RTGS - Warnings on realtime settlement using distributed ledgers

Sharing the following with Interledger community.

Personally, I’m all in favour of real time settlement of inter-bank payments as opposed to the current over-night netting out process, but George’s article below gives some healthy warnings on the subject:

https://twitter.com/sammantic/status/695240026779709440


I believe that engineers can apply queuing theory models to the concept of a distributed settlement system to reassure decision makers that it can be a well regulated and a stable system...

Cheers,

Michael Smolenski

web: midasium.com<http://midasium.com>
email: michael@midasium.com<mailto:michael@midasium.com>
mb: +34 666 122 800

Received on Friday, 5 February 2016 16:23:35 UTC