Is central bank digital currency a virtual currency
what is digital currency
digital currency can be used to describe all electronic currencies, including virtual currency and cryptocurrency. Digital currency is a kind of electronic currency without any physical form. Because of its functions and inherent attributes, it is the same as the standard illegal fixed currency, and can also be referred to as the network version of cash. Digital currency is invisible. People need to use and hold it through devices that can be connected to a specific network
T1: eth (the first public chain at present, the underlying platform of Shanzhai coin breeding, and in the speculation of eth2.0) EOS (community consensus + DAPP possible explosion + defi can also join + drop out of high cost performance) Zec (anonymous leader)
T2: Yas (UBI concept, low market value, great potential) atom (cosmos, advantage new public chain), XRP (the decline in 2019 has not risen, so the upward space is still very large) Polkadot dot (Boca, the goal is to surpass Ethereum) KSM (Boca pioneer)
T3: Ada (potential) NEO (myth of 1000 times of the last bull market), ont (strong village), Iost (Iost is currently undervalued, DAPP is also in good development)
there are platform coins in the coin circle, corresponding to HT, BNB, MX
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
it is certain that the digital currency issued by the central bank can never be the same as bitcoin, Ruitai, Qianjin card and other digital currencies. The digital currency issued by the central bank is just the digital currency.
replace physical cash, rece the cost of issuing and circulating traditional paper money, and improve the convenience and transparency of economic transactions.
Recently, there is relevant news that the central bank's digital currency is about to fall, which has attracted most people's praise. The relevant person in charge of the digital currency Research Institute said that the research and development of digital RMB is steadily advancing. At present, closed pilot projects have been carried out in Shenzhen, Suzhou and other places, and the functions are being continuously optimized and improved< Strong> after the central bank issues digital money, the daily payment will no longer need real name, nor do it need to use Alipay and WeChat to pay. It will bring great convenience to our life, and at the same time, it will change a lot. RRRRR}
the issue of digital currency is a trend, which will bring convenience to our lives. It also indirectly reflects the development of currency and social progress. After the use of digital currency, there will be a severe crackdown on crimes and other acts. The difficulty of money laundering will increase and criminal acts will be reced. The flow of money can be effectively queried through mobile app records, which has a great impact on social life
The digital currency developed by the central bank has such a definition: encrypted digital string representing specific amount guaranteed and signed by the central bank . In a broad sense, digital currency includes a wide range of aspects, including electronic currency, virtual currency and legal digital currency. But strictly speaking, the digital currency developed by the central bank refers to legal digital currency
electronic currency is the digitalization of legal tender, including our common bank cards, Internet banking, electronic cash, Alipay and so on. No matter what the form of these electronic money is and through which institutions it circulates, its original source is the legal money issued by the central bank
In contrast, virtual currency is the electronization of illegal currency, and its original issuer is not the central bank. For example, Tencent Q coin and other game coins, such virtual currency is mainly limited to circulation in a specific virtual environment; Bitcoin, for example, solves the problem of decentralization and distrust through blockchain technology, realizes global circulation, and is sought after all over the world. In other words, virtual currency can only be closed in the network circulation, and 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 illegalthe digital currency researched and issued by the central bank is indexed RMB, which belongs to legal encrypted digital currency from the perspective of national schemes, and it is not only a payment tool but also a currency itself< the purpose of digital currency issued by the central bank is to replace physical cash, rece the cost of traditional paper currency issuance and circulation, and improve the convenience and transparency of economic transactions
hope to adopt
according to media reports, before the Spring Festival, the blockchain based digital bill trading platform promoted by the people's Bank of China has been successfully tested. After the Spring Festival, the digital currency Research Institute of the central bank will also be officially listed. This means that the people's Bank of China will become the first central bank to study digital currency and its real application.
(1) the monetary gold and silver Bureau of the people's Bank of China (PBOC) 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 indivial enterprises falsely use the name of the PBOC to label relevant digital procts as "authorized by the people's Bank of China", or falsely claim that the central bank's digital currency promotion team, in an attempt to deceive the public and take the opportunity to make huge profits
(2) the central bank said that at present, 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 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
(3) the central bank emphasizes that the legal tender of China is RMB. RMB shall be uniformly printed and issued by the people's Bank of China. No unit or indivial may refuse to pay all public and private debts within the territory of China in RMB. The general public should establish a correct concept of currency, take good care of RMB and jointly maintain the normal circulation order of RMB.
but everything has two sides, there is a good side, there is a bad side for example, if there is a large-scale economic crisis in the future, how can we promulgate relevant solutions to the e-money that we are not familiar with? We have been using paper money for a long time. Although we can't completely control the economic crisis, we still have relevant experience, but we don't know anything about electronic money