{"id":25352,"date":"2016-08-17T07:22:31","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T07:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wef-thinks-highly-of-blockchain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T08:32:31","slug":"wef-thinks-highly-of-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/wef-thinks-highly-of-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"WEF thinks highly of Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The World Economic Forum (WEF) anticipates that the technology behind the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a crucial role in the global finance system. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The crypto-currency Bitcoin is not mentioned at all in the new 130-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.weforum.org\/docs\/WEF_The_future_of_financial_infrastructure.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Economic Forum report<\/a>. The organization rather explicitly backs the blockchain technology. \u201cRather than stay at the margins of the finance industry, blockchain will become the beating heart of it,\u201d said Giancarlo Bruno, Head of Financial Services Industries at the World Economic Forum, in a <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2016\/08\/blockchain-will-become-beating-heart-of-the-global-financial-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release published to coincide with the release of the report<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the context of Bitcoin, blockchain originally signified the database in which all Bitcoin transactions were recorded and stored. Unlike the ledgers or databases that banks and other institutions utilize, a blockchain is not updated or operated by any one specific company or government agency, but rather by a network of users. That is precisely why the technology is also so attractive for the finance sector. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a7f2a2bd716f&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a7f2a2bd716f\" class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-lightbox-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/press\/2016\/08\/blockchain-will-become-beating-heart-of-the-global-financial-system\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"1316\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/blockchain-use-cases.png\" alt=\"Blockchain Use Cases, source: WEF\" class=\"wp-image-347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/blockchain-use-cases.png 1520w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/blockchain-use-cases-300x260.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/blockchain-use-cases-1024x887.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/blockchain-use-cases-768x665.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/a><figcaption>Blockchain Use Cases, source: WEF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Blockchain, at least in theory, would allow one to transfer money and track transactions across borders and into other networks with increased security, transparency and effectiveness. This has motivated almost all banks and providers of financial services to start researching their own Blockchain solutions, often referred to as \u201cDistributed Ledgers\u201d. These distributed ledgers are particularly appealing to sectors with companies which lack a central institution to which they can entrust their records. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The WEF incidentally also assumes that most of the blockchain development will take place behind the scenes. The consumer would not actually see the changes to the infrastructure, but indeed benefit from the less expensive and quicker financial services resulting from them. The new technology is suitable for both mainstream transactions, such as global payments and stock trading,  as well as for less well-known dealings, for instance trade financing or convertible bonds, the report goes on to say. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-projects-aplenty-but-still-few-tangible-outcomes\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Projects aplenty, but still few tangible outcomes<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">According to the New York Times\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/13\/business\/dealbook\/bitcoin-blockchain-banking-finance.html\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cDealbook\u201d blog<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"> the report is the outcome of a year of research in addition to five gatherings of executives from several major institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Visa, MasterCard and BlackRock. It comes to the conclusion that already within the coming year 80 percent of banks around the world could well launch distributed ledger projects. But research conducted so far has led to few tangible results besides Bitcoin &#8211; which in turn has occasionally raised the question of whether blockchain is the proverbial solution which is searching for a problem. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">As to the ongoing and recurring security issues that existing virtual currencies have faced (hackers recently helped themselves to Bitcoins worth more than \u20ac60 million from virtual exchange Bitfinex), the WEF report suggests that it will still take some time for such problems to be ironed out. Apart from technical issues, the industry and regulators will have to reach agreement on standard rules and laws. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/newsroom\/id\/3412017\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13195\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/emerging-tech-hc-2016.png\" alt=\"Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016\" class=\"wp-image-348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/emerging-tech-hc-2016.png 600w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/emerging-tech-hc-2016-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/07\/emerging-tech-hc-2016-360x239.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Market research and consulting experts Gartner recently published their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/newsroom\/id\/3412017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2016<\/a> report. It places blockchain still approaching the \u201cPeak of Inflated Expectations\u201d, meaning that it still has to dive through the \u201cTrough of Disillusionment\u201d, but at the same time identifies blockchain as a key platform technology which facilitates ecosystems.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Beyond the finance sector, in the long term one could imagine completely different uses for blockchain technology, which could allow whole processes to be verified and secured. It could turn out to have a substantial <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/what-is-blockchain-and-why-all-the-fuss\/\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">impact on the transmission of messages<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"> \u2013 senders and recipients would be authenticated conclusively.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Economic Forum (WEF) anticipates that the technology behind the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a crucial role in the global finance 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