A structured framework to assess the business application landscape of blockchain technologies.
A structured framework to assess the business application landscape of blockchain technologies.
dc.contributor.author | Salviotti, Gianluca | |
dc.contributor.author | De Rossi, Leonardo Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Abbatemarco, Nico | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-28T01:52:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-28T01:52:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-01-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | Blockchain is emerging as a game changing technology in many industries. Although it is increasingly capturing the business community’s attention, a comprehensive overview of commercially available applications is lacking to date. This paper aims to fill this gap. Firstly, we propose a structured approach to assess the application landscape of blockchain technologies. To build our framework, we relied on largely accepted classifications of blockchains, based on protocols, consensus mechanisms and ownership, as well as on the most cited application areas emerging from the literature. Secondly, we applied the framework on a database of 460 released blockchains. The analysis confirms a dominance of applications for cryptocurrencies, financial transactions and certification purposes, with a prevalence of permissionless platforms. We also found new application fields that go far beyond the seven initial areas addressed by the current body of knowledge, leading to some interesting takeaways for both practitioners and IS researchers. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 pages | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.24251/HICSS.2018.440 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9981331-1-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50328 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Distributed Ledger Technology, the Blockchain | |
dc.subject | blockchain, blockchain applications, blockchain market, cryptocurrencies, dapps | |
dc.title | A structured framework to assess the business application landscape of blockchain technologies. | |
dc.type | Conference Paper | |
dc.type.dcmi | Text |
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