
#15 - Decoding CBDC - Discussion 6 of CAP theorem and offline payments
03/02/25 • 25 min
This audio production is intended to introduce new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience.
This episode discusses design choices for implementing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), cryptographic primitives and associated issues, offline payment methods, and the CAP theorem's implications for CBDC architecture.
The goal is to bring this important subject closer to the listeners, in an attempt to explain what CBDCs are, how they can be realised technically and how their designs will influence our society.
The corresponding book can be found on Amazon: http://tiny.cc/cbdc
More information is available on www.digitalekho.com
This audio production is intended to introduce new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience.
This episode discusses design choices for implementing Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), cryptographic primitives and associated issues, offline payment methods, and the CAP theorem's implications for CBDC architecture.
The goal is to bring this important subject closer to the listeners, in an attempt to explain what CBDCs are, how they can be realised technically and how their designs will influence our society.
The corresponding book can be found on Amazon: http://tiny.cc/cbdc
More information is available on www.digitalekho.com
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#14 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Design of low fees, usability, programmability...
This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience.
This episode episode covers the second part on the characteristics needed in a CBDC. The focus here us on
- Usability
- Costs
- Settlement and Transaction times
- Performance and Scalability
- Sovereignty and Open Source
- Programmability
The goal is to bring this important subject closer to the listeners, in an attempt to explain what CBDCs are, how they can be realised technically and how their designs will influence our society.
The corresponding book can be found on Amazon: http://tiny.cc/cbdc
More information is available on www.digitalekho.com
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#16 - Decoding Central Bank Digital Currencies - Part 7: Design of Fungibility, Inclusion, Offline Payments
This audio production is intended to bring new technologies that impact our lives, like digital assets, central bank digital currencies and artificial intelligence in an easy to understand way to a larger audience.
This episode episode covers the next part of the characteristics needed in a CBDC. The focus here is on Fungibility, Inclusion, Income Transparency, Taxability and Offline Payments. The goal is to bring this important subject closer to the listeners, in an attempt to explain what CBDCs are, how they can be realised technically and how their designs will influence our society.
The corresponding book can be found on Amazon: http://tiny.cc/cbdc
More information is available on www.digitalekho.com
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