• DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    As long as it can continue to be devalued through inflation and central banks— then, yes.

    But unlike cash every purchase you make can be traced with a digital euro.

    Orwellian

      • orrk@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        you use anything other than cash?

        if the answer is yes, you don’t get it

        • Iceblade@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          Naw, digital transfers are convenient saving both time and money for me and everybody else. However, trying to force people into digital transactions, or remove cash entirely is a huge problem. I always have a decent amount of hard currency on me, and occasionally use that money.

          The majority of my transactions are done digitally however, purely because of convenience.

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            8 months ago

            I use digital transactions not for convenience, but when they’re unavoidable, such as paying a person in another city or paying for an online order that wants you to pay in advance. For everything else (including most online orders) - cash rules.

    • anivia@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      It’s possible to implement it in a way that purchases can’t be traced. XMR has proven that. But there is absolutely no way the EU is going to take that route, it will for sure be traceable