Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies are gaining the interest of the academy, companies, and institutions. Nonetheless, the path toward blockchain adoption is not straightforward, as blockchain is a complex technology that requires revisiting the standard way of addressing problems and tackling them from a decentralized perspective. Thus, decision-makers adopt blockchain technology for the wrong reasons or prefer it to more suitable ones. This work presents a decision framework for blockchain adoption to help decision-makers decide whether blockchain is applicable, valuable, and preferable to other technologies. In particular, The decision framework is composed of a small set of questions that can be answered from a managerial standpoint and that do not require a deep technical knowledge of blockchain-related topics.
翻译:封锁链和分布式分类账技术正在引起学院、公司和机构的兴趣,然而,通向采用封锁链的途径并不是直截了当的,因为封锁链是一种复杂的技术,需要重新审视解决问题的标准方法,并从分散化的角度处理这些问题,因此,决策者出于错误的原因采用封锁链技术,或更倾向于采用更为合适的技术。这项工作为采用封锁链提供了一个决定框架,以帮助决策者决定是否适用、有价值和优于其他技术。尤其是,决定框架由一小组问题组成,这些问题可以从管理角度回答,不需要对与封锁链相关的专题有深入的技术知识。