BlockchainNavigating this Game-Changing Technology
Conor Svensson @conors10
Decentralised, immutable data store
Blockchain technologies
2008
2013
2014
2015+
Distributed Ledger Technology
• Smart Contracts
• Public and private
• Consensus mechanisms
The ones to watch
Use cases• Smart contracts
• Sharing interorganisational data
• Digital asset registry
• Identity management
• IoT device data
Considerations
• Public or private?
• Wallet security
• Cross chain interoperability
• Blockchain skills shortage
Practicalities• Rapidly changing
• Limited scalability
• Network stability
• Immature tooling
• New architectural paradigms
Recommendations
• Still in PoC phase
• Watch the leaders
• Private chain if possible
The future
• Consolidation
• Security
• Public & private
• Interoperability
