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1. First of all, digital currency is not the national legal tender, but the "alternative currency in the form of electronic currency", such as bitcoin, ecell currency and ether currency. Currency digitization is to represent the common currency with numbers, and the number corresponds to the national legal tender. There is a big difference between the two.

2. Currency digitalization is like WeChat Alipay, and bankcard pays
1. digital currency facing two risks. The first is the technical level. Digital currency relies on blockchain technology and a system, which will make it suffer from security impact, such as hacker attacks on computer systems. We have seen many practical problems in this process< Another risk of digital currency is credit risk. Because there are middlemen in digital currency transactions, these middlemen are different from real organizations. In reality, organizations can be seen and felt, but the middlemen of digital currency are on the Internet, so the risk is greater
3. Digital currency has the characteristics of anonymity, quickness and irrevocability. In addition, bitcoin and other digital currencies have high circulation in the world, so many criminals use digital currency as a new money laundering channel. Moreover, there are many different ways to realize money laundering through digital currency. Generally speaking, the probability of new money laundering being found and investigated is lower than before. Many countries have no effective means and technology to combat money laundering through digital currency. These factors lead to criminals prefer this way of money laundering
investment is risky and business should be cautious

4. At present, central banks and financial institutions all over the world are concting research on currency digitization and related technologies. At the "fintech summit in Shenzhen, China" hosted by Shenzhen Municipal Government on December 20, more than 40 units, including Ping An Group, Weizhong bank and Dacheng Fund, announced that they would jointly initiate the preparation for the establishment of China's Shenzhen fintech digital currency alliance, and cooperate with the central bank and other financial regulatory departments to study and formulate digital currency instry standards and relevant institutional mechanisms<

with the development of Internet technology and the profound changes of global payment methods, digital currency with higher operation efficiency and stronger economic adaptability is becoming a new trend of currency development in the future
in this trend, central banks and financial institutions around the world are concting research on currency digitization and related technologies. At the "fintech summit in Shenzhen, China" hosted by Shenzhen Municipal Government on December 20, more than 40 units, including Ping An Group, Weizhong bank and Dacheng Fund, announced that they would jointly initiate the preparation for the establishment of China's Shenzhen fintech digital currency alliance, and cooperate with the central bank and other financial regulatory departments to study and formulate digital currency instry standards and relevant institutional mechanisms
currency digitization is the general trend
in a global science and technology innovation survey released by KPMG, digital currency, 3D printing, Internet of things and biotechnology are listed as the most promising technologies in the next three years. At present, many countries in the world are promoting the research of currency digitization
at the beginning of this year, the Bank of England announced a new research report that the combination of digital currency and mobile technology may completely change the shopping habits of British people, and the Bank of England is considering using this technology to release official digital currency. Sweden's central bank is considering issuing its own digital currency, ekrona, in response to a sharp decline in the country's cash use

in 2014, the Central Bank of China set up a special research group to demonstrate the feasibility of issuing legal digital currency. At the beginning of this year, the central bank held a seminar on digital currency to further clarify the strategic objectives of the central bank in issuing digital currency. In November, the 2017 annual personnel recruitment plan of the printing Science Research Institute, a unit directly under the central bank's official website, showed that six professionals with master's or doctor's degrees would be recruited for digital currency research and development< In an interview with the media a few days ago, Yao / > deputy director of the science and Technology Department of the central bank and head of the preparatory group of the digital currency Research Institute, said that the prototype scheme for the central bank to issue legal digital currency has completed two rounds of revision, and is expected to be tested in relatively closed application scenarios such as the bill market in the future, but there is no clear timetable for the launch of legal digital currency in China<
Third Party Payment institutions may disappear
at the first "China Shenzhen fintech (Financial Technology) summit" held on December 20, the reporter of daily economic news learned that, under the guidance of Shenzhen municipal government, Ping An Group, China Merchants Bank, Weizhong bank More than 40 units, including Dacheng Fund, will jointly initiate the preparation for the establishment of China's Shenzhen fintech digital currency union and fintech Research Institute
according to Yao Yudong, chief economist of Dacheng Fund, the alliance will cooperate with the central bank and other financial regulatory departments to study and formulate the digital currency instry standards and mechanisms. The Research Institute will comprehensively carry out the research on fintech infrastructure and innovative business, and explore and promote the application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence blockchain and other technologies
as one of the sponsors of the alliance, Li Lin, founder and chairman of fire coin, pointed out that when it comes to digital currency, it should be made clear that there is an essential difference between the digitization of legal currency and digital currency. The essence of encrypted digital currency represented by bitcoin is a standardized digital asset. However, because the digitization of legal currency may choose to use the underlying technology of encrypted digital currency blockchain as one of the core implementation technologies, there is a close relationship between the two
Li Lin said that blockchain has outstanding technical advantages in security attributes such as non repeatable transaction, non forgery and non tampering. Digital currency represented by bitcoin has the characteristics of disintermediation, openness, transparency and traceability, which will have a profound impact on the future circulation of sovereign digital currency
"in the global cryptocurrency operation and circulation system, there is a unified and open protocol, and different institutions follow the standard protocol, which provides the basis for the cross platform circulation of currency accounts. There is no need for third-party payment companies to provide services to connect with different banks. " Li Lin gave an example. In his view, in the future, if the sovereign digital currency uses the unified and open blockchain agreement or other agreements, and only provides technical services of cross bank agreement, the third-party payment company will disappear
at the same time, Li Lin pointed out that the structural system of encrypted digital currency under the decentralized structure has brought great problems to government supervision, so there will be some changes in the sovereign digital currency system. For example, anonymity is controllable anonymity, unlike complete anonymity in the bitcoin network.

5. Yes, yu'ebao and bitcoin are not the same concept. One is to make full use of currency, and the other is to replace traditional currency. And there is no effective regulation, so bitcoin is bound to fail

6. No, the digital currency issued by the central bank is still in the experimental stage and has not been officially issued
in addition, digital currency corresponds to RMB, and the exchange rate between them is fixed and there is no fluctuation, so there is no theory of appreciation and depreciation
in addition, there are many people who use digital currency to defraud, so we need to be vigilant
in the future, the digital currency issuance of the national central bank is also through the bank, rather than entrusted to a company

7. The digitization of money in form is desirable. Direct bank card transfer, online payment and other means can greatly facilitate people's lives and rece the trouble of carrying a large amount of cash. But in essence, money can not be purely digitized, because money not only has the function of payment, but also has the function of wealth storage. Money must have a constant value "anchor" to maintain its value (such as gold). Otherwise, pure digital money is easy to be controlled by the government or large financial institutions, and the currency value is unstable, It is easy to ince hyperinflation, thus damaging the vital interests of the masses.

8. The word "digital currency" may be quite strange, but many people have heard of "bitcoin", which has been very popular in recent years. Oh, it's it. But it is, and it is not. And listen to this beginner

it is also closely related to Internet technology and has the attributes of payment and circulation. The central bank's "digital currency" is closely related to bitcoin. But bitcoin is a kind of digital currency, but digital currency is not just a form of bitcoin. Although the central bank's "digital currency" veil has not yet been lifted, there must be many differences with bitcoin

first of all, the issuers are different

most currencies have an issuer. For example, RMB is printed and issued by the central bank. But bitcoin does not have a centralized issuer. It is generated randomly based on an algorithm. Anyone can mine, buy, sell or receive bitcoin

secondly, the acquisition methods are different

bitcoin is the result of unremitting "mining" by some people who master the algorithm. These real it experts need to search for 64 bit numbers by computer, and then compete with other gold miners by repeatedly solving puzzles to provide the required numbers for the bitcoin network and obtain the corresponding bitcoin

but the digital currency issued by the state is bound to face the people of the whole country, rather than some network experts. When the country strives to achieve the goal of Inclusive Finance, how can it only tailor a currency for Internet experts? The national version of "digital currency" is bound to help the realization of Inclusive Finance, facing the most extensive groups

in addition, the pricing is different

in the face of bitcoin, which is becoming more and more difficult to "dig", many experts are more energetic like upgrading to fight monsters. With the increasing difficulty of "mining", the price of bitcoin has also soared and fluctuated greatly

a national currency has to try its best to maintain its own stability. Naturally, it is impossible to price according to the difficulty of acquisition, just like collectibles, because of scarcity

in addition, the application range is different

at present, all countries, including China, do not recognize the monetary attribute of bitcoin. Some organizations may have accepted donations from bitcoin, and some supermarkets have said that they can pay with bitcoin, but this is only within a very small range

as a digital currency issued by a country, it must be able to meet the largest range of payment needs, especially with the evolution of mobile Internet, cloud computing, blockchain and other technologies, and under the background of great changes in global payment methods, the central bank's digital currency needs to meet the global payment needs

if the central bank's "digital currency" is very different from bitcoin, how is it different from virtual currency

people who have used QQ should be familiar with QQ coins. They need to change their clothes for QQ avatars and change their backgrounds for QQ spaces. Many Tencent online games also need QQ coins to recharge. Like this, there are many virtual currencies based on the network, such as the online currency of the network company, the recharge voucher of the game company, etc

as far as the scope of application is concerned, most of these online currencies are used to recharge games, purchase equipment and props, and cannot be paid offline; As far as the exchange method is concerned, in principle, virtual currency can only be purchased with real currency, but it is not allowed to convert virtual currency into real currency; As far as issuance is concerned, it is launched by enterprises themselves, some of which are like "vouchers" rather than real currency

therefore, although the issuance of "digital currency" by the central bank inevitably requires payment transactions on the Internet, the principles and methods are different from those of virtual currency

especially at present, when many enterprises issue virtual currency, e to their own lack of risk prevention and control and security awareness, they leave an opportunity for some criminals to swipe bank cards, sell stolen goods and launder money. If the central bank's "digital currency" is issued, whether it will replace these online virtual currencies and make the online payment environment safer, healthier and more transparent is a question worthy of consideration.