理解分布式账本技术/区块链--挑战、机遇和未来标准

Understanding the Landscape of Distributed Ledger Technologies/Blockchain Challenges, Opportunities, and the Prospects for Standards

2017年1月,兰德欧洲受英国标准机构(BSI)委托开展快速研究,探究标准在支持分布式分类技术(DLT)/区块链方面的潜在作用。这份报告记录了这项为期六周的研究成果。DLT/区块链指的是分布于多个地点(即一个分布式数据库)的数据库,它就像一个电子账本一样,可以用于记录和管理事务。虽然这项技术目前还处于早期阶段且挑战仍然艰巨,但很明显,DLT/区块链在多个领域都有着巨大的潜在机遇。此外,与DLT/区块链相关的标准化工作近期也在逐渐开展,国际标准化组织(简称ISO)还成立了区块链和电子分布式分类技术委员会。

RAND Europe was commissioned by the British Standards Institution(BSI)in January2017to carry out a rapid scoping study to examine the potential role of standards in supporting Distributed Ledger Technologies(DLT)/Blockchain.This report documents the results of the study,which was conducted over a six-week period.1DLT/Blockchain refers to a type of database which is spread over multiple locations(i.e.a distributed database)and which can be used like a digital ledger to record and manage transactions.Although the technology is at a relatively early stage of adoption and significant challenges remain,it is becoming apparent that DLT/Blockchain holds the potential for major opportunities across several sectors.Furthermore,standardisation efforts related to DLT/Blockchain have recently gathered momentum with the setting up of the International Organization for Standardization(shortened to ISO)technical committee on Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies.