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>> I wonder why central banks don't issue digital currencies themselves?

Because they already have one? And it comes with handy features such as being available in paper form, storable in a regular DB, relatively stable and manipulatable and easy for everyone to understand. And a whole host of other goodies gleaned out of 400 years of attempting to keep the gears moving while keeping economic implosion to the bare minimum.



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