Blockchain Standards

This chapter provides an introduction of standards and an overview of initiatives of blockchain standards. It discusses the progress and plan of blockchain standards in the international, regional, and industrial levels. It introduces the landscape of blockchain standard projects in international and national SDOs as well as some industrial alliances. Blockchain standards may be broadly categorized into two groups: one is the application‐oriented standards describing how to use blockchain for a given application that mostly fall into verticals, the other is technology‐oriented standards defining various technical aspects of blockchain components, protocols, and interoperability. Besides international SDOs, there are a number of regional, national, and industrial blockchain standards are published or under development. They are connected with ISO, ITU‐T, and/or IEEE through membership or liaison relationships. Blockchain is a technology stack where innovative mechanisms and digital solutions can be built upon.