Tunisia: Banque De France Conducts Successful Experiment On Use of Bct Digital Money With Consortium of Actors Driven By Liquidshare

Tunis/Tunisia — The Banque de France successfully carried out on June 18-25 a fifth experiment on the Central Bank of Tunisia digital currency (CBDC) with a consortium of actors driven by LiquidShare as part of the experimental programme launched in March 2020, the BCT said in a press release on Tuesday.

The experiment involved the simulation on a private blockchain of the issuance and settlement of unlisted securities and of the settlement of listed securities. Settlements of securities were simulated by central bank digital currency issued on the blockchain. The experiment required the development and deployment of smart contracts so that the Banque de France could issue and control the circulation of CBDC tokens while ensuring that each transfer takes place simultaneously with the delivery of the securities.