During the hearing, CFTC chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo expressed optimism about Bitcoin with
regard to the technology behind it, Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT): «If there was no Bitcoin, there would be no DLT.»
Finally, in the The Netherlands, the Dutch central bank is all set
to support a new «blockchain development campus», which will enable banks
to develop and share information
regarding the use of blockchain, the distributed ledger
technology behind bitcoin.