We have chaired the French commission of the ISO Blockchain Technical Committee since 2016. The key question raised by the blockchain is that of trust. Better understanding between the players in a chain of trust is what is made possible by the choice of a common vocabulary and usage rules through standardization.

The Blockchain standardization committee brings together the actors concerned, who define by consensus among the participants, the priorities to be given according to their specific needs and interests. Currently, the parties have defined the following priorities :

– terminology: defining what is meant by blockchain (in technical, legal terms), agreeing on the necessary vocabulary, taxonomy.

– architecture/modeling: conceptualize the architecture of a blockchain development starting from use cases, distinguish the network/service layers, allow the definition of a functional model between actors and interfaces according to information exchanges, avoid technology fragmentation, verify that the model allows all existing representations.

The blockchain standardization committee covers the same field of activity as the ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and electronic distributed ledger technologies.

“In 2016, ISO launched a project to standardize the blockchain. The objective is to help develop this technology by providing the necessary confidence, without hindering technical innovation. France is one of the most active countries among the 59 participating countries. »