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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • “nobody”, nearly 50k people.

    Asking people on mastodon if they use lemmy also doesn’t make much sense to me. I don’t use mastodon because it’s not threaded, people on mastodon probably don’t use lemmy for a similar reason. I’m not sure how many people use both threaded and unthreaded platforms, but it feels to me like the two layouts attract different people.



  • While great that there’s an alternative, they are just hurrying to get something on the market because the Digital Euro will be like digital coins and bills: free to use (no cost to user and seller), supported by all banks, usable without a phone i.e no dependency on Goolag nor CrApple.

    They are hoping to get people roped into their alternative before the Digital Euro can arrive. Which they have a fair chance at because it will take (in digital time) ages until it’s here

    The ECB stated that, assuming EU legislation is adopted in 2026, the Eurosystem aims to be ready for a potential first issuance of a digital euro by 2029, with testing beginning from mid-2027