Blockchain is challenging the status quo of the central trust infrastructure currently prevalent
in the Internet towards a design principle that is underscored by decentralization,
transparency, and trusted auditability. In ideal terms, blockchain advocates a decentralized,
transparent, and more democratic version of the Internet. Essentially being a trusted and
decentralized database, blockchain finds its applications in fields as varied as the energy
sector, forestry, fisheries, mining, material recycling, air pollution monitoring, supply chain …

Blockchain is challenging the status quo of the central trust infrastructure currently prevalent
in the Internet towards a design principle that is underscored by decentralization,
transparency, and trusted auditability. In ideal terms, blockchain advocates a decentralized,
transparent, and more democratic version of the Internet. Essentially being a trusted and
decentralized database, blockchain finds its applications in fields as varied as the energy
sector, forestry, fisheries, mining, material recycling, air pollution monitoring, supply chain …