United States Government Coin

[MoneyMan360]

Is there anything like this?
Official Cryptocurrency of the United States of Ter... erm... America?

Is there a digital USD issued by the US?

°MM360°

[evergrow]

There is no such thing, USD is virtual and everyone uses it. Why would the US care about Crypto? It's totally irrelevant.

[shanem]

usd is the government coin
why would they create another crypto?
They do not want to promote crypto.

[MisO69]

Canada has already started down this road http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427430/canada-to-mint-its-own-crypto-currency/

[albert73]

Ecuador is going to release it's own cryptocurrency.

https://altcoinherald.com/ecuador-going-release-altcoin/

[meccoin4me]

i don't believe ecuador's centralized coin is going to work

[ArticMine]

Canada has already started down this road http://www.technologyreview.com/view/427430/canada-to-mint-its-own-crypto-currency/

It is more like Canada is trying to sell the failed Mintchip experiment to the private sector. http://blogs.wsj.com/canadarealtime/2014/04/04/canada-puts-halt-to-mintchip-plans-could-sell-digital-currency-program/.

Edit: One of the reasons: Bitcoin. It is called cutting your losses and it is the smart thing for the Government of Canada to do in this case.

[havanabob]

There is no such thing, USD is virtual and everyone uses it. Why would the US care about Crypto? It's totally irrelevant.

+1
It would be weird that US Gov would create a coin because,1) they are against cryptos and launching a crypto currency is in conflict with the policy of supporting fiat, and, 2) this coin won't be poplar cause no one would agree to support the gov, the institute that always try to control everything

[Cboy]

Why would USA create a cryptocoin ?