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Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

(MOSTI)

22 National Blockchain Roadmap 2021-2025


O Hak Milik Kerajaan Malaysia
National Blockchain
Roadmap
2021-2025

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22 National Blockchain Roadmap 2021-2025
National Blockchain Roadmap 2021-2025

CONTENTS
Executive Summary 01 3.5 Malaysia Blockchain 14 CHAPTER 5 - Building 25
Adoption Scenario Blockchain Ecosystem
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction 04
Ecosystem Enablers 25
1.1 Background 04 3.5.1 Awareness level 14
Blockchain Acceleration 25
CHAPTER 2 - Blockchain 05 3.5.2 Perception towards 15 Hub (BAH)
Technology Overview Blockchain
5.3.2.2 Malaysia Blockchain 25
2.1 Chapter Objective 05 3.5.3 Malaysia Blockchain 17 Infrastructure (MBI)
Activities
2.2 Value Propositions 05 6.1.2 Malaysia’s Position in 32
3.5.4 Perceived Blockchain 18 World Trade and Trade
2.2.1 Trustlessness 05 Adoption Barriers Efficiency
2.2.2 Transparency 05 CHAPTER 4 - Strategic Areas 19 6.3 Possible Scenarios for 34
2.2.3 Immutability 05 for National Blockchain Blockchain in Malaysia
Development
CHAPTER 3 - Use Cases for Vaccine Management and 39
Blockchain Technology 06 4.3 Strategic Areas 21 Certification Ecosystem
2.2.4 Privacy 06 4.3.1 Asset tracking 21
2.2.5 Security 06 4.3.2 Document 22
3.1 Chapter Objective 06 management
4..3.3 Workflow 22
3.2 Blockchain Global Trend 06 management
Adoption of Blockchain 07 4.3.4 Use Case Selection 23

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Executive Summary
currencies and digital asset, which we Competitiveness & Growth through
consider beyond the remit and scope cohesive strategic collaboration
of this document. with National Blockchain Roadmap
Strategic Framework as guideline
Blockchains will be a critical (refer Figure 1.1).

T he National Blockchain Roadmap


is at the helm to steer Malaysia to
drive factor in Malaysia’s digital
transformation, which can
effectively undertaken and managed
be

embrace the Blockchain 2.0, i.e. through five ecosystem building


beyond the crypto-currency, and blocks, in particular Collaboration,
angle at solution to business issues Amplifier, Talent, Legal & Governance,
ranging from fraud management to and Enablers, abbreviated as CATLE.
supply-chain monitoring to identity While acknowledging the advantages
verification, that can potentially of blockchain technologies, several
increase efficiency and reduce costs. challenges must be addressed to
MOSTI has engaged with various unleash the full potential of blockchain
stakeholders, ranging from industry, besides leveraging on existing strengths
academy, government agencies and for blockchain. This roadmap outlines
NGOs to develop Malaysia’s National 20 initiatives and 10 government-led
Blockchain Roadmap with action core programmes for each of the 5
plans to embrace the blockchain ecosystem building blocks in five years’
technology and proliferate its potential time span to energise and vitalise the
in a wide spectrum of industries. Note prevalence momentum in Malaysia,
however there is no discussion of or and strengthen Malaysia leadership
advocacy for blockchain crypto- position in Blockchain for Economic

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Strengthen Malaysia leadership position in
Blockchain for Economy Competitiveness & Growth
through cohesive strategic collaboration & synergisation

5 Ecosystem Building Block Legal &


Collaboration Amplifier Talent Governanace Enabler

Government
Industry
Society

20 strategic initiatives
10 Government-lead Core Programmes 9 Supporting Programmes

Enabling Technologies
Malaysia Blockchain InfrastructureZ Notirisation Zero knowledge proof mechanism

Figure 1.1 : National Blockchain Roadmap Strategy Framework

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A core element of our recommendation We also recommend that trade public interest, and would presumably
is the Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure facilitation and government services have no difficulty attracting private-
(MBI). This can be visualised to be be the strategic focus of any early sector collaborators.
similar in concept and objectives as use case development. The use of
China’s Blockchain Service Network blockchains for vaccine tracking, While this roadmap covers the years
(BSN) and the European Blockchain tracing and ultimately administration 2021 to 2025, the longer-term view
Services Infrastructure (EBSI). into particular individuals suggests about blockchain’s future must be
itself. Likewise, the subsequent kept in mind. Blockchain today is like
The Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure certification of such individuals to have the World Wide Web in the early 90s.
will serve as a seeding point for undergone a successful vaccination It will be everywhere and interwoven
development efforts in support of the process relating to vaccine allotments into our daily lives, but with a
roadmap. To this end, work should traced back to the source data input, potentially faster and broader-based
commence to build common and with a corresponding zero knowledge take-up. Malaysia cannot wait, and
reusable components useful across query system for privacy protection. must launch through this present and
problem specifications, use cases The other use cases deemed to be pressing window of opportunity, to
and solution architectures; inclusive both important and urgent are halal steer its own future with blockchains.
of data notarisation, zero knowledge tracking and certification, and customs
commitment and proofing, and clearance. It is noteworthy that the
middleware interfaces to external addition to also being adjudged the
systems. The initial development most urgent. The proposed use cases
objectives are to protect user are all of immense public interest, and
privacy and data confidentiality of would presumably have no difficulty
off-chain information, and also to attracting private-sector collaborators.
enable ownership specification and al tracking is the single most frequently
establishment via personalised identity cited use case, in addition to also
wallets, which would potentially also being adjudged the most urgent. The
serve as a national digital identity. proposed use cases are all of immense

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Introduction
Chapter
1
1.1 Background
Blockchain technology is evolving fast roadmap, in terms of constituent
and its applicability has expanded programme elements, milestones,
beyond the crypto-currency of owners and outcomes. The
Bitcoin in 2008, to more mainstream governance of this roadmap, as with
applications, inclusive of trade other national level programmes, particular server or operator thereof,
facilitation, cross-border logistics is of great importance, but the as is required for existing ICT services.
and financial services. The local requirements thereof are perhaps This notion of systemic trustlessness
blockchain industry is moving in somewhat different from most other would drive the process of “trust re-
tandem with global trends. In order to programmes. This arises from the need intermediation” from existing systems,
steer and speed up the growth of this to understand that the motivations resulting in outcomes that exploit the
local blockchain industry, a National for and consequences of blockchain blockchain technical characteristics
Blockchain Roadmap is necessary. This solutions go well beyond purely of information integrity, immutability,
document focuses on the blockchain technological considerations, and is transparency and completeness;
applicability of importance and a potential driver for socio-economic with the practical outcomes of
urgency to both government and transformation. process rationalisation, acceleration,
industry, and provides a generic automation and tamper-proofing.
conceptual schema for technology In technological terms, blockchains
commonality and reusability. Note are based on well-established
however there is no discussion of or cryptographic techniques, and
advocacy for blockchain crypto- somewhat less well understood
currencies and digital asset, which we econometric game theory, which
consider beyond the remit and scope enable operation of distributed
of this document. computing systems that dispense
with the need for implicit trust in any
This document seeks to specify the
framework and structure of such a
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Chapter
2 Blockchain Technology
Overview
predecessor technologies, as 2.2 Value Propositions
strong indication of usability;
2.1 Chapter Objective Blockchain and distributed ledger
● Core concepts: deconstructs systems differ substantively from
The objective of this chapter is to the b a s i c t e r m i n o l o g y , in conventional single source of truth
undertake an overview of blockchain add i t i o n t o h i g h l i g h t ing systems, which are generally centred
technology, from the perspective architectural dif ferences in on a single service provider operating
of providing solutions for real-world comparison to client- server a database which contains the state
problems. This chapter seeks to systems; of the system, and presumed beyond
provide a non-technical description contest or dispute. Blockchain systems
and explanation of blockchain ● Theoretical foundations: game generally have multiple node servers,
characteristics which are intrinsically theo r e t i c d i f f e r e n c es in which engage in contention on the
technical. It is important to have the particular resulting in a range evolving state of the system, such
perspective that any technology has of consensus protocols,with that a node consensus multiplicity is
its own inherently value propositions cons e q u e n t s e c u r i t y and required to determine each next step
and limitations, which make them performance characteristics; of such evolution.
suitable for some use cases but not and
others. i. Trustlessness
● Practical considerations: use of
This chapter is organised as follows: - pa r t i c u l a r b l o c k c h a i n
ii. Transparency
formulations, and operations
● Value propositions: unique to thereof.
iii. Immutability
blockchains relative to

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Use Cases for Blockchain Chapter
3
Technology
iv. Privacy ● Cur r e n t a d o p t i o n r a tes of
b l o c k c h a i n t e c h n o l o g ies
(GD P ) o f U S D 1 . 7 6 t r illion
● Non-identifiability in v a r i o u s s e c t o r s , a nd
projections of new use case
● Addition of 40 million new jobs
● Non-traceability possibilities; and
to the global workforces; and
● Lan d s c a p e o f b l o c k c h ain
● Non-linkability ● Funding of USD 4.1 billion for
ecosystems and constituent
blockchain start-ups in 2018 .
elements thereof.
v. Security
This promise to revolutionise the
3.2 Blockchain Global Trend
3.1 Chapter Objective economic and industrial landscape
has prompted governments across
Globally, blockchain adoption crosses
This chapter will focus on blockchain the world to develop blockchain
industry and application boundaries,
use cases in a global context, and roadmaps, with key initiatives therein
with the projected economic impact
undertakes exposition and analysis of: as follows:-
forecasted as follows: -
-
● Business potential of USD 175
● Current state of blockchain billion by 2025 and in excess of
technologies, unique use cases USD 3 trillion by 2030
across various industries, and
the corresponding adoption ● Contribution to global gross
mot iv at ion and c hallenges; domestic product

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Country Initiatives

The National Blockchain Roadmap: Progressing towards


a Blockchain-empowered future focus areas :

Australia * Effective, efficient and appropriate regulation & standards


* Skills & capabalities drive innovation
* Strong international investment & collaboration

National Blockchain Strategy guides Bangladesh into a


Bangladesh blockchain-enabled nation to create and maintain a resilient
Adoption of Blockchain and inclusive information infrastructure and to foster innonation

Dubai Blockchain Policy’s strategc pillars


The primary market hotspots for China * Government officiency
blockchain are agriculture, finance * Industry creation
services, healthcare, property and * International leadership
public sector . Technology Association
United * Blockchain is part of China’s Technology Strategy
of Georgia, Deloitte observes Arab * Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN) provides companies
investment on blockchain is varied Emirates with access to the tools develop blockchain-based
between industries, and the top 4 applications

industries which have planned to National Blockchain Strategy and focus on finance, crypto
Germany
increase their blockchain in the next assets securities.

12 months are Professional services,


Blockchain : The India Strategy towards ‘Enabling Ease of
Financial services, Energy & resources, India Business, Ease of Governance, and Ease of Living
Life Science & Health care9 as shown
in Figure 3.2. Singapore Singapore Blockchain Innovation Programme (SBIP) with
allocation of US$8.9mil

United The Emarates Blockchain Strategy 2021 aims to capitalise on the


blockchain technology to transform 50% of government
Arab
transactions into the blockchain in plstform by 2021
Emirates

Table 3.1 : Blockchain initiative in various counteris


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39%

29% 18%
5% 2% 5%
18% 5% CHINA 6%
UK 4%
DENMARK 6%
5% 5% JAPAN
US
5%
INDIA HONG
KONG

8%
7%

AUSTRALIA

2018
Figure 3 : Blockchain adoption by counteris 2021 - 2023 projected
Source PWC 2000

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Table 3.2 : Investment intention on blockchain technologies:
Difference between current year & next 12 months

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Figure 3.3 provides an overview of blockchain technologies that will drive growth and
transformation to the market hotspots.

Financial
potential

Social Impact

Healthcare High
Automotive
Medium
High Agriculture Low
Public
Insurance
sector

Financial
Property
services Utility

Retail
Medium Transport &
Logistic

Manufacturing

Low Art &


Recreation

Low Medium High Impact to


industry

Figure 3.3 : Potential impact of Blockchain

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Table 3.4 : Global economic value of blockchain by use cases Blockchain

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PWC highlights businesses explore blockchain technologies are premised on the five main reasons in generating
global gross domestic products, and blockchain technologies hold the great promises in the realm of traceability and
provenance, which has potential economic value of US$961.6B in year 2030 (Refer Figure 3.4).

Blockchain has been adopted and deployed on the premise that blockchain delivers the following six (6) compelling
features as illustrated in Figure 3.5, to address critical business challenges across industries.

Table 3.5 : Motivation factor for Blockchain adotion

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Adoption of Blockchain

Table 3.7 : Global blockchain investment environment


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3.5 Malaysia Blockchain Adoption Scenario

3.5.1 Awareness level

CURRENT KNOWLEDGE ON BLOCKCHAIN.


TOTAL, N=278
Total 49% 30% 26%

Academician 58% 27% 16%

Blockchain Implementer
87% 9% 4%
& community

Goventment &
20% 38% 42%
regulator

Industry 42% 35% 23%

Technology
providers 53% 29% 18%

Others 40% 30% 30%

Table 3.9 : Current Knowledge of


blockchain

Understand Neither DonÕt Understand


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3.5.2 Perception towards Blockchain

Table 3.10 : Perception towards Blockchain : Malaysia Perspective

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Figure 3.11 : Perception towards Blockchain : Malaysia Perspective

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3.5.3 Malaysia Blockchain Activities

Table 3.12 : Persived benefits of blockchain : Malaysia

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3.5.4 Perceived Blockchain Adoption Barriers

Table 3.14 : Persived blockchain : Adoption barrier

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Chapter
4 Strategic Areas for National
Blockchain Development
Related Strategic Plans

Figure 4.1 : National policies, plans and roadmaps: with


contributions therein of blockchins

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4.3 Strategic Areas C. Workflow management on the records in the blockchain.
Blockchain offers a solution where
This section takes into consideration 4.3.1 Asset tracking multiple parties are involved without
blockchain use cases as advocated a trusted authority to maintain the
in the first and second workshops for Asset tracking in general refers to use record.
the National Blockchain Roadmap, as cases in which ledger transactions
furthermore assessed for:- keep track of movement or ownership These records can be shared among
of physical assets. This is as opposed to stakeholders who can react to
● Suit a b i l i t y : o f b l o c k c h a i n
use cases which track pure information information updated in the blockchain.
a p p l i c ability, assets ie intellectual properties, As blockchain technology provides
certificates and crypto-currency units. record immutability, stakeholders are
● Im p a c t : o f u s e c a s e There is therefore a need to bind able to improve process efficiency
d e v e l o p ment, the physical asset of interest to the by cutting down paperwork transfer
corresponding ledger entry. This can and increasing level of automation.
● Urg e n c y : i n t e r m s o f be accomplished via attachment of Cost reduction and competitiveness
c o m m e n c e ment an IoT device to the asset, with insertion improvement results in substantial
timeframe,and of the unique identifier thereof on the economic and social impact to the
corresponding ledger element. industries.
● L e a d e r s h i p : o f s u c h
d e v e l o p m ent Information regarding the movement Example of asset tracking are as
p r o g r a m m e , i n t e r m s o f or ownership of assets are recorded follows:
g o v e r n m e n t o r c o r p o r a te in blockchain. Transfer of ownership
leadership, or combination requires the use of a private key under ● Supply chain traceability on
thereof. the control of the owner to complete fo o d , m e d i c a t i o n,
the transaction. These use cases ensure manufacturing goods.
A. Asset tracking, complete traceability of assets based
● Certification of halal food, cold
B. Document management, and chain quality, source of origin

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● Trade facilitation activities, placement of a notary entry on a 4..3.3 Workflow management
custo m c l e a r a n c e , i m p o rt particular page in the record book.
per mit, insurance, proof of Users can thereafter use a particular The broad scope of workflow support
financial documentation ledger entry to establish provenance can be further categorised in terms of:-
and possession of information.
4.3.2 Document management ● Process management
Information that can be handled in
The basic idea here is to exploit this manner are inclusive of:- ● People management, and
blockchain technical attributes, as
previously described, to establish ● Ac a d e m i c , p r o f e s s i o n a l ● Information service
document integrity, ownership and o r ‘ micro’ credentials
immutability. The need for storage further details of which are forthcoming
efficiency and data privacy effectively ● C o n t e n t r e g i s t r a t i o n in a subsequent section.
dictates off-chain storage for at least and curation information
part of the record data, with any on- This payment use case in particular is
chain element thereof then bereft of ● Industrial certificates likely the one with the greatest visibility
personally identifiable information. and sensitivity, but is also the simplest
● Medical records and best established, considering
Each ledger element in such a that Bitcoin was the first blockchain.
blockchain is essentially a notary entry ● Police reports It is furthermore noteworthy that the
of the corresponding record, in the crypto-currency use case is by the
form of a zero-knowledge proof of ● Tender submissions most significant in terms of popularity
such record ownership and existence. and value. The ledger data for a
The location of such ledger item within ● Voting confirmations currency chain would simply be the
a particular block in the chain then unspent transaction output (UTXO) as
establishes the time of record posting, designated by the payer to the payee.
with equivalent significance to the The use of blockchains in support of

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payments in terms of a fiat currency undertake off-chain transactions, ● Vaccine tracking,
would effectively be a private version with only the net difference thereof
of the public currency chain, with submitted on-chain, which has the
node ownership and money supply additional benefit of reducing the ● Commodities tracking,
limited by regulation. Any payment transaction volume on the underlying
system will need to function in real time Bitcoin network.
at high volume, which is impossible for ● Land title registration, and
any blockchain. To this end, the use 4.3.4 Use Case Selection
of blockchains in support of payment
would be as a low-level element, The inputs collected during the second ● Asset tracking:
in which multiple node operators workshop can be broadly aggregated encompassing other use
undertake contention, in pursuit of in terms of the following use case cases.
some block aggregation incentive, categories: -
and then attain consensus on a B. Document management:
periodic basis. The user-facing high- A. Asset tracking: inclusive of inclusive of
level complement to the payment
chain would very likely be exactly the ● Hal a l t r a c k i n g : w i t h ● Doc u m e n t
same mechanisms presently in use. t h e highest citation m a n a g e m e nt:
frequency and urgency, en c o m p a s s i n g v a r i o u s
This use of blockchains as a low-level use cases, as most cited,
complement to a faster user-facing and
element is in fact reflected in the ● Transportation and logistics,
evolution of the Bitcoin framework, the
modern incarnation of which employs ● Document notarisation:
its Lightning network for this purpose. ● Supply chain management, with highest urgency.
Lighting basically allows nodes to

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C. Process management: inclusive of D. People management: inclusive of ● Report submission and
tracking: of highest
urgency, and
● Finance and payment: as ● Vaccine certification: as
most cited, both m o s t c i t e d a n d o f
h i g h e st urgency, ● Inter-agency
synchronisation
● International trade: with
almost equal citation ● Di g i t a l i d e n t i t y : o f
frequency, e q ual urgency,

● Tendering and ● Voting and registration


procurement: likewise; thereof: likewise, and

● Bursary services: of ● Travel passes


highest urgency,

E. Information services: inclusive of


● Project management,

● Gover nment services:


● Insurance processing, and encompassing various use
cases, as most cited,

● Customs clearance.
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Chapter
5 Building Blockchain
Ecosystem
Blockchain Acceleration Hub (BAH) blockchain project can stand on its
own by creating a private blockchain.
The purpose of establishing is to Some blockchain projects may choose
manage the ecosystem built around to utilise and pay for facilities provided
Ecosystem Enablers blockchain – the players, technologies by public or permissioned private
and the complex process of creating, blockchains.
The power of the ecosystem is the utilising, sharing and reusing the said
availability of a platform to facilitate technologies and business knowledge. Malaysia Blockchain Infrastructure
interdependent partner networks, in BAH will create a blockchain ecosystem (MBI) provides common blockchain
which no single player is required to that focuses on the development of services to applications building on
own or operate all components of the blockchain industry in Malaysia. top of the infrastructure. Two services,
the blockchain solution. The multiplier This set-up will also serve to facilitate i.e. notarisation service and zero
effect and the value in a wide spectrum collaborations between stakeholders knowledge proof mechanism will be
the ecosystem generates is larger to ensure the continuity of activities the initial services provided by Malaysia
than the combined value each of the within the industry. Blockchain Infrastructure.
players could contribute individually.
Therefore, five-dimensional building 5.3.2.2 Malaysia Blockchain
blocks are proposed to operationalise Infrastructure (MBI)

the National Blockchain Roadmap. Building a blockchain ecosystem


The approach is abbreviated as CATLE requires coordinated effort across
approach, which are Collaboration, multiple fronts to create a conducive
Amplifier, Talent, Legality and Enablers environment for the growth of
(Figure 5.1). the blockchain community. Each

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Figure 5.1 : Blockchain ecosystem building blocks

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Collaboration

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Amplifier

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Figure 5.2 : Malaysia blockchin infrastructure interoperability with other blockchain systems

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Talent

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Legal and Governance

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Enabler

6.1.2 Malaysia’s Position in World Trade and Trade Efficiency

Malaysia is ranked 12 in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business


Ranking out of 190 countries as shown in Table 6.124. As more and more
countries are adopting Blockchain for trade facilitation, Malaysia will
therefore be challenged to maintain its position.

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Table 6.1 : World Bank’s ease of doing business 2020 ranking

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6.3 Possible Scenarios for b. Status Quo - Blockchain
Blockchain in Malaysia im p l e m e n t a t i o n i s m e d i o cre
whereby Malaysia’s competitiveness
The future of Malaysia with Blockchain remains as-is. This competitiveness
programs very much depends on what status quo assumes that other
courses of action the government takes countries remain similarly static in
following the release of this report and their Blockchain implementation.
updates to this report. The ecosystem This situation is unlikely however.
building blocks of Collaboration,
Amplifier, Talent, Legal & Governance, c. Decline - Blockchain is not fully
and Enablers described earlier will driven and supported by one or
have to be pursued in harmony with more stakeholders, impeding
each block synergising with the other development and resulting in a
blocks. Any setback in one or more decline in Malaysia’s economic
blocks can impact the synergistic competitiveness andleadership
development of the programs in the in Blockchain.
National Blockchain Roadmap.

a. Growth - Blockchain
implementation fully
supported and synergised by
stakeholders to propel Malaysia in
a position of strength and
leadership in Blockchain and
e s p e c i a l l y i n e c o n o m ic
competitiveness.

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Figure 6.2 : Possible scenarios for blockchain in Malaysia

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Table 6.4: Growth Scenario

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Table 6.4 : Status quo Scenario

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Figure 6.5 : Decline Scenario

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