In a blog post published by the European Central Bank (ECB), Maarten G.A. Daman, who is the data protection officer at the ECB, pointed out that the digital euro—should it actually come to be launched by the ECB’s Governing Council—would certainly not be a solution that is as privacy friendly as euro cash but would come close, particularly with regard to how the digital euro would be able to be used offline.
According to his view, the digital euro would also have the advantage of...