The only acceptable cbdc

Yep. It could be any local unit of account, actually.

Can you please elaborate? Excuse my ignorance but how do DLCs fit in here? A Chaumian mint is fundamentally custodial and while it can provide all the transparency in the world, it can close shop at any time, right? A DLC contract could force hands between mint operators but not between token holder...

One thing I've thought about a fair bit (in the shower) is the need for oracles. As more "trading" volume moved off of exchanges, price oracles based on them become less and less accurate. Non-exchange oracles seem far too gameable with wash trading, although that obviously exists today anyway. Thi...