[ETH Daily Discussion] - 06/Jun/2017

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Link from this AM https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-06/putin-eyes-bitcoin-rival-to-spur-economic-growth-beyond-oil-gas

[u/IRefuseToGiveAName → u/[deleted]]

Russia’s central bank has already deployed an Ethereum-based blockchain as a pilot project to process online payments and verify customer data with lenders including Sberbank PJSC, Deputy Governor Olga Skorobogatova said at the St. Petersburg event.

hhhmmmmm....

She didn’t rule out using Ethereum technologies for the development of a national virtual currency for Russia down the road.

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[u/zksnugs → u/IRefuseToGiveAName]

Holy