European Commission Turns Bullish on Blockchain

European Commission Turns Bullish on Blockchain
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2019-9-19 23:18

The Joint Research Center, the science and knowledge service for the European Commission, recently released a report which assessed the multidimensional impacts of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies.

The report, Blockchain Now And Tomorrow, is remarkably bullish on the technology’s transformative potential. The paper asserts that:

“…blockchain is now one of the technologies which is anticipated to have a profound impact over the next 10-15 years, backed in the short term by upward forecasts for investment.”- Joint Research Centre of the EU Science Hub, European Commission, Blockchain Now And Tomorrow

The Staggering Growth of Capital Inflows

The report identifies a major influx of investment, rising from EUR 450 million in 2014, through EUR 3.9 billion in 2017 and finally reaching EUR 7.4 billion last year. The figures suggest an enormous expansion of venture capital into the space over the past twelve months. 

 

Courtesy Joint Research Centre of the EU Science Hub, European Commission, Blockchain Now And Tomorrow

 

The world is on a blockchain spending binge, and the Commission’s researchers seem to  feel that those figures warrant taking the sector seriously. Many of the features and benefits listed in the report are already familiar to the blockchain industry: decentralization, tamper-resistance, transparency, security, and smart contracts that do away with the need for human intervention. 

While the report seems guardedly optimistic about the role of cryptocurrencies, the researchers do argue that in its current state:

“…the technology is either not sufficiently well developed to be broadly adopted or is still limited to small subsets of participants. Beside performance and scalability, other technical challenges remain regarding integration with legacy infrastructures or standardisation and interoperability between different systems.”

European Commission Takes a Thorough Approach to DLT

The report reiterates the EU’s stance in November 2016, when it enacted the European Parliament (EP)’s Resolution on virtual currencies. With cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin the primary focus of blockchain technology at the time, the Resolution emphasized the potential for DLT  in the financial services sector, in particular with regards to cross-border transfers. 

However, in a forward-thinking maneuver, the EP also recognized the potential for blockchain technology to change the way any data-driven processes could be conducted. Wherever the transactions need to be recorded or reported, European leadership acknowledged the potential usefulness of distributed ledgers.

The EU’s position on blockchain in supply chains, for example, suggests that the union sees enormous potential for its deployment:

“Blockchain enables any type of digital or digitised asset and associated transaction to be recorded, certified and tracked between parties, no matter the physical distance. So, blockchain-based systems could facilitate ‘seamless’ and ‘frictionless’ interactions in global and distributed supply chains between distant and untrusting actors, including producers, retailers, distributors, transporters, suppliers and consumers.”

This approach is in stark contrast to the shotgun approach of the U.S.’s SEC, whose  ambiguous enforcement makes it anyone’s guess what will or won’t be deemed a security. 

Entrepreneurs tend to see business potential ahead of policymakers. But in Europe’s case,  regulators appear to be insightful agents – or at least permitters – of change.

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