At the beginning of next year, it is planned to present a prototype of the digital ruble platform.
The Russian financial regulator plans to present a prototype of the digital ruble platform early next year.
Following this, pilot testing of the project is expected to begin.
According to Kommersant, referring to the head of the Russian financial regulator Elvira Nabiullina, the relevant plans for the creation of the platform were announced at the conference of the Institute of Emerging Economies of the Bank of Finland.
Nabiullina noted that the platform will be tested in our country before a final decision is made on the launch of a digital currency in Russia.
Earlier, the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation said that with the introduction of the digital ruble in Russia, citizens of our country will receive a digital pension.
“Digital ruble – this is the same ruble, just in a different form. The digital ruble – is the speed and convenience of calculations ”, – the head of the Bank of Russia is sure.
The head of the Bank of Russia pointed out that now there are two types of Russian national currency – cash and bank money.
The third, digital, thief will help people and businesses, as they will have the expression of the ruble in the cryptocurrency accounting unit – tokens – on the platform of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.
Elvira Nabiullina stressed that the regulator is developing a technology that allows access to digital money even without the Internet.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Elvira Nabiullina decided the fate of the ruble denomination.
The head of the regulator commented on rumors about a possible decision on the currency of our country.