Non-Fungible Tokens
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/non-fungible-tokens/
Aug 30, 2019 - This project explores a type of cryptoasset, the non-fungible token (NFT), or what we call the crypto collectible. It explains the concept of the NFT and illustrates how it works through the best-known NFTs, CryptoKitties, a phenomenon of an asset within the Ethereum-based CryptoKitties game. It revealed how businesses might create and use digitally unique and scarce assets beyond cryptocurrencies in their business models. The project also covers the online gaming market—both packaged software and downloadable content—and describes how companies might tokenize their intangible and physical assets.
Keyword: 0xcert,
AgriDigital,
CryptoKitties,
Dapper Labs,
Enjin,
ERC-1155,
ERC-721,
GoodRobot.com,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
technology,
Valve,
video game
Token Taxonomy: The Need for Open-Source Standards Around Digital Assets
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/token-taxonomy-the-need-for-open-source-standards-around-digital-assets/
Feb 19, 2020 - This project underscores the importance of standards and governance of token innovation in managing digital assets. It takes an in-depth look at the Token Taxonomy Initiative, a new open standards effort championed by a who’s who of enterprise blockchain, from Accenture and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to Microsoft and Web3 Labs. Its members have taken a first-principles blockchain-agnostic approach to developing a Token Taxonomy Framework, which is expected to help unify our understanding of the token economy without sacrificing the decentralization that makes it so powerful. It starts with token types and progresses to token properties, w...
Keyword: CryptoKitty,
Elon Musk,
ERC-20,
ERC-721,
IBM,
ICO,
Intel,
J.P.Morgan,
Marley Gray,
non-fungible,
R3,
Ron Resnick,
SDG 9,
technology
Blockchain for Saving Our Seas
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-saving-our-seas/
Oct 22, 2019 - This case study looks at how blockchain technology could help us clean up our vital ocean ecosystems, from shorelines and coral reefs to Arctic sea ice platforms. It spotlights the work of Ocean Marine Blockchain Solutions, in collaboration with the Girguis Lab at Harvard University and the Jamaican agency Alligator Head Foundation. Together they’re creating a digital and economic data framework that is reframing the situation from an environmental problem to an economic opportunity, which may succeed in driving a much-needed sea change.
Keyword: COP21,
energy & resources,
ERC-721,
Galiano Conservancy Association,
government,
Jeremy McKane,
Johnson Zuze,
Michael J. Casey,
Ocean Currency Network,
SDG 12,
SDG 14,
SDG 6,
Sir Richard Branson,
technology,
Tristan Acutt
Non-Fungible Tokens – Part II: An Enterprise View of Programmable Digital Assets
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/non-fungible-tokens-part-ii/
Oct 29, 2021 - In recent months, popularity of non-fungible tokens has soared again, at a new level of maturity in tools, infrastructure, and proven use cases. These advances have catalyzed the interest of enterprise leaders seeking to understand the value of NFTs in their businesses. This project focuses on what companies should know about this fledgling industry for unique digital assets. NFTs present opportunities to tokenize intellectual property, reputation, conversations, tangible assets, and new ways to engage customers, employees, and communities. From social media and online gaming to enterprise software and physical goods, organizations should fin...
Keyword: AgriDigital,
Cent,
Christie’s,
Decentraland,
Enjin,
ERC-721,
financial services,
Leonardo da Vinci,
marketing,
Mattereum,
media & telecom,
metaverse,
NBA Top Shot,
retail,
William Shatner
Introduction to Stablecoins
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/introduction-to-stablecoins/
Jan 21, 2021 - This research project looks at stablecoins, a new category of digital assets with stable prices in decentralized financial systems. It achieves three goals. First, it examines different ways to stabilize the price of a cryptocurrency. Some are backed by assets with stable value such as US dollars or gold, others are stabilized by algorithms, and some combine those two approaches. Second, it surveys the landscape of stablecoins and analyze the top ten stablecoins by market capitalization. Finally, it suggests ways to use stablecoins for protecting the value of a cryptoasset portfolio.
Keyword: asset-collateralized,
Binance,
BitShares,
Dai,
DeFi,
Equilibrium’s EOSDT,
financial services,
Gemini Dollar,
Paxos Standard,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
seigniorage,
stablecoin,
Stably USD,
Tether,
TrueUSD,
USD Coin
Blockchain Identity Services
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-identity-services/
Jul 31, 2019 - This project examines how blockchain supports user centric identity systems, through such technological primitives as public key cryptography, hashing functions, zero-knowledge proofs, and homomorphic encryption. Its authors set nine benchmarks—technical specifications, governance, security, privacy, recovery and revocation, user experience, data controls, and degrees of decentralization and self-sovereignty—by which prospective users and ecosystem partners might assess different identity services and compare them to each other and the status quo. The purpose is to help users map their goals to the technical features necessary for achievi...
Keyword: Aadhaar,
Authenteq,
Blockstack,
Brickchain,
Civic,
COALA,
EverID,
government,
Jolocom,
SDG 10,
SDG 16,
Sovrin,
technology,
uPort,
Veres One
