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DESCRIPTION:Organisations operating in multi-stakeholder environments incre
 asingly require trusted\, verifiable data trails to support transparency\,
  auditability\, compliance and collaboration. While blockchain technology 
 offers compelling capabilities in these settings\, translating its potenti
 al into practical\, sustainable solutions presents significant technical\,
  organisational and institutional challenges\, including limited technical
  capacity\, stakeholder buy-in\, coordination and implementation costs. Dr
 awing on lessons from real-world implementations\, this talk explores prag
 matic architectural approaches and design principles\, including API-first
  integration\, complementing rather than replacing existing systems\, and 
 navigating trade-offs between decentralisation\, trust assumptions and ope
 rational realities. The discussion also considers broader questions of dat
 a sovereignty\, interoperability and digital public infrastructure\, highl
 ighting the opportunities and constraints of deploying blockchain solution
 s in emerging-market contexts.\n\nSpeaker(s): Julian Kanjere\, \n\nVirtual
 : https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/588098
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/588098
ORGANIZER:nnwulu@uj.ac.za
SEQUENCE:58
SUMMARY:Blockchain System Architecture: Design Challenges and Real-World Ap
 plications
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/588098
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: justify\;"><span data-o
 lk-copy-source="MessageBody">Organisations operating in multi-stakeholder 
 environments increasingly require trusted\, verifiable data trails to supp
 ort transparency\, auditability\, compliance and collaboration. While bloc
 kchain technology offers compelling capabilities in these settings\, trans
 lating its potential into practical\, sustainable solutions presents signi
 ficant technical\, organisational and institutional challenges\, including
  limited technical capacity\, stakeholder buy-in\, coordination and implem
 entation costs.&nbsp\;</span>Drawing on lessons from real-world implementa
 tions\, this talk explores pragmatic architectural approaches and design p
 rinciples\, including API-first integration\, complementing rather than re
 placing existing systems\, and navigating trade-offs between decentralisat
 ion\, trust assumptions and operational realities. The discussion also con
 siders broader questions of data sovereignty\, interoperability and digita
 l public infrastructure\, highlighting the opportunities and constraints o
 f deploying blockchain solutions in emerging-market contexts.</p>
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