R3’s Refusal of Russia’s Sberbank is Against the Principles of Blockchain

R3’s Refusal of Russia’s Sberbank is Against the Principles of Blockchain

After long and careful consideration, R3CEV, better known as the R3 consortium, also simply called R3, reportedly denied the application of Russia’s Largest Bank, Sberbank, to join the rest of the banks in the consortium due to international sanctions against Russia. Since the introduction of Bitcoin and the concept of blockchain technology in 2009, the blockchain has represented the following attributes: decentralization, transparency, immutability and security. Perceiving the success of Bitcoin and other legitimate cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects such as Monero, Litecoin and....


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