“Growth in membership continues to exceed our expectations,” said Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger. “2018 looks very promising for production deployments, and I think we’re just on the edge of this technology as part of a new Internet stack that will significantly impact the way we conduct business and society. We very much look forward to working with these new members.”
The agreement with Hyperledger foresees including blockchain technologies into the University’s curricula and development this research field. VGTU Vice-rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Antanas Čenys believes that blockchain technologies are not only for research in IT, but an interesting focus area for research in other fields as well.
“It is a very interesting field of research in social sciences as well, because, in a way, blockchain is a social technology, which will change our behaviour. Therefore, I believe that research in areas of application of blockchain technologies and where this might lead us has a lot of potential. Blockchain in itself is an interdisciplinary subject, for example, finance and IT specialists work together when the technology is applied in finance (FinTech), lawyers and IT specialists – when applied in LegalTech. Of course, from a technical point of view, IT plays a major role, but social aspects, creativity, innovation are the focus of research in social sciences,” said A. Čenys.
