Estonia wants to issue its own virtual currency with the help of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin.
The cryptocurrency, called "estcoin," could be launched via the digital coin community's version of crowdfunding – an initial coin offering (ICO).
ICOs enable start-ups to raise funds by selling off cryptocoins, such as bitcoin and ether, in return for cash. They are similar to initial public offerings (IPOs), but differ in that they deal with supporters of a project, making the investment more personal.
The small eastern European country is no stranger to digital innovation. It was the first country to offer citizens of the world "e-residency," a digital ID for non-Estonians that offers access to services like banking, payment processing and taxation.
Kaspar Korjus, managing director at e-Residency, Enterprise Estonia, said that the initiative was about creating a "borderless digital nation".
SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank’s president criticized on Thursday a proposal by the Estonian government to launch a state-managed digital currency, reaffirming instead that the euro was the only valid money in the euro area.
A rise in popularity in so called cryptocurrencies, which are normally issued by private companies and exist only in electronic form, has been worrying the ECB, which has said they could in theory erode its control over the supply of money.
Estonia became the first European country to openly discuss the prospect of a digital currency managed by the government and offered to the country’s more than 20,000 e-residents - foreign entrepreneurs who open a firm in the country via the web.
Mario Draghi’s
“I won’t comment on the Italian intention but I will comment on the Estonian decision: no member state can introduce its own currency.” Draghi said in answer to a question during his regular press conference. “The currency of the euro zone is the euro.”
The idea for the ‘estcoin’ came from Kaspar Korjus, the head of Estonia’s e-Residency project. The Tallinn government is now seeking feedback online.
Sep. 9th, 2017
Москва рассматривает возможность перехода на собственную валюту...
Но поскольку Москва у нас передовой город, то и собственная валюта будет не простой, а как это сегодня модно, криптовалюта, и даже название уже есть Moscowcoin.
По крайней мере такой вопрос уже обсуждался в кулуарах Московского финансового форума.
И мало того, уже глава ВЭБа провел встречу с одним из создателей популярной криптовалюты Ethereum, россиянином Виталием Бутериным (:))), и как раз обсуждали подобный вопрос о выпуске Москвой собственной криптовалюты.
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Поймал черт русского, латыша, хохла и эстонца, посадил в мешок, три дня таскал по горам и долинам, колотил по-всякому, наконец бросил мешок и убежал.
Первым из мешка выскочил русский и с матами погнался за чертом.
Вторым выскочил латыш и побежал жаловаться в Совет Европы.
Третьим вылез хохол, но никуда не пошел, встал в сторонке.
Наконец высунулся эстонец:
- Чтоо тутт происхоодитт?
Хохол:
- Ты, чоловиче, вылазь, я мешок заберу.
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Tie anekdotai...
Betgi estai su Estcoin aplenkė maskolius su jų Moscowcoin.
O Vitalik Buterin - kanadietis.
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