E-Sayette
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| e-Sayette | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Denominations | |
| Subunit | |
| 1⁄100 | centime |
| Plural | pound |
| Symbol | e£ or £ |
| Demographics | |
| Date of introduction | 29 August 2020 |
| User(s) |  Montesayette |
| Issuance | |
| Central bank | Monetary Authority of Montesayette |
| Valuation | |
| Pegged with | Montesayettean pound (at par) |
e-Sayette, also known as the Digital pound (Quebecshirite: Livre électronique), is a central bank digital currency issued by Montesayette's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Montesayette. It is legal tender and has equivalent value to other forms of the Montesayettean pound. The e-Sayette was proposed in January 2017 and launched on 29 August 2020. The currency was designed around distributed-ledger technology for instant payments. It also incorporates offline payments through the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel, which works on GSM-based feature phones and smartphones to allow access to basic banking transactions without an internet connection.
