John McAfee said that he will launch his own currency called the “McAfee Coin”. The businessman wrote his announcement on Twitter responding to a tweet of SmartPayMINT, an online store selling Ledger wallets and other goods related to cryptocurrency.
. @SmartPayMINT sent this. What's odd is that tomorrow night I am going to make an announcement of the new "McAfee Coin", based on a radical new concept: Fiat currencies (collectible) backed by crypto - the reverse of what banks are attempting. Seriously. pic.twitter.com/3uTHHKG18M
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) May 29, 2018
“McAfee Coin” will be a collectible fiat currency, writes McAfee, backed by crypto. This is " the reverse of what banks are attempting", the businessman believes. On May 28th, McAfee said, was the projected date that there would be a looming war with cryptocurrencies “on the horizon" and called on his supporters to resist.
The looming war on the horizon. pic.twitter.com/j86e2xEXP8
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) May 28, 2018
Last week, McAfee published the Declaration of Currency Independence, a kind of manifesto of the cryptocurrency ideology.
"As use of cryptocurrencies has spread and adoption rates have grown throughout the world over the past decade, the paradigm of 'value' has shifted in the minds of those who truly grasp the capabilities of this new technology of 'value transfer'. Whereas the Internet changed how humans viewed the transfer of information, crypto assets are doing the same with the transfer of value,” - said in the Declaration.
According to the author, the task of cryptocurrency is to ensure freedom of transactions without state intervention. McAfee believes that the existing financial institutions have lost their value, because the currency is no longer supported by real goods.
McAfee developed the anti-virus program, McAfee, which is used by most computers in the world. The businessman left the company in 1994. McAfee is known for his libertarian views, actively supports cryptocurrencies, and is engaged in cybersecurity.
By Ekaterina Ulyanova