KuppingerCole has long noted the importance of blockchain technologies, whilst also noting that the key challenges to the adoption of blockchain technologies remained standardisation, privacy & security, as well as dilemmas regarding the types of blockchain technologies to adopt. In regards to these final two points, the main arguments have centred around the use of permissioned vs unpermissioned blockchains, as well as anonymous, pseudonymous or identified blockchains.
Microsoft made some wise decisions in response to these challenges. Initially, by announcing Blockchain as a...