Chinese Central Bank to Use Blockchain, Competition with Alibaba?
Earlier this week, CCN reported that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced its plans of utilizing blockchain technology to develop a blockchain-based national currency called “RMBCoin,” By using a technology which underpins bitcoin, the PBoC is allocating its resources and capital to potentially launch a digital currency based on the Chinese yuan, similar to Alibaba. There exists several major differences between legitimate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin & monero that are based on genuine cryptographic work and the PBoC’s project. The total supply of RMBCoin is manipulable by the....
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