From: nowhere@never.at   
      
   Rod Pemberton wrote:   
   (removed CA and AOD)   
      
   > If Russia came out with an official crypto-currency, would you use it?   
      
   No, why should anyone outside Russia use Encrypted Russian Money ?   
      
   If we can have the key to it, or at the least the used algo than we   
   may convert our Euros and US$ into Russian bitcoins and earn some ? :)   
      
   > Would anyone outside Russia trust it?  If Russia doesn't mandate it's   
   > use by law, who would use it other than criminals?   
   >   
   > Apparently, Russia is considering an *official* crypto-currency,   
   > formally called CryptoRubbles (i.e., "crubles").   
   ...   
   Europe is on the way to digitise (virtualise ?) all money in future.   
   I can use my really save ebank account since many years, but still see   
   Global-E-Banking as science fiction from an old game).   
   And as an oldie I prefer to feel cash in my pocket.   
      
   btw: OT like this may be better go to ALA.   
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   wolfgang   
      
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