Blockchain

Emerging from the world of crypto-currencies, Blockchain appeared as a new class of IT infrastructure with numerous applications in the financial sector but also in many other domains. It is a secure way to share digital information that reduces the need for intermediaries and regulatory authorities. This raises several challenges, particularly regarding Blockchain’s ability to disrupt ecosystems,its legal acceptability and other risks linked with its use in financially speculative activities.

Blockchain gained notoriety with the rise of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency; but beyond this initial use, it can be an important piece of infrastructure with which trusted digital applications can be built.