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Big banks ramp up blockchain trials
Banks' ability to deploy blockchains to cut billions of dollars of costs from their organisations is the latest hot topic of discussion.
James EyersSenior ReporterThe blockchain has gone viral. Only a year ago, casual mention of the esoteric concept may have been met with a blank stare; now, it seems the blockchain is omnipresent, a topic many people are expected to have considered and have a view about.
In just the past month, two of the most influential global business magazines carried cover features on the blockchain, a distributed ledger that enables transacting in bitcoin, a cryptocurrency.
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