Towards a Post-Modern Hash Chain Future. Let's use all the blockchains we need to solve whatever problems we are trying to solve.

1. Toward a
Post-Modern
Blockchain
Future
Casey Kuhlman
CEO, Eris Industries
@compleatang
@eris_ltd

2. What is a Blockchain?

3. A Blockchain = A Network of Blockchain Clients

4. Blockchains (Both Public and Permissioned)
Characteristics
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History Rules – Let's agree on what the worldstate of data is and was.
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Signature Authority Rules – Let's agree on our ability to write to the data set.
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Network Rules – Let's agree how to talk to each other.
Benefits
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Incredible Verifibility
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Systemic Resiliency
Challenges
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Privacy
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Slow

5. Public Blockchains
Characteristics
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Economic Solution for Consensus
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Fully Immutable History
Benefits
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Censorship Resistence
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Data Permanence
Challenges
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Expensive
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Can It Do What A Developer Needs It To Do?

6. Public Blockchains
Public blockchains come in two flavo(u)rs:
Transaction-optimized
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Give developers: verifiable title transfer
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Examples: BTC, SkuChain, most of the “coins”
Logic-optimized
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Give developers: verifiable process+title transfer
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Examples: ETH

7. Permissioned Blockchains
Characteristics
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Semi-Immutable History
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Capabilities Based Permissioning
Benefits
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Fully Verifiable Business Processes
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Stakeholder Coordination History
Challenges
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Slower than existing data solutions
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Do not purport to change existing political power dynamics

8. Permissioned Blockchains
Permissioned blockchains come in two flavo(u)rs:
Transaction-optimized
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Give developers: verifiable title transfer
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Examples: MultiChain
Logic-optimized
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Give developers: verifiable logic+title transfer
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Examples: Tendermint

9. Same DNA, Different Environment

10. with eris...

11. Private & Confidential
Blockchains give
us verifiable DATA
Smart Contracts give
us verifiable LOGIC

12. Smart Contracts
Characteristics
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Scripts Saved in a Blockchain
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Almost every Blockchain is capable
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Capabilities vary
Benefits
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Verifiable, Distributed Process Assurance
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Multi-Stakeholder By Design
Challenges
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Reactive
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“Reach” limited to the blockchain they live on

13. What is Being Done With Smart Contracts?
Industrial Applications
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Finance
– Bond origination
– Trade finance
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Insurance
– Real-time policy coverage
– Self-organizing mutuals
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Construction & Health Care
– Supply chain tracking
– Automated job tracking &
payments
Governance Applications
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Poverty reduction
– Grant management
– Administration of public benefits
dispensation
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Public goods
– Drone airspace auctioning
– Mesh network connectivity
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Open Data
– Publications Transparency
– Budget transparency
New applications
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Distributed process
– Information Age Guilds
– P2P on-demand platforms
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Process assurance
– Community based lending
mechanisms
– Education certification schemes
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Sophisticated Sig Rules
– Distributed employment
– Distributed content

14. eris
The Blockchain Application Platform

15. Blockchain Application Design

16. The eris Platform
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Drastically reduces complexity of operating and developing
blockchain-backed applications
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Blockchain agnostic – developer chooses the appropriate
blockchain(s) for their application
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Embraces a harmony between the distributed computing camps (P2P
tech and cloud tech) by bridging the two
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Smart contract focused
● Distributed infrastructure optimized (cloud-ready)
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Details as to the platform available here

17. https://erisindustries.com