Blockchain adoption and integration in the workplace. This presentation was held at the Baltimore SharePoint User Group (BSPUG) on December 17, 2020.

1. Exploring Blockchain in the Enterprise
Fred Brandon
Brand New Technologies
@imfbrandon

2. Overview
Housekeeping
About the
Speaker
What is a
Blockchain?
Why Consider
Blockchain?
Resources Questions

3. About The Speaker
Fred Brandon is the Founder & CEO of Brand New Technologies.
He is a Certified FinTech Professional, Certified Financial
Education Instructor, Microsoft Certified Professional, ITIL
certified, security professional, blockchain consultant, speaker, and
published author. As a technologist with over 20 years of IT
experience, Fred has designed solutions and spoken at venues
internationally.
Fred enjoys teaching and inspiring others in business, Microsoft
applications, financial literacy, STEAM, blockchain, cryptocurrency,
and children's literacy programs.
Involved with blockchain and crypto since 2017. Security
professional since 2011. Currently teaching blockchain globally at
Althash University.

4. Adopting Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Embracing a Digital Future
Now available on Amazon and B&N

5. If It’s Not Broke, Why Fix It?

6. Truth Be Told…
• Many systems are antiquated and inefficient.
• COVID has made many companies take an honest
inventory of their current processes and systems.
• Yet many companies still find it difficult to change

7. Finding A Solution

8. The 4 D’s – Stages of Architecture
• Despair – Realization that your current system is broken
• Discovery – Look for possible solutions to address pain points
• Decision – After weighing pros and cons, decide on solution
• Deploy – Deploy and implement solution into environment

9. What is a Blockchain?
• A blockchain is a distributed ledger that uses cryptography to ensure the security, immutability,
and accountability of transactions. Instead of storing information in a centralized location, a
blockchain decentralizes the information over multiple nodes.
• Benefits
• Decentralized
• Immutable
• Secure
• Enforces and establishes trust between multiple entities

10. Smart Contracts
• A smart contract is a program that runs on a blockchain that has been designed to
automatically execute once agreed upon by multiple parties. (Business logic)
• Benefits
• Self-enforcing
• Self-executing
• Covers every scenario to prevent loopholes
• Uses Solidity language

11. What are Decentralized Applications?
• DApps, or decentralized applications, are applications or programs that run on a
distributed computing system like blockchain and allows for user interaction.
• Benefits
• Not governed by a single entity
• Highly customizable
• Interact directly with blockchain

12. Why Consider a Blockchain?
• Prevent fraud
• Prevent hacking a database or single point of failure
• Transparency
• Enforce policies via smart contracts
• Streamline business processes
• Hold parties accountable
• Quality control
• Collaborate with trust

13. At the end of the day, the real question is…

14. Does my company need a blockchain?

15. Cloud or Centralized Systems

16. Blockchain or Cloud
When determining whether a blockchain or cloud solution is necessary, we can use
the CAUSE Matrix.
• Collaborative workflow – Is the workflow designed to be collaborative?
• Assets digitized – Can the asset be digitized or not?
• Unknown contributors – Are the contributors known or unknown?
• Storage of State – Should the history of states be recorded?
• Encryption Crucial – Is encryption crucial or not?

17. CAUSE Matrix
Collaborative
Workflow?
Assets
Digitized?
Unknown
Contributors?
Storage of
State?
Encryption
Crucial?
Blockchain
Required?
Type of
Blockchain?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Public
Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Private
Yes Yes Both Yes Yes Yes Hybrid
Blockchain
No Yes Yes No Yes No Cloud
Yes No Yes Yes No No Cloud

19. Use Cases of Blockchain
• Supply Chain
• Digital Identity
• Voting
• Fundraising
• Healthcare
• Notary
• Food Safety
• Intellectual Property
• Energy Market
• Real Estate
Blockchain Council, https://www.blockchain-council.org/blockchain/top-10-promising-blockchain-use-cases/

20. Companies currently using Blockchain

21. Supply Chain Example

22. Blockchain Evolution

23. Do we need to repeal and replace our cloud?

24. Azure Blockchain Workbench
• Fastest way to get started with blockchain
• Collection of Azure services & various distributed ledgers supported
• Create Private and Consortium Networks
• Focus on Smart Contract (Business Logic), rest will be taken care by Azure
• Manage users through Azure Active Directory with two-factor authentication.
• Store credentials in Azure Key Vault
• Integrate with IOT and other existing application with REST API or
Messaging API
• Synchronize on-chain data with off-chain storage
• Consensus mechanism Proof-of-Authority

25. Azure Blockchain Workbench

26. Azure Blockchain Workbench Architecture

27. Extending Blockchain

28. Blockchain as a Service Example

30. Azure

31. Recap
• Defined blockchain and smart contracts
• Many companies have already implemented blockchain solutions
• Blockchain is not an “all or nothing” solution
• Can integrate with current systems

32. Resources
• Azure – https://azure.microsoft.com
• Azure Blockchain Service – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/services/blockchain-service/
• Azure Blockchain Workbench – https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/features/blockchain-workbench/
• Blockchain Council - https://www.blockchain-
council.org/blockchain/top-10-promising-blockchain-use-cases/
• Github – https://github.com/azure-samples/blockchain-devkit

33. Contact
• Email – fbrandon@brandnewtechnologies.com
• Web – https://fredbrandon.info
• Blog – http://thecryptblock.com
• Twitter/IG/YouTube/Nu – @imfbrandon

34. Questions?