- you can get transparency (the entire ledger must be public, so you reduce the risk of many kids of internal fraud and manipulation.)
- you can use these coins outside the facebook ecosystem -- I can't think of immediate value here, but I can see a long play where Facebook can turn into a bank
This is the first and only comment I've read that actually gives credence to the idea of FB making it as a cryptocurrency, but it still falls short of a simple idea and gives FB too much credit for being an "open" player. FB is the issuer, why can't they just provide APIs to their ledger and APIs for settlement so it can be used outside of their direct ecosystem, but still allows them full control? FB wants to keep people in their ecosystem.
- you can get transparency (the entire ledger must be public, so you reduce the risk of many kids of internal fraud and manipulation.)
- you can use these coins outside the facebook ecosystem -- I can't think of immediate value here, but I can see a long play where Facebook can turn into a bank