[2016-04-26]ECB experiments with technology behind bitcoin

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ECB experiments with technology behind bitcoin - Mersch

The European Central Bank is doing "experimental work" with the same ledger technology that underpins virtual currency bitcoin. But it needs further research before considering adopting it, an ECB executive board member has said. Yves Mersch said the ECB would look into whether distributed ledger technology (DLT) could be adopted as the market infrastructure of the euro zone's system of central banks...

http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2016/0426/784281-ecb-and-bitcoin-technology/

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The news of an ECB report on blockchain technology was posted 2 days ago. This is just a different source.