[AISWorld] University of Arkansas Blockchain Center of Excellence (BC CoE) white paper available

[Mary Lacity]

The Blockchain Center of Excellence's white paper, "Towards Blockchain 3.0 Interoperability: Business and Technical Considerations" by Mary Lacity, Zach Steelman, and Paul Cronan is available for free download:  https://blockchain.uark.edu/resources/   The Executive Advisory Board members for the BC CoE selected the topic for this white paper. Members posed the research question: “How can enterprises approach interoperability when the technology is immature and rapidly changing?” (the so-called ‘Blockchain 3.0’ era). Many blockchain applications have been developed, both public and private, since the Bitcoin application was developed in 2009. As enterprises explore blockchain solutions, they are increasingly concerned about the proliferation of blockchains, how blockchain applications will connect with each other and with legacy systems, and the fear of getting locked into solutions too early. In short, enterprises are concerned about blockchain interoperability. Based on a literature review, an interoperability workshop, and interviews, our research revealed a disconnect between top-down business concerns about specific ecosystem/application interoperability, and bottom-up technical concerns about general blockchain interoperability. The contribution of this white paper is to help bridge these two spheres by highlighting the top-down business and bottom-up technical interoperability considerations, as well as emerging solutions. The BC CoE’s white paper series is one activity towards achieving our vision to make the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas a premier academic leader of blockchain application research and education.





Dr. Mary C. Lacity

Walton Professor of Information Systems and Director of the  Blockchain Center of Excellence <https://blockchain.uark.edu/>

Sam M. Walton College of Business

202 Business Building-IS Dept

1 University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR 72701