El Banco Central de Israel utilizará Ethereum Tech para su piloto CBDC

Bank of Israel, the Israeli Central Bank today announced they would use Ethereum blockchain technology for its CBDC pilot program, as reported by Bloomberg. The first trial for digital Shekel will be an internal pilot run as per the country’s financial daily Globes.

El vicegobernador del banco central israelí, Andrew Abir, dijo que el shekel digital no representará ningún riesgo para el sistema bancario y que el único objetivo sería hacer que el sistema de pagos sea más robusto. Él explicó,

“Esto no va a eliminar a los bancos, ningún banco central introduciría una moneda digital con tal objetivo. Los bancos siguen siendo una parte importante de cualquier sistema de pagos que haya. De lo que estamos hablando es de un sistema de pagos ”.

Abir said that Israel’s payment system is still years behind its European counterparts and CBDC could potentially change it. However, he also stressed that a working CBDC could take at least 5 more years to become a reality.

Países de todo el mundo aceleran el programa CBDC

Central Bank Issued Digital Currency has become the top priority of many developed nations around the globe especially looking at the progress of China in the field. China’s digital yuan is complete and currently under widespread trials across multiple provinces while a majority of other nations are still in the development phase. A couple of weeks before France and Switzerland started a combined cross-border trial for their respective CBDCs, while the Russian government has also announced it would start the trials from next year.

Ethereum has also become a growing choice for many institutions and countries owing to its ease of deployment and the freedom of customization. Recently, JP Morgan started its blockchain built on top of Ethereum as well.

sobre el autor

Graduado en ingeniería, Prashant se centra en los mercados del Reino Unido e India. Como criptoperiodista, sus intereses radican en la adopción de la tecnología blockchain en las economías emergentes.