Trust me more than ever, nothing good for Bitcoin comes from China!
Try to explain this to some average forum user who lives in the belief that the price of Bitcoin has gone up since the Chinese president mentioned the blockchain. Many identify Bitcoin and blockchain as one and the same thing, which of course is completely wrong. We can go even further with the opinion that the Bitcoin will be destroyed if China bans mining.
To the average forum user?
Let's go over the fact the average forum user reads the title and posts, most of them don't understand and don't want to spend their precious time understanding things as there is no financial gain in it.
No, it's a lost battle, and although I often try to talk some sense into people I haven't managed to succeed even while trying to make a few users understand that Africa is not a country but a continent. More subtle things like the difference between a company and a country, between blockchain and bitcoin? No....impossible.
Well, this certainly sounds bullish
I'm assuming you meant bullish for Bitcoin, but...why?
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That being said, I've always been curious why countries want to create new digital currencies when fiat could basically act the same way.
The word was actually bullshi....
As for the second part, yeah, this is the real discussion we should have! Why?
One reason I have in mind is absolute control, far more intensive that with digital money.
Other it would be that they could extend this control if their coin is used in foreign countries, but I really doubt anyone would agree with this. Imagine a hotel in Egypt getting his dcep account frozen because a Chinese guy was angry there was no chocapic for breakfast.