The benefits of adopting blockchain technology are both understated and over-hyped. Blockchain has its strongest impact in areas where it can affect how a market works and facilitate value-creation across chains, argues strategy consultancy Emerton in a new report. This makes the energy sector ripe for transformation, but there are significant scalability challenges to overcome.

Digital transformation represents the critical response needed by organisations to meet rising customer expectations, deliver scalable, individualised experiences, and respond to market forces with ever increasing levels of business agility. Digital services and disruptive technologies such as cloud computing, robotics, AI and big data combined with optimised operating models enable organisations to drive innovation and