maalimaken posted: " And Part 1 of a new story-series titled Bitcoin vs CBDC * * * My Bitcoin Journey Hello you. If you have been waiting for a new blog post, I have one for you today. I will share with you the articles I have written for the media company bit" intelagent
And Part 1 of a new story-series titled Bitcoin vs CBDC
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My Bitcoin Journey
Hello you.
If you have been waiting for a new blog post, I have one for you today.
I will share with you the articles I have written for the media company bitcoinnews.com
But before all that, I'll just say a few words about my time in the Bitcoin rabbit hole so far.
It has been a blast!!!
One - I learnt that Bitcoin is the money that will help humanity climb up the entropic rays of the sun. As I have been dreaming about for the last 3 years!
Hurray!
Why. Because Bitcoin = Money + Sunlight.
Oh. Plus keys.
Beat that you 32ETH club.
Two - I got a job writing about Bitcoin. And I was earning Bitcoin!!
Hahaha. YEAH.
I learnt how to set up a bunch of Bitcoin wallets, how to convert the cash into Uganda shillings, and how to hate the fact that Bitcoin is at an all-time low .
Giving that I have been a journalist for an entire month, this might be good.
I wouldn't TLDR if I were you.
Part 1
Somewhere in an exquisite business district was the office.
The office door was made of a thousand-years-old sequoia. The tree had lived through the world wars, the industrial and internet revolutions, and the gold-fiat-BTC eras.
It would start the CBDC era as well.
It was an expensive door.
A moment later, it was opened and through it flowed a small stream of important people. VIPs. All leading politicians.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, if you could have your seats please".
They sat.
"Today I would like us to agree on something simple. I am here to ask that we all buy the first batch of tokens of the new CBDC that the government has rolled out.
First, your thoughts. Then we shall vote on how much we should each stake".
Silence.
Nobody was looking at the other. Or at anything in particular really.
"Susan?"
"I'm for Bitcoin Jim. And you know that".
Jim kept quiet and shot her a gaze that would have her smouldered if he were Superman.
She felt a little fear.
"Seriously", quipped Simon, "you literally built most of this thing. So what, you're just going to leave it to the black suits?"
"Why not? They are the civilization-surveillance squad".
"If we move forward with this, it will be a big vote of confidence…"
"But I am not confident. And neither is his highness Jim over here".
That did it.
"What did you say Susan?"
"I am saying you own Bitcoin. You are welcome to deny it".
"What my investment portfolio looks like is none of your goddamn business!"
"Oh. So you want privacy now huh. What, aren't you going to own some CBDC?"
"SHUT UP!"
The place suddenly chilled.
Contrarian Matthews started teething.
He guffawed. Then it became a properly dignified laugh.
"WHAT!" "Nothing Mr. Jim Sir. Take it easy".
Jim was sweating. Fuck, the inner circle was not uniting towards a common voice. Powerful people who were too weak to actually grab power.
And they called themselves libertarians.
"Haha", he shot out. It was somewhat amusing.
This roll out would be ugly. He hated to leave the Economy to the CIA but what choice were these 4 idiots leaving him.
No matter. He would remain Executive Chairman of the Central Bank, and he would be rich and powerful beyond their imagination.
To hell with sharing power if those he was giving it too did not have the sense to see reason.
But he could try, just one more time. They were his team after all. He understood them. He did not understand any of the black suits.
No, he had nobody else but these 4 idiots. And their 5 managers who were not here. Then the other …
"Sarah?"
"Sir?"
"Do you also prefer Bitcoin to a CBDC?"
She shifted uneasily in her seat. She was waiting to be won over. He liked her for that, she was no idealist nor ideologist. Even if the idea had been made in heaven.
She was strictly practical.
"Here is the thing. The government of this country will NEVER.
Here me well. N.E.V.E.R kowtow to living off of taxes, when it has much more data on our citizens than Google and Facebook combined.
It will never happen".
"That would be like Google or Facebook living off of crowdfunding" Matthews interrupted.
Everyone looked at him. 'Shut up you wise-ass' their eyes said.
They all waited.
"So, it can make its citizens, and itself, rich by simple pushes of the button.
I mean, we know when most women will give birth. We know what they will buy in the stores, what quality of education they will afford for those kids and so much more.
We know where the men go for sex, how much they pay for it. How much they earn. Their financial prospects in general, and their opportunities.
It is fine. Own Bitcoin. Please own Bitcoin. But it will not reign.
With a CBDC, unity of national efforts is guaranteed and with it, the power of the people working in full concert. Bitcoin only assures us of economic stability if we do not break the rules so much.
Yeah, the USA printed 20 trillion dollars during the pandemic. Fuck that. That cannot be controlled at all.
But if it was like this CBDC money, then it would have still been within the confines of control".
* * * *
Tea was brought in and they all ate.
Nobody was speaking to the other. They all wished this meeting would end sooner.
Everybody tore voraciously into their meals like T. rexes. Prepping for the asteroid impact.
Later….
Silence. Once again.
Then…
"Wait, you know where I go for sex?" broke Matthews.
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