, you can buy 0.0001, and there is no limit on how many coins you can buy or sell
digital currency trading time: 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, can be traded
It is illegal to buy and sell digital currency in China
according to the announcement on preventing the financing risk of token issuance jointly issued by the central bank and other seven ministries and commissions, the announcement points out that any so-called token financing trading platform shall not engage in the exchange business between legal currency and token and "virtual currency", and shall not buy or sell tokens or "virtual currency" as the central counterparties, It is not allowed to provide pricing, information intermediary and other services for token or "virtual currency"
the announcement points out that token issuance financing refers to the so-called "virtual currency" raised from investors through illegal sale and circulation of tokens. In essence, it is an unauthorized illegal public financing behavior, suspected of illegal sale of token tickets, illegal issuance of securities, illegal fund-raising, financial fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities
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the central bank said that the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency:
the central bank's monetary Bureau issued a "risk warning on issuing or promoting digital currency in the name of the people's Bank of China" on its official website, saying that recently, indivial enterprises falsely use the name of the central bank, The relevant digital procts are labeled as "authorized issuance by the people's Bank of China", or the central bank's digital currency promotion team is falsely claimed, in an attempt to deceive the public and take the opportunity to make huge profits
the central bank said that the central bank has not issued legal digital currency, nor authorized any institutions and enterprises to issue legal digital currency, and there is no promotion team. At present, the so-called "digital currency" in the market is not legal digital currency. The central bank also suggested that the so-called "digital currency" launched by some institutions and enterprises and the so-called promotion of the central bank's issuance of digital currency may involve pyramid selling and fraud
in fact, virtual currencies such as bitcoin and lightcoin are representatives of the so-called digital currency. The central bank said in 2016 that it was studying China's legal digital currency. Yao Qian, director of the digital currency Research Institute of the people's Bank of China, previously told the media that the prototype scheme for the central bank to issue legal digital currency has completed two rounds of revision, and is expected to be tested in relatively closed application scenarios such as the bill market in the future, but there is no clear timetable for its launch
As of 2019, the digital currency seminar of the people's Bank of China was held in Beijing to further clarify the strategic objectives of the central bank's issuance of digital currency, do a good job in tackling key technologies, study the multi scenario application of digital currency, and strive to launch the digital currency issued by the central bank as soon as possible. At present, it is under study, and many problems need to be improved slowly
digital currency is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the blockchain technology it relies on has been decentralized and can be used in other fields except digital currency, which is one of the reasons why bitcoin is popular; On the other hand, if digital currency is widely used by the public as a kind of currency, it will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial market and financial stability
If digital currency is accepted by the public, its use will increase greatly and replace legal currency to a certain extent, then negative events such as network attacks on user terminals related to digital currency will cause currency fluctuation, which will have an impact on financial order and real economyin addition, the virtual currency based on blockchain technology is usually held by a few people at the beginning. For example, the first purchase of bitcoin in May 2010 was $25 pizza purchased by 10000 BTC, and the price of each bitcoin rose to $1200 in more than three years by the end of 2013
Digital RMB is coming! What is the impact on people's lives
secondly, many people think that digital RMB has special functions of anti money laundering and anti-corruption because of its traceability. I think that's half right. The introction of digital RMB really has a deterrent effect on money laundering. With the participation of blockchain technology, relevant departments can effectively find the source of funds, So as to effectively curb money laundering
however, it may not be so easy to crack down on corruption. Some corrupt elements may turn their money into a house and put it in the name of their relatives, but you can't find it, or some corrupt elements may put their corrupt money directly at home, and law enforcement agencies can't find it at all. Unless, like India's Modi, the old version of large banknotes will be voided and replaced with new banknotes. In the replacement, it is necessary to show the proof of the legal source of the huge amount of property
thirdly, digital currency can also help poverty alleviation and provide national welfare. During the epidemic period, China has formulated a lot of welfare policies for enterprises and indivials. However, e to inaccurate information and unimpeded channels, it is unable to benefit every enterprise and indivial. If we use the digital RMB channel, we believe that every enterprise and indivial will benefit directly. In this way, we can save time cost and channel operation cost without going through a third party. In addition, if we lay out the digital RMB well in advance, the state can distribute benefits to the people more directly and quickly, and it can also be accurate to the indivial. These will give our country is vigorously layout of the circular economy has played a role in boosting
Digital RMB is coming! What is the impact on people's lives
fourthly, digital RMB will play a positive role in import and export trade and lay a solid foundation for RMB internationalization in the next step. In addition to the use of digital RMB in import and export trade, it can also expand the influence of digital RMB in the world. In addition, China now has tens of millions of Chinese and overseas Chinese all over the world, who will play a positive role in the promotion and circulation of digital RMB. With the increasing status of RMB internationalization, the introction of digital RMB is more concive to the promotion and use of RMB in the world, and lays the foundation for RMB internationalization
of course, some people worry that if the network is cut off or the mobile phone has no signal, then digital currency can not be used, which is an irresistible accident. The central bank should take this into account before launching the digital Renminbi. In this regard, we believe that RMB banknotes and coins will not withdraw from circulation for a long time in the future. In the future, digital RMB and banknotes will coexist for a long time. Therefore, people can rest assured that the introction of digital RMB by the central bank will not affect people's daily life.