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A single public blockchain infrastructure is the only way a CBDC will work. Because of trust

A single public blockchain infrastructure is the only way a CBDC will work because of trust. It's the only way government will be able to convince the people it is trustworthy. Its not a technical challenge which is is already solved anyway.  It is a trust opportunity which needs to be boldly attended to. Government say they need their CBDC to be transparent. So that they can trace and follow crime on their new cash system. I don't have a problem with that so long as every citizen's privacy is maintained.  But this is not the total extent of what transparency needs to be, if, government wants to make a CBDC work. For a CBDC to work fully, for both that nation and all its citizens, transparency needs to be in totality. What exactly do I mean by this? Government, having been misled by fintech for more than 5 years now, and fintech having failed to deliver on certain promises in 2019 using crippled crypto protocols, no longer believe a CBDC can be done on chain. But do...

The Dangers of Hero Worship

The Dangers of Hero Worship  The lesson of these centuries is to always remember that YOU are the hero in your own adventure. YOU. And if you start to forget that by worshipping other hero's, you will see a decline in your quality of life as a person.