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Comments on “Cellular Structure for a Digital Fiat Currency” — Cellular DFC Design: Technological Perspectives

In: DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY

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This chapter comprises Prof Prateek Saxena’s presentation on Cellular Digital Fiat Currency Design. He commented that decentralization strengthens a system’s resilience because there will be no single point of failure. He added that tokenization allows fractional ownership and improves liquidity. Overall, blockchain technology has many innovative applications that are scalable and resilient. The following are his presentation slides.

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  • Prateek Saxena, 2020. "Comments on “Cellular Structure for a Digital Fiat Currency” — Cellular DFC Design: Technological Perspectives," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Bernard Yeung (ed.), DIGITAL CURRENCY ECONOMICS AND POLICY, chapter 11, pages 103-109, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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    Digital Currency; Economics and Policy; Finance; Cryptocurrency;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services

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