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R3 claims progress on smart contracts standards
DLT consortium under pressure to show cohesion after JP Morgan departure
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Distributed ledger consortium R3 claims its members have reached consensus on the need for industry standards to simplify the implementation of smart contracts – automated, tamper-proof agreements that some see as a source of future cost savings.
The huge alliance, which comprises more than 80 banks, buy-side firms, clearing houses, exchanges, central banks and others is under pressure to show the coalition can work, after the recent, high-profile departure of JP Morgan in April. It followed in
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