Re: MintChip 2.0

Yep.  As I have discussed this many before, Bitcoins cant be stopped but 
it can be counter-offered by the right Government entities.  If I was in 
a decision making roll in the Government I would NOT try and regulate 
bitcoins, I would declare it private currency, then I would 
counter-offer with a US backed virtual currency.  Poof, sit back and 
watch bitcoins (and others) start to fade away.

Unfortunately the US Congress are technically challenged.  By the time 
they realize this and react it will likely be too late.  Most certainly 
when the younger technical generations reach Congress they will be more 
open to this.

IMO, Canada has more agility than the US and is taking the right steps 
to counter-offer bitcoins.  I would expect more Governments to do this.

Canada is already asking for developers to start implementing software 
to support MintChip.

On 2013-09-19 16:57, Scott Elcomb wrote:
> At the very bottom of this Q&A it's mentioned that the Royal Canadian
> Mint is working on MintChip 2.0
> 
> <http://business.financialpost.com/2013/09/19/q-a-interview-with-mintchip-boss-marc-brule/>
> 
> Best,

Received on Thursday, 19 September 2013 21:49:48 UTC