Parts of presentation I had prepared for Ministry of Finance, Govt of India. Explaining the essence of blockchain as a trust machine. Comparing private and public blockchains.
2. 1. What is blockchain?
2. Database, Private blockchain, Public Blockchain
3. R3 Case Study
4. Uses of Private and Public Blockchains
Part 1
3. 1.NYSE On VCs - Short Video
3.Challenges of Virtual Currencies
4.Summary of Research Papers by Banks and Governments on VCs
5.Global regulation
6.Future Use Cases of Public Blockchains
7.Valuation of VC Companies
8.Taxation
Annexures
9.Bitcoin Price - Case Study
Conclusion
10.Potential For India
Challenges
Opportunities
Part 2
8. Database Private Blockchain Public Blockchain
Centralized Permissioned Nodes Decentralized
Trusted Third Party (TTP) No Trust Among Nodes No Trust (P2P)
KYC Consensus Consensus
Trust via Access Control Trust via Membership
Trust via Economic Penalties - Proof of
Work
Analogies
LAN WAN Internet
Windows Android Linux
Microsoft Expedia Wikipedia
Paypal SWIFT, NPCI Bitcoin blockchain
Amazon Web Services Hyperledger, Ethereum Enterprise Alliance Ethereum blockchain
9. Database Private Blockchain Public Blockchain
Scaling Easy Easy Difficult
Variable cost per
transaction
Low Low High
Overhead cost High High Low
Upgrades
Core - Fast, End Points -
Slow
Core - Fast, End Points -
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Core - Slow, End Points - Fast
Immutable No No Yes
Hackable Core network Core network User accounts
Innovation Limited Limited Exponential
Access Controlled Controlled Open
Availability Downtime Downtime Congestion
16. Database Private Blockchain Public Blockchain
Remove trust between
institutions
P2P networks
Time Stamping and Verification
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47. “Policy makers and regulators should not ignore
VCs, nor should they attempt to ban them. Both
extreme approaches are incorrect. VCs should be
treated by regulators as any other financial
instrument, proportionally to their market
importance, complexity, and associated risks.”
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/149900/CASE_FINAL%20publication.pdf
48. Issued by Issue Period Positive/ Negative/ Neutral
Department of Finance, Ireland March 2018 Positive
LSE Institute of Global affairs February 2018 Positive
Department of Treasury, USA 2017 Positive
Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi October 2017 Positive
IMF Staff Discussion Notes January 2016 Neutral
Reserve Bank, New Zealand - Analytical notes November 2017 Neutral
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for
Asia and the Pacific
Not available Neutral
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin
America and Caribbean
January 2016 Positive
Bank of Korea April 2017 Positive
Bank of Canada November 2017 Positive
Journal of Information Systems & Operations
Management
Not available Positive
66. ◦ Global Asset Class
◦ Micro Remittances
◦ Banking the Unbanked
◦ Fintech Hub
67. ◦ Avoid success / fail prediction of
technology
◦ Address only concerns - illicit use,
money laundering, user protection
◦ Chasing bad actors has lower
economic costs than banning
network technologies, example,
Internet.