The UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT) provides a cross-sectoral platform, which drives the adoption and integration of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies into our socio-economic system.
Blockchain is a new disruptive information technology tha allows anonymous partners to operate safely without the intermediation of a third party or the need for a central authority. This enables the creation of peer-to-peer distributed economies and paves the way for a range of applications, from e-commerce to management.The impact of Blockchain technologies on our socio-technical systems. The promotion of a safe and organic development and adoption of Blockchain-based platforms. The CBT goes beyond established discipline boundaries to set the foundations for a new interdisciplinary research area on Distributed Consensus ledgers and Network Based Tech- nologies. The Centre’s research is divided into three pillars: Distributed network Scalability Cryptography Cybercrime Mining (de)centralisation pseudonimity Technology of smart contracts and DAOs Elaboration of a Blockchain protocol suite.
