http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/Documents/fintech/fintechpocdlt.pdfThe Banks technology teams built and deployed a multinode scalable distributed ledger environment on the
Ethereum protocol. Key features of distributed ledger that were tested in our POC included cons
ensus via a
proof of work mechanism, resilience, transparency, smart contracts and data integrity.
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and why did the BoE choose Ethereum? it chose Ethereum because it gives the central bank control. Ethereum has a reset button. old habits die hard. Ethereum is not a decentralised system. it can be controlled and manipulated from the centre.