Anonymity is not a feature. This framework will rely intimately on the national identify infrastructure, when permitting users to hold and exchange digital money. A t the onset, it will use KYC and identity features incorporated into the system design, and adopt the wider public identity system as it becomes available.
FAZ: Is there any chance of a stable financial system as long as the economy and the Member States are so heavily dependent on credit? Trichet: We must improve very significantly the functioning of the entire financial system. We definitely cannot afford to find ourselves in a situation like 2008 again. With your question, you seem to doubt that there is the political will.