Willingness financial sector in Luxembourg to respond to blockchain 2016, by company

This statistic shows the answers to a survey question on the willingness of the financial sector in Luxembourg to respond to blockchain in 2016, by company. In 2016, approximately 58 percent of the senior executives in insurance companies answered they are likely or very likely to respond to blockchain. Blockchain is the main technology behind cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. In essence, the blockchain data protocol works like a distributed ledger with the potential to the remove the need for (financial) intermediaries. Therefore, expectancies in Europe for the effect of this technology on payment solutions are high.

本统计数据显示了2016年卢森堡金融行业对区块链技术响应意愿的调查结果，按公司分类。2016年，约58%的保险公司高级管理人员表示他们可能会或非常可能会对区块链技术做出响应。区块链技术是诸如比特币等加密货币背后的主要技术。本质上，区块链数据协议类似于分布式账本，具有消除（金融）中介需求的可能性。因此，欧洲对这项技术对支付解决方案影响的预期颇高。