Summary
Bitcoin introduced the world to decentralized cryptocurrency, but its underlying model was designed for a very different technological era. Today, blockchain systems face new challenges: energy efficiency, scalability, hardware centralization, quantum computing, and the need for broader real-world participation.
This keynote presentation explores what a post-Bitcoin cryptocurrency paradigm might look like. It introduces the concept of Proof-of-Measurement (PoM) as an alternative direction for blockchain consensus, where participation is linked not to ever-growing computational power, but to authenticated physical measurement processes. The presentation will also discuss quantum resilience, mobile participation, high-throughput Layer-1 architectures, and the role of trusted hardware in future decentralized networks.
Rather than presenting another Bitcoin fork or incremental protocol modification, the talk considers whether a fundamentally different approach to mining and consensus can support the next generation of blockchain systems — scalable, energy-conscious, widely accessible, and designed from the outset for emerging technological and societal requirements.
Short Bio
Dr. Sergey Y. Yurish has served as President of the International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA), a leading international professional association serving the scientific and academic communities, since 1999. He is the founder of three companies, including Eco IFSA, where he serves as CEO.
Dr. Yurish is the Editor-in-Chief of the international peer-reviewed open access journal Blockchain and Cryptocurrency and the editor of several open-access multivolume Book Series, including Advances in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency in IFSA Publishing, S. L. (Barcelona, Spain).
He received his PhD from Lviv Polytechnic National University (UA) in 1996. He has published more than 180 scientific articles and papers in international peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Yurish holds nine patents and is the author or co-author of 12 books. He has delivered more than 90 invited lectures, tutorials, and keynote presentations at industrial organizations, academic institutions, and professional conferences in more than 30 countries.
From 2006 to 2009, Dr. Yurish served as a Marie Curie Chairs Excellence Investigator at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC, Barcelona, Spain), where he led the SMARTSES project on Smart Sensor Systems Design, with a total budget of EUR 425,000. The project was recognized as one of UPC's most successful initiatives in this field. His professional accomplishments also include a Senior Research Fellowship at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC, Barcelona, Spain), where he spent a year from 2009 to 2010.
Dr. Yurish has more than 40 years of research and academic experience and has developed and managed numerous international projects under various research and funding programmes, including NATO, FP6, and FP7.
