Bitcoin Not Legitimate Payment Instrument: Bank Indonesia
26 October 2017 15:30 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bank Indonesia (BI) has said that bitcoin is not a legitimate payment instrument. BI Executive Director for Payment System Policy Department Eny V. Panggaben said that the central bank has banned the use of bitcoin as a payment instrument.
“Bitcoin is clearly banned. But in individual transactions, it is allowed, but it’s at your own risk,” Bank Indonesia Director Eny said on October 26.
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Nevertheless, Eny said that blockchain technology should be developed further.
A blockchain is a decentralized public ledger of transactions that are recorded in files called blocks.
Earlier, Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Ronald Waas has called for caution over growing use of bitcoin.
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