Smart contracts are digital agreements that trigger when pre-defined conditions are met. Oracles verify real world data, like weather or flight status, that are fed to smart contracts.
Supply Chain
Mining
Off-chain middleware that connects the blockchain to other tech, mitigating slow transaction times on public blockchains. This will be key scalability.
Social/Entertainment
AML/KYC Compliance
These companies trace the flow of raw materials and goods from source to current status to final destination. Common applications include retail, shipping, luxury goods, and pharmaceuticals.
Forensic services that help with Anti-Money Laundering and Know-Your-Customer Compliance.
Social media, sports, e-sports, gaming, and social networking.
B2B Payments
Developers’ Tools
Payment and remittance services for business to business
Identity/Authentication
Blockchain
Investing/Trading
Consumer funding, investing, trading services and protocols.
These are developers' tools for building blockchain apps - or Dapps- and services. This includes developers’ platforms for industry-specific (e.g. retail or supply chain) app building.
These companies identify individuals so that they can access services like healthcare or web services. Some companies authenticate accounts so you can verify who you are sending money and data to.
Cryptocurrency exchange markets where consumers can buy fiat-to-coin or coin-to-coin or tokens. Most have their own wallets.
Clearing/Settlement
P2P Lending
Banking
Asset Rights Management
Clearing and settlement services for financial transactions.
Peer-to-Peer Lending enables individuals to borrow and lend cryptocurrency.
Consumer banking services, including ATMs.
Creators can manage their copyrighted digital content and assets, including photos and music.
Audits
eCommerce
Enterprise Internet of Things solutions include companies working on supply chain management tracking or smart contracts for IoT devices.
Healthcare
Exchanges
This includes retail apps, retail supply chain, or retail developers’ platform.
Merchant Services
This includes telemedicine, AI image analysis, and credential/identity authentication.
Services that help merchants accept cryptocurrency and offer loyalty programs.
Financial transaction records for audits.
Storage
Governance
Systems in which a provider stores a file and proves storage via periodic challenges, Proof of Replication (PoRep), or PoST (Proofs of Space) Time.
Companies that mine or sell mining hardware and cloud mining services
This includes voting services for governments, HOAs, Board of Directors. Some companies offer the ability to create a decentralized borderless nation.
Energy
IoT
Forecasting
Web/Ads
Online services and hardware vault wallets that enable consumers store cryptocurrency and make payments.
Mostly peer-to-peer energy trading.
These companies offer prediction markets on events from weather to financial markets.
This includes advertising network services and a web browser.
Wallets
Smart Contracts/ Oracles
These companies work on distributed ledgers for public or private blockchains.
Sidechain