In recent months, the success of Bitcoin has focused attention on its underlying technology, blockchain and led to the realisation that blockchain could be used in many industries beyond digital currencies and financial services. The result has been a multi-billion-dollar wave of investment in the blockchain technology by a host of start-ups and big corporates alike.
This report assesses the key benefits of blockchain, with a particular focus on its potentially disruptive impact across a number of different industries, and discusses the challenges facing companies planning to implement the technology during the next few years
Contents includes:
1. Snapshot
2. Strategic Planning Assumptions
3. Introduction
4. Key Principles of Blockchain
5. Key Benefits of Blockchains
6. Types of Blockchains
7. Ethereum and Smart Contracts
8. The Disruptive Potential of Blockchain
9. Key Challenges
10. Perspective