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New Autonomous Airwaves episode out 🎙️
Britcoin Uncapped? The Digital Pound's Promise vs. Your Privacy & Freedom

Is a UK digital pound about innovation, or quiet control dressed up as convenience? This episode explores the trade offs, risks, and why privacy still matters.

Listen here: https://pod.link/1803236881

#AutonomousAirwaves #Britcoin #CBDC #DigitalPound #Privacy #Freedom #Decentralisation

Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻Jul 27, 2025

Bank of England governor: “Perhaps there may also be a role for a retail central bank digital £, but I remain to be convinced why the natural next step is to create a new form of money, rather than put digital technology into retail payments & bank accounts.” 💸 #Britcoin apple.news/AZjiLj0quQ6a...

The omens aren’t good for ‘Bri...

The omens aren’t good for ‘Britcoin’, the Bank’s digital pound — The Times and The Sunday Times

Most people, if they think about the Bank of England, think only of interest rates. And yes, it is true, the Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) has an important decision on rates coming up soon — on August 7. Who knows, I may touch on that this time next week. There are, though, many other things the Bank does. These may not have the immediacy of interest rate changes but they are important. One is whether the UK should have a digital currency, which some dub “Britcoin”, issued by the

Bazaar Times Oct 27, 2024

The Bank of England 🇬🇧 is currently evaluating the potential launch of #Britcoin 💸, a digital version of the pound sterling.
Bank of #England Governor Andrew Bailey has said that digital currency will not replace #cash in the #UK"

kat Feb 23, 2023

So "#britcoin"…
good or evil?

I read part of the Bank of England paper.

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/paper/2023/the-digital-pound-technology-working-paper

And like.. if you replace the words "third party wallet" with "consumer bank" it just sounds like "paying by card" now..

The digital pound: Technology Working Paper

This paper accompanies a Consultation Paper on the digital pound and outlines the Bank of England’s emerging thinking on CBDC technology.

UKB Feb 19, 2023

I get the whole need for the #BoE to explore so called #britcoin (goodness I hope that label doesn't catch on) but I can see them making a right mess of it

Payment merchants, get ready to pick up the pieces and lock yourselves in. I know you're going to do it

#visa #mastercard #bitcoin #stablecoin #digitalpound #wise

Mayuresh K Feb 10, 2023

More detail on the potential #uk #digitalcurrency starts to trickle

#Britcoin #cryptocurrency #britain

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-11724297/amp/Britcoin-UK-digital-currency-capped-20-000-each.html

'Britcoin' UK digital currency to be capped at £20,000 each

The 'digital pound' could be launched by the second half of the decade, according to a consultation launched by the Bank of England and the Treasury.

This is Money

wilson

Feb 8, 2023

I like to think I'm good at keeping up to date with technology, and definitely in areas that I'm interested in but learning about #Britcoin from my mechanic #Today takes the biscuit. How I missed this one I do not know 😅