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Commercializing Blockchain
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Commercializing Blockchain

by Antony Welfare
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
8h 59m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Commercializing Blockchain

image Retail Blockchain Consortium

In this book, I have introduced to you the transformative properties of Blockchain technology (also known as distributed ledger technology or DLT) and the benefits that it will bring to the retail value chain.

During this time, I have met many retailers, brands, supply chain companies, and other partners all interested in driving Blockchain technology adoption within their business.

Blockchain is hailed as a great coordination technology that can foster improved information sharing and trust among multiple parties. For this technology to succeed at scale, common standards need to be adopted among all the different users of this technology.

In order to help develop a retail value chain focused on Blockchain transformation and to set standards for widespread adoption, I am pleased to introduce the Retail Blockchain Consortium (RBC), whose role is to advance the usage of DLT within the retail industry.

About the RBC

The RBC explores and advances the use of DLT within the retail value chain. It facilitates collaboration, the pooling of resources and platforms, knowledge transfer, and mitigation of risks in the adoption of DLT for its members.

The consortium is a global collaboration led by Oracle, University College London (UCL) Centre for Blockchain Technology (CBT), and MonoChain, and involves leading retailers, universities, technology companies, ...

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