PREPARE Yourself!! Digital ID & CBDC Are Closer Than You Think!!
Published: 2023-07-29
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Published: 2023-07-29
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Despite Nigeria being the first African country to launch a CBDC (e-naira) in late 2021, adoption was very low, with only 0.5% usage one year later. This indicates a potential resistance to or failure in the adoption of CBDCs, even in countries with advanced banking infrastructure.
"This begs the question of why Nigeria leads the world and crypto adoption. The short answer is necessity around a quarter of the population is unbanked but not because banking is unavailable as the largest country in Africa Nigeria has some of the most advanced banking infrastructure on the continent. In fact Nigeria became the first African country to roll out a central bank digital currency or cbdc in late 2021 and yet nobody adopted it only 0.5 percent of Nigerians were using the E naira one year later."
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The World Bank, with assistance from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has been actively involved in rolling out national digital IDs in its debtor countries, exemplified by a $400 million grant to Nigeria in 2019.
"The World Bank has been rolling out both in its debtor countries with the help of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation case in point the World Bank gave 400 million dollars to Nigeria to create a national digital ID in 2019 and it's just one of many digital ID funds the country has received from the U.S Affiliated entity."
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Nigeria's national digital ID became mandatory for essential services like obtaining a driver's license, SIM card, and potentially participating in elections.
"In fact the only reason they have is because the Nigerian government made it mandatory you reportedly need a digital ID to get a driver's license to get a SIM card for your phone and apparently to participate in elections too."
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The European Union is planning to introduce a digital ID that will include a built-in wallet, mirroring aspects of Nigeria's digital ID initiatives.
"This is almost exactly what the EU is planning with its digital ID wallet as the name suggests the EU's digital ID will come with a built-in wallet."
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Nigerian politicians are seen as appeasing both the World Bank (for digital ID and CBDC funding) and China (for infrastructure projects) as a means to generate personal income due to systemic corruption.
"This means that the only way Nigeria's corrupt politicians can make money is by essentially appeasing both sides they're rolling out digital ID and cbdcs to get money from the World Bank and they're rolling out all kinds of faulty and unreliable infrastructure to get money from China."
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Despite the e-naira's goal of financial inclusion, its accessibility is limited to those with existing bank accounts, and widespread lack of internet access (nearly half the country) further hinders its adoption.
"In theory it's meant to increase Financial inclusion in practice however you can only access it if you already have a bank account Now to be fair this is something that could easily be changed and it's possible that it has been by the time of shooting this video but even then Nigerians do not have the reliable physical infrastructure required to adopt the e-nira consider that almost half the country still doesn't have internet access."
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Nigerian officials appear determined to ban cash to enforce CBDC adoption, likely to secure additional funding from the World Bank.
"Nevertheless Nigerian officials don't seem to care because they still seem hell-bent on effectively Banning cash to force cbdc adoption probably to get more World bank money."
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Nigeria's Supreme Court temporarily halted the ban on old banknotes in February of the current year, but this action is believed to be politically motivated and only a delay until December.
"Fortunately in February this year Nigeria's Supreme Court stepped in to stop the old banknote Ban from going into effect unfortunately it's believed this was done for political reasons because all the Supreme Court did was delay the old banknote Ban to December this year."
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Nigeria is planning to implement smart cities where citizens will be tracked via their digital IDs, and social media information will be required for Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures to open bank accounts.
"Highlights include the creation of smart cities where every citizen will be tracked using their digital ID and will require social media information as part of kyc to create a bank account."
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Cryptocurrency is emerging as a potential primary alternative for Nigerians due to the significant collapse of the physical Naira since the government de-pegged its currency in June.
"It looks like cryptocurrency could soon be the only alternative available to many Nigerians that's because the physical naira has been collapsing ever since the government removed its currency peg in June."
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The Naira experienced a significant devaluation, with the government reporting a 23% loss in value overnight, while locals reported a 40% drop.
"according to the government the naira lost 23 of its value overnight according to locals it was 40 percent."
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Cryptocurrency can serve as a protection against the global rollout of 'dystopian technologies' like digital IDs, CBDCs, and smart cities, as Nigeria appears to be ahead in their implementation.
"now this brings us to the question of how you can use cryptocurrency to protect yourself from a similar outcome in your country make no mistake digital ID cbdc's smart cities and all these other dystopian Technologies are being rolled out around the world and quicker than you may think Nigeria just seems to be further ahead."
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To protect against the emerging 'dystopian system,' individuals need to ensure they can store and transfer wealth outside of it, utilizing not only cash and cryptocurrency but potentially gold as well.
"the harsh reality is that cash alone is not enough to protect you against what's coming crypto is also required and some would argue that gold is required too so the imperative is to ensure that you always have an ability to store and transfer wealth that's outside of the dystopian system being created."
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