Winning Strategies for Smart Contracts
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/smart-contracts/
Dec 04, 2017 - The definitive work on smart contracts for entrepreneurs, business executives, leaders of large global organizations, and the legal profession that serves them.
Keyword: contract law,
DAO,
Dapp,
deal cycle,
dispute resolution,
law & regulation,
regtech,
SDG 16,
SDG 9,
self-enforcing agreement,
technology
A Taxonomy of Digital Assets
File Type: Document
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/a-taxonomy-of-digital-assets/
Jul 11, 2022 - This research brief lays out a taxonomy of nine digital asset categories, including tokens for exchanges, natural assets, platform governance, and smart contracting protocols. For each category, it provides a definition with examples of the asset’s creation and usage. It also explains the asset category’s disruptive effects on financial services and the global economy. The brief is ideal for leaders who want a quick overview of these important financial innovations.
Keyword: Axie Infinity,
Binance,
carbon credits,
China,
DAO,
Dapp,
DeFi,
Korea,
metaverse,
NFT,
Philippines,
stablecoin,
treasury management,
Uniswap
Financial Derivatives with Blockchain and Smart Contracts
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/financial-derivatives-with-blockchain-and-smart-contracts/
Mar 17, 2020 - This research underscores the importance of financial derivative contracts as use cases for blockchain technology in general and for smart contracts in particular. Blockchain and decentralized apps can increase transparency, automate the movement of collateral, reduce the need for reconciliation, and automate the management of covenants against counterparty default.
Keyword: BitMEX,
CFTC,
Corda,
DAML,
Dapp,
Deribit,
dYdX,
financial services,
FpML,
ISDA,
LedgerX,
MakerDAO,
Nivaura,
SDG 9,
VariabL.io
What Is Web 3?
File Type: Document
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/what-is-web-3/
Sep 28, 2022 - Web 3 is a set of technologies that combine into new classes of digital services. Web 1 refers to the read-only Internet (1980s–early 2000s) where most users consumed content like encyclopedia entries, directories, and catalogs. Web 2 refers to the read-write Internet (early 2000s–2020) with many killer apps like Google search and Facebook for finding, collaborating, and transacting with each other online. Web 3 is the read-write-own Internet (2020–today), based on blockchain protocols that support online privacy, self-sovereign identity, and property rights to digital assets.
Which Smart Contract Platform Do You Need?
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/which-smart-contract-platform-do-you-need/
May 23, 2023 - Smart contracts are a special type of software application—one that can execute the terms of an agreement in a secure and distributed manner. They have potential to lower costs and speed processes. This research helps leaders to determine which smart contract platform is right for their blockchain use case. It focuses on the top public platforms—Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Tezos, Hedera, Algorand, Solana, and Avalanche—and it presents seven criteria for evaluation: security, performance and scalability, development costs, execution costs, environmental impact, the contract language’s expressivity, and research and development funding....
Governance Of Blockchain Systems
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/governance-of-blockchain-systems/
Jun 27, 2018 - Decentralization, hashing functions, public key cryptography, and smart contracts are advantageous design features of blockchain systems. These require the coordination of multiple and diverse actors with differing incentives—cryptoeconomics—to solve any problems that arise. This research examines the impact of governance on these systems. Specifically, it explores governance needs at three levels of the blockchain stack: the Internet layer, the blockchain layer, and the application layer, including the deployment of decentralized applications (Dapps). De Filippi and McMullen explain the difference between governance by the infrastructure...
Keyword: Aragon,
carbonvote,
Civic,
cryptoeconomics,
CryptoKitties,
DAOstack,
Dapp framework,
decentralized autonomous organization,
deep packet inspection,
distributed application,
District0x,
Ethereum improvement proposal,
Gnosis,
governance,
law & regulation,
MD5 algorithm,
Multisig,
net neutrality,
off-chain,
on-chain,
Open Zeppelin,
Sapien,
SDG 12,
stewardship,
technology
