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28 days ago@SrMono ehhh - no, it is unfortunately not.
“The current phase will last for two years, finishing at the end of 2025, at which point the Governing Council will decide whether to move to the next phase of preparations and, if so, define its scope and duration.”
It’s a pity that it is still so far off, because reading though the description, it seems to be intended as a very secure, very private way of paying digitally - the intention is to make payments directly from person to person, with no interactions with your bank.
“Cash-like” is the term they use. I could get behind that for sure.
@DemBoSain @Sunshine
I think that a part of the “server hurdle” can be solved - at least for brand new users - by initiatives like the Vivaldi Social network.
New to Vivaldi? Nice - welcome. Would you like to join Mastodon? Register here. Boom.
If people have heard about Mastodon and are curious about it, this is the easy way to get them hooked. No talk about servers or instances - you register and you are off to the races.
How this all plays into the decentralized nature of the Fediverse and who is going to fund those servers is a different question - but it is definitely the easiest gateway for new users (as you can see, I was one of them).