The empirical framework exists to test the proposition, “Does the extent of blockchain openness positively affect the … willingness to adopt a platform?” We can compare a partially open blockchain like EOS with a more open platform like Ethereum … to determine the impact of blockchain openness on an objective performance measure — the price of the relevant …

, we present facets of the token engineering process for a real-life 80-person Swiss blockchain startup, Insolar. We show … incentivize enterprises and individual users to use their new MainNet public blockchain network. This study shows that subsidy …

not likely start there. Nor do we foresee blockchain disruption of traditional insurance products.» The commercial … insurance sector is ideal for blockchain disruption because it has evolved to underwrite risk in a decentralized way, so as to … is no incumbent system of intermediaries to displace. In the insurance industry's risk-averse culture, blockchain …

At the beginning of 2018, there is a growing belief that blockchain technologies constitute a revolutionary innovation … in how we transfer value electronically. In that vein, blockchain may be a suitable complement to ontologies to achieve a … blockchain and ontologies must co-evolve. In this paper, we focus on what and how to engineer models, methods, designs, and …

Although some organizations are contemplating the potential impact of blockchain technology in today's economy …, blockchain, itself, is quickly emerging to be a disruptive force. This is especially true in the circumstance of loyalty programs …. Blockchain is a public, digital, and distributed database solution providing decentralized management of transactional data. This …

become a critical and necessary requirement for Natural Resource Development. Blockchain constitutes an emerging technology … blockchain technologies. The research method included interviews with the Natural Resource industry and Indigenous … research indicates that governance level control by Indigenous communities over the development and operation of blockchain …

since the utility of these resources is strictly limited to blockchain security, the resources used are not useful other … beyond blockchain security, aiming at better resource utilization. The key idea is to channel the resources to optimization …

towards renewable resources. As Blockchain technology and the IoT begin to disrupt multiple industries, utilities and … this paper is to investigate the current pain points facing the solar power sector and discuss existing blockchain … cases of blockchain to initiate the permanent shift of the energy industry towards renewable resources.Findings: The …

We present the journey by which Novera, a blockchain start-up, partnered with CompanyX, an SME investment firm actively … is Novera's vision to innovate beyond the fund to a blockchain-based token platform that keeps its team of technologists … motivated and forward-looking. We advise others weighing investment in blockchain, especially SME's and start-ups in finance, to …