ABOUT BUNDESBLOCK
The German Blockchain Association (Bundesblock) was founded on the 29th of June 2017 by the blockchain community in Germany. The non-profit association quickly grew to more than sixty members, among them the leading startups in the blockchain sector with a base in Germany.
ABOUT BUNDESBLOCK
The German Blockchain Association (Bundesblock) was founded on the 29th of June 2017 by the blockchain community in Germany. The association quickly grew to more than sixty members, among them the leading startups in the blockchain sector with a base in Germany.
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OUR MISSION
The German Blockchain Association believes that blockchain and similar decentralized technologies based on cryptography are fundamental to digital infrastructure innovation. The association’s initiatives focus on education both for decision makers in politics and industry-leading corporations, as well as the broader public. It maintains blockchain adoption is necessary to keep Germany competitive in an increasingly digital world and that the technology can only flourish if it’s recognized by politics, society and institutions as well as used by the latter two.
CORE DEMANDS
CORE DEMANDS
Blockchain technology can only flourish if it’s recognized by politics, society and institutions. We help politics on both the federal and local levels to:
1. create innovation-friendly legal certainty in civil law, taxation and regulation in order to establish Germany as an attractive business location for the Blockchain ecosystem.
2. use blockchain technology in the public sector.
3. deploy at least one public register with blockchain technology by 2020.
4. recognize blockchain-based trust services, time stamp services, identity services and electronic signatures.
5. open up legally prescribed interfaces for electronic data information or data provision to other market participants towards blockchain technology.
6. promote education and science on the topic of blockchain.
7. form a Blockchain Enquete Commission to investigate how the achievements of the democratic constitutional state can be transported into the digital age with the help of blockchain technology.
Blockchain technology can only flourish if it’s recognized by politics, society and institutions, which is why it calls for a federal association to:
1. create innovation-friendly legal certainty in civil law, taxation and regulation in order to establish Germany as an attractive business location for the Blockchain ecosystem.
2. use blockchain technology in the public sector.
3. deploy at least one public register with blockchain technology by 2020
4. recognize blockchain-based trust services, time stamp services, identity services and electronic signatures.
5. open up legally prescribed interfaces for electronic data information or data provision to other market participants towards blockchain technology.
6. promote education and sciencific research on the topic of blockchain
7. form a Blockchain Enquete Commission to investigate how the achievements of the democratic constitutional state can be transported into the digital age with the help of blockchain technology.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
View the first press conference
Download position paper in German
Florian Glatz
President
blockchain.lawyer
Florian Glatz
President
blockchain.lawyer
Irene Adamski
Secretary-General
Irene Adamski
Secretary-General
Joachim Lohkamp
Treasurer
Founder and CEO of Jolocom
Joachim Lohkamp
Treasurer
Founder and CEO of Jolocom
Katarina Adam
HTW Berlin
Katarina Adam
HTW Berlin
Markus Büch
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management Berlin
Markus Büch
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management Berlin
Frank Wagner
INVAO
Frank Wagner
INVAO
Martin Kreitmair
Auditor at Bundesblock
CEO of Tangany GmbH
Martin Kreitmair
Auditor at Bundesblock
CEO of Tangany GmbH
Marcus Ewald
Chairman of the Political Advisory Board
Marcus Ewald
Chairman of the Political Advisory Board
Manuel Höferlin
FDP
Manuel Höferlin
FDP
Dieter Janecek
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Dieter Janecek
Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Thomas Jazombek
CDU
Thomas Jazombek
CDU
Petra Sitte
Die Linke
Petra Sitte
Die Linke
Jens Zimmermann
SPD
Jens Zimmermann
SPD
BECOME A MEMBER
The Federal Association represents the interests of the entire Blockchain Community in Germany. The three most important requirements for membership are:
1. the core activity of the applicant’s company is primarily based on Blockchain,
2 the applicant is willing and able to make a positive contribution to the achievement of the purpose of the association,
3. support for the application for membership by an existing member.