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Qhov project Hamilton tau xaus, lub lis piam tom qab cov neeg tsim cai lij choj nug, raws li Boston Fed

12/26/2022
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Project Hamilton, txoj haujlwm tshawb fawb ntawm Tebchaws Meskas Tsoom Fwv Tebchaws Reserve Bank ntawm Boston thiab Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), tshaj tawm nws cov lus xaus hauv kev sib tw rau Christmas. Qhov project ob-xyoos tau saib ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm qhov kev xav ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov nyiaj dollar central bank digital txiaj (CBDC).

"Txoj Haujlwm Hamilton tau ua cov kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau kev nkag siab tob txog qhov nyiaj yuav ua haujlwm zoo dua rau txhua tus," Boston Fed tus lwm thawj coj Jim Cunha hais tias nyob rau hauv ib nqe lus tshaj tawm qhov xaus ntawm qhov project.

Nyob rau hauv Lub Ob Hlis, technologically "agnostic" project tso tawm ib daim ntawv dawb thiab qhib qhov kev tshawb fawb software hu ua OpenCBDC nyob rau hauv ob versions, tsuas yog ib tug ntawm cov uas siv faib ledger technology. Lub sijhawm ntawd, cov neeg ua haujlwm tau cog lus tseg tias kev tshawb fawb txuas ntxiv yuav saib "kev ceev ntiag tug, kev tshawb xyuas, kev ua haujlwm, kev sib koom tes, thiab lwm yam."

Hauv nws daim ntawv tshaj tawm Kaum Ob Hlis 22, Boston Fed tau hais tias:

"Cov kws tshawb fawb ntawm Boston Fed thiab MIT tau hais tias lawv npaj yuav tso cov kev rov qab los ntxiv ntawm Project Hamilton qhov kev tshawb pom nyob rau lub hlis tom ntej."

MIT's Digital Currency Initiative (DCI), uas yog lub koom haum uas tau koom tes nrog Boston Fed, xav tias yuav tuav "kev tshawb fawb tawm" thaum Lub Ib Hlis 12, 2023.

Fed tseem hais ntxiv tias kev ua haujlwm tau txuas ntxiv ntawm OpenCBDC, sau tseg tias nws tau ncav cuag tus nqi ntawm 1.84 lab kev lag luam ib ob. Qhov ntawd yog qhov xav tau ntawm qhov tsis yog-blockchain version, uas tau mus txog 1.7 lab kev hloov pauv ib ob li lub Ob Hlis. Lub blockchain version ua tiav 170,000 kev lag luam ib ob li ntawm lub sijhawm ntawd.

Qhov project Hamilton yog ib tsab ntawv los ntawm cuaj tus neeg tsim cai lij choj hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas coj los ntawm Rep. Tom Emmer tham rau Boston Fed tus thawj tswj hwm Susan Collins thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 1. Cov tswv cuab hauv Congress tau sau tias:

"Muaj qhov pom tsis txaus rau hauv kev sib cuam tshuam ntawm Project Hamilton thiab kev lag luam ntiag tug."

Cov ntawv sau tau nug txog kev koom tes ntawm cov tuam txhab ntiag tug hauv kev tshawb fawb thiab qhia txog kev txhawj xeeb txog qhov tsis ncaj ncees rau cov neeg koom nrog kev tshawb fawb hauv kev txhim kho CBDC yav tom ntej. Lawv kuj nug txog qhov project txoj hauv kev rau kev ceev ntiag tug. Lawv thov sau cov lus teb yam tsis tau hais txog hnub kawg.

Tsab ntawv tsis tau sau npe cov tuam txhab ntiag tug tshwj xeeb cuam tshuam nrog qhov project. Daim ntawv dawb tsis lees paub txog kev koom nrog ntiag tug.

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Emmer yog tus yeeb ncuab ntawm CBDCs thiab tau tshaj tawm txoj cai lij choj thaum Lub Ib Hlis los txwv Fed los ntawm kev tshaj tawm US CBDC ncaj qha rau cov neeg siv khoom.

Txij li Lub Ob Hlis, DCI tau khaws cov neeg koom tes tshiab. Cov Bank of England thiab Bank of Canada ob qho tib si nkag mus rau hauv 12-lub hlis kev tshawb fawb tej yaam num nrog DCI hauv lub Peb Hlis.