Buterin: "Facebook's Libra is wakeup call for governments" | Crypto Craft

  • Buterin: "Facebook's Libra is wakeup call for governments"

    From en.globes.co.il

    It is doubtful whether passersby in the Sapir (Poleg) Business and Technology Park in Netanya recognized Vitalik Buterin during his visit there late last week. The tall, geeky 25 year-old Russian Canadian has become an international celebrity in recent years, mainly among digital currency devotees, but also in other circles. At 19, Buterin was called the blockchain prodigy when he cofounded Ethereum, which soon became the second largest cryptocurrencies platform after Bitcoin. Ethereum's founders were enthusiastic when the idea of a cryptocurrency first appeared in 2009 with the invention of bitcoin. They followed ... (full story)

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auricforecas
Sep 15, 2019 11:57am
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I hope governments will start to compete for the people... like who will provide better solution... instead of competing who might in-debt, tax or regulate/limit them... So I welcome for as many official/legal/gov_backed crypto solution as possible and let the people/market decide which is worth it... Currently BTC still leads...
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TMR
Sep 16, 2019 2:38am
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Approximately 69% of adults in Vietnam are unbanked and thus depend on cash to buy or sell goods and services. That means that out of Vietnam's 97 million citizens, there are approximately 50 million people, aged 15 and over, relying on cash issued by the government.
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