On 1 December Chris Speed and Bettina Nissen from University of Edinburgh hosted a workshop at ThingsCon Amsterdam 2016 on the blockchain and design for the Internet of Things. This presentation is the introduction.

1. Block Exchange
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2. Block Exchange
14.00 Introduction
14.15 Block Exchange in three rounds
15.00 Ideation
15.30 Presentations & Reflections
16.00 Close

3. From Push to Pull Economies
Push Pull Economy and the role of ‘consumer’

4. From Push to Pull Economies
Push Pull Economy and the role of ‘consumer’

5. From Push to Pull Economies
Push Pull Economy and the role of ‘consumer’

6. From Push to Pull Economies
Push Pull Economy and the role of ‘consumer’

7. From Value Chains to Value Constellations
Company ConsumerCreating Producing Selling Delivering Supporting
How value used to be created

8. From Value Chains to Value Constellations
Stefan Michel

9. From Value Chains to Value Constellations

10. From Value Chains to Value Constellations

11. Overview
• Digital currency
• Scarcity built into it
• Decentralised transaction ledger
Bitcoin and Blockchain

12. Blockchain.info
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Blockchain.info

13. Blockchain.info
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Blockchain.info

14. Blockchain.info
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15. Transactions

16. Transaction visualisation

17. Ledger
shared, digital, sealed, distributed, public, encrypted
Blocks
incremental storage of transaction as blocks to form
an immutable chain
Mining
Consensus confirmation of transaction activity
releasing new currency to be flooded into the system
to keep flow
Primary Principles

18. • Possibility for people to exchange value
without the need for a trusted third party
• Building trust via distributed consensus
• Anyone can join the system
• Security through distributed copies
Primary Principles Image from Ethereum

19. Emergent and potential uses for Blockchain technology
Financial Investments
• Currency
• Bonds
• Equities
• Commodities
• Spending or trading records
• Mortgage / loan records
• Crowd funding
Public Records
• Land registry/ownership
• Vehicle registration
• Business licensing
• Criminal records
• Passports
• Birth certificates
• Voting / voting records
• Buildingpermits
• Government transparency
Private uses
• Contracts
• Signatures
• Wills
• Trusts
Semi-public
• Degrees
• Certificates
• Grades
• HR records
• Medical records
Physical assets
• Home/house
• Cars
• rental property
Emergent applications Extract from Bitcoin Series 24: Mega-Master Blockchain List

20. Block Exchange
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21. Block Exchange – Instructions
What you need:
• 10 Lego bricks
• Stickers to mark 5 Lego
bricks with your initials
• 6 resource cards = 2 sets of 3
cards each or 6 cards of 2
different resources

22. How it works
• 3 rounds of trading, 15 min
each
• Register trades as blocks on the
blockchain
• Per round, one group of miners
(3 people) will solve math
puzzles to earn 25 new blocks
Block Exchange – Instructions

23. How it works
• 3 trading activities at 15 min
each
• Register trades as blocks on the
blockchain
• Per round one group of miners
(3 people) will solve maths
puzzles to earn 25 new blocks
Block Exchange – Instructions

24. How it works
• 3 trading activities at 15 min
each
• Register trades as blocks on the
blockchain
• Per round one group of miners
(3 people) will solve maths
puzzles to earn 25 new blocks
Block Exchange – Instructions
275
75
6
4
2
1
3
Example:
75 - 6 = 69
69 x 4 = 276
276 + 2 = 278
278 x 1 = 278
278 - 3 = 275

25. MINEOILSHEEP WATER WHEAT WOOD
Round 1
Trade with each other.
All resources are worth 1 brick.
Block Exchange – Let’s trade

26. Round 2
Water shortage and war in the middle
east lead to scarcity of some
resources.
Water is now worth 2 bricks and
oil worth 4 bricks.
Others remain 1 brick.
Block Exchange – Let’s trade
WATER
OIL

27. Round 2
Water scarcity and a dry summer lead
to unfruitful harvests.
Wheat and sheep are now
worth 3 bricks.
Other resources back to 1 brick.
Block Exchange – Let’s trade
WHEAT
SHEEP

28. Round 3
Make up any resource or concept
and trade for bricks.
Write your trades on board.
Block Exchange – Let’s trade

29. What forms of value were traded?
What did you learn or find inspiring?
How could this inform new concepts or use cases?
What use scenarios could you envision?
Block Exchange - Reflections

30. BitBarista:https://youtu.be/aac3Vx54F6E

31. KASH Cups: https://youtu.be/6eSVpGiIZfo