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Serious What is Digital Renminbi?

ChanRasjid

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What is Digital Renminbi? There is no blockchain technology nor is it a cryptocurrency. If you try Wikipedia, you'll learn nothing! The article below from Nikkei Asia is the clearest so far.

"Dispelling the myths and rumors about China's digital currency.
Every technological evolution spawns a crowd blinded by ignorance"
Nan Li and John D. Van Fleet
August 13, 2021 17:00 JST
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Dispelling-the-myths-and-rumors-about-China-s-digital-currency

Quote: "The digital yuan is simply a digital version of cash that has the full backing of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC). The difference between the two is that one is physical and the other is digital. Just like paper notes and coins, it is a fiat currency, not a cryptocurrency. Nor is the digital yuan -- or any of the other digital currencies currently under development around the world -- intended to replace China's banking system. No central bank is that silly."

From the above, our SGD would be considered a physical "non-digital" currency. Why so? You can demand 1000 SGD cash from your bank cashier and they are obliged to give you the physical bank notes. No one can trace the flow of the notes even when you buy drugs in the streets.

Quote: "The reason that money launderers and such prefer out of sequence banknotes -- and, increasingly, cryptocurrencies -- is to avoid the long-established ability of central banks to track and detect suspicious transactions in the banking system.

Moreover, the digital yuan features a double-offline transaction technology, in which two users can transfer money in their digital yuan wallets, even if neither has a network connection."

When you make payments through the banking network, the payer/payee ID are known. In offline digital RMB between two mobile phone, the two parties identities probably are not recorded - thus unknown; only an amount of money gets transacted.

The Digital Renminbi adds nothing significant to the Yuan! Don't hope that just because China is trying to introduce a so-called Digital Renminbi will it "Make China Great Again" - like in the time of Han Wudi.

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laksaboy

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It's slavery, and based on the social credit score. Your money can be 'turned off' if you misbehave e.g. ask too many questions. :wink:
 

ChanRasjid

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From what I understand now, digital RMB payment is done through an alternative digital payment system separate from the usual Chinese payment system. It requires a new app issued by the People's Bank Of China (PBOC), China's central bank. What this means is that they created a new digital ledger for the RMB.

In order to start using this digital RMB, you have to download the app, open an account, transfer some money from you usual bank account into it, then use it.

Why the separate ledger? Only Shang Di and Xi's banking advisors know!

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