Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 1.1. Blockchain technologies and applications 1.2. Market analysis
2. Methodology & definitions
3. Blockchain: origins and technologies 3.1. What is the blockchain? 3.1.1. Main properties 3.1.2. How the technology works 3.1.3. Evolutions and extensions 3.2. Variants 3.2.1. Variations on the peer-to-peer network 3.2.2. Alternative rules 3.2.3. Relationship with the Bitcoin blockchain 3.3. The technology's limitations
4. Blockchain ecosystems and applications 4.1. Applications and value chain 4.1.1. Value chain 4.1.2. Types of application 4.2. Blockchain infrastructures 4.2.1. Blockchain initiators 4.2.2. Peer-to-peer network node developers and operators 4.3. Cryptocurrencies and FinTech 4.3.1. Cryptocurrency exchange platforms 4.3.2. Financial applications 4.3.3. Using blockchain as a back office solution 4.4. Property management 4.5. Distributed applications and services 4.5.1. The blockchain as IT infrastructure 4.5.2. Blockchain for a decentralized Web
5. Market analysis 5.1. Players' conception of the ecosystem 5.1.1. Shift to a decentralized economy 5.1.2. Emergence of new roles 5.1.3. Sizeable societal risks 5.2. Factors shaping the blockchain's development 5.2.1. Forces driving the blockchain's development 5.2.2. Limitations and barriers 5.3. Development forecasts 5.3.1. A new infrastructure 5.3.2. Major financial applications 5.3.3. Possibilities in the area of property management 5.3.4. A technology being adopted by veteran players Tables Table 1: Public, private and permissioned blockchain Table 2: Main blockchain infrastructures Table 3: FinTech blockchain players Table 4: Blockchain applications for property registers Table 5: Distributed applications and services
Figures Figure 1: What is a blockchain? Figure 2: Adding information to the blockchain Figure 3: How blockchain technology works Figure 4: Asymmetric cryptography Figure 5: Hash function Figure 6: Evolution of the blockchain Figure 7: Smart contracts Figure 8: Analysis of the different types of blockchain Figure 9: Blockchain technologies value chain Figure 10: Decentralized application business model Figure 11: Evolution of Ether's price and market cap Figure 12: The Ethereum blockchain Figure 13: The R3CEV consortium members Figure 14: Customer needs for private blockchains identified by Chain Figure 15: Main Bitcoin network node operators, by number of validated blocks Figure 16: BitMain AntMiner Processor dedicated to mining blockchain nodes Figure 17: BitMain offers cloud-based mining Figure 18: Integrated containerised datacentre solution for a Bitcoin mining node Figure 19: BTCC trading platform Figure 20: Bitstamp Bitcoin trading mobile app Figure 21: The Coinbase solution Figure 22: Coinbase Bitcoin debit card Figure 23: Blockchain.info wallet (mobile app) Figure 24: Blockchain.info Thunder rapid transaction network Figure 25: Magnr Bitcoin account Figure 26: Magnr leveraged Bitcoin trading Figure 27: Chainalysis Bitcoin transaction analysis solution Figure 28: Circle money transfer application using the Bitcoin blockchain for the back office Figure 29: Ripple uses blockchain technology for bank-to-bank transactions Figure 30: Ascribe image copyright protection solution Figure 31: Ascribe dashboard for tracking the use of an image online Figure 32: Diagram of the Ascribe bigchainDB the database/blockchain Figure 33: Everledger diamond tracker API Figure 34: Everledger's view of smart contract use Figure 35: Chromaway creates a blockchain-based digital land registry for Sweden Figure 36: GuardTime uses a private blockchain to guarantee data integrity Figure 37: The autonomous washing machine scenario, according to ADEPT Figure 38: Distributed storage according to Storj Figure 39: OpenBazaar, a decentralized marketplace Figure 40: La'Zooz, mobile app for car sharing Figure 41: Slock.it: blockchain, IoT and the sharing economy Figure 42: The DAO: decentralized autonomous organization Figure 43: Initial fundraising for The DAO Figure 44: The shift to a decentralized economy Figure 45: A "semi-decentralized" economy: the blockchain as B2B infrastructure Players • Abra • Ascribe • Augur • Barclays • Bitcurex • Bitex.la • BitFury • Bitland • BitMain • Bitnotar • Bitonic • Bitproof.io • Bitstamp • Blockchain • Blocksign • Blocktrail • BNP Paribas • BTCC • Chain • Chainalysis • Chromaway • Circle • Coinbase • Coinfloor • Crédit Suisse • Cryptopay • Elliptic • Eris Industries • Ethereum • Everledger • Factom • Filament • Goldman Sachs • Guardtime • HSBC • IBM • ING • J.P. Morgan • La'Zooz • Litecoin • Magnr • MaidSafe • Microsoft • Monegraph • Morgan Stanley • MultiChain • NASDAQ • OpenBazaar • OpenChain • Orange • Peertracks • ProofOfExistence • R3CEV • Ripple • Safello • Société Générale • Softswiss • Steem • Steemit • Storj • The DAO • Ujo • Vevue • VirtualNotary • Visa • Xapo
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