http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BSC/2016-07+%28July+2016%29+... Agenda: - Review of BSC DG Report outline <http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BSC/Report+from+the+Blockchain+and+Smart+Contracts+Discussion+Group> - Use case <http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/BSC/Use+Cases?src=contextnavchildmode> work Attending: Eve, Matisse, Jeff, Scott, Don, Thomas, Jim, Andrew (from the Kantara LC), John, Colin Lurking *Discussing the outline:* We should ensure that we satisfy the needs of an external audience that shares our purpose too. We could, in part, do this by including a review (John: "environmental scan") of other activities attempting to address some of these issues. The world seems to just be entering the trough of disillusionment. We want to achieve empowerment and the "P2P-ness" in a *functional* sense, even if not in a strictly technical sense. It's a good idea to reference the Kantara vision/mission wording. Jeff suggests: Maybe we shouldn't say "P2P" at all in our goal, because it implies a (technical) technique too strongly. We could illustrate the power imbalance instead by talking about "contracts of adhesion" or simply talk about addressing the power imbalance directly (brute force method!). Eve essays a goal: Solve the use cases, with whatever technologies. This may mean not always using a pure blockchain model if that has certain vulnerabilities, or requires a TTP in the mix, or whatever. We could discuss how blockchain has started to be over-applied to solve problems it perhaps wasn't meant for (the root of the trough-of-disillusionment phenomenon!).

From the chat: Technology cannot solve problems that require management and governance . But technology can provide tools to manage and govern.

Jim shares this link as a resource <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AIuACsbe5B4I438r0vS6dS9jZFZUOBh6uJeGxrwqP4Y/edit> for helping with the first use case. Next time: Continue with the same agenda. *Eve Maler*ForgeRock Office of the CTO | VP Innovation & Emerging Technology Cell +1 425.345.6756 | Skype: xmlgrrl | Twitter: @xmlgrrl *ForgeRock Summits and UnSummits* are coming to <http://summits.forgerock.com/> *Sydney, London, and Paris!*