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CBA builds a blockchain in its innovation lab

James Eyers
James EyersSenior Reporter
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In its Innovation Lab in Darling Harbour, a team of Commonwealth Bank of Australia computer engineers have built a working "blockchain". For CBA, a "distributed ledger" is no longer a concept on a whiteboard, but a matter of hardware.

This week, CBA customers, regulators and bank employees will be able to see for themselves how the buzziest topic in global finance – blockchain, the technology underpinning the cryptocurrency bitcoin – works in practice.

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James Eyers writes on banking, payments and fintech. He is a former legal and investment banking editor at the AFR, has degrees in commerce and law from UNSW, and is co-author of Buy now, pay later: The extraordinary story of Afterpay Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at jeyers@afr.com.au

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