Blockchain in Russia
At the beginning of January 2018, 50 legal entities were registered in Russia, the names of which include the word "blockchain." They provide a wide range of services - from additional education for children to software development.
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State Blockchain Development Policy
Main article: State policy on blockchain development in Russia
Russian blockchain technology market
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Blockchain in Russian banks
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Blockchain in Moscow
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Overview of projects and initiatives to use blockchain technologies
2024: Blockchain and AI: A game-changing tech duo
Both technologies - blockchain AI and - are widespread, and each of them, separately, radically changes the work of many sectors. economies The concept of the digital duumvirate of blockchain and AI describes their unique combination: on the one hand, blockchain gives us security, transparency and decentralization of digital transactions; AI, for its part, allows you to create more effective systems through Data Mining and automation of processes, said Shvetsov Daniil, a developer with more than five years of experience, speaker and teacher in universities Russia and international online schools. Learn more here.
2023
Russian universities and scientific organizations have created an infrastructure accessible to everyone to launch commercial blockchain projects
Russian universities and scientific organizations have created an infrastructure accessible to everyone to launch commercial blockchain projects. This was announced at the end of November 2023 at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), which is participating in this initiative. Read more here.
Web3 Tech launches Confidential blockchain platform
Web3 Tech announced on September 18, 2023 the official launch of Confidence, a functional blockchain platform for building state and corporate information systems in a distributed and trusted environment.
This platform combines all the current developments of Tech Web3 in the field of blockchain, cryptography, smart contracts and provides a distributed infrastructure ready for the most demanding projects - from a network layer where network nodes interact, to a layer of applications where automated business processes of customers operate. Read more here.
MIPT Blockchain Department Launches Postgraduate Program on Blockchain Technologies
The Blockchain Department of the Fiztech School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics (FPMI) of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology opens the first recruitment to graduate school on the topic of distributed registers. Postgraduate studies will be the first state curriculum in Russia, which is fully devoted to blockchain direction. The basic organization of the department is the scientific center "Idea." Representatives of the department reported this on August 2, 2023. Read more here.
In Russia, named the 10 most promising blockchain technologies and scenarios for their application
The Institute for Statistical Research and Knowledge Economics of the Higher School of Economics, using its big data analysis system, has identified the most promising directions for the development of blockchain and its application in various industries. The corresponding report was published by experts in early July 2023.
Non-interchangeable NFT tokens are named the most promising direction in the blockchain market due to the fact that signatures, accounts, insurance policies, legal and other documents, as well as video and audio files converted into NFT, cannot be forged. The range of applications of technology that allows you to certify unique ownership of certain assets is wide - from ensuring secure supply chains to creating works of art. In 2024-2025 NFTs will be widely in demand not only in the stock markets and in the insurance sector, but also in other industries, in particular scientific research and creative industries (music, design, video gaming), analysts predict.
The three most prospective blockchain areas include crypto assets and decentralized applications. According to the researchers, electronic money, digital currencies, cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets will gradually displace traditional forms of financial means and securities. Regulators play an increasingly active role in this process. Central banks are creating projects to issue national digital currencies.
One of the types of crypto assets is tokenized assets (seventh place in the HSE ranking), which digitally consolidate the rights to securities and shares. Despite the growing popularity over the past two to three years, the massive introduction of this technology causes many discussions and rests on a number of restrictions. One of the key, for example, is the need for significant infrastructure investments to scale digital assets, experts say.
They also mentioned smart contracts, which provide a transparent connection between creative activity and the monetization of its results. Digital contract and copyright management systems that allow you to limit unauthorized access and distribution of digital content, combat piracy and manage royalty payments, close the top 10 blockchain applications. In three to five years, they are expected to occupy an important place in the creative industries, in particular in the media and entertainment industries.
Solutions based on distributed registry (TPP) technologies, among which blockchain is best known, are used to store information, organize efficient and fast electronic document management, significantly increasing the speed of data exchange, in particular transactions, security and level of trust in information systems and business processes. They are still predominantly niche and in demand primarily in the financial sector (74% of the total number of technology scenarios), power (12%), healthcare (4%), logistics (2%). But the range of industries where such solutions are beginning to be applied is expanding all the time. The technologies under consideration may approach mass implementation by 2030, and the demand for them, according to ISIEZ HSE estimates, in Russia will grow 60 times, reaching 1 trillion rubles. The expected effects predetermine the most demanded areas of research and development in the field of TPP, experts say.
According to them, the high interest in TRR research has brought this group of technologies outside the financial sector. Among the most popular blockchain industry applications on the market were electronic platforms with a very wide range of applications: from logistics, real estate transactions to electronic voting systems and money laundering.[1]
2022
Russian blockchain platform "Masterchain" launched pilot projects in the field of post-quantum cryptography
The company, "Distributed Registry Systems" the Russian blockchain a platform developer "Masterchain" and a developer of complex software solutions on the cyber security basis post-quantum encryption algorithms QApp of entered into a strategic cooperation agreement. The companies are working on creating for quantum-stable blockchain the Russian financial the industry and have launched a number of joint pilot projects, TAdviser representatives of the Distributed Register Systems company said on November 10, 2022. More. here
DK Region joined the experiment on digital mortgages on the Masterchain blockchain platform
On July 5, 2022, it became known that to state a electronic mortgages specialized mortgage coverage depository - was connected to the experiment on testing the distributed registry technology for transmission, notifications and requests. DC Region More. here
Russian Post implemented the exchange of electronic powers of attorney through the FTS blockchain platform
The Federal Tax Service and Russian Post signed a roadmap for testing a unified technology for exchanging machine-readable electronic powers of attorney through the blockchain platform of the Federal Tax Service of Russia. This was announced on June 15, 2022 to TAdviser by representatives of the Russian Post. According to them, the distributed registry network node will start working in Mail. Read more here.
TerraTech and Masterchain will create digital financial assets
TERRA TECH JSC, a company of the Russian Space Systems holding (RKS, part of the Roscosmos State Corporation), and the Distributed Register Systems company (developer and operator of applied services on the Masterchain blockchain platform) entered into a cooperation agreement. This was announced on April 27, 2022 by the Distributed Register Systems company. Read more here.
2021
Russia has developed a new type of blockchain InnoChain
On November 8, 2021, it became known about the creation of a new type of blockchain in Russia. We are talking about the InnoChain system developed at Innopolis University. Read more here.
"VKhZ.31" creates a blockchain platform for fixing emissions CO₂
VKhZ.31 is creating a blockchain platform to fix CO₂ emissions. The plant announced this on June 21, 2021. Read more here.
2020
Fonmix held the first digital deal in Russia to transfer track rights through the IPEX blockchain platform
On September 14, 2020, it became known that FONMIX held the first digital deal in Russia to transfer track rights through the IPEX platform. The presentation of the platform, which is part of the IPChain blockchain infrastructure, was held in the presence of top managers of leading record companies and labels in the country. Read more here.
Microsoft and Waves Enterprise agree on the development of corporate blockchain in Russia
On July 16, 2020, it became known that Microsoft in Russia and the technology company Waves Enterprise agreed on strategic cooperation in the field of development and digital transformation in the corporate segment using blockchain solutions and cloud technologies. The corresponding agreement was signed by Kristina Tikhonova, President of Microsoft in Russia, and Alexander Ivanov, CEO of Web3 Technologies (developer of the Waves Enterprise platform). Read more here.
"Cometrica" created the "Center for Blockchain Competencies"
The Cometrica company (part of ICS Holding) has created a development center using distributed register technology (blockchain) - the Blockchain Competence Center. The company announced this on July 6, 2020. Read more here.
FTS launched a blockchain platform for issuing interest-free loans to small and medium-sized businesses
On April 24, 2020, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) launched a blockchain platform for issuing interest-free loans to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It is intended for the prompt processing of documents on applications of entrepreneurs for a loan at 0% for the payment of salaries. Read more here.
2019
Blockchain will reduce counterfeit turnover by 853 billion rubles
Thanks to the blockchain, it is possible to reduce the counterfeit turnover and the volume of the shadow economy by 853 billion rubles by 2024. This was reported by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications in a document published on the agency's website.
 | In terms of economic development, the introduction of technology will allow... achieve an indirect economic effect, expressed in the form of a reduction in the volume of the shadow economy and the turnover of counterfeit products by ensuring transparency, invariability and automated updating of data, the Prime agency quoted the ministry as saying. |  |
It is assumed that the blockchain will reduce the administrative costs of providing public services. And its introduction into local voting systems should raise the level of public confidence in voting processes by almost a third.
Through the introduction of blockchain, it is planned to reduce the turnover of counterfeit drugs, ensure the security of storage and exchange of personal medical data and increase the availability of financial services for the least affluent segments of the population. According to forecasts of the Ministry of Communications, 100% of the population will use banking services to complete the project.
Also, the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications says that blockchain should contribute to the achievement of a direct economic effect, expressed as the amount of additional revenue and cost reduction due to digitalization of processes, minimizing the number of intermediaries. In this case, we are talking about the amount of 782 billion rubles by 2024, and the total economic effect of using the technology will be 1.635 trillion rubles.
It is expected that the amount of extrabudgetary funding for blockchain development projects in Russia may amount to 50.17 billion rubles until 2024.
About 43% of budget funds are planned to be directed to "Technologies for creating and executing decentralized applications and smart contracts." 50% of the money is proposed to be used to stimulate the implementation of solutions based on this technology in priority industries.[2]
A unified industry register of certificates for metal products based on blockchain may appear in Russia
SAP CIS On September 12, 2019, the company announced that during the International Mining metallurgical Summit SAP , an initiative was announced to create a single industry register of certificates for metal products based on. blockchain More. here
Waves and the Skolkovo Foundation opened an expert non-profit blockchain center
On August 27, 2019, it became known that the Skolkovo Foundation and Waves opened an expert non-profit blockchain center. The center will help introduce distributed registry technologies to large businesses and government agencies, develop the market for projects and products in Russia and abroad. Read more here.
Agreement of Rostec and the Government of the Russian Federation on intentions to jointly develop four high-tech areas
On July 10, 2019, Rostec State Corporation, in the presence of President RFVladimir Putin, signed agreements of intent with the Government of the Russian Federation on the joint development of four high-tech areas - distributed registry technologies, quantum sensors, the latest generations of narrowband wireless communications for the Internet of Things and short and medium range communications, as well as the latest generations of mobile wireless communications (5G) (together with Rostelecom). Read more here.
2018
Russia signed the first contract with housing in a new building on the blockchain
In early February 2018, Rosreestr registered the first agreement on participation in shared construction using blockchain technology . Read more in the article TAdviser Rosreestr is launching a pilot project based on blockchain.
2017
Interros President Vladimir Potanin: Blockchain is Klondike
Everything related to the digital economy, cloud technologies and their maintenance, blockchain technologies seem to be interesting areas in business, said Vladimir Potanin, president of Norilsk Nickel, founder and president of Interros management company. Blockchain technologies are Klondike, he said, because an infinite number of processes can be improved in this way. Read more here
State blockchain platform for knowledge exchange is being created in Russia
On October 5, 2017, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation announced a competition for the creation and launch of a digital knowledge exchange and copyright management platform. The cost of the project is estimated at 90 million rubles.[3]
It is assumed that during the implementation and testing of the project, a bank of intellectual property objects will be formed - scientific and educational content in the amount of at least 10 thousand objects (more...).
Founder of Universa Blockchain will head the educational program of the PRUE named after Plekhanov
September 25, 2017 it became known that the director of the educational program of the PRUE im. Plekhanov "Business acceleration of blockchain projects" will be Alexander Borodich, founder of the VentureClub.ru 's crowd-investing platform and the blockchain platform for building Universa business applications Alexander Borodich.
| | Alexander Borodich's business acceleration program consists of modules of business workshops, individual consultations of experts and mentors, studying successful international and Russian blockchain projects, crash tests and other business events, working to optimize blockchain projects and translate an idea into a real blockchain project, as well as providing an opportunity for working blockchain projects and companies to make a business breakthrough in improving profitability, - said Nadezhda Surova, director of the Institute of Management and Socio-Economic Design of the PRUE named after G.V. Plekhanova. | |
As noted, the director and developer of the program, Alexander Borodich, sets the task of the educational program at the PRUE named after G.V. Plekhanova to train specialists who can create innovative business projects based on blockchain technology. According to him, listeners will create their own blockchain projects, taking into account their investment attractiveness. In general, it is assumed that the acceleration program will allow not only to train a large number of young entrepreneurs to create startups for the blockchain economy, but also to contribute to their intensive development.
Medical records of Russians will be transferred to blockchain
In September 2017, it became known about the plans of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to transfer electronic patient cards in Russian medical institutions to a blockchain-based system. Citizens will be able to independently choose with whom they will share personal information. Read more here.
MEPhI and M9 will open the center for the development of blockchain technologies Mephius
In September 2017 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, NRNU MEPhI) and a group of M9 companies announced the opening of the Mephius Center for the Development of blockchain Technologies at the Institute of Intelligent Cyber Systems of NRNU MEPhI. At the first stage, tens of millions are planned to be invested in the project. rubles[4]
On the part of NRNU MEPhI, representatives of the Institute of Intelligent Cyber Systems Ivan Bulychev and Vlad Samoilov became the initiators of the center. Within the framework of the joint project, M9 acts as an industrial partner and investor.
The main goal of the center is to create and promote its own blockchain platform Mephius, which allows developing on its basis business applications for the real sector of the economy (smart contracts) and issuing cryptographic assets. As specified in the M9, Mephius does not intend to compete with the Ethereum platform.
In addition, individual tasks of the center also include the creation of solutions in the field of secure blockchain technologies, the development of software and hardware cryptographic tools, as well as solutions based on blockchain in combination with artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT ) and Big Data technology .
According to representatives of the M9, NRNU MEPhI, having extensive experience in training specialists in the field of IT, will provide fundamental training for the actively developing digital economy, the development and implementation of blockchain technologies in various sectors of the Russian economy and public administration, including the credit and financial sector, insurance, transport logistics and a number of other areas.
The basis of the staff of the center is 20 people from among the researchers and graduate students of the Institute of Intelligent Cybernetic Systems of NRNU MEPhI. The scientific director of the center is a leading specialist in the field of cryptography, information security and software development Sergey Zapechnikov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Cryptology and Cybersecurity.
In September 2017, the center will open training courses for IT specialists on the basics of blockchain technologies and information security, including an introduction to cryptography.
S7 Airlines and Alfa-Bank organized the world's first sales of air tickets through blockchain
On July 26, 2017, S7 Airlines and Alfa-Bank announced the launch of a blockchain platform for automating trading operations. The system is based on the Ethereum protocol, in which, through smart contracts, information interaction of counterparties is provided when making payments. Read more here.
Tatarstan studies options for introducing blockchain in public administration and finance
As part of the order of the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Kiwi Platform company (a company of the Qiwi group, a resident of Innopolis) conducted a study on the applicability of blockchain technology in public administration. This was reported in July 2017 by the Ministry of Informatization and Communications of Tatarstan. The agency is considering the solutions proposed by Qiwi (read more).
A blockchain consortium has been formed for the infrastructure of mass urban aviation and air taxi
At the MAKS-2017 International Air Show in Moscow, they announced the creation of a technological blockchain consortium for the infrastructure of mass urban aviation and air taxi - Blockchain.Aero. The first aircraft developer to use this technology will be Bartini, a resident company of the Skolkovo technopark. You can read more about this here.
Open blockchain platform Exonum launched in Russia
Russia In, a platform was launched Exonum to help private companies and government agencies safely create solutions and services based on. blockchain The source code for Exonum is available on the product's official website and. Github Developers are free to include, adapt, and extend Exonum source code to meet their objectives.[5]
Blockchain consortium "Emercoin" announced
The innovation center I-Teco"," the development company HashCoins and the international open-source team Emercoin created in May 2017 (blockchain consortium "Emercoin" Emercoin Consortium).
By signing a tripartite cooperation agreement, the founders of the Emercoin Consortium were: the I-Teco Innovation Center, one of the domestic integrators, part of the structure of I-Teco JSC, working with the largest credit and financial institutions (including the top 10 banks), the public sector, transport and retail; HashCoins, a developer of equipment, technologies and software solutions on the blockchain, which owns bitcoins the HashFlare cloud mining service with more than half a million users, and Emercoin Team, an international open-source team of authors-developers of the Emer platform.
Boris Titov proposed using blockchain voting in the presidential election
It is possible to introduce electronic voting in federal elections by March 2018, when the presidential elections are to be held. According to the business ombudsman, by this time the blockchain voting technology can be tested in a couple of regions.
The "Growth Party" domestically tests electronic voting systems based on the Reconciled Register of Operations (DLT) technology. The question is how, subject to the constitutional right of citizens to secret ballot, to certify each individual vote of the voter. This approach to the electoral system in the future could save people from voting at their place of residence and eliminate the problem of electoral fraud. The party plans to submit all its developments to the Central Election Commission (CEC) for consideration.
Pamfilova Ella, head of the CEC, noted that this proposal is interesting and can be implemented. However, she also noted, the introduction of innovations in the electoral process in such a short time is possible only if the laws do not need to be changed - and technical capabilities allow.
IPChain - Bloykchain Rights and Intellectual Property Transaction Network
In April 2017, it became known that in Russia, on the basis of the IPChain platform, it is planned to combine databases of rights to musical, audiovisual works and phonograms of state-accredited collective management organizations (OKUPs) - the Russian Union of Copyright Holders (RSP), the All-Russian Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Russian Author's Society (RAO).
Application of blockchain in the field of procurement
In February 2017, it became known that the RTS-tender company tested the system of unified accreditation of procurement participants on all electronic platforms admitted to 44-FZ and 223-FZ trading. The prototype is implemented on the basis of MultiChain software. The system is built on the principle of a single distributed registry based on blockchain technology, which allows multiple verification of data and the exclusion of their unauthorized changes. All electronic platforms for 44-FZ and 223-FZ can be connected to the platform created by the Information Technology Directorate of the federal electronic platform "RTS-Tender" without restriction free of charge. The unified accreditation system at all sites is expected to significantly expand the ability of suppliers to participate in government and corporate procurement (# [1].
In June 2017, Chief information officer RTS tender Vladimir Grigorenko in an interview with TAdviser spoke about the prospects for the use of blockchain technology in the field of procurement.
2016
The first non-profit blockchain fund appeared in Russia
The first non-profit organization in Russia to promote the development of blockchain technology, the Blockchain Fund, announced the start of its work in November 2016.
Vladislav Martynov invests in the social platform blockchain
In September 2016, it became known that together with businessmen Dmitry Buterin and Ameer Rosic, Vladislav Martynov invested in the creation of the global social platform BlockGeeks, which will unite blockchain professionals and help companies developing projects based on this technology, find appropriate specialists.
Russian scientists are creating a drone control system based on blockchain technology
Scientists from the University ITMO , together with the Airlab team, are working on a Drone Employee unmanned aerial vehicle control project, Drone which themselves conclude "smart contracts" for the task. The developers took blockchain (block chain) technology as a basis - a distributed register for data storage events in the digital world. Until now, this technology has been used only in the economy: for example, it underlies one of the types of digital currency -. cryptocurrencies
Researchers have found a new use for blockchain and its complementary platform. In Ethereum it, the domestic currency is not the equivalent of money, but the "fuel" for the operation of network nodes, the relationship between which is formalized in the form of "smart contracts." It can look like this: one of the nodes sends a certain amount of currency to the desired address, information about this is entered in the blockchain, the other node "sees" it and launches the executable code. Thus, scientists want to build a network in which robots they themselves will ensure that everyone correctly follows the instructions#[6]
The project manager, assistant to the Department of Management Systems and Informatics ITMO Sergey Lonshakov believes that on the basis of the blockchain it is possible to create not just information, but information and economic systems that will unite all participants in the developing Internet of Things market .
"Today, almost all solutions for combining smart devices are centralized. If we build communications between them through the "cloud," then we have to learn the central node to speak the language of each of these smart devices. It is expensive, in addition, it is unsafe: it is worth combining the energy network with the microwave, in which the developer laid the wrong parameter, and we will get a blackout, - explains Sergey Lonshakov. - We were thinking about how to popularize among ordinary users the idea of creating a decentralized autonomous organization for controlling smart devices, and we caught the eye of a Business Insider report on the growth of the drone market. Only in 2013-2014 we saw the emergence of the mass market of drones, and now it is undergoing dramatic changes: improvements occur almost every six months - the flight range and autonomy increase. Therefore, we chose drones, and Ethereum and blockchain allow the use of smart contracts that remove intermediaries and guarantee the implementation of instructions. "
Creation of a consortium in Russia
On July 1, 2016, large Russian financial companies announced the creation of a consortium for the development of blockchain. The statement was made at the International Financial Congress, which was held in St. Petersburg from June 29 to July 1, 2016.
The consortium, which will research and implement blockchain and cryptotechnology, includes companies such as QIWI, Accenture, Binbank, MDM Bank, Otkritie Bank and Tinkoff Bank. A memorandum was signed between them.
The announced blockchain consortium will be the first platform in Russia for companies to work together within the framework of distributed technologies. The organization will create and implement the most promising technological solutions in the field of financial services.
In particular, the companies will conduct joint developments, create a test platform for blockchain prototypes, standardize technologies and form technology access points for all market participants.
In addition, representatives of the consortium set themselves the tasks of technological harmonization of Russian and foreign blockchain developments, the creation of a single communication platform open to participants and the regulator, as well as increasing the level of knowledge and public confidence in blockchain-based financial instruments.
| | Blockchain technology promises to significantly supplement, and possibly change, the existing ways of operating the financial market, implementing new effective models of interaction between its participants, increasing the availability and reliability of financial services and reducing their cost to consumers. The potential of blockchain technology is best revealed precisely in its joint use by a wide range of participants. Therefore, we welcome and support the creation of a consortium uniting the largest innovative companies in the Russian financial market, - says Artem Asanov, Managing Director of Accenture's Russian financial market practice | |
The first blockchain laboratory in Russia was opened at Perm University
At the Faculty of Economics of Perm State National Research University, blockchain technology is being investigated and improved. The development will be carried out in the Laboratory of Crypto-Economics and Blockchain Systems by scientists and students from Russia, Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland. The laboratory of the Faculty of Economics of PGNIU was the first such in Russia.
"Blockchain systems are similar to e-mail, but in them, if simplified, instead of letters, money transfers, copyrights and other claims can be sent. At the same time, this does not require the presence of a single center - the nodes of the system independently verify transactions through the use of cryptography tools. The functioning of such decentralized systems will help significantly simplify calculations between organizations, individuals and devices on the Internet of Things, significantly simplify access to financial instruments, "says Sergey Ivliev, head of the laboratory, candidate of economic sciences, associate professor of PGNIU, about the technology gaining popularity in the world.
Research at the Faculty of Economics of PGNIU is aimed at creating mathematical models and at the practical use of blockchain systems and smart contracts for solving applied problems, such as interbank and exchange settlements, financial settlements in international holdings and groups, open electronic voting, confirmation of copyright for digital content and electronic notary. One of the main activities of the laboratory is also modeling the microstructure of the financial markets of crypto assets.
In addition to Sergei Ivliev, the international team of the laboratory includes the founder of Economic Networks (Germany) Ben Kords, professor at the University of Essex (Great Britain) Richard Olsen, and Vera Sukhanovskaya, a graduate student of the Economics Department of PSNIU. The research will be conducted with the support of Lykke (Switzerland).
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