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Fedcoin Rising?

Posted by timothy on from the insert-quarter dept.

giulioprisco writes US economists are considering a government-sponsored digital currency. On February 3, David Andolfatto, Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, wrote a blog post based on a presentation he gave at the International Workshop on P2P Financial Systems 2015 [YouTube video]. The title of the blog post is "Fedcoin: On the Desirability of a Government Cryptocurrency."

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  1. I hereby declare... by istartedi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hereby declare the number 90185349087539845793845389573985739485739487593857893 in the name of the King of Spain. What will you give me for that?

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    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?