The uproar occurred when the British bank Coutts “froze” the account of fascist-mouth Nigel Farage, without notice and without explanations. However, the practice is at least 10 years old (in …
There are some spare change….
I see this is the job China is doing… If you want to monitor every transaction, you can only do this through a central bank digital currency… If you want …
Digital currencies, algorithmic prisons
When the mandatory use of “plastic money” for 30% of the taxable amount of everyone was imposed (in Greece), the justification was “to combat tax evasion”: the idea that monetary …
cashless: money as a cloud
A society (a world) without money would be, perhaps, healthier? The question does not imply harsh anticapitalism, nor nostalgia for a return to nature and to a “barter economy.” For …
Digital rectum
According to Sigmund Freud, money is excrement. The passion for money (always for the founder of psychoanalysis) is an adult expression of the anal stage in infant development. Where they …
Digital yuan
Blockchain technology, which was created to allow the global movement of digital currencies by bypassing the control of central banks, has led to the creation of “cryptocurrencies” suitable only for …
The death of the dollar?
The central bank of china has already entered the final tests of the application of digital yuan. In a few days, the trial uses will begin, centered on Shenzhen (the …
no libra
Zuckerberg prepares a “cryptocurrency”. To be exact, mr facebook is a kind of “technological front” for the creation of a digital currency by a number of private companies. Unlike bitcoin …
blockchain: the protocol of the gods
If we had to name a key and critical characteristic of human relationships, it would certainly be trust. And surely no introduction is needed regarding its importance and criticality. However, …