Research

Research projects

We collaborate with industry partners to research pressing issues and phenomena across the social, data records, and technical dimensions of blockchain technologies. We work with government funding agencies such as Mitacs to match industry funding and advance our practical and theoretical understanding of emerging blockchain applications, challenges and opportunities.

Explore our recent initiatives

Digital Identity Card for the Downtown Eastside

This initiative, in partnership with the UBC i-Lab, will explore the use of blockchain technology in securing digital identity for the homeless population in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver.

Secure Smart Contracts

This project explores the kinds of risks that are materializing in smart contract development and deployment with a view to developing principles and practices for secure smart contract design and development.

Fast P2P Networking for Blockchain

Content about the project Project Team: Chen Feng, Yuwei Guo

Quantum-Safe Blockchain

This research project will create blockchain systems against quantum attacks based on Dr. Feng’s previous research on lattices and quantum security.

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Theoretical Foundation of Blockchain Consensus Protocols

This project will develop a unified theoretical framework that allows us to compare and study the benefits and drawbacks of various blockchain protocols in a systematic way.

Data Sovereignty for Indigenous Sovereignty

The project will facilitate the development of a sovereign data resource management platform for First Nation communities in BC.

GigaBlock Testnet

This research project, in partnership with Bitcoin Unlimited, sets up a global network of Bitcoin mining nodes configured to accept blocks of up to one thousand times larger than the current block size of 1GB.

Strategy and Legitimation in Blockchain Innovations and Multisided Markets

This Mitacs funded research project, in partnership with 6Sensmatic, one of Blockchain@UBC’s industry partners, explores two critical strategic challenges for firms seeking to develop and commercialize blockchain applications.

BC Land Title & Survey Authority (LTSA) Digital ID Design Challenge (DIAC)

The BC Land Titles and Survey Authority (LTSA), working with the Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC) and IdentityNorth (IDN), seeks to gain a clearer understanding of the possible application of blockchain technology to land transaction recording and would like Blockchain@...

Blockchain for Record-keeping in Supply Chain Management

Understanding Contextual and Technical Considerations through an Archival Science Lens

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Blockchain Terminology Database

Developing a database of key blockchain technology terms to articulate and understand the relationship bewteen those terms, to clarify the meaning of those terms, and to promote consistent use of the terms.

Blockchain for Recordkeeping: Help or Hype

This knowledge synthesis will investigate writings in a variety of media showing the potential impact of blockchain technology for use in recordkeeping.

Records in the “Chain”

This research project focuses on blockchain technology as one component of investigating the broader research question “How can emerging technologies be leveraged to benefit Canadians?” As an emerging technology, there is no universally agreed definition of the blockchain, but it is often described...

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