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specialise in various use cases and target
particular sectors as part of their business
strategy to promote their infrastructure
platform, despite having general-purpose
implementations that could be deployed for
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every imaginable use case. In contrast, all
The development of some DLT frameworks is specifically driven by various use cases or industry requirements
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operators are focusing either on a specific industry or business case.
Half of infrastructure providers supply a generic DLT framework that can be
used for any use case
DFIigGurIeT1A2:LThLe bEaDnkGingEaRnd fiTnEanCceHinNduOstLryOhaGs tYheUlarSgeEstCnuAmSbeEr oSf identified DLT use cases
7% Others
3% Manufacturing
3% Energy & Utilities
4% Professional Services
30% Banking & Finance
6% Technology Services
6% Generic
8% Healthcare
8% Media, Entertainment & Gaming
13% Government & Public Goods
12% Insurance
Note: This figure is based on a list of 132 use cases, grouped into industry segments, that have been
frequently men•tioTnreednind ptoubwliacrdiscouspseionisn, grecportes,iannfrdapsrtersuscrteulereaspesla. tforms: an increasing number of companies are open-sourcing their codebases, shifting monetization of the platforms to higher stack levels (e.g., consulting, application development, support).
ELS Key challenges to broader DLT adoption remain:
• Unclear regulatory environment and legal risks are most often mentioned as key challenges; study participants consider privacy and confidentiality to be more of an issue than scalability and performance concerns.
• Interoperability still in its infancy: the current landscape is fragmented and comprised of incompatible protocols, but there is an increasing focus on developing common standards via the joint development of enterprise DLT frameworks by a variety of consortia.
• Significant public sector DLT activity observed: local, regional, national and multilateral institutions are all engaged in DLT-related activities;
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