Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond block chain

This report makes a number of recommendations which focus on ministerial leadership, research, standards and the need for proof of concept trials. Secondly, this report is not about Bitcoin. It is about the algorithmic technologies that enable Bitcoin and their power to transform ledgers as tools to record, enable and secure an enormous range of transactions. So the basic block chain approach can be modified to incorporate rules, smart contracts, digital signatures and an array of other new tools.