Networks · Private, permissioned · run by Banque de France

DL3S

Banque de France's in-house distributed ledger, developed since 2020 and operated by the bank, for settling wholesale transactions in tokenised central bank money in the Eurosystem trials; the underlying ledger software is not named.

Profile sources[1][2]

4Deployments
68Organisations
2Connections
Live (limited) 2Inactive 2

Deployments on DL3S

Each row is a sourced claim on that deployment's record that it runs on DL3S. Balances are shown where a source gives one for this network.

DeploymentStatusAssetsHeld here Evidence Last reviewed
EIB digital bonds on GS DAP
Cash ledger for the experimental euro wholesale CBDC.
Live (limited)—A Banque de France, 25 Jun 2024[3]Reviewed 14d ago
Euroclear D-FMI digitally native notes (multi-issuer)
Cash leg of the Caisse des Dépôts issue
Live (limited)—B Euroclear[4]Reviewed 14d ago
Eurosystem exploratory work on wholesale DLT settlement in central bank moneyInactive—A European Central Bank[5]Reviewed 24d ago
Republic of Slovenia digital bond on BNP Paribas Neobonds (2024)
Cash ledger for wholesale central bank money.
Inactive—A Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Finance (Treasury), Jul 2024[6]Reviewed 24d ago

Connections

Sources

  1. [1]Eurosystem exploratory work on settlement in central bank money using new technologies: first batch of experiments successfully completed by the Banque de France with DL3S — Banque de France, 5 Sep 2024. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
  2. [2]Eurosystem exploratory work event programme (Full-DLT interoperability solution demo) — European Central Bank. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.A
  3. [3]Project Venus — Banque de France, 25 Jun 2024. Accessed 14 Oct 2026.A
  4. [4]D-FMI: Digital Financial Market Infrastructure — Euroclear. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.B
  5. [5]Exploratory work on new technologies for wholesale central bank money settlement — European Central Bank. Accessed 11 Oct 2026.A
  6. [6]The Republic of Slovenia has issued the inaugural digital bond — Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Finance (Treasury), Jul 2024. Accessed 15 Oct 2026.A