Thank you for posting amytheplanarshift that was a really exciting and interesting read
just one little thing I think banks most likely very well know whats going on underneath them just right now its probably still just like peanuts to them as you say so they probably don't care much yet
Perhaps the bankers are smarter than Kodak or many of the other corporations who have shared a similar fate in recent history, but only time will tell.
Any currency, fiat or not, is threatened by alternatives. I'd wager bankers are well aware of the threat Crypto poses.
No doubt, they'll use their resources to manipulate crypto's to their gain. It's why i favored NEM's IPO with investment caps/requirements and other restrictions - it acts as a deterrent to any entity with large weath/resources from immediately crippling a currency like NEM at it's most vulnerable stage; the distribution.
I do not think the bank understands what Crypto 2.0 means just yet. If you look around you, all they talk about is Bitcoin and Bitcoin. They know next to nothing about anything else.
When I talk about the bank, I am talking about the decision makers, not the IT bloke in the IT department who may know a lot about Cryptos. But his voice won't be heard at the top.
They probably know about Bitcoins and their implications in general, but I doubt they know how big that "hole" is beneath them. They probably think that it is a small hole that they can "patch" and it shouldn't matter much.
Like Internet, when critical mass hits, it will be too late as the hole will be as powerful as a black hole! So, I still think it is a case of Kodak being reenacted.
After all, about 2 milllion people know about cryptos in "more detail", of which maybe about 10K know HOW to design the black hole and probably another 100K know how to put that design to work and some of them are here in NEM.
The rest of the world only has periphery knowledge. If you go out there and talk to any banker you will most probably find these answers more common than the implications of Crypto 2.0:
I thought Mount Gox is dead? So, why are you talking about Bitcoin?
Bitcoin is scam/Ponzi
Bitcoin is money laundering
Bitcoin is used to finance crime and terrorism
Bitcoin is not supported by governments.And finally, this is the greatest joke and it is real!!
An authority, ( I wouldn't name) but it is not a third world authority for sure, actually told someone who wanted to operate an exchange about this when Mt. Gox went bust - "So, now that Mt. Gox is dead, do you still need the MSB license?"
If the banks know about the consequences, they would have spent $100B and hoard all the bitcoins and control the crypto world. Like what Amy said, what is 100B when these banks are in control of tens of trillions. Money is just a digital print and is cheap. Besides, they are in control of regulators and can change the goal posts overnight so that they can invest in Cryptos.