by Cindy W
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, is launching Libra. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters
On 18 June 2018, Facebook officially announced a digital currency called Libra. Based on Libra white paper, this is the goal for Libra: A stable currency built on a secure and stable open-source blockchain, backed by a reserve of real assets, and governed by an independent association.
With about 2.4 billion users using Facebook each month, Libra could be used as a financial tool to move money around globally easily and cost-effectively, and even more safe and secure.
Libra is made up of three parts:
- It is built on a secure, scalable, and reliable blockchain;
- It is backed by a reserve of assets designed to give it intrinsic value;
- It is governed by the independent Libra Association tasked with evolving the ecosystem
Facebook’s Libra hasn’t gone unnoticed and cause major repercussion. On July 2, 2019, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Democrats sent a letter to Facebook asking the company to stop the development of its digital currency. The letter raises concerns of privacy, national security, trading, and monetary policy for the company as well their over two billion users.
We do not know the future of Libra at this point, but do hope there will be a universal currency that can be used globally.
Reference: Libra white paper
https://libra.org/en-US/white-paper/#the-libra-currency-and-reserve
