At today’s
Hyperledger Global Forum in Basel, the challenge of enterprise blockchain adoption was raised more than once. The hype exceeds the rate at which blockchain projects are going live. However, adoption is likely to be higher than it seems. Plus there’s a steady flow of projects getting to production. And multiple startups that target enterprises have demonstrated adoption strategies that are working.
Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of Hyperledger, brought up the 1998 IBM survey of the top 100 CIOs. When asked if they were using Linux, only one CIO said yes. But when they surveyed line-level systems administrators, it turned out that 95% of the companies were using the operating system. Because the software was free, the CIOs were unaware as they hadn’t seen any invoices.
Likewise, Behlendorf can see the progress in blockchain today: “at the ground level where the developers are working, where the startups are working, where pieces are being put together, that’s emerging,” said Behlendorf.
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