Presentation on blockchain, what is it and implications for supply chain and logistics.

1. Blockchain Technology
Simon Wilson - Developer Decentralize & CTO Redgrid
www.decentralize.global - www.redgrid.io

2. Hardware
50s & 60s
Software
70s & 80s
Networks
90s & 00s
Blockchains
10s & 20s
Commoditization
Time
The Web of
Information
The Web of
Value

3. Today
Application Layer
Protocol Layer
Value/Information
Captured
Tomorrow
Protocol Layer
Application Layer
Value/Information
Captured
Data Communications

5. Give anything physical a
Digital Identity
Unique History
Unique relationships
Unique Identity
● Unique Personality
● Independent Decisions
● Globally Accessible

6. How is it being applied!

8. Tracking provenance for over >2Mn
Diamonds over their lifetime journey!
Provenance fraud costs Insurers $50Bn
US Annually.
Digital fingerprint of every diamond.
Platform for use by global shipping
logistics eco-system.
$4Tn industry, WEF est. reducing trade
administration processes could
reduce costs by 15% ($600Bn)

9. Tokenized
Securities!
Tokenized assets = Programmable Ownership = Programmable Payment = financial leverage
Public Equities - ~$75Trillion
Debt - ~$215Trillion
Real Estate - ~$215Trillion
Derivatives - ~$550Trillion

10. How to get started!

11. Get your feet wet and get ahead of the
competition!:
1 - Are there multiple parties that need to validate and agree on
data?
2 - Is it inappropriate that a single group ‘own’ that data?
3 - Does a decentralized architecture provide efficiency, cost,
and/or resiliency benefits?

12. ● simon@decentralize.global
● www.decentralize.global
● www.redgrid.io
● @simwilso
● @_decentralize