Eric Piscini, Deloitte Ex-Head of Blockchain: Supply Chain Enterprise In Use Today

— Eric Piscini led Deloitte's blockchain practice from 2012–2018, growing it from three people to 1,200 employees and $50 million in revenue before joining Citizens Reserve as CEO.

— Enterprise blockchain operates on two models: centralized business models using decentralized tech, or fully decentralized business models with decentralized tech; the latter drives genuine disruption.

— Supply chain faces three core pain points: efficiency (paper-based processes), traceability and provenance (food safety, organic verification), and access (SMEs locked out of sophisticated solutions).

— Blockchain enables trust-based transparency in supply chain (e.g., tracking organic or grass-fed meat via QR codes) and improves credit access for lower-tier suppliers by making order flows visible to financial institutions.

— The biggest challenge is consortium creation—convincing entrenched competitors to join a shared platform; technology maturity is no longer the bottleneck.

— Three prerequisites for mainstream adoption: regulatory clarity (especially in the US where the SEC creates uncertainty), technological maturity (scalability, privacy), and successful network formation.

— Evaluate enterprise blockchain projects on whether they solve real pain points (efficiency, transparency, access) rather than pursuing blockchain for FOMO; token incentive structures are critical for network adoption.

— When assessing blockchain supply chain solutions, focus on traceability and provenance use cases first (food safety, organic verification, trade finance) as these require decentralized trust and deliver measurable ROI.

— Monitor regulatory clarity in the US as a gating factor; companies outside the US face fewer regulatory headwinds, and consolidation of US regulators (currently fragmented across five agencies) will accelerate blockchain adoption in enterprise.