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Where it is used

Where it is used

One page for each area that has been written. A card says what the record is, who runs it, and where the work had got to.

An area that is not listed here has not been written.

Information, not advice.

  1. 1 · PAYMoney and paymentsBitcoin, the Bank of England's digital pound work, and its draft rules for sterling stablecoins.
  2. 2 · MKTFinancial marketsThe securities sandbox, a digital gilt not yet issued, fund rules in force, and settlement experiments.
  3. 3 · SUPSupply chainsFood records with no set system, pilots from 2018 and 2019, a review of other methods, and a shipping platform its operators stopped.
  4. 4 · IDNIdentity and credentialsA sandbox design that names a permissioned blockchain, an announcement of a regional pilot, and a beta service whose pages do not name a ledger.
  5. 5 · PUBPublic recordsResearch that tested a blockchain on a copy of the register, and later strategies that describe the registers without naming a ledger.
  6. 6 · FILProving when a file existedWhat one deposit scheme looks for in a photo's date, and what Existamp says a receipt proves.
  7. 7 · NRGEnergyA 2016 case study of possible retail uses, a 2017 roundtable on trials, and a 2019 white paper that quotes one firm.
  8. 8 · HLTHealthcareA 2016 review of a possible use for health records, and an NHS England page for a single record that does not name a ledger.
  9. 9 · MEDMediaA 2020 BBC plan to store provenance records on a permissioned system, and a 2024 feature whose page does not name a ledger.
  10. 10 · CRYCryptoWhat crypto is, and what is and is not regulated. Coins and exchanges are on the Crypto pages.
WCH · next due 13 Nov 2026WatchEvery two weeks, what has changed in the UK's trials of blockchain for shares and government bonds. This edition: a third firm was approved to work live in the sandbox, and the digital gilt has still not been issued.