ECB President: Users want privacy protection but they don't want CBDC anonymous
Bitcoin has made central banks take the idea of digital currencies into consideration and seriously think about issuing their digital currencies as well, which are under their control and can control and manage them.
Hours ago, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, stated that European Union citizens want to protect privacy when using the digital euro.
Lagarde stated that it expresses the opinion of at least 80 central banks around the world, which it believes has a duty to offer consumers digital currencies that would work for the benefit of consumers.
And described "Lagarde" DCBC currencies that can be used like banknotes, but will not provide the degree of anonymity enjoyed by the banknotes.
However, consumers do not want this digital currency to be anonymous.
She told "Lagarde" that what she said was the result of multiple opinion polls conducted by the European Central Bank earlier this year and last year about the central bank's digital currency, "CBDC".
Our work on a possible #digitaleuro continues. I told @Reuters that the feature citizens say they would value most is privacy, but they don’t want such a digital currency to be anonymous. Read more about what we heard in our public consultation https://t.co/vz8A8I3aDR pic.twitter.com/7mTod04Ep6
— Christine Lagarde (@Lagarde) April 16, 2021
Lagarde added:
“Consumers understand the risks of anonymity, and therefore choose to protect privacy only.”
This is what the new European Central Bank report on the digital euro is all about.
As mentioned earlier, the European Union Central Bank intends to study all risks of using the central bank's digital currency, its potential design and use.
In the sense that the CBDC is still under study and consideration, according to what Lagarde said recently.
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