
Yes, as of April 1st, 2020, Hedera and Swirlds have signed a non-binding term sheet framework laying out what an exclusive channel partner agreement for CBDC initiatives would look like. This is intended to resolves any potential future channel conflict for central bank digital currency initiatives between Swirlds and Hedera over the licensing use of the hashgraph consensus algorithm.
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