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By the end of this webinar you should be able to understand
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How Blockchain and smart contracts work
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The constructs of smart contract, common coding requirements and demos
What are the most in demand Blockchain Certifications?
How do these certification meet the needs of todays Enterprises?
What about Blockchain Career Demand?
What is a Blockchain?
A cryptographically secure, shared, distributed ledger.
Immutable transactions are written on this distributed ledger on distributed nodes
Transformational technology in which business and government invest in.
It’s a decentralized database which stores information in the form of transactions.
Its origins may be traced all the way back to the blockchain technology. There are decentralized blockchain networks. Blockchain technology is a wonderful innovation of the twenty-first century.
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These slides were presented at the International Scientific Conference of Business Economics Management and Marketing (ISCOBEMM 2019), September 5th - 6th 2019 in Prušánky – Nechory, Czech Republic.
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Blockchain is a shared, replicated ledger technology that can open up business networks by reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and increasing accessibility. IBM supports an open standards, open source, open governance blockchain and is a member of the Linux Foundation Hyperledger project, which is developing open source shared ledger technology. IBM offers customers an engagement model to explore blockchain applications through conversation, demonstrations, proofs of technology, and first projects to help get customers started using blockchain now.
Blockchain is a shared, replicated ledger technology that can open up business networks by reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and increasing accessibility. IBM supports an open standards, open source, open governance blockchain through contributions to the Linux Foundation Hyperledger project, which is developing shared ledger technology. IBM offers customers an engagement model to explore blockchain concepts, show proof of technology applications, and integrate blockchain solutions into their enterprise systems.
This document provides an overview of blockchain technologies and how IBM can help businesses apply blockchain. It defines blockchain as a shared, replicated ledger that allows all network participants to see the system of record. The document outlines several potential benefits of blockchain, such as reducing costs and complexity while improving discoverability and trusted recordkeeping. It also presents several example use cases across different industries where blockchain could help address business challenges. Finally, the document describes IBM's engagement model for helping customers explore blockchain technology through demonstrations and developing blockchain applications.
Blockchain is a technology for a new generation of transactional applications that establishes trust,
accountability and transparency while streamlining processes in business networks. Think of it as
an operating system for interactions between participants in a business network. It has the potential
to vastly reduce the cost and complexity of getting things done
TDC2018FLN | Trilha Blockchain - BlockChain Casos de Usos alem das CryptoMoedastdc-globalcode
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Investment Interest in Blockchain
• Blockchain has the potential to reduce infrastructure
cost by up to $20 billion a year.
• P2P money Transfer across international borders -
segment worth $500 B.
• Anderseen Horowitz ( VC firm) has invested over USD
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$894 million.
• Over 4000 active fintech startups in the NY arena and
investment in the sector tripling last year to $12 billion.
TDC2018SP | Trilha Blockchain - BlockChain Casos de Usos alem das CryptoMoedastdc-globalcode
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1. The document discusses how blockchain can transform various industries by reducing costs, increasing efficiency and transparency, and enabling new business models.
2. Key concepts of blockchain discussed are smart contracts, distributed ledgers, consensus mechanisms and their benefits. Examples are given of IBM's work with clients to apply blockchain across various use cases.
3. Use cases discussed include cross-border payments, trade finance, supply chain management, loyalty points programs, securities settlement, and healthcare applications of blockchain.
Blockchain explained is a document that introduces blockchain technology for business use. It discusses how blockchain can help solve inefficiencies in sharing records between participants in a business network by providing a shared, replicated ledger. It describes different types of blockchains and requirements for business blockchains, including how they handle assets, identity, and transaction endorsement. The document provides examples of IBM blockchain networks and solutions and how IBM can help organizations create or join networks to address business challenges through blockchain.
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Digital Transformation is all about looking at your business models and industries in fundamentally new ways of operating at higher levels of innovation in order to provide better business value for customers while lowering TCO. Whether you are born digital or analog, an effective DT strategy is essential to remain competitive in this new era of business, by using Multi-Speed IT architectures and the latest technologies enabling businesses to do more, thereby providing a better experience to partners and customers.
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Building blockchain applications using JavaSimon Stone
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This document discusses IBM's blockchain capabilities and case studies. It summarizes IBM's work with over 400 clients on blockchain projects across various industries like trade finance, supply chain, healthcare, and more. It outlines the benefits of blockchain like reducing costs and risks while increasing trust and efficiency. It also discusses IBM's role in the Hyperledger project and engagement models for discussing, prototyping, and scaling blockchain solutions with clients.
The document provides an overview of blockchain technology and its applications for businesses. It discusses how blockchain can be used to streamline business processes and transactions by establishing trust, accountability, and transparency across business networks. Key points made in the document include:
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- Blockchain opens up new business models by sharing information in a distributed ledger across organizational boundaries.
- Examples are given of how blockchain could improve efficiency in areas like trade finance disputes, supply chain management, and more.
- The document outlines some of the key components of blockchain solutions like smart contracts, consensus mechanisms, and
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21. Not for all . . .
Blockchain is NOT
Suited to high performance
(millisecond) transactions
For just one participant (no business
network)
A replicated database replacement
A messaging solution
A transaction processing replacement
Suited for low value, high volume
transactions
Why?
Thanks, pleasure etc.
There is much hype around Blockchain.
Most of this relates to the use of Blockchain to underpin the Bitcoin crypto currency.
Whilst IBM are not interested in Crypto currency, we are very interested in exploring the broader business application of Blockchain technology. This is a transformational opportunity for many of our clients
This touches most all industries – we are making Blockchain REAL for business.
Presentation is in three sections addressing the “big” questions for business use of Blockchain.
First section we will give CONTEXT for Blockchain by looking at the BUSINESS NETWORK and how to make this relevant for the 21st Century.
Then consider benefits and use cases for industrial Blockchain.
Finally focus on practical steps to make this new technology real for business.
Business never operates in isolation. They are participants in a business network.
Business Networks will connect customers, suppliers, banks and regulators and will cross geographical boundaries.
WEALTH is generated as goods and services move across this network; this flow is referred to as a MARKET.
Growth of wealth can be constrained if the network is heavily silo’d or inefficient.
Ownership of assets pass across the network in return for payments, and governed by contracts.
ASSETS can be tangible and intangible, We are most comfortable with tangible (Cars, Houses),
INTANGIBLE assets – financial instruments most obvious, but don’t forget about intellectual assets like patents and growing digital assets (music, games, video, art).
Ledgers are not new – they have been used for double entry book keeping since the 13th Century
Commercial usage of the term is for the "principal book of account" in a business house.
THE system of record for recording asset transfer in and out of a business.
What’s new e here is the SHARED LEDGER – up to this point each participant had their own Ledger
This sharing is the foundation for innovative business solutions,
This introduces an interesting set of technical challenges, including (1) participant identity and privacy & (2) transaction privacy
Let’s look at this in some more detail.
This is the “BEFORE” picture representing the “status quo” for business networks.
Each participant keeps their own ledger(s) which are updated to represent business transactions as they occur.
This is EXPENSIVE due to duplication of effort and intermediaries adding margin for services.
It is clearly INEFFICIENT, as the business conditions – the contract – is duplicated by every network participant
It is also VULNERABLE because if a central system(e.g. Bank) is compromised due to an incidents this affects the whole business network. Incidents can include fraud, cyber attack or a simple mistake.
The novel Blockchain architecture give participants the ability to share a ledger which is updated every time a transaction occurs through peer to peer replication.
Cryptography is used to ensure that network participants see only the parts of the ledger that are relevant to them, and that transactions are secure, authenticated and verifiable.
Blockchain also allows the contract for asset transfer to be embedded in the transaction database determining the conditions under which the transaction can occur.
Network participants agree how transactions are verified through consensus or similar mechanisms. Government oversight, compliance & audit can be part of the same network.
Participants SAME AS BEFORE – this is not a disintermediation play
CONSENSUS– means all participants agree that a transaction is valid
PROVENANCE– means participants know where the asset came from and how it’s ownership has changed over time
IMMUTABILITY– means no participant can tamper with a transaction once it’s agreed. If a transaction was in error then a NEW transaction must be used to reverse the error, with both visible
FINALITY– means that there is ONE place to determine the ownership of an asset or completion of a transaction. This is the role of the SHARED LEDGER.
Blockchain technology enables the Bitcoin crypto currency and is best known for this usage.
However, the shared ledger technology is separate & separable – applicable to a whole range of business challenges that cross all industries.
IBM is not interested in crypto currency, but is missioned to help our customers make the most from Blockchain technologies. We see this as a major transformation opportunity for many of our customers.
Digital currencies are auditable and permissioned, hence excellent Blockchain use case
So Blockchain technology comprises these four main blocks, that can lead to increased efficiencies, and cost reduction across the business network.
We will “unpack” CONSENSUS PRIVACY & SMART CONTRACT in the next couple of slides.
Shared LEDGER has been already covered, and a SMART CONTRACT enables the business rules implied by the contract to be embedded in the Blockchain and executed with the transaction
Not every member of business network can see all of the Blockchain
Cryptography controls who can see what
Implies user registration process to build trust network and access permission via certification management
CRYPTOGRAPHIC consensus needed to support participant anonymity – this is NO TRUST system
This is expensive, giving a COST to anonymity.
When there is TRUST in a business network this become less, in the limit superfluous
So as TRUST increases then cost of consensus decreases or in the limit can be eliminated
Once participants identity
Blockchain is not rights for all classes of business problem
This simple “indicators” chart helps us choose the right set of business problems