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Whitepaper

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May 2018

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1. Executive Summary 

 

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1.1 The CENTRE Vision 

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1.2 Global Payment Use Cases 

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1.3 Crypto Exchange Use Cases 

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1.4 Addressing the Challenges of  

 

Crypto Assets and Public Blockchains 

 

 

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1.5 Service Providers: Compliance, Identity, Fraud, Risk 

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1.6 Governance and the CENTRE Organization 

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2. Technology and Network 

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2.1 Stablecoin Minting and Redemption Sequences 

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2.2. Wallet-to-Wallet Transaction Sequence 

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2.3 Merchant Payment Sequence 

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2.4 Crypto Asset Cross-Blockchain Sequence 

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2.5 Existing Technology 

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2.6 CENTRE Nodes 

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2.7 Technology Implementation Notes 

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2.7.1 Stablecoin Design 

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2.7.2 State Channel Transaction Management 

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2.7.3 Chaining State Channels 

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2.7.4 Node Modules 

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3. The CENTRE Team and Organization 

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3.1 The CENTRE Organization 

 

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3.2 Circle Corporate Background 

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3.2.1 Leadership, Investors, and Directors 

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3.2.2 Circle Products as Catalysts for CENTRE Adoption        21 

3.2.3 Regulatory and Licensing Portfolio 

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3.2.4 Technology and IP Contributions   

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3.3 Organizational Structure and Advisors   

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4. Additional Information and Updates 

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5. Glossary 

 

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