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

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

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"

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.

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

'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
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 😅

#Britcoin will bring a whole new level of shitness to the shitcoin scene.

#RichiGoldmanSunak #Shitness #Shit #Crypto

‘Britcoin’ digital currency could be in use by end of decade

Bank of England and Treasury weigh up issues involved with creating digital pound

The Guardian
‘Britcoin’ digital currency could be in use by end of decade

Bank of England and Treasury weigh up issues involved with creating digital pound

The Guardian