Do we truly need cbdc when bitcoin already exist?

[DrBeer]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.
Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks
This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers
The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.
Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;
Do we really need cbdc now?

To answer once again about CBDC : it is not what we all dreamed of. It is not "blockchain and security for the masses", it is total control and complete management of your money, which will be in the hands of the state. Read about the implementation of this technology, it is a "blockchain hell" which just crosses out all the advantages of this wonderful technology and ideology. But... most likely - there's no turning back now

Well then if so it means btc was a con as it helped people think digital and then the governments of the world will do cbdc.
So my idea that satoshi was the CIA or some secret agency with a plan is bolstered yet again.  Get people to used btc  then force them to use cbdc.
It would mean btw's sole purpose was to create cbdc down the road.
we could be truly fucked.
 or not. time will tell.

You misunderstood me. It's more like good technology created a monster. It happened when the state systems realized that it is difficult to fight cryptocurrencies, but it can be used for their "benefit". That's what happens in our lives. The energy of the atom can serve mankind, giving people light, heat, energy. And it can also kill massively... Like any entity, this technology has two sides. Alas, dualism accompanies us everywhere.

[Fortify]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

One of the limiting factors for Bitcoin is the capacity of the network and even the total volume of bitcoin in existence. You could argue that Bitcoin itself suffers from a form of inflation, because every year a certain amount of coins will be lost for a whole variety of reasons, from dust left over in transactions to wallets lost by owners. This makes it hard to realistically fit all the transactions that even small countries need on to the existing blockchain at a reasonable level. Certain countries may choose to take on a CBDC project to experiment with creating a truly digital currency but need it in a more contained and sterile environment compared to the constant fluctuations you see on pre-existing crypto

[o48o]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

You can't compare those. It's fiat money and btc is not going to replace fiat money as it's by design not designed for that. Ability to print money or inflation if a system that can help governments in crisis situations, if done correctly. Only inflationary money can do this, not deflationary or money with fixed supply. Bitcoin is good for other things but it's not benefiting any government over fiat money.

Also there would definitely be issue with those permissionless immutable transactions in transparent network, which is the whole point of bitcoin.

And do we need cbdc over current systems? Probably. It would be helpful system against money laundering and one tool to keep corruption in check.

[Vaskiy]

Every country comes up with some reason for the development of CBDC. Some countries have joined together and planned for common CBDC, so that it can be used in cross border settlements with ease and in a cost effective way. However the main objective of governments is to keep things under control and make people avoid the usage of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

Governments have well understood about bitcoin, growth, widespread and increasing popularity among common people, also they know it isn't possible to down the growth of bitcoin with the development of CBDC. Bitcoin does everything in a better way than the CBDC and it isn't necessary.

[Twentyonepaylots]

CBDC is just a centralized form of Bitcoin. It's the complete opposite of what Bitcoin stands for. The government can't allow people to have control over themselves. They won't just sit by and watch that happen. They'll have to do something about it.
CBDC will be a total failure in every country.

It's contradictary statement that CBDC is a centralized form of bitcoin. First thing is that CBDCs are not volatile, meaning it just represents the country's currency in online system where the world is trying to leap right now. Second, is that Bitcoin became an asset rather than currency. We need both to be honest, use bitcoin as an asset for future gains and CBDC for day to day living making cashless payments, hassle-less payments, P2P transactions, etc. I don't think it's going to fail, the government is trying to upscale and upgrade the system we currently using, and  of course it is their duty to keep it centralized and avoid any anomaly in the society. Governing body over us isn't a bad thing.
 

[Ndabagi01]

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

We know, and the government knows, that we don’t need CBDC since it is controlled by them and cannot be compared to bitcoin, which is not regulated by any authority. As people are embracing digital currency and increasing its global usage, the government will want to create a competition to reduce the usage of the decentralised currency by spreading false information about it so that people will switch to its alternative, which is this CBDC. CBDC is merely a ploy to track the use of people's funds in transactions that they cannot track using bitcoin.

[2double0]

CBDCs are only a way for governments to keep their eye on you and your transactions. I don't think it is needed at any cost unless there is no system to pay online and CBDC is the only option left. Besides that, CBDC also cannot come into existence without pegging it to printed money of the specific country and it's not easily possible to know how much exactly is circulating there.

[Rruchi man]

Do we really need cbdc now?

CBDC's are distractions to take your attention from what is the important thing which is bitcoins. CBDC's is what the government wants to use to deceive people not to use bitcoins and cryptocurrency for transactions. The creation of CBDC's is to ensure that they do not loose their third party grip that they have on the financial life of the citizens. In my opinion, they are unnecessary and maybe the next stage in evolution for the banks, but for us, bitcoin is what is next for us not CBDC's.

[Gozie51]

There is a truth that you need to accept that, whether we need CBDC or not, it will still be issued by the government and in the further future, it can even completely replace paper money. So as long as the government still controls us, it is mandatory for us to use fiat or CBDC in the future, we have no choice whether we want that to happen or not.  

I don't see the usefulness of CBDC over fiat. The government is only using CBDC as the digital version of their money and therefore it won't replace fiat. Fiat is going nowhere because of its traditional role it does, there are things you need to buy and you don't need either btc or CBDC. Also, countries that are yet to have CBDC may prefer to rely on usdt or other stable coins instead. So whether the government choose to use CBDC or not, fiat will still be around.

[Darker45]

You're raising the question here. You'll probably receive a resounding no as an answer. You raise the same question somewhere else and the answer could possibly be a resounding yes.

The world has grown digital. Fiat will also have to adapt. This is not just a matter of relevance but also of efficiency, not just from the point of view of finance and business people but also of law enforcers. So if I were somebody who belongs to these categories, I'd also be saying yes.

But since I have already encountered Bitcoin and has gone a little bit deep down the rabbit hole, I'd say no. But my no is not just on CBDC but also on fiat in general. Nobody in the Bitcoin community would probably say yes to fiat and no to CBDC.

Therefore, the debate on CBDC belongs to the fiat community. To the Bitcoin community, CBDC is similar to fiat. It's just a change of form. Therefore, by saying no to fiat, the necessary implication is that we're also saying no to CBDC.

[Porfirii]

Do we really need cbdc now?

NO!

The idea behind the CBDC across various countries is, amongst others, to digitally represent themselves in the new technology and also have swift tranfers but neglect the very blockchain onus, which is, by far, the most proritised reason for the blockchain technology.

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I agree with that: the first idea that comes to mind when we think about cbdc's is that it is a way to compete with cryptos (mainly stablecoins), which can be also true in the future, but as per now I think that it is more a maneuver to make fiat (and financial control institutions) look cool. Younger people is learning about blockchain, and legacy institutions don't want to look archaic for them. Of course, goals and strategies vary between countries, but the idea of the digital representation is quite on point.

[Silberman]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

This is an example of the proverb ‘if you cannot beat them, join them’ governments all around the world have tried all kind of strategies to eradicate or to at least slow down bitcoin and they have failed, so what they are trying now is to create their own coins hoping to dupe enough people into thinking their centralized coins are better than bitcoin, but even if they could achieve their objective and deceive a lot of people, they will never deceive us and we will keep using bitcoin regardless of any strategy they may come up to counter it.

[ultrloa]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

This is an example of the proverb ‘if you cannot beat them, join them’ governments all around the world have tried all kind of strategies to eradicate or to at least slow down bitcoin and they have failed, so what they are trying now is to create their own coins hoping to dupe enough people into thinking their centralized coins are better than bitcoin, but even if they could achieve their objective and deceive a lot of people, they will never deceive us and we will keep using bitcoin regardless of any strategy they may come up to counter it.

They have failed to contain bitcoin so maybe they try to control it by introducing this new coin. But I doubt this can eliminate bitcoin since to many challenges has been passed and even government cannot move it until it get no demand. But for sure their are people will adopt this coin since some may think that centralize coins is good coin to have but it will just be traded together on exchange so most provably this CBDC will became another alternative coins like USDT and other stable coins. Those people who want to control the industry cannot really deceive people about its existence but rather they will continue to adopt bitcoin for betterment especially for profit generation, people know that bitcoin could give them more better profit rather than holding a coin created by them.

[m2017]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

The idea is completely different - digital slavery, because now, the one who controls cash flows controls people/the world. Everything that officials and the media say is a “sweet lie” for listeners.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

I don't see a connection between the two. What did you want to say?

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

They didn't even try. This is completely unnecessary for them and is at odds with their interests.

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Worrying, you say? It's time to panic en masse!

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

Does anyone ask us about this? Governments decided this without the participation of the people and without waiting for an answer.

In fact, crypto community doesn't need CBDC at all, because we have something better - BTCitcoin. I don’t have this big question and everything is obvious to me.

[icalical]

No we don't, but as a people who already understand and adopt bitcoin we are never the 'target market'. CBDC was initiated by the Governments and their target market was people who either never heard of Bitcoin, or people who knows Bitcoin but they still don't understand completely and it makes them don't have trust on Bitcoin. With CBDC government will lure those people to stay away from decentralize cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and it's will make them still has some control over people's money.

[harapan]

CBDC (central bank digital currency) are digital representation of a country's official currency managed and regulated by a central bank. The idea is to provide an alternative to digital cash allowing faster transactions and increasing financial accessibility.

Its centralized nature allows the government to directly issue currency to citizens at the whim of central banks

This obviously means that they can not offer the same level of autonomy or censorship resistance that bitcoin offers

The fact that its implementation can lead to potential surveillance and increase government control over finance is something to be worried about.

Considering the fact that bitcoin has earned an high level of trust, security and borderlessness from it user with an inherent monitory policy brings the big question;

Do we really need cbdc now?

The Decentralised cryptocurrencies doesn't need CBDC at all..
Every decisions today were brought up by the government and i don't see a reason why the  crypto community will buy into any of such ideas cause they all there for their selfish interests.

On a norms the government was emersed for the people,by the people and of the people but they have choosed to run it their own way cause they know cryptocurrencies is taken over gradually.so they are supposed to confide in the people for anything rather than taking their own decisions by themselves and the law to their hands.

In respective of Bitcoin I believe they are not smiling cause they are observing the unusual and substantial growth of Bitcoin and they all know how it will erase all other currencies so they won't hesitate to do their wish.
So I think we all need to raise our eyes and wash and know when to act.

[rat03gopoh]

Do we really need cbdc now?

Me personally: No. In fact, I have not found anywhere that the implementation of CBDC is based on the aspirations of citizens.

CBDC is just a centralized form of Bitcoin.

Each country's version of CBDC can be different, some do adopt some crypto features such as blockchain which is transparent and allows it to be private or are also completely different like China's CBDC.

[Raflesia]

We the people of any country do not need that country to issue cbdc’s.

but many countrie’s governments are desperate so they may try a cbdc to make a bailout won’t as they are bound to fuck them up 🆙

Looking at the current conditions, I honestly doubt the government's intention is like that because what I see from the creation of CBDC is only to widen their power because they are aware that with the presence of cryptocurrency they will find it difficult to regulate the finances of those who use it. with the CBDC their hope is to still be able to control some people who are here as a form of symbol of their power and indirectly they actually want to create a counterpoint to bitcoin even though those of us who are already here know that things like this cannot be compared.

[DeathAngel]

We (as in me, you, most people on this forum) do not need or want a CBDC but that won’t stop our governments from trying to force them on us. It’s not about what the people need or what is helpful, it’s about control. They can control large aspects of our lives by bringing in CBDC’s. We have an advantage though because we are in bitcoin & crypto early. Prepare yourselves accordingly, you still have time.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

We the people of any country do not need that country to issue cbdc’s.

but many countrie’s governments are desperate so they may try a cbdc to make a bailout won’t as they are bound to fuck them up 🆙

I was listening to the radio the other day (AM talk radio to be precise) and the host was talking to some guy who mentioned almost in passing that it was a fact that the US government is soon going to recall all physical currency and implement a CBDC.  Mind you, I was driving when I heard this and I swear I almost drove right off the road.

When I got home, I made a bee-line to my computer and did some googling to see if that was true.  I got down on my knees and prayed to my fallen angel of choice that it was some sort of hoax or rumor that isn't true.

As to OP's question.  Governments want to control the currency their citizens use.  With bitcoin they can't do that.  It's just that simple.