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Title: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: tkoham on April 01, 2016, 06:47:07 PM well, That was unexpected. Vatican City (http://bitcoinist.net/vatican-adop-cryptocurrency/) is launching a Coin that's open ledger and non-permissioned. Apparently they've been keepingit under wraps too. Thoughts?
Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: iram66680 on April 01, 2016, 06:48:57 PM Why is this so unexpected ::)
Pope Francais is the most technologically savvy in the religious monarchy ever having a twitter account and Instagram that he frequently uses. He is trying to appeal to the younger generation yet stay humble, so he does not over do it like the British monarchy does. This was bound to happen as this means more donations to the church, going to the poor of course ;). Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: jimbobway on April 01, 2016, 06:53:02 PM April fools
Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: tkoham on April 01, 2016, 06:59:01 PM April fools IDK, the article cites an established CEO of an italian BTC startup as a source. normally, yeah, but I doub't he'd be retweeting it like crazy if it were bunk Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: KidRocks on April 01, 2016, 07:03:57 PM oh its April first, im so surprised.
Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: bitbollo on April 01, 2016, 07:10:36 PM April fools Absolutely ... :D it's a non-sense for a certain point of view that they approach cryptocurrency. A nice april fools but I have to admit I click on url link and yes seems to be a real a news :) Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: countryfree on April 01, 2016, 10:31:58 PM Pretty poor April fools joke.
I guess most people dealing with the Vatican's finances are over 70, and I don't imagine them being comfortable with cryptocurrencies, let alone computers. Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: cjmoles on April 01, 2016, 11:27:30 PM Pretty poor April fools joke. I guess most people dealing with the Vatican's finances are over 70, and I don't imagine them being comfortable with cryptocurrencies, let alone computers. Yes, I agree. There have been quite a few gags today, but this one is pretty weak...It's mostly weak because there have been so many other gags today. The gags are gonna have to get better and better as the day progresses for them to be convincing. I was had a few times earlier but I'm not falling for them anymore. I'm pretty sure the Vatican already has a blockchain technology anyway! Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: btvGainer on April 01, 2016, 11:31:51 PM Pretty poor April fools joke. Age has nothing to do with this but yes I too dont think Vatican would adopt cryptocurruncy because there is no extra benefit to Vatican with its adoption.I guess most people dealing with the Vatican's finances are over 70, and I don't imagine them being comfortable with cryptocurrencies, let alone computers. Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: KennyR on April 02, 2016, 03:11:45 AM Pretty poor April fools joke. Age has nothing to do with this but yes I too dont think Vatican would adopt cryptocurruncy because there is no extra benefit to Vatican with its adoption.I guess most people dealing with the Vatican's finances are over 70, and I don't imagine them being comfortable with cryptocurrencies, let alone computers. It might be to make us fool. Really if its true it would benefit Vatican in getting more donations. People look for a source through which donations can be made easy. If someone holding large amount of bitcoin wish to donate, he doesn't need to depend on fiat. Title: Re: Vatican Is positioned to be first State to run a sanctioned cryptocurrency Post by: Slark on April 02, 2016, 03:24:21 AM well, That was unexpected. Vatican City (http://bitcoinist.net/vatican-adop-cryptocurrency/) is launching a Coin that's open ledger and non-permissioned. Apparently they've been keepingit under wraps too. Thoughts? If this news was presented any other day that this I would be amused, exited and taken aback by their statement. But I suspect that this is only Aprils Fools' prank.I hope I am wrong about this and I want it to be real, but the chances are slim. Anyway this info almost got me for a moment. |