Objectives

The mission of the ERCIM Blockchain Technology Working Group is to examine the establishment of Blockchain Technology as a field of computer science research in Europe.

This includes:

Solidify, nurture and further incubate the fledgling community of European Blockchain technology research already established at ERCIM
Foster an “interdisciplinary” exchange between European researchers specialised in the various fields that blockchain technology covers (P2P, cryptography, …)
Establish a roadmap documenting ongoing research and open research questions in the rapidly moving field of blockchain technology
Organize one or more ERCIM workshops on Blockchain technology to support the dissemination of research results
Create a community that will be in a position to successfully establish collaborative research projects on a European level
Develop, analyse and evaluate Blockchain applications, networks and infrastructures

Planned activities are:

Development of a Blockchain roadmap and research landscape documenting ongoing research and open research questions
Development a shared blockchain infrastructure between ERCIM members as demonstration and testbed for blockchain applications.
Development of a Blockchain registry that provides information about running and planned private/public Blockchain networks to enable networking and interoperability initiatives (Q2/2018)
Discussion and contribution to standardization activities for interoperability issues. (ongoing)