\u201cA team of 30 seems like quite a significant resource to focus on the digital pound,\u201d Ian Taylor, an adviser to the trade association CryptoUK, told the Times. \u201cIt shows the impact it would have, and that the bank are serious about it.\u201d<\/p>\nIan Taylor, CryptoUK <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Bank in late March posted openings for a\u00a0digital pound solution architect\u00a0“to explore the technology design and architecture options for a potential retail CBDC”, and a\u00a0digital pound security architect, whose role will be “to explore and develop secure technology design and architecture options for a potential retail CBDC”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The job ads state: “HM Treasury and the Bank of England have recently issued a Consultation Paper setting out an assessment of the motivations and design choices for a potential digital pound, alongside a Technology Working Paper which outlines our emerging thinking on CBDC technology. These papers signal that our work will now move onto a design phase, which will look at the technology and policy requirements for a digital pound.” Via: https:\/\/www.finextra.com\/<\/p>",
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In February, Bank of England deputy governor Jon Cunlifffe\u00a0told a committee of MPs\u00a0that a digital pound has a better than 50\/50 chance of coming to fruition.
\u201cThese are big projects\u2026 this would be a very serious thing that would have to be resilient, fraud-proof, secure,” Cunliffe said. \u201cIf we just wait until we say OK now we think it’s needed, we will be five years behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n