今天新闻博客Coincourant.nl（基于Automatiseringgids.nl的一篇文章）发表一份简短的报告，据说荷兰银行ABN Amro是要玩玩比特币和数字货币。
这个消息据说是来源于Menno van Leeuwen，所谓国有银行的“创新管理者”。据莱文说，他认为银行忽视技术的发展是不明智的，并表示尝试比特币背后的想法是要准备改变，即在金融业做准备工作。
“银行正面临着来自外部的挑战者，他们发明了新东西，”他被引述道。 “如果你忽略了技术发展，你可能处于无奈的惊奇中”（粗略翻译）。
实验还不清楚
我们所知道的是，荷兰银行的比特币实验的持续时间希望不超过三个月。这并不奇怪，但是，没有消息透漏银行将如何测试数字货币。
很可能我们无从知晓，银行是出了名的对幕后秘密守口如瓶，而且通常都不愿意透漏他们在干什么，除非他们准备好透露消息。
越来越多银行被吸引到数字货币
荷兰银行并不是唯一表现出适度关注比特币和数字货币的银行。
就在这个星期，我们了解到，爱沙尼亚银行LHV聘请了虚拟货币专家来帮助他们下水导航，了解这个新兴支付方式，汇丰银行正在招聘懂比特币的实习生。
这只是两个例子，但说我们还有很多事情不知道，也并非不恰当。
评论：知己知彼，百战不殆，如果连对手的情况都一无所知就高喊打压，那真是一副败像，荷兰银行的反应还是正确的
A brief report published today by news blog Coincourant.nl (based on an article from Automatiseringgids.nl), Dutch Bank ABN Amro is reportedly toying around with bitcoin and digital currency.
This information purportedly originates from Menno van Leeuwen, so-called ‘Innovation Manager’ at the state-owned bank. According to Leeuwen, he feels that it wouldn’t be wise for the bank to ignore technological development, and says the idea behind experimentation is an effort to be prepared for change, namely in the financial industry.
“Banks are facing challengers from outside, who invent new things,” he was quoted as saying. “If you ignore that, you can be in for undesirable surprises” (rough translation).
Experiments unclear
What we do know is that ABN Amro’s experimentation with bitcoin is expected to last no longer than three months. Not surprisingly, however, no information has been revealed as to how the bank will test things out with digital currency.
It’s likely we won’t find out, either. Banks are notoriously secretive about what goes on behind the scenes, and usually aren’t willing to disclose on what they’re working on until it’s ready.
A growing attraction to digital currency
ABN Amro isn’t the only bank that’s shown off moderate interest in bitcoin and digital currency.
Just this week we learned that Estonian bank LHV hired a virtual currency expert to help them navigate the waters of this emerging new payment method, and HSBC is looking for an intern with bitcoin know-how.
Those are just two examples, but it’s not inappropriate to suggest there’s a lot more going on that we don’tknow about.
http://newsbtc.com/2014/06/19/dutch-bank-abn-amro-reportedly-experimenting-bitcoin/
