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With CBDCs, Central Banks Are Making the Same Mistake Kodak Made

With CBDCs, Central Banks Are Making the Same Mistake Kodak Made

Web3 Tech Brief By HackerNoon

January 26, 202617m 21s

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/with-cbdcs-central-banks-are-making-the-same-mistake-kodak-made.
Central banks are repeating Kodak’s biggest mistake. Why CBDCs may fail—and why Bitcoin represents a deeper monetary paradigm shift.
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Central banks’ embrace of CBDCs mirrors Kodak’s failed attempt to control digital photography: a technically impressive response that preserves obsolete power structures while ignoring a true paradigm shift. Bitcoin doesn’t just digitize money—it removes the need for centralized control entirely, and history suggests incumbents who laugh at that change rarely survive it.

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