Standards
IEEE recognizes the vital role standards will play in the development and adoption of blockchain technologies. IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA), a globally recognized standards-setting body within IEEE, has been actively pursuing blockchain standardization efforts through various activities in multiple industry sectors, including the launch of the world's first Advancing HealthTech for Humanity™ virtual blockchain workshop.
The IEEE Blockchain Initiative will collaborate with IEEE SA to further develop and progress blockchain related standards.
Recent standards activities related to Blockchain include:
- IEEE Blockchain Conformity Assessment Program
- IEEE Blockchain for Clinical Trials EU Forum Brings Focus on Empowering Patients
- IEEE Initiative to Build Consensus on Optimizing Clinical Trials and Enhancing Patient Safety with Blockchain
- IEEE Releases Findings from First Detailed Study of Blockchain Adoption in the Pharmaceutical Enterprise
- IEEE Driving Collaboration on Advancing Blockchain Adoption Within the Pharmaceutical Industry
Industry Connections:
- IC17-002-01: Digital Inclusion through Trust and Agency (DITA)
- IC17-012-01: Supply Chain & Trials Standardized Technology and Implementation (PDF, 626 KB)
- IC17-017-01: Blockchain Asset Exchange (PDF, 386 KB)
- IC20-005: Global Initiative on Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic Surveillance
- IC20-022: Disaster Recovery for Blockchain Nodes and Enterprise Workloads
Published Standards:
- 2140.1-2020 - IEEE Standard for General Requirements for Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- 2140.2-2021 - IEEE Standard for Security Management for Customer Cryptographic Assets on Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- 2140.4-2023 - IEEE Standard for Distributed/Decentralized Exchange Framework Using Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
- 2140.5-2020 - IEEE Standard for a Custodian Framework of Cryptocurrency
- 2142.1-2021 - IEEE Recommended Practice for E-Invoice Business Using Blockchain Technology
- 2143.1-2020 - IEEE Standard for General Process of Cryptocurrency Payment
- 2144.1-2020 - IEEE Standard for Framework of Blockchain-based Internet of Things (IoT) Data Management
- 2146.1-2022 - IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Entity-Based Risk Mutual Assistance Model through Blockchain Technology
- 2418.2-2020 - IEEE Standard Data Format for Blockchain Systems
- 2418.7-2021 - IEEE Standard for the Use of Blockchain in Supply Chain Finance
- 2418.10-2022 - IEEE Standard for Blockchain based Digital Asset Management
- 3205-2023 - IEEE Standard for Blockchain Interoperability Data Authentication and Communication Protocol
- 3801-2022 - IEEE Standard for Blockchain-based Electronic Contracts
Standards Under Development:
- P2140.3 - Standard for User Identification and Anti-Money Laundering on Cryptocurrency Exchanges
- P2141.1 - Standard for the Use of Blockchain in Anti-Corruption Applications for Centralized Organizations
- P2141.2 - Standard for Transforming Enterprise Information Systems from Centralized Architecture into Blockchain-based Decentralized Architecture
- P2141.3 - Standard for Transforming Enterprise Information Systems from Distributed Architecture into Blockchain-based Decentralized Architecture
- P2143.2 - Standard for Cryptocurrency Payment Performance Metrics
- P2143.3 - Standard for Risk Control Requirements for Cryptocurrency Payment
- P2144.2 - Standard for Functional Requirements in Blockchain-based Internet of Things (IoT) Data Management
- P2144.3 - Standard for Assessment of Blockchain-based Internet of Things (IoT) Data Management
- P2145 - Standard for Framework and Definitions for Blockchain Governance
- P2146.2 - Standard for External Data Retrieval of Blockchain for Risk Mutual Assistance Model
- P2418.1 - Standard for the Framework of Blockchain Use in Internet of Things (IoT)
- P2418.3 - Standard for the Framework of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Use in Agriculture
- P2418.5 - Standard for Blockchain in Energy
- Access the P2418.5 Working Group website
- P2418.6 - Standard for the Framework of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Use in Healthcare and the Life and Social Sciences
- Access the P2418.6 Working Group website
- P2418.8 - Standard for Blockchain Applications in Governments
- P2418.9 - Standard for Cryptocurrency Based Security Tokens
- P2418.11 - Framework for Use of Distributed Ledger Technology in Security of Electronic Voting (e-Voting) Systems
- P2677.1 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Overarching Framework
- P2677.10 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Access to Personal Data
- P2677.11 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Access to Telecommunications Data
- P2677.12 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Access to Transportation Data
- P2677.20 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Requirements for Blockchain Infrastructure
- P2677.21 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Requirements for Peer-to-Peer Storage Infrastructure
- P2677.22 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Requirements for Grid Computing Infrastructure
- P2677.30 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Personal Application Programming Interface
- P2677.31 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Healthcare Application Programming Interface
- P2677.32 - Standard for Blockchain-based Omnidirectional Pandemic/epidemic Surveillance: Government Application Programming Interface
- P2958 - Standard for a Decentralized Identity and Access Management Framework for Internet of Things
- P2963 - Data Formats for Smart Legal Contracts
- P3201 - Standard for Blockchain Access Control
- P3202 - Standard for Capability Evaluation Requirements of Blockchain Practitioners
- P3203 - Standard for Blockchain Interoperability Naming Protocol
- P3204 - Standard for Blockchain Interoperability - Cross Chain Transaction Consistency Protocol
- P3206 - Standard for Blockchain-based Digital Asset Classification
- P3207 - Standard for Blockchain-based Digital Asset Identification
- P3208 - Standard for Blockchain-based Digital Asset Exchange Model
- P3209 - Standard for Blockchain Identity Key Management
- P3210 - Standard for Blockchain-based Digital Identity System Framework
- P3211 - Standard for Blockchain-based Electronic Evidence Interface Specification
- P3212 - Standard for Blockchain System Governance Specification
- P3214 - Standard for Testing Specification of Blockchain Systems
- P3216 - Standard for Blockchain Service Capability Evaluation
- P3217 - Standard for Application Interface Specification for Blockchain Systems
- P3218 - Standard for Using Blockchain for Carbon Trading Applications
- P3219 - Standard for Blockchain-based Zero-Trust Framework for Internet of Things (IoT)
- P3220 - Guide for the Application of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Based Digital Asset
- P3221 - Standard for Technical Requirements of Digital Collection Services Based on Blockchain Technologies
- P3222 - Standard for the Reference Architecture of Blockchain as a Service
- P3223 - Standard for the Reference Architecture of Blockchain Fusion Server
- P3224 - Standard for Blockchain-based Green Power Identification Application
- P3225 - Standard for Using Blockchain in Low Carbon Zones Evaluation
- P3226 - Standard for Trusted Data Circulation based on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT)
- P3800 - Standard for a data-trading system: overview, terminology and reference model
- P3802 - Standard for Application Technical Specification of Blockchain-based E-Commerce Transaction Evidence Collecting
- P3803 - Standard for Household Appliance Customer Data Assetization and Commercialization Requirements
- P3806 - Standard for Blockchain-based Hepatobiliary Disease Data Extraction and Exchange
IEEE SA Events & Conferences
For a full list of upcoming standards events, visit the IEEE SA Events page.
Blockchain for Agriculture
Past Events
Blockchain For Agriculture Forum
28-29 November 2018 | Honolulu, Hawaii
Blockchain for Clinical Trials
From a global perspective, the application of blockchain technologies in the context of clinical research is broad and promising. Tracking the complex data flow with numerous diverse stakeholders, and documenting it in real-time through a timestamping workflow, is a key step towards proving data consistency and inviolability, and will hence improve clinical trial methodology. The Blockchain for Clinical Trials Insights Program is a multi-phase eye-opening learning program that will introduce and evaluate blockchain applications for clinical trials while examining the impact of convergence of emerging technologies such as IoT and AI and blockchain for optimizing the process.
Learn more about Blockchain for Clinical Trials
Past Events
Blockchain For Clinical Trials Forum – Europe
13-15 November 2018 – Glasgow, Scotland
Wearables & Medical Interoperability Workshop (WAMIII)
25 April 2018 – Washington DC Area
Blockchain for Clinical Trials Optimization Forum
12 February 2018 | Orlando, FL
Blockchain – The Game Changer in the Optimization and Efficacy of Clinical Trials
Live Webcast – View On Demand Recording (YouTube)
Pharma Supply Blockchain
The Pharma Supply Blockchain Forum is the first in a series of transformative events presenting a non-biased, educational program with the goal of developing a roadmap for advancing adoption of blockchain technology in the pharmaceutical enterprise. Throughout this Forum participants get a comprehensive understanding of the benefits and challenges of employing a blockchain solution on the pharmaceutical supply chain.
Learn more about Pharma Supply Blockchain
Past Events
The State of Blockchain Adoption on the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
Meeting the FDA’s DSCSA Serialization Guidelines with Blockchain
Live Webcast: 6 December 2017 @ 2:00 PM ET
“Cutting to the Trace with Blockchain” Workshop
8 November 2017 | Washington DC
held during the 8th annual HDA Traceability Seminar
Pharma Supply Blockchain Forum
6 June 2017 | Johns Hopkins University, Rockville, MD
Live Webinar: Securing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain with Blockchain
9 May 2017 @ 1:00 PM ET
Live Webcast – View On Demand Recording (YouTube)
Related Events
See below for additional IEEE SA Blockchain-related events.
Past Events
IEEE Blockchain Summit at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering
4 April 2017 | Vancouver
A Landscape View of Applications & Considerations of Blockchain Across Industries
April 2017
IEEE Security & Privacy on the Blockchain (IEEE S&B)
29 April 2017
Governance and Engagement in Global Blockchain Development (Report) (PDF, 513 KB)
20 March 2017 | Allahabad, India
Advancing HealthTech for Humanity™ Virtual Blockchain Workshop
22 September – 21 October 2016
IEEE SA Blockchain on Slack
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