Facebook's Libra, Heavenly Gift Or Poisoned Chalice?

Sean Mackie
11 min readJul 7, 2019

Last month, Facebook released a white paper for their “Libra” digital currency. Libra’s mission is “to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people”. It will enable you to buy things or send money to people with nearly zero fees. You’ll be able to buy or cash out Libra online or at local exchange points like grocery stores, and spend it using…

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Sean Mackie

Interested in the latest science and technology shaping the world of tomorrow… along with the odd political dabble.