Topic: Central Bank of Nigeria to launch digital currency Oct 1, 2021. - page 2. (Read 173 times)

I just hope that this introduction of CBDC isn't going to cause Nigeria to then ban again other cryptocurrencies like  what China did because I just don't think that it's going to be the right thing to do whenever you introduce your own shitcoin.

No it does not, Fiat/cash (in this case, the Nigerian Naira) will still be used with the centralized digital version that are working on launching as soon as possible, and I think that's the same case in every other country that's working on a CBDC, like China (digital Yuan), the U.S (digital dollar) or even the EU (digital Euro) etc. To the best of my knowledge, CBDC's doesn't mean cash will be totally replaced, though the government could enforce some compulsory payments to be made using their digital currencies so as to compel more people to use it, but for now, cash will very much be around (except they have plans of a total overhaul sometime in the future).

You have to also include the likelihood that once they get a taste of CBDC they might not even try use any other form of digital currency other than the one that they currently use but if there are people that are using other digital currency besides CBDC then the likelihood might be minimized since influence from people that have more experience will affect greatly other people.

The sentiment will be good trust me, these government backed CBDC will have the best propaganda to have when they are finally introduced to the public. Plus, I worry that when countries create their own crypto that they will ban the other existing ones to eliminate the competition.

Although, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are banned by Central Bank of Nigeria, but the crypto trading volume has never been affected yet, this means the CBN ban did not have so much effect like that. I believe this can help some people to make use of decentralized cryptocurrencies as they will have known about centralized ones. But, I still also think otherwise that how about people that are not even literate, and people that have no access to browsing devices which still makes me think otherwise.

Do not mind that false statement from news platforms, I have been believing before that immediately cryptocurrencies are banned in a country that the p2p price will increase in the country, but as I live in Nigeria makes, I realized it is actually not true, or maybe different in Nigeria. When Bitcoin was banned, I checked some exchanges Nigerians are using. I noticed the price of bitcoin increased 1.5x on Luno and Quidax, but not tradable. If you want to buy it on binance, Nigerian Naira is 1.8x higher than the usual price, but if you trade it in p2p, the price will balance to 1x, that is, no gain while Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has the normal price. When Quidax p2p began, the price went back to normal. So, normally, the price of bitcoin is still normal as before, no increase. On the exchanges that it increased, it is not tradable, on exchanges that bitcoin is tradable, not increase, no changes. 

This is what I am fearing most, it will not be good for something bad to happen to the digital currency after launch.

CBDC does imply a full replacement of cash with digital currency, right?

So with this project in action and complications with cryptocurrencies people of Nigeria will basically be left with no other choice than embrace this new implementation?

If so, that is pretty sad, where is the government going with this anyway? Like you said, it’s not like CBDC will help with the economical situation out there. Cash production is expensive, but this whole money revolution is going to cost Nigeria a lot, it can take years to cover losses.

Venezuela "launched" their CBDC years ago. I hope nigeria does a better job with their CBDC than venezuela did.

The main question here is whether nigerian central banks are amassing the hardware infrastructure, base of software developers and partnerships needed to rollout and support a CBDC. Do they have a basic developer roadmap with a timeline. Is there a blueprint with basic design goals. These are not trivial tasks and governments of the world, including the united states, are known to struggle with such projects. Which have a tendency to go overbudget and take longer than expected.

One example of this is the US government website for america's affordable care act enrollees. The website alone costed $1 billion dollars and was plagued with bugs and technical issues. There were not any significant technical obstacles for the website to solve. It was simply a website for people to sign up for healthcare coverage, to receive the subsidy which was supposed to make healthcare in america more affordable.

I know I've said this sometime before but I'd say it again, I honestly see no reason why the Nigerian government are working on launching a CBDC, tbh, if you are a resident of Nigeria you'd actually understand why I'm indifferent to this motion of a CBDC, first the government restricted Nigerian banks from working directly with crypto exchanges for no exact reason, they prolly did that cause a CBDC was at the back of their mind, Bitcoin is not outrightly banned, but they have made it somewhat uncomfortable (cause p2p price has risen) for people to buy and sell it.

Inflation is high in Nigeria at the moment and the naira is devaluing day by day, imo, there are more than a million economic problems in Nigeria that are yet to be solved, thus making the idea of a CBDC somewhat of a misplaced priority, I mean for a developing nation with lack of opportunities and a high level of unemployment, they should rather embrace the idea of Bitcoin, than launching a CBDC that will be controlled just like the Nigerian Naira, this act does not better the life of the average Nigerian in a struggling economy, it only satisfies the governments ego and prolly a way for them to embezzle more funds.

Indeed, that is quite fast! We will see how things will pan out here once they deploy their very own CBDC. Interested on the sentiments coming from their own citizens. Because once people are getting acquainted with the use of CBDC, the likelihood of going into crypto - btc and other alts, is very high. As they will learn the nature of CBDCs and crypto, their differences and the benefits, some may eventually go to crypto because of so many advantages.

I remembered a month ago when the Director-Information Technology Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mrs Rakiyat Mohammed said that the banking regulator will launch a digital currency before the end of 2021. It was surprising because we all know how long it took China before lauching digital Yuan. Also, the digital Euro is said to take 5 years to launch:


I do not think United States has really planned on creating a digital currency as well, and I believe it could take time before the launch. I recently read another news today that the the Nigerian CBDC pilot scheme will be launched October 1st, 2021 which is will be fast than we thought. Although, Nairametrics said that the press briefing delivered by the Director IT department, Rakiya Mohammed, at the end of the meeting explained that the Bank had been conducting research in regards to central bank digital currencies since 2017 and may conduct a proof of concept before the end of this year.

I hope this is not too early because it was not long ago when CBN announced its ambition to create CBDC.

https://punchng.com/cbn-to-launch-digital-currency-oct-1/