1、 1 Report POTENTIAL USES OF BLOCKCHAIN BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE March 2020 2 This paper was produced by the Value Technology Foundation, a 501 c (3) Think Tank, with: 3 Table of Contents Foreword by Congressman Darren Soto. 4 Introduction . 5 Briefing Requirements . 6 Blockchains Global Imp
2、act . 7 Topic A: Improving Cybersecurity . 11 Topic B: Reducing Single Points of Failure in Emergency Decision Making . 16 Topic C: Blockchain for Improving the Efficiency of Defense Logistics and Supply Chain Operations . 20 Topic D: Enhance the Transparency of Procurement Auditing . 26 Topic E: Ho
3、w Blockchain Disrupts People, Processes, and Industries, and Ancillary Private Sector Use Cases . 30 Conclusion . 34 Appendix A: What is Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)? . 35 Appendix B: Contributors . 39 4 Foreword by Congressman Darren Soto DARREN SOTO 9TH DISTRICT, FLORIDA Cong
4、ress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 WASHINGTON OFFICE 1507 LONGWORTH HOB WASHINGTON, DC 20515 (202) 225-9889 KISSIMMEE DISTRICT OFFICE 804 BRYAN STREET KISSIMMEE, FL 34741 (407) 452-1171 April 1, 2020 To the Value Technology Foundation: To continue its standing as
5、 a world leader in technological innovation, the United States needs to engage with policymakers, the private sector, and academia to promote the research and development of blockchain technology. While China and Russia have invested millions of dollars worth of research and development (R (2) Reduc
6、e single points of failure in emergency and catastrophe decision- making by subjecting decisions to consensus validation through distributed ledger technologies; (3) Improve the efficiency of defense logistics and supply chain operations; (4) Enhance the transparency of procurement auditing; and (5)