An open source research programme for Smart Ledgers and new technologies
Distributed Futures
An open source research programme for Smart Ledgers and new technologies.
Smart Ledgers are the ‘next big thing’ in technology.
They’re based on a combination of Mutual Distributed Ledgers (aka blockchain: multiorganisational databases with a super audit trail, used since 2009 in cryptocurrencies) with embedded programming and sensing, thus permitting semi-intelligent, autonomous transactions.
Smart Ledgers are a technology for fair play in a globalised world.
Research
We work in partnership with many stakeholders to learn together and build the vital infrastructure needed to make Smart Ledgers a success.
Our research is structured around four themes:
- Society
- Technology
- Economics
- Politics
And it’s directed at four outcomes:
- Expanding frontiers
- Changing systems
- Delivering services
- Building communities