Telegram quietly snuck its blockchain past regulators
I'm conflicted about electronic, non-regulated payment systems.<p>On one hand (not to be an anarchist or anything) I like the idea of government having less control of things (up to a point) and that we could potentially have lots of choice of currencies although that could be a problem in itself if you have to "hold" lots of currencies.<p>On the other hand, the reality will be one or two mega-currencies, FB, Amazon, Google etc. will be eventually used for everything. And the last thing I want is Google telling me one day that I have violated their TOS and all my currency belongs to them. Especially if I pay for a ton of stuff in it and there is no recourse due to using AI.<p>If I had to pick a side, I think I'd stick with centralised gov. in this case!<p>Edit: Changed a word or two