Blockchain for Planetary Stewardship, Part 1/2
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-planetary-stewardship/
Jan 30, 2018 - In the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the agenda for sustainable development, this project provides a taxonomy for analyzing what the blockchain community is doing to counter the adverse effects of human activity on the planet. It explores such approaches as developing less computationally demanding consensus algorithms, aligning stakeholder incentives, and combining distributed ledgers with other innovations such as artificial intelligence, sharing economy, Internet of Things, and big data analytics.
Keyword: carbon credit trading,
clean energy,
Climate Ledger Initiative,
emission reduction,
energy & resources,
green finance,
Hack4Climate,
Paris Agreement,
SDG 13,
SDG 14,
SDG 15,
smart standards,
Veridium,
wildlife conservation,
Xpansiv
Blockchain For Smart City Infrastructure
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-for-smart-city-infrastructure/
Feb 11, 2019 - This case study outlines Dubai’s plans to transform itself into a smart city, enabled by blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data analytics. It maps out how Dubai is automating its real estate and utilities management and looks ahead to its use of blockchain for identity management, land registry, and new utilities business models.
Keyword: automated trading,
Blockchain Climate Institute,
Emirates,
energy & resources,
government,
grid resilience,
Paris Agreement,
real estate,
SDG 11,
SDG 13,
SDG 6,
SDG 7,
Smart City Expo,
smart meter,
technology,
wasl Asset Management Group
Regulation: The Lion, The Unicorn, And The Crown
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-lion-the-unicorn-and-the-crown/
May 10, 2018 - In this research project, Joel Telpner gives us a guided tour of regulatory risk. Pulling lessons from regulating innovation in telecommunications and the financial markets, he focuses on the extent to which the blockchain represents unprecedented regulatory challenges. He advocates a level-headed approach to determining when regulation is necessary and, in such cases, the form that regulation should take, so as to minimize the unintended consequences. Using illustrations by the legendary political cartoonist John Tenniel and passages from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass: and What Alice Found There, Telpner gives executiv...
Keyword: CFTC,
compliance,
cyberanarchy,
Dodd-Frank,
FATF,
financial services,
FinCEN,
FINRA,
law & regulation,
net neutrality,
public policy,
regulatory sandbox,
SDG 16,
SEC,
self-governance,
smart contract
Oil, Natural Gas, and Blockchain
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/oil-natural-gas-and-blockchain/
Jun 19, 2020 - In this case study, the founder and CEO of a blockchain start-up explains his company’s vision for the future of the energy industry, changing how exploration and production companies raise capital and how investors and consumers participate in energy markets. The solution consists of a Hyperledger Fabric blockchain explorer, decentralized cloud storage, and an Ethereum-based platform that supports two ERC-20 tokens—one a security token and the other a utility token—plus an idea for powering bitcoin mining rigs that could provide an upstream source of revenue for oil and gas operators. It’s the kind of fresh thinking that this industr...
Keyword: Brox Energy Holdings,
BTL,
Enerchain,
energy & resources,
OneOffice,
OOC Oil and Gas Blockchain Consortium,
S&P Global Platts,
SDG 12,
SDG 7,
Sinochem Group,
smart offtake agreement,
Vakt
Business Licensing: Governance for Government Blockchains
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/business-licensing-governance-for-government-blockchains/
Mar 29, 2018 - This research identifies the benefits that blockchains can provide local authorities in accelerating the launch of new businesses, supporting entrepreneurs, and reinforcing innovation cycles. The case study explores the experiences of a specific user-centric business licensing proof of concept and proposes a governance framework to assist governments in reimagining digital government solutions.
Keyword: BizPaL,
business licenses,
Canada,
Deloitte,
governance,
government,
Innovation Science and Economic Development,
ISED,
Ontario,
private-public partnership,
SDG 16,
SDG 9,
Toronto
KodakONE: Changing the Still Image Marketplace on the Blockchain
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/kodakone-changing-the-still-image-marketplace-on-the-blockchain/
Jun 18, 2019 - This case details the problems that need to be solved, specifically how photographers can maximize the value of their intellectual property. It explains how the KODAKOne platform works and walks through several use cases. It also discusses such non-technical obstacles as the different copyright laws across jurisdictions, costly legal processes, and different interpretations of legal concepts like as fair use and exhaustion. The case also describes how Kodak might reinvent its brand within the competitive digital image platform ecosystem.
Keyword: Binded,
copyright,
Copytrack,
Goldman v. Breitbart,
Highsmith v. Getty Images,
Image Protect,
law & regulation,
marketing,
media & telecom,
microstock,
photography,
Picscout,
SDG 9
