> - Create a digital token system that can be exchanged and accounted freely via a centralized server.
This is a database
> - Give it a name. Don't even call it a currency, let people use it as money if they want to.
A token that is used as currency is currency
> - Give a limited amount to any citizen who wants some. Or maybe sell it, whatever. Just figure out a way people can get some. It can't be so hard.
How will the token have value if everyone receives it for free?
> - Promise there will never be more than some fixed amount in total.
No one will fall for this again. Governments always print money to fund its own projects
> Only governments could do something like that because despite everything, most people trust them about money.
Bitcoin's price goes up because people don't want to trust government with money