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The Transparency Challenge of Blockchain in Organizations

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Sedlmeir, Johannes ; Lautenschlager, Jonathan ; Fridgen, Gilbert ; Urbach, Nils:
The Transparency Challenge of Blockchain in Organizations.
In: Electronic Markets. Vol. 32 (2022) . - pp. 1779-1794.
ISSN 1422-8890
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-022-00536-0

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Projektgruppe WI BLockchain-Labor
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This position paper discusses the challenges of blockchain applications in businesses and the public sector related to an excessive degree of transparency. We first point out the types of sensitive data involved in different patterns of blockchain use cases. We then argue that the implications of blockchains’ information exposure caused by replicated transaction storage and execution go well beyond the often-mentioned conflicts with the GDPR’s “right to be forgotten” and may be more problematic than anticipated. In particular, we illustrate the trade-off between protecting sensitive information and increasing process efficiency through smart contracts. We also explore to which extent permissioned blockchains and novel applications of cryptographic technologies such as self-sovereign identities and zero-knowledge proofs can help overcome the transparency challenge and thus act as catalysts for blockchain adoption and diffusion in organizations.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: Confidentiality; Data protection; Digital wallet; Distributed ledger technology; Privacy; Verifiable computation
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Professor Information Systems and Digital Energy Management
Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Professor Information Systems and Digital Energy Management > Professor Information Systems and Digital Energy Management - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > Branch Business and Information Systems Engineering of Fraunhofer FIT
Research Institutions > Affiliated Institutes > FIM Research Center for Information Management
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Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 000 Computer Science, information, general works > 004 Computer science
300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2022 10:38
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2023 12:25
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/68990