While this might all be a real possibility, what no one is looking at is WHY create another currency? People are use to using their credit or debit cards these days.
Some people, like me, never even see real money. I get a piece of paper with a dollar amount written on it, I give it to my bank and they give me another piece of paper that tells me another dollar amount that is in my bank account.
BUT IT IS NOT. It is all just a bunch a numbers in a computer being added and subtracted.
So my question is, Why would they go to all the trouble to create another tangible currency when they could much easier institute a "Credit System"? And such a system would make it much easier for a government to track the activities of its citizens.
Just my

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