I would prefer that BECU stay away from any alternative currencies that have the primary benefit of anonymity. Rather than try to enable using these currencies, which are best for criminal transactions, BECU should pursue the nirvana of real-time money (actual US Dollars) transactions. This is far bigger than BECU, but with the other banks and the fed we could enable real time payments between financial institutions. It would require that transactions include more information than they do now, and major changes to our banking systems, But it would be worth the effort to be able to conduct financial transactions in real time, auditably, and with all the information needed to perform accounting, including tax accounting. Image a bank statement that included all the details of a transaction: what you bought, the invoice number, transaction number, exact date and time, exact location, full name of the vendor or person paid, how much tax was paid, etc. You would be able to do so much more with your bank statements - determine when you last got the oil changed, determine if that discount store membership is really worth it, actually know how much money you are spending, where, and on what. Blockchain is an interesting technology, and it might be valuable in implementing an interbank exchange system. But as long as bitcoin is primarily about anonymity, it will continue to be primarily useful for criminal conduct. BECU should be about honest people and businesses conducting legal business with each other.
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