Every technology can be used in different contexts. Blockchain enables distributed integrity protection and the first use case is actually the cryptocurrency adaptation. But, there are many use cases where blockchain can be helpful.

1. Blockchain
beyond DeFi
Dejan Radic
CTO at DexStar

2. Not just DeFi
Financial
• Payments
• Instruments
• Trading
• Incentivization
Non-financial
• Chain of custody
• Registry
• Ownership
• Identity

3. Blockchain
types

4. Parties and
collaboration
• States/governments
• Companies
• Organizations
• Individuals

5. Energy
• Smart grid management
• Metering and billing
• Carbon emissions/carbon offset
• Certification

6. Real-estate • Defined market with multi-party processes
• Registry with state oversight

7. Legal

8. Intellectual
Property
• Copyright management
• Royalty payments
• Areas:
• Art
• Media
• Patents
• Trademarks

9. Education
• Certificate registry
• Diplomas
• Certificates
• Accreditation
• Gamification of learning
• Metaverse
• NFTs - Achievement tokens

10. Healthcare and Pharma
• Healthcare
• Secure sharing of data
• Genetic data
• Access control management
• Pharma
• Supply chain
• Substance origin traceability
• Trustworthiness through IoT

11. Manufacturing, Farming
and Agriculture
• Origin tracking in supply chain
• From base to final product
• Oversight requirement
• Proof of quality - IoT

12. Government
• Identity provider
• Notary
• Customs
• Taxation
• Budgeting
• Voting

13. Accounting and
Auditing
• Ownership registry
• Triple-entry bookkeeping
• Connecting different ledgers
• Reconciliation automation
• Fraud prevention and detection
• Audit trail – transparency

14. Issues and
Challenges

15. Conclusion
• Combination of finance and non-
finance
• Permissioned and permissionless
chains
• Need for oversight
• Tracking through sequential
tamper-proof records
• Technical and non-technical
challenges
• Mitigation through raising
awareness and education

16. Questions?

17. Thank you!