The document provides an overview of blockchain technology and its applications in various business sectors as of March 2017, emphasizing its decentralized, secure nature and benefits such as increased transparency and efficiency. It discusses different types of blockchains, including public and enterprise, and highlights notable projects and use cases across finance, supply chain management, and government. Additionally, it touches on concepts like smart contracts and programmable assets, suggesting blockchain's potential to transform traditional processes.

1. Blockchain in Business:
Technology Overview and Current Projects.
CeBIT Blockchain Summit - Hanover, 21st of March 2017
Frank Bolten
bolten-consulting.com

2. About me
Brief CV
• 25 years senior management in CE/IT/telco biz
• Companies: Sony, Deutsche Telekom, Sharp
• Since 2011 focus on the digital transition
• Experienced in the implementation of digital
technologies and applications e.g.:
• e-Commerce since 1998
• Renewable energies since 2004
• Internet of Things since 2011
• Digital Education since 2014
• Blockchain since 2016
www.bolten-consulting.com
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3. A Blockchain is a
decentralized data
structure that allows
participants to
transact directly with
each other and
stores the state and
history of participants’
transactions

4. Blockchain adds value
to the internet

5. Proof-of-work
on a blockchain
Illustration by Matthäus Wander (Wikimedia)Source: DutchCoin on YouTube

6. Bitcoin mining
available BTC and rewards
Source: www.bitcoinnotbombs.com

7. Hundreds of different
digital currencies
Status as of 16th of Mar 2017 12.15 hrs: 666 Currencies, Market Cap26.412.156.545 / BTC Dominance: 75.8%

8. Ethereum
Blockchain 2.0

9. Ethereum
Blockchain App Platform
Vitalik Buterin
Ethereum Inventor
“If Bitcoin is money over the internet,
Ethereum is like relationships over
the internet.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7Y4Qq8qPR8

10. Primavera De Filippi
National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris
“The term smart contract
can be so confusing. Really
it is just a self-executing
piece of code on a
distributed ledger.”
Smart Contracts
Neither smart nor contracts
Picture: BlockchainNews

11. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21677198-technology-behind-bitcoin-could-transform-how-economy-works-trust-machine
Peer-2-Peer transparent encrypted private uncensorable immutable
BLOCKCHAIN
CHARACTERISTICS

12. Key benefits
blockchain technology
increased transparency
improved risk diversification
automated regulatory oversight
less systemic risk
internal record keeping
documentation processing
multiparty process compatibility
M2M and AI on the internet (IoT)
more automation
cryptographically secured/validated
accountability and provenance
ownership tracking
more security
increased efficiency
decreased costs
faster processing
disintermediation

13. Remember „ATOMIC“ and you
know what blockchain offers*
Programmable ASSETS
Programmable TRUST
Programmable OWNERSHIP
Programmable MONEY
Programmable IDENTITY
Programmable CONTRACTS
* based on „The Business Blockchain“ by W. Mougayar

14. Florian Glatz,
Blockchain.Lawyer
hacking.law Legal Tech Conference
Berlin, February 2017
“Blockchains
convert data
into facts.”

15. public <-> enterprise.

16. Public Blockchain /
Enterprise Blockchain
Source: CoinDesk Q3/2016 report

17. Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Announced 28th Feb 2017
entethalliance.org

18. use cases.

19. https://letstalkpayments.com/an-overview-of-blockchain-technology/

20. Blockchain
(almost) in use
Key wordsCategories
Authenticity
eCommerce
Energy
Enterprise
…
SCM
Security
Social media
Storage
...
Public
Enterprise
Info
Concept
Live
Consortium
Digital Asset
http://bolten-consulting.com/blockchain/?lang=en

21. Blockchain related projects
Status as of 16th March, 2017
http://bolten-consulting.com/blockchain/?lang=en
Blockchain use case segments*
Segment no. of projects
Finance 64
Enterprise 32
Government 23
Supply Chain Mgt 23
Internet of Things 20
Security 13
Energy 13
Storage 11
* As of March 2017, 232 projects in total, multiple tagging possible

22. Colu
local digital currencies

23. Swedish Government
Blockchain based Land Registry

24. Tallysticks
Real time invoicing

25. Filament
industrial IoT

26. Blockchain &
Logistics / SCM

27. Microsoft + Mojix
Project Manifest

28. Maersk + IBM
Tracking Cargo on Blockchain

29. SAMPL project
secure additive manufacturing

30. Blockchain
(almost) in use
http://bolten-consulting.com/blockchain/?lang=en

31. 2017: from PoC
to production?

32. thank you.

33. your
contact
contact
Frank Bolten
bolten-consulting.com
phones
Mobile +49 151 21264014
eMail frank@bolten-consulting.com
online
Linkedin/com/in/frankbolten
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