The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) aims to deliver cross border public services. Hence in late 2020, the European Blockchain Partnership issued a call for tenders to develop a series of use cases that EBSI can deliver. This week it announced that IOTA, Chromaway and Billon have made it to the final cut of the ‘pre-commercial procurement’ process.
All the final round companies appear to be focused on digital product passports to help to encourage recycling. Two of the three firms also proposed IP rights management use cases. This is an indicator of EBSI’s next applications.
In terms of product passports, IOTA is targeting consumer electronics and batteries, Chromaway is focused on pharmaceuticals, and Billon selected plastic waste and batteries.
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