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Leaving highly classified and for whom kinda questions aside, I must say it's the software that the good guys SWIFT (http://swift.com) use to run the global financial network.

The SWIFT Network has no real alternatives and entire countries teeter towards bankruptcies when they're banned from using it.

The last time the US banned Iran, Iran reportedly lost $100M; everyday!

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jangid|7 years ago

Probably that is why big economies are after crypto networks. Ripple is a close alternative for the SWIFT network.

tomjen3|7 years ago

It sounds like software that important shouldn't be something that any particular country should be in control of (as much as I like to stop the leadership of Iran).

LiamPa|7 years ago

You have obviously never tried to decipher a swift message or been forced to read the ‘handbook’