Zhou Xiaochuan answers reporters' questions on digital curren

1. The central bank has never officially issued a digital currency, and now it is only studying it, and it needs to carry out a pilot project. Any digital currency under the banner of the central bank is a fraud organization, and many of them are pyramid schemes

2. Zhou Xiaochuan believes that bitcoin's blockchain technology has great potential. Zhou Xiaochuan compares bitcoin to a tradable asset like a stamp. Bitcoin is not issued by the central bank, which has no right to ban it. The central bank also plans to launch digital currency, which defines bitcoin as a special Internet commodity that people can buy and sell freely at their own risk
other well-known digital currencies include Leyte, Ruitai, doggy and so on.

3. At the Boao Forum for Asia held in April this year, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the central bank, said that since digital currency is not the currency initiated and approved by the central bank, it is impossible to ban it. Digital currency belongs to digital assets, which can be freely traded between indivials. Therefore, digital currency is not MLM, not capital disk, but a kind of financial investment

4. Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the central bank, said at the Boao Forum for Asia that virtual currency is not a currency approved by the central bank and can not be banned. Since digital currency is not the currency initiated and approved by the central bank, it can not be banned. Digital currency belongs to digital assets, which can be freely traded between indivials. Therefore, digital currency is not MLM, not capital disk, but a kind of financial investment.

5. In fact, the central bank has been studying digital currency for a long time. From the perspective of historical development trend, money has always evolved with the development of technological progress and economic activities. From the early physical money, commodity money to the later credit money, it is a natural choice to adapt to the development of human commercial society. As the currency of the previous generation, paper money has low technology content. From the perspective of safety and cost, it is the general trend to be replaced by new technology and new procts. In particular, with the development of the Internet and the great changes in payment methods all over the world, the establishment of digital currency issuance and circulation system is very necessary for the construction of financial infrastructure and the promotion of economic quality, efficiency and upgrading.

6. You have met a pyramid scheme fraud organization. The central bank has never issued digital currency. Any digital currency is illegal in China

7. Digital currency is the development trend in the future. The central bank has been paying attention to digital currency for a long time. It is expected that digital currency will be issued this year and will be applied to the bill market first. It is also normal for some banks in the world to pay attention to digital currency. They keep up with the trend of the times and take a share in digital currency
of course, in addition to the mainstream digital currencies such as bitcoin, lightcoin and dogcoin, there are also some application-oriented digital currencies in China, such as some digital currencies on coin Ying China platform.

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The rise of the Internet has not only changed people's lives, but also greatly changed our way of payment, which greatly facilitates our lives. This time, Zhou Xiaochuan, vice chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia and former president of the people's Bank of China, was at the Boao Forum for Asia & lt; Digital payment and digital currency; On the sub forum, the topic of digital currency was mentioned, which also showed the country's attitude towards digital currency

What are the difficulties in cross-border payment of digital currency

e to the exchange rate difference between the currencies of various countries, especially the massive issuance of US dollar by the United States, many countries have lost a lot. However, if digital currency is used for cross-border payment, there will be no such problem. However, the original intention of digital currency is not cross-border payment, but to facilitate China's retail instry. Many people see that digital currency is so convenient in China, so it can be applied to cross-border payment. However, cross-border payment is not so simple, because exchange rate and currency stability need to be considered, and even some countries have certain control over foreign exchange. Therefore, the road of cross-border payment of digital currency is still very long, and these problems can not be solved at present, So the difficulty is great