Commercializing Blockchain - Antony Welfare

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Résumé :

About the Author xiii

About the Contributors xv

Foreword xxi
Damien Moore

Foreword?xxiii
Paolo Tasca

Preface xxvii

Introduction 1

Commercializing Blockchain 1

Antony Stores Group (ASG) Retail Business Illustration 2

Real-World Enterprise Level Use Cases - Financial Services, Retail, Supply Chain, and CPG 2

Who Will Benefit from Reading Commercializing Blockchain? 2

Antony Stores Group (ASG) Illustration 3

ASG Background 3

History of ASG 3

ASG Challenges and Pain Points 5

1 Introduction to Blockchain Technology 7

Blockchain Technology Definition 7

What Are the Reasons Why We Have Blockchain Technology? 8

The Internet and Blockchain 8

The 'Trustless' World 8

Blockchain: The Internet of Value 10

Blockchain has Five Important Characteristics 10

1. Blockchain for Truth and Trust 11

2. Blockchain for Transparency 11

3. Blockchain for Security 12

4. Blockchain for Quality and Certainty 13

5. Blockchain for Efficiency 13

Blockchain Regulation and Global Trade 14

Other Important Blockchain Benefits 29

Blockchain Theory for Good 29

Blockchain and Diversity 30

Blockchain for All Types of Organization 32

Blockchain for New Business Models 32

Example: The DAO - Decentralized Autonomous Organization 33

New Blockchain Companies 34

Blockchain Is Not a Verb! 34

2 Types of Blockchain 37

Differences to a Database 44

Consensus and Blockchain 45

ASG Consensus Example 55

Current Blockchain and DLT Ecosystems 56

Current Blockchain and DLT Ecosystem Summary 66

3 Enterprise Blockchain 67

Enterprise Blockchain and Trust 67

Characteristics of Enterprise Blockchain 68

Why Use Enterprise Blockchain? 68

Where to Use Enterprise Blockchain Technology 69

The Next 20-Year Transformation 70

Total Business Transformation Led by Blockchain Technology 70

Improved Working Together 71

Basics of an Enterprise Blockchain 71

Blockchain and ERP: The Future of the 'Back Office' - ERP 2.0 72

Can Blockchain Technology Supercharge ERP? 73

What Can Blockchain Add to ERP? 73

Blockchain and Planning 74

Blockchain and Analysis 74

How Blockchain Technology Can Transform Forecasting and Planning 75

Use Case: Blockchain and Intercompany 76

ASG Intercompany on Blockchain Example 80

Enterprise Blockchain Summary 82

4 What Does Blockchain Solve? 83

Trust 83

Transparency and Openness 84

Immutability 84

Transactions Automation - Smart Contracts 85

'Why Blockchain Will Be Transformative': Looking at the History of Contracts through to Present Day Usage 85

New Business Models and Opportunities 98

MonoChain: A Blockchain Start-Up Building the Circular Economy 99

5 Blockchain Powering the New Marketplace Model 107

A Fundamental Foundation: Marketplaces Built Using Blockchain Technology 107

Marketplace for Anything 108

Decentralized Utopia - Reality or Dream? 109

Example of a Product Marketplace: Replace Amazon, eBay, or Alibaba 110

Example of a Service Marketplace: Replace Uber or Airbnb 110

Real Use Case: Blockchain Product Marketplace - OpenBazaar 111

Real Use Case: Blockchain Marketplace to Replace Uber - EVA 111

Summary 112

6 Where Can Blockchain Technology Be Applied? 113

Industries 114

The Retail and Supply Chain Industry 114

Cryptocurrencies 115

Identity Management...

Sommaire:

ANTONY WELFARE is an eminent leader in the world of blockchain, dedicated to helping others understand the transformational potential of blockchain technology and implement this, particularly in enterprise organisations. As global Managing Director of Luxoft, Antony is leading the strategy to deliver enterprise-grade blockchain solutions across all sectors, and using various leading-edge blockchain solutions, including Hyperledger fabric, Indy, Corda and Ethereum.

Antony co-founded the Retail Blockchain Consortium alongside University College London's Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT), to drive blockchain adoption across the retail value chain. He is also an advisor on blockchain to the UK government, a guest lecturer on UCL's blockchain programme, a member of Forbes Technology Council, a keynote speaker on blockchain and the author of The Retail Handbook....