By Bitcoin Magasin - 1 år sedan - Lästid: 2 minuter
Bank of Englands guvernör säger Bitcoin Är inte praktiskt
On the Jobs of the Future podcast, governor Andrew Bailey from the Bank of England said bitcoin has no intrinsic value and is not a practical means of payment.
Andrew Bailey, Governor for the central Bank of England, appeared on the Jobs of the Future podcast to discuss bitcoin and the future of currency.Bailey explained he believes bitcoin has no intrinsic value and will not become a widely used form of digital currency.The governor also claims the underlying technology of bitcoin has value and “may well lead to things.”Andrew Bailey, guvernör för Bank of England, dök nyligen upp på den Framtidens jobb podcast to discuss the future of bitcoin and cryptocurrency where he explained he does not believe bitcoin is a practical means of payment.
When asked if the governor owns any bitcoin, han svarade:
“I don’t, no. To be honest with you, I’m probably not liked by the advocates of bitcoin because I have said I don’t think it has any intrinsic value.”
The governor continued to explain that he believes bitcoin can only have extrinsic value, which just means people want to own and acquire it as a store of value. Bailey claimed the absence of intrinsic value lies in the impracticality of bitcoin as a means of payment when he was discussing what form of digital money would evolve to widespread use, if not bitcoin.
“I don’t think it will be crypto, in a sort of bitcoin sense of the term. I don’t think that’s a practical means of payment,” Bailey explained. “But again, it may well lead to things.”
However, the governor then explained that there does seem to be value in the underlying technology of bitcoin as it relates to the future of payments. Bailey explained the technology (“blockchain and distributed ledger technology”) should be respected and then continued to explain the inevitability of digital money.
"Vad jag tror kommer att bestämmas, är om vi är mycket mer benägna att leva i en värld av digital valuta än gammaldags betalningsmetoder, exakt vilken form av digital valuta eller digital användning som faktiskt blir den som blir den sorten av accepterad norm?” Bailey ställde sig.
In discussing the possible outcomes of the public wanting to adopt digital forms of money, the governor touched on the responsibilities of regulators to evolve with changing tides. One of the governor's closing thoughts on the matter of Bitcoin and its underlying technology focused on the regulatory action of entities like the Bank of England.
"Vi kan ibland stå i vägen för vissa saker som vi inte borde stå i vägen för," sa guvernören.
Ursprunglig källa: Bitcoin magazine