An Early Blockchain Experiment by Global Banks Is Revealed
Blockchain startup R3 has revealed the completion of a new test that involved a total of 11 banks connected to a peer-to-peer decentralized distributed ledger. The experiment is likely to figure among the earliest examples of multiple banks using a distributed ledger to exchange value, successfully. In a press release today, R3 co-founder Todd McDonald has announced the completion of a distributed ledger experiment where 11 global banks participated in the simulation of exchanging trades and value on an R3-managed distributed ledger. Each bank was connected to a private, R3-managed....
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