scholarly journals Blockchain and Citizenship: Uneasy Bedfellows

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oskar Josef Gstrein ◽  
Dimitry Vladimirovich Kochenov
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Identity Management ◽  
Credit Scoring ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Social Credit ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology ◽  
Traditional Patterns ◽  
Technology Focus ◽  
Political Realities

Distributed Ledger Technology can be an effective tool for resource distribution. As individuals and organisations explore innovations which allow to redefine the rules of access, possession and sharing these developments also become important for the future of self-determination. Demonstrated through credit scoring and ‘social credit systems’, the identity of an individual is intertwined with resource access, possession and transferability. A key pre-requisite for participation is formal legal status, which translates to citizenship. However, many proponents of Distributed Ledger Technology focus predominantly on technological features and capabilities, which might enable the implementation of concepts such as decentralised governance, ‘self-sovereign identity’ management, and trust-less transactions based on ‘zero-knowledge proof’. Nevertheless, such narrow consideration overlooks existing legal and political realities. Considering the lessons learned from citizenship, it becomes questionable whether Blockchain as player in the area of identity management will ultimately increase human dignity, or further manifest traditional patterns of discrimination and inequality.

scholarly journals Distributed Ledger Technology and the Future of Money and Banking

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Huibers
Keyword(s):  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Monetary Reform ◽  
Monetary System ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Substantial Investment

Abstract Nakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf outlined an alternative to the current monetary system in which banks are replaced by a peer-to-peer system to issue and transfer digital money: the Bitcoin. While Bitcoin has attracted a substantial investment volume, the system has not achieved the status of a viable alternative monetary system. However, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) underlying the payment system is being applied successfully by financial institutions and is likely to have important implications for the future of money and banking. In this paper we therefore focus on the most advanced distributed ledger application in the financial industry: R3 Corda. This paper is structured as follows. In the first section, we relate the debate about systems of money creation to the rise of Bitcoin. Next, the development of R3 Corda is discussed and the lessons learned for monetary reform. We conclude with an assessment of the scope and likelihood of monetary reform as a consequence of DLT applications by central banks.

scholarly journals Distributed Ledger Technology for eHealth Identity Privacy: State of The Art and Future Perspective

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Amine Bouras ◽  
Qinghua Lu ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Yueliang Wan ◽  
Tao Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Future Perspective ◽  
Management Scenarios ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology ◽  
Identity Management Systems ◽  
Identity Privacy ◽  
Management Approaches

Electronic healthcare (eHealth) identity management (IdM) is a pivotal feature in the eHealth system. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is an emerging technology that can achieve agreements of transactional data states in a decentralized way. Building identity management systems using Blockchain can enable patients to fully control their own identity and provide increased confidence in data immutability and availability. This paper presents the state of the art of decentralized identity management using Blockchain and highlights the possible opportunities for adopting the decentralized identity management approaches for future health identity systems. First, we summarize eHealth identity management scenarios. Furthermore, we investigate the existing decentralized identity management solutions and present decentralized identity models. In addition, we discuss the current decentralized identity projects and identify new challenges based on the existing solutions and the limitations when applying it to healthcare as a particular use case.

scholarly journals Development of a trade model based on distributed ledger technology for the EAEU

2021 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 571-581
Author(s):  
Seryozha E. Melkonyan ◽  
Natali A. Galoyan ◽  
Anna N. Norkina ◽  
Pavel Yu. Leonov
Keyword(s):  
Model Based ◽  
Trade Model ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology

scholarly journals Distributed Interoperable Records: The Key to Better Supply Chain Management

Computers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Annegret Henninger ◽  
Atefeh Mashatan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Global Supply Chain ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Current State ◽  
Future State ◽  
Distributed Ledger ◽  
Distributed Ledger Technology

The global supply chain is a network of interconnected processes that create, use, and exchange records, but which were not designed to interact with one another. As such, the key to unlocking the full potential of supply chain management (SCM) technologies is achieving interoperability across participating records systems and networks. We review existing research and solutions using distributed ledger technology (DLT) and provide a survey of its current state of practice. We additionally propose a holistic solution: a DLT-based interoperable future state that could enable the interoperable, efficient, reliable, and secure exchange of records with integrity. Finally, we provide a gap analysis between our proposed future state and the current state, which also serves as a gap analysis for many fractional DLT-based SCM solutions and research.

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