IBM's Global Blockchain Offering Director explains IBM's approach to blockchain wrt open source approaches.

1. Making
Blockchain
Real for Business
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John Wolpert, Director of Products
IBM Blockchain

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Me

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Me
Flywheel
Open Innovation
Startups
EnterprisesIBMx3
BestBuy
Kaplan
IXC
alphaWorks
Watson
AD
ExtremeBlue

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The team

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IBMers
Stuff we know
Crazy (smart)
Planetary
Our friends
Our MO: Java, Linux, XML…
blockchain?
Old New
Distributed
systemsCrypto
Security
The team

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The quest

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The questLewis&Clark
Disruption(?)
Bitcoin?
Ethereum?
Ripple?
Evolve the Internet
WagonTrain
BoomTown
FinTech
Everybody
Trade networks
Radical improvement(?)
IOT
SupplyChain

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The answer

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The answer
B4B2B
Many
Modular
Consensus
Private*
Tamper-resistant
Needs nextGen fabric
OpenSource
Open
Innovation
Learn from firstGen
fabrics
Identity
Must be:
Auditable
Unlinkable
Can’t do it alone
Transactions
Confidential
(Contracts)
Immutable
Cognitive
Linux Foundation
Scalable

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Now what?