Digital Euro Pilot in a Box

Pilot in a Box is a spec-conformant accelerator built around the official ECB pilot specification (Appendix 2.F) and aligned to the 11 milestones of the published pilot roadmap.

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what's in the box

The five pillars

A working sandbox today, not a slide deck about one. Every feature comes with a phone mockup of the user experience and the backend flow. Every test case maps to the ECB pilot specification. Every milestone is on the roadmap.

Pillar 01
Pre-built modules

Onboarding, alias management, liquidity, P2P, e-commerce, m-commerce, NFC proximity, offline payments — every feature comes with a phone mockup of the UX and the backend flow, so teams build on proven foundations from day one.

pillar 02
QA routines & E2E test cases

BDD scenarios aligned with the official ECB pilot specification — Appendix 2.F · End-to-End Process Flows — so every flow is validated against the same criteria the Eurosystem will use.

pillar 03
Reference architecture

Maps every milestone, feature and integration point — from DESP connectivity through NFC proximity payments — so teams plan, build and validate with confidence.

pillar 04
DESP sandbox

A simulation of the Digital Euro Service Platform built from the published ECB technical requirements — a realistic environment for integration testing before official DESP access is granted.

pillar 05
Implementation roadmap

Pre-mapped to the ECB Pilot Preparation, Development and Operational phases — covering every feature across the 11 published milestones, with referenced Appendices and Annexes.

pillar 06
D1 risk & resilience

Pre-mapped operational-resilience posture aligned to DORA expectations and the rulebook D1 workstream — ready for supervisory review.

Inside the sandbox

Fund wallet

Every feature in the box has both sides shown — the user experience your customer sees, and the backend flow that delivers it. Here is the Fund Wallet feature: the end user picks an amount, the backend posts to the distributing-PSP liquidity service, the holding-limit check runs, the DESP credits the DCA, and the holdings increment.

Test cases aligned to ECB Appendix 2.F

The ECB pilot specification will be tested against the same scenarios in Appendix 2.F. Pilot in a Box ships with a BDD test suite that mirrors them exactly, re-run on every commit.

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ECB pilot roadmap

Aligned to the ECB pilot roadmap

Three phases. 11 milestones. Pilot in a Box maps every published milestone to a delivery checkpoint and every required feature to a pre-built module — referenced to the ECB pilot Appendices and Annexes.

Phase 1 - Pilot Preparation

2026 — Mid-2026
- EOI call published 5 Mar 2026
- EOI window closed 14 May 2026
- 10–30 PSPs being selected

Phase 1 - Pilot Preparation

2026 — Mid-2026
- EOI call published 5 Mar 2026
- EOI window closed 14 May 2026
- 10–30 PSPs being selected

Phase 1 - Pilot Preparation

2026 — Mid-2026
- EOI call published 5 Mar 2026
- EOI window closed 14 May 2026
- 10–30 PSPs being selected