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Ever Have
That Sinking
Feeling …?
Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business, 2017
expectations
Initial Coin Offering Private Distributed Ledgers (Blockchain)
Blockchain (in China)
Blockchain in Government Blockchain in Banking and Investment Services
Internet of Things
API Economy
Public Distributed Ledgers (Blockchain)
Quantified Self
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"Hype Cycle for Blockchain Business, 2017" 10 August 2017 (G00332628)
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Strategic Planning Assumptions
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Key Issues
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What is Blockchain, and Why is it Useful?
Sources of Value Types of Initiatives
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Significant Interest in Blockchain; Modest Action
Have already invested and deployed In short-term planning/actively experimenting
In medium- or long-term planning On the radar, but no action planned
No interest
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Differing Industry Personas Relative to Blockchain
Government Education
Many use cases One compelling use case
High expectations Reserved…even threatened
Overburdened Values role as issuer/controller
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Eyes Wide Open
Myth Reality
Only for Financial Services … as Well as Other Industries and Use Cases
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Understand Implementation Styles and
Blockchain Trade-Offs
Traceability &
Privacy & Irrevocability
Reversibility
Professional Services
Smart Contracts
Financial Services
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Key Issues
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Permissioned Integration
Consortia: Ask Yourself:
Canada's big banks testing
– Trusted identity fabric Toronto-based digital identity Who Has Rights
network powered by blockchain
– Stock trades, issuances to Participate?
Identity
Education
Adopt Strong
Citizenship
Governance;
Licenses Be Realistic
Qualifications
Experience
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Blockchain Has Great Promise
as the Foundation for Digital
Microcredentials
Represent smaller identifiable chunks of learning,
accomplishment, achievement or skill
Granular, stackable, portable
Experiment with
Must be transparent and durable
badging technology
Offers employers additional evidence of abilities such as open badges
and blockchain and
Who issues and controls? identify viable
Promises trusted digital exchange of credentials ecosystem partners
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Education Experiments
Underway
5th Global Math Challenge
Central New Mexico Scope
Innovation
Evangelize
Candidates
Community College
MIT – Blockcerts
Track Rank Evaluate Transfer
Records
Experiment
Profusely …
Voting
But Commit
Cautiously
E-residency
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… and One Caution: Be Skeptical
Blockchain to Eliminate
Global Diseases
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Engage Your Leadership
If They're Enthusiastic … If They're Skeptical …
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Set the Agenda
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Recommended Gartner Research
Practical Blockchain: A Gartner Trend Insight Report
David Furlonger and Ray Valdes (G00325933)
Toolkit: Government Use Cases for Blockchain
Rick Holgate, David Furlonger and Rick Howard (G00322833)
Reinventing Education Credentials Using Blockchain as a Possible Missing Link for
the Open Badge Infrastructure
Jan-Martin Lowendahl and David Furlonger (G00302923)
The Evolving Landscape of Blockchain Technology Platforms
Ray Valdes, David Furlonger and Rajesh Kandaswamy (G00315765)
Understanding Blockchain Platform Architectures and Implementation Styles
David Furlonger, Martin Reynolds and Ray Valdes (G00323596)
Blockchain: Managing Business Expectations
David Furlonger, Chris Howard and Ray Valdes (G00323666)
How to Determine If You Need a Blockchain Project, and If So, What Kind?
Rajesh Kandaswamy and Fabio Chesini (G00320247)
For more information, stop by Gartner Zone.
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