I think many countries understand that it is inevitable. The only way they might be able to maintain some control is if they adapt and introduce their own crypto's as well. Off course government backed crypto's will be fully centralized, monitored and taxed.

Heheheh yes it might be funny for some but this action i believe is also very helpful to test the capability of a new cryptocurrency. Like any other investments there are risks that pertains so the best thing to do is to double check the pros and cons so totally i would say that if other countries are testing their own crypto it just means they are just securing their investments and that is a wise thing to do.

The thing is, Bitcoin is decentralized and no government has control over Bitcoin. But the future economy is Crypto-Economy and every country is reying to embrace that issuing their own centralized crypto.

I've heard that low-income countries are trying to create their own cryptocurrency. The governments of these countries are experiencing acute dollar mass.For example Venezuela introduced their what the al Patro. In fact, this can not be called cryptocurrency because they are fully controlled by the state.And it depends on the economy of the state. These two factors are the hallmark of cryptogenic. And to make contracts for any strange wrappers will not accept more than one state.

The only good reason is because they are the Government. They make the rules and can as well bend the rules for their own benefits anyway while pretending it is for the interests of the citizens.

Governments using blockchain tech is literally just trying to gain more control.

There is no point in having a crypto that is not decentralised. Because if someone can still control over the money supply and interest rate, then it's just the same as fiat currency. It's worthless because someone can get more into circulation with a press of a button.

There is no point either in having national cryptos for each country, when bitcoin is already a global crypto that doesn't have any borders.

I'd rather hang onto my bitcoin(real money) rather than buy into governments crypto fiat, thanks.

I think they’re just trying to check and test if they can have a cryptocurrency that they can control. That they can manage. I think though to your point it can be considered laughable, you can actually see that it can be beneficial to them because as a government you would want something that you can manage so that you can check if it causes a ripple to your economic stature or if it has been causing a drop or rise in crime due to its implementation.

Yes, governments in every country are now aware of the changes that bitcoin has brought to the world. Because bitcoin is fragmented, they can't kill bitcoin completely, so it's a good idea for them to choose to join the cryptocurrency to gain revenue.

Well, I have yet to see a successful I read some few years ago that a country airdrop a coin to their country but it is not existing anymore and there are no new attempts to do this again which becomes successful but let's see if this proves successful it is good for the whole community.