Information surfacing from a blockchain event in London suggests the EEA will soon release blockchain standards for the growing ecosystem.
If rumors surfacing from London's recent Blockchain Expo are true, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance[1] (EEA) might be about to take its next big step toward helping its roughly 450 member companies get the most out of their Ethereum experience. As the consortium puts it, the EEA seeks to provide "resources for businesses to learn about Ethereum and leverage this groundbreaking technology to address specific industry use cases."
According to reports[2], ConsenSys chief of staff and EEA board member Jeremy Millar said the EEA intends to release an unknown number of common standards for the blockchain later this year.
Although the EEA lists leveraging existing standards on its website[3] as a main part of its vision, the nature of blockchain technology doesn't always fit into existing standards models, much in the same way that data privacy doesn't always neatly align with existing privacy laws.
Larger standards bodies, such as the International Organization for Standardization[4] and Standards Australia[5], have already expressed the importance of having common rules for emerging distributed ledger technology (DLT); creating organizational standards for EEA members has long been a goal[6] for those wishing to stay the Ethereum course[7].
Although details surrounding the comments from London earlier today are sparse at best, the EEA did confirm to ETHNews that it has "a series of announcements coming up." Incoming EEA executive director Ron Resnick had previously stated[8]:
"As executive director, my focus is to drive the further development of Ethereum-based technology best practices, open standards and open-source reference
