Abstract
Blockchain is a decentralized transaction and data management technologydeveloped first for Bitcoin cryptocurrency. The possibilities of the blockchaintechnology has inspired and fueled an entire ecosystem around it, focused onfully unleashing its potential. Use of Blockchain technology is not limited tocryptocurrencies, but countless Blockchain Use Cases have been proposedacross various domains. Blockchain technology is advertized in several sourcesto be as big innnovation as Internet has been.As a novel technology, Blockchain has raised a lot of discussion and even hype.Because of the big promises of the Blockchain technology opportunities,European Commission, industries and several other communities have takenBlockchain technology serious and would like to get a grip on it. This reportsummarizes what are the most important research activities within this theme inEU blockchain H2020 research agenda, how Blockchain standardization hasstarted and presents various Blockchain forums.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Espoo |
| Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| Number of pages | 60 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-951-38-8652-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| MoE publication type | D4 Published development or research report or study |
Publication series
| Series | VTT Technology |
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| Number | 331 |
| ISSN | 2242-1211 |
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Keywords
- blockchain
- distributed ledger
- blockchain standardization
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Laikari, A., Backman, J., Helaakoski, H., & Suomalainen, T. (2018). European Blockchain analysis: BOND project (Blockchains Boosting Finnish Industry) report. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. VTT Technology, No. 331