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I would like to see how the Digital Euro works in regards to privacy laws. If all transactions are traceable I would see this as potentially a dangerous move for EU citizens, whilst at the moment we may trust our governments to a degree we also see a substantial move towards Fascism all over the continent.
I think it is supposed to be untracable in the same way cash is. It's even supposed to be usable offline.
Whether or not they will accomplish this is yet to be seen.
That would be nice and eliminate my main fear in regards to this. Do you have any info on how that is supposed to work?
Nothing is decided yet, according to their website:
They just have announced their plans, but its still many years away