The pilot project of the digital ruble will be launched already 1 april – Bits Media

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is going to launch testing operations with a digital ruble already 1 april. The pilot project will participate 13 banking, And it will be possible to use it for transfer and payment of goods and services.

According to the First Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank Olga Skorobogatova, At the first stage of testing, retail customers will not receive access to a digital ruble. First, the system is tested at the institutional level, as well as among selected bank customers. All 13 banks have already passed as technical tests, So the operating rooms. After that, the regulator will determine the process of scaling the system.

“We plan to launch the pilot stage 1 April with operations between individuals and payments in trade and service enterprises at the beginning, At this stage. I will pay attention right away, that the pilot will go on real operations, real customers, but for a limited number of operations and for a limited number of customers with 13 by banks, who have already technically confirmed their readiness ", - said Olga Skorobogatova.

Recall, that the Bank of Russia will be the only digital ruble operator. In this way, The Russian state digital currency will not be decentralized.