Propose Requirements and Architecture for an Enterprise Grade Blockchain Platform

Project Description

TASK

Propose requirements and architecture for a blockchain platform to be regarded as a solid enterprise grade solution with best capabilities in the market.

Note: We know very well why need to develop a new blockchain and have many "killer" features that none of the existing blockchains has. The goal of this project is to find out if we missed something important.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

We are building the next generation high-performance scalable blockchain platform with security protocols and smart contracts designed with the express purpose to meet an immense business scope with focus on the consumer markets (retail, consumer goods and services, logistics, etc). The enterprise-grade distributed ledger cloud platform will help to increase business velocity, create new revenue streams, and reduce cost and risk by securely extending enterprise SaaS and on-premises applications to drive tamper-resistant transactions on a trusted business network.

Our blockchain platform will support public and private blockchains and be able to customize different blockchains for different applications. We will constantly provide common modules on the underlying infrastructure for different kinds of distributed scenarios (direct-to-consumer marketplace, product authenticity and provenance tracking, supply chain and inventory management, customer loyalty and rewards, trade promo management, trade finance, etc). Based on specific scenario requirements, we will continue to develop new common modules.

We value the expansion of the ecosystem which operates across chains, systems, industries and applications. With a range of protocols and modules, data and information will be connected to support various business scenarios. Our goal is to build the underlying blockchain infrastructure to bridge the real world and the distributed digital world. With this, companies from different industries will be able to develop applications for a range of scenarios and collaborate with other entities on the platform. We laid the foundation of the thriving ecosystem, having partnered with dozens of dynamic disruptors and established leaders in the consumer and blockchainindustries.

We initially aimed to build a single distributed application (distributed app or dApp) - a direct-to-consumer marketplace. In the process of refining the go-to-market strategy the team interacted with 100+ C-level executives from largest companies in the consumer industries (retailers, CPG, logistic providers, etc.) and verified an overwhelming interest to both the direct-to-consumer marketplace and other promising distributed applications (product authenticity and provenance tracking, supply chain and inventory management, customer loyalty and rewards, trade promo management, trade finance, warranties, etc). 

Our existing whitepaper (enclosed) is devoted to the direct-to-consumer marketplace application. Our ambition has evolved from developing a single dApp (direct-to-consumer marketplace) to building an enterprise grade blockchain platform for building dApps (3rdparty or inhouse developed) for the consumer markets.

PROBLEMS TO SOLVE

1.   Propose requirements for a blockchain platform to be regarded as a solid enterprise grade solution with best capabilities in the market.

• Performance / Enterprise-grade workloads (transactions per second, latency, etc)
• Scalability
• Reliability
• Resiliency
• Security
• Compliance with regulation 
• Industry standards
• etc..

2.   Provide detailed specifications for the blockchain platform elements. 

• Multichain (private / public blockchains)
• Cross-chain interactions
• Consensus algorithms
• Permissioned / permissionless 
• Sharding
• Account management (EOS style)
• Modules
• APIs / Integration with existing enterprise systems
• Protocols
• etc..

WHO WE NEED

• Enterprise architect with 10+ years of experience in building complex systems and products for large enterprises
• Deep understanding of advantaged and disadvantages of public and private blockchains (both existing and under development)
• Vision on how to build the best-in-class blockchain platform applicable for enterprises
• Out-of-the-box and creative mindset

DELIVERABLES 

• Internal technical document suited for blockchain developers to start development of the blockchain platform.
• External technical document aimed to convince CTOs/CIOs in large enterprises to use our blockchain platform as the most advanced and ready-to-use enterprise-grade solution.