The road ahead for Blockchain

Now that we've recapped our journey so far, we will present some of the key areas that we see as challenges and an opportunity for the future of blockchain solutions.

 

Addressing the divide – the enterprise blockchain and crypto asset-driven ecosystem

There's been a significant divide between the world of crypto assets and initial coin offerings (ICOs) on the one hand, and the world of regulated, conventional business on the other—the latter being led by the cooperative effort of financial institutions and banks to improve operational efficiency and so on. Both sides, however, have taken advantage of the benefits of blockchain to boost their market potential and further their goals.

The blockchain ecosystem—motivated by technological innovation, disruption, and newfangled models for doing business—has demonstrated what at times seems like juvenile behavior and occasional tantrums as it challenges the status quo. On both sides of the divide, this defiant behavior...