Research Library
Researching the Promise of the New Digital Economy
The foundation of the Blockchain Research Institute’s work is our research. The BRI research program includes dozens of white papers, reports, and case studies about the impact of blockchain on enterprise, industry, and the economy.
A global network of blockchain experts have completed over 100 projects (see below). New research explores the trivergence of blockchain, AI, and IoT. BRI research findings are exclusive to members for six months post-publication, and then released into the Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
Research Projects
Blockchain & The Economy
- A Taxonomy of Digital Assets: The Building Blockchains of Decentralized Finance
- Blockchain in Commercial Insurance
- Blockchain in Global Trade
- Blockchain, Exchanges, and Regulation
- Decentralized Finance Analysis: How to Identify Value Within the Crypto Ecosystem
- Digital Asset Revolution: The Rise of DeFi and the Reinvention of Financial Services
- Distributed & Collaborative Marketplaces: Serving the Unbanked
- Financing Open Blockchain Ecosystems: ICOs
- Introduction to Stablecoins
- Non-Fungible Tokens – Part I
- Non-Fungible Tokens – Part II
- Regulatory Framework for Token Sales
- Reinventing International Clearing & Settlement
- The Coming Cataclysm
- The Token Economy: When Money Becomes Programmable
Blockchain & Management
- Accountability in the Digital Asset Business
- Blockchain & Project Management
- Blockchain & the Chief Financial Officer
- Blockchain & the Chief Human Resources Officer
- Blockchain & the Chief Marketing Officer: The Next Era of Marketing
- Blockchain & the Chief Strategy Officer
- Blockchain & the Global Chief Information Officer
- Blockchain and Enterprise Transformation
- Blockchain-Driven Transformation
- Building a Framework for Blockchain Adoption: What CEOs Should Know
- Introducing Asset Chains: The Future of Supply Chains
- Issued Patents on Blockchain Innovation
- Networked Hotbeds of Blockchain: Hubs for the Internet’s Second Era
- Patents and Blockchain Innovation: Strategic Approaches to Intellectual Property
- Patents at the Trivergence: Combining Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence & the Internet of Things
- Regulation: The Lion, the Unicorn & the Crown
Transformations by Industry
- Automotive: The Innovation Dilemma of Distributed Ledger Technology
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Blockchain and the Creative Industries
- Blockchain & the Digital Transformation of Property Insurance
- Blockchain & the Disruption of the Life Insurance Industry
- Blockchain Revolution in Higher Education
- Blockchain Revolution in Education and Lifelong Learning
- Blockchain Revolution in the Oil and Gas Industry: Opportunities for Transformation
- Blockchain: The Emerging Platform for Manufacturing 4.0
- Blockchain Transformation in Telecommunications
- Blockchain Transformation in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector
- Community-Owned Prediction Markets
- Distributed Connectivity: Blockchain & Telecom
- Distributed Power: How Blockchain will Transform Energy Markets
- Filecoin and the Future of Decentralized Cloud Storage
- How Distributed Ledgers are Transforming Airlines
- Industry Ecosystems and Blockchain Consortia
- Reinventing Healthcare on the Blockchain
- State of Enterprise Blockchain
- Web 3 and the Music Industry: A Second Wave of Blockchain Innovation
Blockchain Breakthroughs
- A New Look at Bitcoin
- Blockchain & Identity Services
- Blockchain & the Future of Digital Identity
- Blockchain & the World Wide Web
- Cosmos & Polkadot: A Comparison for Enterprise Users
- Distributed Artificial Intelligence
- Decentralized Resource Governance: A New Model of Engagement, Execution and Trust
- Governance of Blockchain Systems
- Interoperable Blockchains: The Next Frontier
- It’s Easy to Talk. It’s Hard to Build. Don Tapscott Interviews Charles Hoskinson on Building the Future
- Quantum-Proofing the Blockchain
- Self-Sovereign Identity: The Architecture of Personal Autonomy and Generativity on the Internet
- Standardized & Decentralized: Rethinking the Blockchain Stack
- The Convergence of Big Data & Blockchain
- The Ledger of Every Thing: Blockchain Technology & the IoT
- The Metaverse Goes Mainstream: How Blockchain-based Digital Assets, Incentive Systems, and Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces Are Revitalizing Virtual Worlds
- The Token Taxonomy
- Toward a Universal Digital Wallet
- What Is Web 3? Blockchain as the Foundation of the Next Era of the Internet
- Which Smart Contract Platform Do You Need? A Framework for Evaluating Blockchain Systems with an Analysis of the Top Eight Protocols
- Winning Strategies for Smart Contracts
Blockchain for Good
- Blockchain for Planetary Stewardship, Part I
- Blockchain for Planetary Stewardship, Part II
- Cryptoeconomics
- Journey to Blockchain: A Non-Technologist’s Guide to the Internet of Value
- Managing Transparency: Strategies for a Private/Open World
- Platforms for Sustainable Food Production
- The Nine Disruptions
- Toward a New Social Contract for the Digital Economy
- Trust I: Patterns from the Past
- Trust II: Blockchain and the Post-Trust World
Cases
- Agriculture on the Blockchain
- AKASHA: Social Media on the Blockchain
- Belt & Road Blockchain Consortium
- Blockchain and the 5G Bypass: Revolutionizing Telecom
- Blockchain and the Future of Battery Supply Chains
- Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence & the Battlefield of Things
- Blockchain at our Borders
- Blockchain for Saving Our Seas
- Business Licensing: Governance for Government Blockchains
- CFIA: Regulating Canada’s Food on the Blockchain
- CIPO: A Governance Model for Copyright Registration on the Blockchain
- Consolidating Multiple Government Expense Ledgers
- Derivatives on the Blockchain
- Diamonds on the Blockchain
- Food Traceability on Blockchain: Walmart’s Pork & Mango Pilots with IBM
- Foxconn 4.0: How Blockchains Can Handle the World’s Most Complicated Supply Chain
- Going Cashless: The Digital Dollar in the Face of COVID-19
- How Blockchains Can Help with Gun Registries
- Halls of Fame & Blockchain: Votem and the Electoral Process
- How Blockchain is Transforming Land Registry in India
- KODAKone: Blockchain Transforms the Digital Image
- Medical and Biopharma Research
- MOOG: Additive Manufacturing and Blockchain
- Mt. Pelerin: A Full Reserve Bank on the Blockchain
- Nivaura: Compliant Securities Tokens in the UK
- Patient Data Management and Blockchain: The UHN case
- PermianChain: Oil, Natural Gas and Blockchain
- Reclaiming Medication on the Blockchain
- Ride-Sharing on the Blockchain: EVA Co-operative
- Slock.it: Enabling IoT & the Universal Sharing Network
- Smart City Infrastructure: Dubai
- Taxation and Cryptocurrency: State of Ohio
- The Digital Yuan and Cross-Border Payments
- The Future of Retail Payments
- Transforming Plastic Pollution Using Blockchain
- Utility Settlement Coin
- Winding Tree and The Future of Travel
Webinars
- Blockchain 101
- Blockchain & Human Resources
- Blockchain & Identity
- Blockchain & Pandemics
- Blockchain & Reinventing Financial Services
- Blockchain & the CMO: The Next Era of Marketing
- Blockchain & the Global CIO – Summit 2018
- Blockchain in Oil & Gas
- BRI Research Project Highlights
- Building Blockchain Innovation Hubs
- Charitable Giving in the Face of the Pandemic
- Climate Change & Economic Recovery in a Post-COVID-19 World
- Consortia & Supply Chain Revolution for the Enterprise
- Distributed Connectivity: The Blockchain-Enabled Future of Telecommunications
- Diversity In the Blockchain Ecosystem
- Governing & Scaling the Blockchain Revolution
- How Blockchain Is Transforming Creative Industries
- Identity Series Part II
- Industry Governance for Blockchain
- Introducing Asset Chains – Summit 2017
- Managing Blockchain Transparency
- Public & Private Blockchains: Finding a Solution that Works for You
- Regulation & Blockchain Innovation – Summit 2018
- Reinventing Healthcare on the Blockchain
- Reinventing Identity on the Blockchain
- Supply Chains in Global Pandemics
- The Future of Blockchain Panel – Summit 2018
- The Scaling Debate: Bitcoin & Ethereum
- The Token Economy: When Money Becomes Programmable – Summit 2017