Todd McDonald of R3 talks Blockchains, Distributed Ledgers and Banks

Published: June 28, 2017, 4 p.m.

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R3 is a technology company out to establish a blockchain database upon which the financial system can rely and build.\\xa0 They lead a consortium of 70+ financial institutions - including Barclays.\\xa0 In this episode you'll learn the difference between a distributed ledger and a blockchain, what the global trading system could look like if it were blockchain-based, and how smart contracts work.

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