Hi Steemit friends,

Swedish e-Krona

So i saw an interview with Lynette Zhang on youtube mentioning Sweden and the centralbank and their plan to issue e-Krona.

I started to search the internet and found the following...

The VP Cecilia Singsley of the cengralbank in Sweden held a conference here in Stockholm 2016 about e-Krona crypto solution for the swedish citizens.

Below is a short text from the transcript

Should the Riksbank issue electronic means of payment in the same way as we now issue cash? This is a natural question for a central bank, as technological advances create new opportunities, as the printing press once upon a time made it possible to print banknotes. Banknotes were a complement to the minted coins, and are so today too. Similarly, an electronic means of payment, say an e-krona, could be a complement to physical cash. This is the question I intend to discuss today. The question is particularly relevant for us in Sweden, as cash is being used to a declining extent and is sometimes difficult to get hold of.

The Riksbank has not decided to issue e-krona yet, but to investigate the possibilities. The low use of cash in Sweden means that this is more of a burning issues for us than for most other central banks. Although it may appear simple at first glance to issue e-krona, this is something entirely new for a central bank and there is no precedent to follow.10 There is a long list of fundamental questions that need to be answered. Let me give you a few examples.

Her is the link below to the entire document
http://www.riksbank.se/sv/Press-och-publicerat/Tal/2016/Skingsley-Borde-Riksbanken-ge-ut-e-kronor/

Here is also a short youtube video with Cecilia Skingsley regarding the e-krona. Its only in Swedish, sorry.