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Blockchain in brief

From traceable supply chains to identity management, Blockchain is pioneering transparent and secure business processes.

What It IsBlockchain is a new way of storing

data in a distributed ledger that

allows multiple stakeholders to

confidently and securely share

access to the same information.

Why It Matters Where It's GoingBlockchain ensures trust in

business environments that are made up

of a multitude of stakeholders. Making

everything from supply chains

to digital identity management

smarter and more secure.

Blockchain technology provides a new

infrastructure for building the next

innovative applications, driving

profound, positive changes for

businesses, communities and society.

Blockchain | What it is & Why it Matters (Accenture)

53% of executives believe blockchain is critical and a top five strategic priority (Deloitte, 2019)

Capabilities

• Automation

• Control

• Complete Traceability

• Security

• Speed

• Evidence of Tampering

Value Drivers

• Payments

• Track and Trace

Improving profitability & quality

The Value Of Blockchain

Increasing Transparency Among parties

Capabilities

• Distributed

• Holistic View

Value Drivers

• Data Sharing

• Resiliency

Reinventing productsand processes

Capabilities:

• Decentralized & Autonomous

• Enhanced identity

• Tokenization and Digital Assets

Value Drivers:

• Identity management

• Marketplace creation

Our Vision

The future will be interoperable, resilient-by-design, and private-by-design.

We're here to make it happen.

FIND MORE

The next generation of the internet is decentralized and powered by Blockchain.

This paradigm ensures more trust, freedom, ownership, autonomy and

resilience.

iExec is the world leader in decentralized cloud computing, striving to be the

backbone of Web3.

We support enterprises in leveraging blockchain technology, triggering a new

wave of high-value innovation.

We empower the Business Value of your Blockchain projects

iExec is providing blockchain consulting and development services from design to implementation

Creating new business models through the application of distributed ledger technologies

Our aim is to resolve business issues

Transfer of ValueSecure, near real-time, low-cost transfer of assets without an intermediary.

Traceability & ImmutabilityHigh fidelity and low-cost mechanism that requires user-specific encryption keys.

Decentralized MarketplacesA self-governing ecosystem of both suppliers and customers, with real-time accounting and settlement mechanisms.

Assets TokenizationCreation of customizable and tradable digital assets in a secure, decentralized and reliable environment.

Smart Contractsimmutable computer programs, deployed on a blockchain, that execute a set of predefined instructions.

Sharing of confidential dataSecure data storage and sharing with specific governance rules.

With 15 years of experience in distributed computing and 6 years in blockchain, our team of experts can address any type of blockchain challenge with efficiency.

Blockchain• Public & Private Blockchains

• Smart Contracts (Solidity)

• Decentralized Oracles

• Sidechains & Bridges

• Protocol Migration

• Interoperability Between Blockchains

Cloud Computing• AWS, Azure

• Docker & Containerization

• Ansible & Kubernetes

Confidential Computing• Intel SGX

• ARM TrustZone

• Hyperledger Avalon

Distributed Computing• Protocol Design (Consensus

Algorithms)

Tokenization• Cryptocurrencies

• Governance & Consortiums

Cybersecurity• Smart Contracts Auditing

Technologies We Master

MAINTENANCE & GROWTH Ongoing or according to your contract

● Ongoing technical support for your deployed solution.● Possibility to implement new features.

1 - 4 weeks

2 - 12 weeks

IDEATION ( 1 day) & CONSULTING ● One-day ideation workshop. ● Dedicated advices on how you can leverage Blockchain to create value for your business.● Scaling up your team’s skills on how reshape your business with Blockchain

technologies.

DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT● Turning ideas into POCs.● Our developers build and deploy your new product, service or platform

(on-premise or on a cloud infrastructure).● Benchmarks & extensive tests to guarantee you an optimal quality of service.

Our Expertise in 3 key steps

Collaboration with iExec can start or end at any phase of our methodology

continuous

Ideation & Consulting The goal is to identify blockchain use cases adapted to your company that can bring real value. Or we can dig deeper into already identified use cases to confirm their feasibility.

Development purpose of the Blockchain project and context● Why take an early interest in the Blockchain?

Enterprise environment● What are the forecasted impacts and which environmental issues need

to be addressed?Understanding the company● What is the structure and characteristics of the company's transactions?

In-house stakeholder network● Which stakeholder is involved in the value network?

Evaluating the first concept● Definition of the main features of the project

Environment and the global interest of the project● Who are the people and external players concerned by this project?

Canevas Blockchain model● Definition of the new Blockchain business model

Step 1

We gather initial requirements and map out personas and their journey. Together with a team of experts, we define existing and desired business processes, and transform business needs into functional requirements.

DeliverableDevelopment Proposal with the requirements, best technical architecture, budget and timeline

Questions We Get Answered

Hundreds of different blockchains and complementary services co-exist today.

We'll assist you in selecting the best suitable architecture for your unique use case.

● Do you need a blockchain for your use case?

Do you need a public or a private architecture?

● What is the best suitable technology stack for

your use case?

● Do you need a SaaS or an on-premise deployment?

● What is the best governance structure for your

project?

Access rights, authorizations, staking, protocol design

● Do you need a token for your blockchain?

● Do you need off-chain computing?

● Do you need standard computing?

AWS Lambda, Microsoft Azure

● Do you need specific application hardware?

CPU: x64/ARM, GPU: Nvidia/AMD, connected sensors

● Which storage provider should you use?

Blockchain, IPFS, Storj, Dropbox, S3

How to ensure your privacy requirements are diligently

respected?

● Do you need confidential computing?

Confidential data sharing, application obfuscation, proofs of

well-execution

● Do you need specific application software?

Docker, container technologies, Ansible, Kubernetes

Do you need elastic resources? (hybrid cloud)

● To what scale do you plan to grow your architecture?

● Should your platform be interoperable with other chains?

● How do digital assets fit into your strategy?

● Do you need decentralized oracles?

Development & Deployment

We use agile methodologies for iterative development, and close communication between the project team and the client.

When the product has been thoroughly tested and once it is ready for production release, we deploy the final code in sync with the client teams and the different stakeholders.We integrate your product with your existing systems, or assist your teams in doing so.We perform the necessary system health checks to ensure the product is running smoothly.

Step 2

Once the project is confirmed for implementation, we gather a product engineering team, and assign both a dedicated project manager and a business lead.

DeliverablePOC or MVP developed and deployed

Fully-tested product

Product launch and integration with legacy systems

Product documentation

Final successful tests in production environment

Development Process 1/2

Our goal is to deliver what the customer wants, when the customer wants it.

SMALL RELEASE CYCLES (2-4 WEEKS)

We deliver in increments, actively seekingfeedback from stakeholders beforeproceeding.

TRANSPARENT DEVELOPMENT

At the beginning of a release cycle (sprint),you receive our planning with what is set tobe completed. At the end of it, you receive areport on what has been shipped.

AGILE REPORTING

A dedicated Product Owner will be yourdirect liaison with our dev team. His goal isto ensure the process stays on track even asconditions change.

DYNAMIC PRIORITIZATION

Our development backlog is reassessed atevery sprint to ensure the most urgentdemands are taken care of first.

By employing agile methodology, we focus on continuous releases, while incorporatingcustomer feedback with every iteration.

This means we develop code at a fast pace and are extremely quick to respond to changes

WE CAN EXECUTE

ON-PREMISE or CLOUD DEPLOYMENT

Your infrastructure can be hosted on-premise, or its management can be taken care of by our teams.

A/B TESTING DEPLOYMENTThis method allows us to perform A/B Testing since it can route n% of your users to the Green and n% of your users to the Blue.

CANARY RELEASE

The Canary Release is a pattern which allows us to put a small segment of your users on the N+1 version.The remaining slice will temporarily remain on version N. This allows us to test if all is well before deploying to all users.

We deploy code following the Blue Green Deployment methodology. This ensures our deployments are carried while never interrupting your services.

By leveraging this concept from Zero Downtime

Deployment (ZDD), our team can ship regular upgrades in a

transparent and quasi-instantaneous manner.

Development Process 2/2

Support & GrowthStep 3

Once the project is confirmed for implementation, we gather a product engineering team, and assign both a dedicated project manager and a business lead.

DeliverableMaintenance/Support in accordance to SLA and dedicated support team proposal if needed

After the successful product launch, we offer maintenance services and support services to ensure its continuous operation.

● By enriching it with new features● Providing code maintenance● Training your employees● Offering support for your users

After the successful product launch, we offer maintenance services and support services to ensure its continuous operation.

The goal is to help you grow and expand your product further by:

Our Services

SupportWe provide modular support

depending on our SLA agreement(business day support or 24/365 support). If needed, we can also

source and assign a dedicated team to support your service.

TrainingWe've already organized hundreds of

workshops and seminars for enterprises as well as the general

Public. We can equip your team with the knowledge and skills to maintain

your solution, or simply introduce them to blockchain-related

concepts.

MaintenanceWe take on the responsibility of

keeping your blockchain nodes running without any downtimes.

With our Blockchain-as-a-Service offer, we manage all of your backend operations, keeping your nodes synchronized, fixing

bugs and onboarding your new users.

We're involved with innovative organizations of all sizes in a wide range of industries.

EDF

Ubisoft

NCTU

Kaiko

Enterprise EthereumAlliance (EEA)

Hyperledger Avalon

Confidential ComputingConsortium (CCC)

Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers(IEEE)

Consensys Health

Genesis Cloud

H7

La Ruche Industrielle

Who We Help

Our Technology Partners

iExec has already developed the building blocks and components that make up our Technology Stack. This allows us to develop fast on top of these elements, rather than

from scratch.

The following use cases leverage the iExec Technology Stack to solve real-world problems.

Decentralized Marketplace for Cloud Computing

Use Cases

A decentralized cloud infrastructure operating autonomously and connecting buyers and sellers of cloud computing.

Trust in a 5G/Smart City EnvironmentA decentralized infrastructure to manage autonomous robot services through smart contracts, and to establish reliable links between the blockchain and physical items.

Privacy-Preserving Medical Data SharingA decentralized infrastructure to allow research labs to run applications on private patient data owned by hospitals. Thanks to TEE technology, this data remains confidential and is never leaked.

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Use Case Decentralized Marketplace for Cloud Computing

ProblemCurrently, access to cloud computing is fragmented. Because it is not considered a commodity, cloud users don’t have an easy access to a multi-cloud offer. The centralized cloud model has also many shortcomings: power imbalance, unfair pricing, obfuscation and low resilience.

SolutioniExec has turned cloud computing into a commodity, by launching a decentralized marketplace and offering a one-stop-shop to access all cloud providers.

Decentralization offers the following advantages● Buyers have the freedom to select any provider they wish (no

vendor lock-in)● Buyers have access to a variety of machines (CPU, GPU, TEE,

edge, green servers)● Providers freely determine their pricing (no marketplace

fees)Providers are guaranteed free and fair competition● Customized governance rules (token, incentives, payments) ● Blockchain ensures transparent monitoring and accounting

for all parties● The marketplace is powered by smart contracts (making it

autonomous and scalable)(1/2)

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How we did it● This was an R&D-heavy and a 3-year roadmap project● 25 people (blockchain devs, devops, UX/UI, architects, cloud experts, product

managers)● Agile methodology with 2-week sprints and semi-yearly major releases (V1 to

V5)● Raised 12 millions to conduct the project● Created the 1st French cryptocurrency (RLC is a utility token for cloud

computing)● Worked closely with the French Government and the AMF (French SEC) on a

legal framework for crypto-assets● Onboarded thousands of users (developers, cloud providers, data centers)

Success storyThe infrastructure developed by iExec has allowed EDF (fifth-largest utility company worldwide) to run simulations on the GPU machines of Genesis Cloud (low-cost datacenter located in Iceland and Kazakhstan).

Running its compute-intensive applications on a decentralized cloud allows EDF to better manage its peak loads of computing power and have a complete immutable trail record of executions.

Featured on the pressWorld’s Fifth-Largest Electrical Company Is Using an Ethereum Dapp (Coindesk, 2019)

Use Case Decentralized Marketplace for Cloud Computing

Use Case Trust in a 5G/Smart City Environment

ProblemTrust is key to the success of smart cities.Stakeholders must trust the city, its services and service providers, as well as trust each other. It’s the necessary condition for people to use these services, participate and contribute input and data.If trust is not present and if these services are not used, the value of a smart city declines.Therefore, a well-functioning smart city must design trust into its policies and processes right from the outset.

SolutioniExec solves the trust issue in smart cities by providing an infrastructure that supports machine-to-machine transactions and autonomous services.

This infrastructure

Allows participants to order services

Certifies that these services have been well-executed by machines at the edge

Ensures governance rules are perfectly respected

Provides proof on an immutable ledger of orders and payments

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Success storyAt Mobile World Congress, iExec, Intel and ShanghaiTech University showed how developers can combine IoT devices and 5G networks with blockchain technology, to help people, machines and sensors interact for a specific purpose.

The purpose of this particular use case is search and rescue by robots. This smart city service is coded using smart contracts and deployed on Ethereum using the iExec SDK. The smart contract then registers all the service-providing robots along with the type of services they perform (such as AI navigation services or rescue).

If another robot or a human needs this service, they can scan the smart contract to find the nearest robot able to perform the task, and order its services. Once an event takes place that has been predetermined to signal the task’s end, iExec is able to signal it to the blockchain, thus marking the task “completed.” Finally, the robot’s operator/owner gets automatically paid.

In this use case, iExec ensures trust between participants by certifying that real world events have happened and unlocking related payments.

Overall, the aim of this collaboration was to bring blockchain to the growing Internet of Things by not only applying smart contracts to off-chain assets, but also establishing “reliable links” between the blockchain and those physical items.

Featured on the pressRead more on our partner Intel’s blog here. Also featured on the press in Breaker Mag.

Use Case Trust in a 5G/Smart City Environment

Use Case Privacy-preserving Medical Data Sharing

ProblemHuge amounts of medical data are left unexploited, out of fear of data leaks. If harnessed, these valuable pools of data could become a new source of revenues, and create knowledge that will decrease healthcare costs.

SolutioniExec organizes the different stakeholders of this use case in a consortium. Hospitals are the data providers, while Research Labs are the data requesters.By leveraging Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technology, iExec solves the trust issue of data sharing.

Hospitals are able to sell or share their data while keeping ownership of their assets. They can control who can run computations and algorithms on their data, and TEE technology guarantees that this data never gets revealed to the purchasing parties. Indeed, Research Labs are only be able to download the result of their computations.

Thanks to the blockchain, governance rules are enforced by smart contracts, and data transactions can be audited by selected third parties.

This data renting paradigm made possible by iExec guarantees that patient data will remain confidential, and has the power to unlock the next wave of healthcare innovation.

Source : PwC

In a survey of 600 executives from 15 territories, 84% say their organisations are actively involved with Blockchain.

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Whatever your challenge, and wherever you are on your roadmap, we're here to help.Consider us your Blockchain expert.

Baptiste CastiglioneLead Business

bc@iex.ec

Eric RodriguezTechnical Lead

er@iex.ec