James Posted October 5, 2019 Report Share Posted October 5, 2019 The Libra Association co-founded by Facebook aims to serve as a monetary authority for the Libra cryptocurrency. It says Libra's purpose is to "empower billions of people," citing 1.7 billion adults without bank accounts who could use the currency. The Libra Association is a group of 28 companies and non-profits helping to develop Libra. The Libra blockchain is implemented using Rust. The coding guidelines for the Libra Core Rust codebase are at https://developers.libra.org/docs/community/coding-guidelines On Friday 4th October, PayPal announced its withdrawal from the project. It said it remained supportive of Libra's aspirations but had chosen to focus on its own core businesses. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49944421 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2019 Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe have also withdrawn from the Libra Association. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50023008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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