It sounds like what you're describing is replacing the functional (read: relatively stable inflation-wise) swiss franc with... ?
Assuming you implemented a POW blockchain-based, decentralized (anyone can download and run a node), virtual currency, this would remove control over the supply and generation of the currency from the Swiss National Bank (fiscal and monetary policy experts) and give it to...Chinese cryptocurrency miners + whatever group of developers Switzerland decides to put in charge of maintaining and upgrading the swiss blockchain?
What your friend is referring to is actually an idealized economic concept, the "Stablecoin" - one that is pegged to the exact right basket of goods, services, and semi-finished industrial products that it experiences little to no inflation/deflation and can be counted on as a store of value.
All countries are or should be trying to create a Stablecoin relative to their own economies - allowing private citizens to assume their $5,000 USD will be able to buy roughly the same amount of goods and services in, say 6 months.
All this to say...the Swiss have already created a Stablecoin for their economy...the franc. There is no reason to break up and decentralize an organization that is competently managing a currency. It only makes sense in cases (such as Venezuela) where the central authority is doing a terrible job of managing their currency, and is nowhere near achieving "Stablecoin" status. Or for markets where there is no accepted "Stablecoin" because they are illegal/no enforcement mechanism to honor the transaction (e.g. you can't bring a lawsuit in a US court against a drug dealer if he takes your USD and sells you bad drugs).
Assuming you implemented a POW blockchain-based, decentralized (anyone can download and run a node), virtual currency, this would remove control over the supply and generation of the currency from the Swiss National Bank (fiscal and monetary policy experts) and give it to...Chinese cryptocurrency miners + whatever group of developers Switzerland decides to put in charge of maintaining and upgrading the swiss blockchain?
What your friend is referring to is actually an idealized economic concept, the "Stablecoin" - one that is pegged to the exact right basket of goods, services, and semi-finished industrial products that it experiences little to no inflation/deflation and can be counted on as a store of value.
All countries are or should be trying to create a Stablecoin relative to their own economies - allowing private citizens to assume their $5,000 USD will be able to buy roughly the same amount of goods and services in, say 6 months.
All this to say...the Swiss have already created a Stablecoin for their economy...the franc. There is no reason to break up and decentralize an organization that is competently managing a currency. It only makes sense in cases (such as Venezuela) where the central authority is doing a terrible job of managing their currency, and is nowhere near achieving "Stablecoin" status. Or for markets where there is no accepted "Stablecoin" because they are illegal/no enforcement mechanism to honor the transaction (e.g. you can't bring a lawsuit in a US court against a drug dealer if he takes your USD and sells you bad drugs).