CBDCs Are Programmable Surveillance Money

Think about this: when you hand a $20 bill to a merchant, the transaction is instant, final, and to a great degree anonymous. The central bank that issued the note has no idea where it was spent, what was purchased, or who currently holds it. It’s no longer news that countries are in a race to deploy Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). While this may seem like innovation on the surface, I opine that the very nature of money is being rewritten source: https://medium.com/pivx/cbdcs-are-programmable-surveillance-money-50e27eae1cda?source=rss----430d9242e45e---4