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Blockchain:From Hype Cycle to
Adoption CycleTheo C. Stratopoulos
School of Accounting and FinanceUniversity of Waterloo
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Disclosure● The views and opinions expressed herein are the personal views and
opinions of the author based on his personal research experience, and do
not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the School of
Accounting and Finance, University of Waterloo or UWCISA.
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Motivation: Are we there yet?The Economist (May 19th 2016) Hype springs eternal
… Normally, it is Simon Taylor’s job to persuade sceptical colleagues at
Barclays that rapid technological change will disrupt the bank’s business.
So it comes as something of a surprise to have to dampen the excitement
about the blockchain. “It’s quite silly. I get ten invitations to speak at a
conference every day,” he says ...
● “The technology will have real impact, but it will take time.”
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Motivation: How to tackle this question?CoinDesk (May 11 2016) State of Blockchain Q1 2016
… As blockchain hype begins to subside and entrepreneurs and organizations get down to the business of implementation and execution, a new debate has emerged over timing. Splitting industry observers is a key question
● Are we just short distance (1-2 years) away from witnessing the radical, transformative effects of blockchain technology?
● Or is five to 10 years a more realistic timeframe before blockchain technology fully matures and achieves wide adoption?”
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What is the adoption cycle?
Competitive Advantage Competitive Necessity
Implications for adopters, vendors, investors, consultants, etc.
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Our objectives● Understand how to leverage various hype cycles to make predictions
about the adoption cycle of any emerging technology.
● Generate our own predictions regarding the time frame before
blockchain technology fully matures and achieves wide adoption.
● Develop a thinking process for justifying/leveraging new (possibly private)
information to fine tune our predictions of the blockchain adoption cycle.
● Leverage our blockchain adoption cycle predictions to develop an
adoption strategy or predict adoption implications for key stakeholders.
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From Hype Cycle to Adoption Cycle
Gartner Hype Cycle (Technology life cycle)
The time from the commencement to peak of hype cycle of the emerging technology reflects approximately one standard deviation in adoption cycle.
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Hype in Google Searches
Cloud Computing: Commencement 2006 with AWS, peak of hype around 2011-12, hence one st. dev. ~ 5 years
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External Events & Adoption Cycle When adoption is related to external events - e.g., tech or market bubble - the time from commencement to peak of hype cycle reflects two, rather than one, st. deviations in adoption cycle.
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Hype in Magazine Articles (ERP)
ERP: Commencement 1992 with SAP R/3, peak of hype around 1999-2000, hence two st. dev. ~ 4 years
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Gartner Hype Cycle: Blockchain is at the Peak
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gartnergroup/2016/08/29/track-three-trends-in-the-2016-gartner-hype-cycle-for-emerging-technologies/#3f4e72e47286
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Worldwide Google Search Interest in Blockchain. Have we reached the top yet?
Spring 2013
Fall 2013 Winter 2014
Summer 2016
Hype in Google Searches
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De Javu● Compare blockchain statement with ERP statement
○ Anderson et al. (2003): In the late 1990s companies treated the ERP
implementation as an opportunity to deal with Y2K and replace
outdated IT systems.
○ Wild et al. 2015 - Financial Times : “ … For big banks, scrambling to
modernise their often outdated IT systems in the face of pressure
from regulators, digital challengers and cyber criminals, blockchain
represents an opportunity to rethink much of what they do.”
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ERP: Book Count
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Blockchain: Book Count
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Startups … 670 in my dataset
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Startups count (new)
Cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Blockchain
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Funding Rounds for Cryptocurrency Startups
Seed Series A Series B
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Funding Rounds for Crypto & Blockchain Start’s
Seed Series A Series B
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Funding Rounds for Blockchain Startups
Seed Series A Series B
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It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future
Yogi Berra
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Blockchain Adoption Cycle in Finance● Commencement
○ Maturity of Startups?○ R3 Consortium?○ Other?
● Adoption Cycle
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Blockchain Adoption Cycle in Accounting
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Google trends: analytics - big data
analytics
big data
2016
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Role of Client Expectations on ADA adoption?
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Google trends: big data - Internet of Things (IoT)
big data
IoT
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ReferencesStratopoulos, T. (2016) Emerging Technology Adoption and Expected Duration
of Competitive Advantage at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2695858 or
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2695858
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It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future
Yogi Berra
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Additional Slides
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Commencement● There must be a public signal indicating that the emerging technology is
available for adoption through a vendor or it has been developed
internally by at least one potential adopter.
● The emerging technology should be a potential source of competitive
advantage.
● The technology must have some inherent barriers to adoption.
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ERP: Log of Book Count
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Blockchain: Log of Book Count