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Blockchain

Blockchain is innovative. But not the way some think.

When we think of technological innovation we can cite many: the rise of the PC, the three-tier client server computing architecture, web-based applications and more recently virtualization and generative artificial intelligence. It’s important for managers just starting to explore blockchain to understand that little that comprises blockchain is innovative in the sense of the cutting-edge newness of discrete technologies.

Rather, the innovation takes the form of a design philosophy: the ways in which existing tech has been arranged and assembled to give blockchain its unique attributes. Design which creates a unique tech stack is where the innovation is. Analogous to containers and microservices. Consider some critical, fundamental elements of blockchain and their relative maturity:

INTERPLANETARY FILE SYSTEM

9 years old

INTERNET PROTOCOL V6

28 years old

KEY PAIR ENCRYPTION

60 years old

DATABASE SHARDING

20 years old

15 years old

BLOCK DATA STRUCTURE

PROOF OF WORK

15 years old

Blockchain. Is it right for your business?

Answer this question with BuildingBlocks

Some companies are genuinely interested in the unique features of blockchain and its potential value for the right use case.

Whether interest lay in the decentralized nature of data and block creation, the profit-driven disinterested third-party validation of data, asymmetric encryption at the root of all blockchain activity or the automated approach to meeting multiparty contractual obligations via smart contracts, blockchain has some compelling features enterprises overlook at their own risk.  

According2jb.com has created a suite of proprietary planning and decision-driving methologies called BuildingBlocks [TM] that accomplish several goals:

BuildingBlocks [TM] for the enterprise consists of:

PROTOCOL ANALYZER

A strategic focus on such attributes as:

  • Smart contract design

  • Consensus mechanism design and enforcement

  • Validator design & management

  • Governance: DAO

  • Storage

  • Tokenomics & incentives

  • Developer relationships

  • Accelerate company learning amongst decision makers to fully comprehend how blockchain and its exotic technical underpinning works. Utilize these tools to create useful mental models and drive understanding.

  • Injet clarity into decisionmaking around the proper alignment of proposed blockchain with your business model, existing business strategy and future business strategy.

  • Properly plan a pilot, proof-of-concept or actual deployment. In-house build or service provider? Answer technical questions: what programming language? Storage? Layer 2 for enhanced scalability? Resource requirements become clear etc.

ECOSYSTEM ANALYZER

A strategic focus on such attributes as:

  • Exchange relationships

  • Cross-chain bridges

  • Oracles

  • Sidechains

  • Storage

  • Tokenomics & incentives

  • Level 2 vendors

TECH STACK PROFILER

A strategic focus on such attributes as:

  • Programming languages

  • Hardware requirements

  • Security regime

  • Level 2 specs: rollups - zero knowledge or optimistic