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Blockchain:Hype oder disruptive Technologie?BICCtalk Blockchain // 28. September 2017

PublicSeptember 2017

Agenda

1. Introduction

2. nexussquared

3. Disruptive Technology?

4. Hype?

5. Challenges

6. How to deal with it?

7. Q&A

1. Introduction

Daniel Grassinger• 2017: Head of Operations XPRENEURS (UTUM)• 2015: Co-founder nexussquared

• MBA (TU Munich)• Dipl.-Ing. Civil Engineer

• Reginal Lead AECOM Schweiz, Zurich• Associate Director AECOM Deutschland, Munich• Project Manager Drees&Sommer, Munich

• Guest lecturer: Hochschule St. Gallen (HSG) // Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zurich (HWZ) // Hochschule Luzern (HSLU) // Technical University Munich (TUM)

• Key-note speaker // panelist // moderator @ various international blockchain events• Co-Organizer: BlockShow Europe // ETH&IoT Summer Camp• Mentor @ Blockchain Helix // Startupbootcamp // XPRENEURS // Founders Institute• Advisor @ ICOniq Lab // Meminto // W2B // Healthbase // Alissia• Member @ TUM Blockchain Research Institute // Bundesverband Blockchain // StarWings

2. nexussquared

„We empower European blockchain start-ups to successfully grow“

Mission

nexuslab

develop & create

STAGE 1Virtual phase

STAGE 2F-2-f phase

London ZurichPop-Up LAB

HO HOHO

Amsterdam Berlin

STAGE 0Application phase

STAGE 3Launch phase

Fes!tival

• 3 min. elevator pitch(video)

• Application form

www.f6s.com/nexuslab

• Financing

• Company incorporation

• Strategic Partnerships

• Post-acceleration

Business idea

Founder‘s Weekend Hang-outs (2person/ start-up); selection@ last weekendHO

boost launchsign up

8 weeks (start: April 24, 2016) Jun. 13 – Jul. 11, 2016Jan. 1 –Mar. 31, 2016

in cooperation with

Key Statistics Pilot Programme

Start-up Statistics• Start-ups scouted (Europe only) 275

• Applications received 55

• Personally interviewed 30

• Selected for pilot programme 10

• Zurich Finalists 8

Misc Statistics• Programme mentors 80+

• Workshops & presentations 45+

nexuslab finalists; July 7, 2017

3. Disruptive Technology?

Public Decentral

Database

Synchronized Encrypted

Blockchain: characteristics

4. Hype?

ICO: … just the beginning?

May 2017 2 ICOs per week

Source: ties.network



June 2017 2 ICOs daily





August 2017 10 ICOs daily






Fall 2017 200 ICOs per week (to be expected)






Fall 2017 200 ICOs per week (to be expected)

Expected total byend of fall 2017

2.000 ICOs ($ 10 million each)


5. Challenges

Blockchain – challenges1. Nascent technology

Resolving challenges suchas transaction speed,the verification process,and data limits willbe crucial inmaking blockchain widely applicable.

2. Uncertain regulatory statusBecause moderncurrencies have always been created and regulated by nationalgovernments,blockchain and Bitcoinface ahurdle inwidespread adoption by pre-existingfinancialinstitutions if its government regulation status remains unsettled.

3. Largeenergy consumptionTheBitcoinblockchain network’s miners are attempting 450thousand trillion solutions persecond inefforts to validate transactions,using substantialamounts of computer power.

4. Control,security,and privacyWhile solutions exist,including privateor permissioned blockchains and strongencryption,there are stillcyber security concerns that need to be addressed before the general publicwillentrust their personaldata to ablockchain solution.

Source: Deloitte

Blockchain – challenges5. Integrationconcerns

Blockchain applications offer solutions that require significant changes to,or completereplacement of,existing systems.Inorder to make the switch,companies muststrategize thetransition.

6. CulturaladoptionBlockchain represents acomplete shift to adecentralized network which requires the buy-inof its users and operators.

7. CostBlockchain offers tremendous savings intransaction costs and timebutthe highinitialcapitalcosts could be adeterrent.

Source: Deloitte

6. How to deal with it

What to do now?1. Deconstruct your business!

What are the basic needs of your customers? What is the simplestprocess, the smallest piece of information you can boil it down to?

2. Play around!Get to know the technology through experiments. Implement proofsof concept and prototypes, get real customer feedback.

3. Ignore regulations! For now.

4. Work with assumptions!e.g. identity issues solved, scalabilty issues solved, confidentiality not an issue, all parties on the same blockchain.

5. Collaborate!No company can win this alone.

Daniel GrassingerCo-Founder

phone: +49 (0)179 97 05 603skype: danielgrassingere-mail: [email protected]: www.nexussquared.co

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