Distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) such as blockchain have in recent years been presented as a new general-purpose technology that could underlie many aspects of social and economic life, including civics and urban governance. In an urban context, over the past few years, a number of actors have …

From the article: "This article evaluates the application of blockchain technology to improve organic or fair-trade food traceability from “Farm to Fork” in light of European regulations. This study aims to shed light on the challenges in the organic food chain to overcome, the drivers for blockchain …

Interview Jan Veuger in Quest

Purpose: The main purpose of this thesis to explore the possible application of blockchain technology in solving issues and concerns of members and stakeholders in multi-stakeholder cooperatives, which prevent effective collaboration in governance.Design: This study is performed using an extensive literature …

This article will analyze how blockchain technology is applied tomanage and track cargo movement across the globe. First, thedistribution of goods, as well as the bill of lading and quality assurance,the shipping time with the lowest cost, is always a problem for logisticscompanies. The cost of securing …

Blockchain, een onveranderbare verdeelde database, is een technologische oplossing voor een breed scala van problemen in de keten. Het wordt vaak een oplossing genoemd, die op zoek is naar een probleem.

De vleeskuikenketen is een complexe keten. Van oudsher is de keten weinig geïntegreerd, alle partijen in de keten zijn losse schakels. Door bijvoorbeeld snel veranderende consumentenvoorkeuren worden voedselketens steeds kwetsbaarder voor externe druk. Blockchain kan wellicht de oplossing zijn voor de …

Ben van Lier on Blockchain: Collected blogs 2016-2020

This paper addresses the design dilemmas that arise when distributed ledger technologies (DLT) are to be applied in the governance of artificial material commons. DLTs, such as blockchain, are often presented as enabling technologies for self-governing communities, provided by their consensus mechanisms, …