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Tunisia to Launch E-Dinar National Currency Using Blockchain

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November 10, 2019
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Russian ICO startup Universa will issue and manage Tunisia’s central bank digital currency.

Tunisia has become the first country to start moving its national currency to a blockchain platform. Russian ICO startup Universa will help issue and manage Tunisia’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), reported Russian news agency Tass on Nov. 7.

E-dinar expected to be more transparent, cheaper to issue

The Central Bank of Tunisia announced that the digitization of the Tunisian dinar has started and that the paper-backed CBDC will be issued on the Universa Blockchain. 

Furthermore, Universa will also reportedly receive a percentage of all transactions carried out with the “e-dinar” while the ledger will be visible to the country’s central bank. 

Founder and CEO of Universa Alexander Borodich, however, points out that this form of electronic money currency cannot be considered a true cryptocurrency.

The CBDC or e-dinar will be state-owned and backed by paper money. But the blockchain will not only protect against counterfeiting but will also make issuance cheaper and more transparent. Borodich said: 

“Digital banknotes cannot be counterfeited — each banknote is protected by cryptography like its paper counterpart has its own digital watermarks. Furthermore, the production of such a banknote is 100 times cheaper than wasting ink, paper and electricity in the printing process.”

Thus, the country will not issue a new currency. Instead, part of its reserves will be simply moved to the platform and citizens will be able to exchange their physical money for e-dinars.

Digital currency will change how private banks work

Borodich expects digital currency to change how private banks operate. All the physical money will stay at the central bank, while commercial banks will only provide services and compete over the quality of the services offered. 

This is not the first collaboration between the Tunisian Government and Universa. As Cointelegraph reported at the end of last year, the government-led Tunisian Internet Agency signed a strategic partnership to host services for the startup.

Meanwhile, as Cointelegraph reported earlier this week, the European Union is also considering issuing its own digital currency as well.

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