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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche

Libra vs. Bancor

Cryptocurrency

There is nothing original about Facebook’s Project Libra

The organization that will administer Libra, the Libra Association, looks like a central bank

To explain, a central bank issues currency, backs currency with a reserve, and regulates and administers the ecosystem that distributes the currency. Beyond that a central bank acts a a bank for other banks. I think the Libra Association looks like a Central Bank for global electronic payments systems like Visa and PayPal.

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