Recently, false websites and fake studies regarding the BRICS Pay system for retail payments have emerged online. These materials aim to discredit the project, which developing to simplify payments using the national currencies of BRICS countries and other states. An article published on December 3, 2024 in Caixin Global contains numerous inaccuracies and refers to the unreliable website www.jzgjzf.com, which is not an official source of information about BRICS Pay. The official website of the project is brics-pay.com. It is important to note that the BRICS Pay project is currently under active development and is supported by the central banks of the participating countries. We urge all users to rely on official sources of information and to be cautious of fake materials.
The architecture of BRICS Pay envisions a more centralized structure within individual countries while maintaining a decentralized approach on an international scale. High-speed deployment, scalability, decentralization, and interoperability are achieved through the creation of distributed networks for transmitting both payment information and liquidity.
The system's core topology is a decentralized star-topology, represented as a connected graph with subgraphs—payment networks within each country. Participants in the settlement system can connect to various vertices (nodes) of transactions. These subsystems (subgraphs) represent existing or prospective payment systems, with local settlement banks located at the centers of these subgraphs. Each country may have multiple such banks. Additionally, within the implemented topology of BRICS Pay, participating banks can establish direct relationships with other foreign banks or another financial institutions.