A journey into IOTA's future ...

After laying the foundations in the first part of "Vision: IOTA in 10 years", we will now start. At the beginning of the journey, first we will define our current situation. We are currently in the middle of the year 2018 and the cryptocurrency IOTA is still very young, because it was not launched until 2015 with the so-called "Genesis". However, many high-profile partnerships and projects have already been established because IOTA offers significant advantages over other crypto currencies, as described in Part 1.

Worth mentioning in this context, are the large partnerships with Bosch, Volkswagen and Fujitsu, as well as Smart City projects like Tokyo, Taipei and Haarlem. In addition, cooperation with the UN (UNOPS) and ITIC has been established. Nevertheless, we should not forget also countless smaller projects, which will be, in the future, in IOTA's Ecosystem. An example of this is the project of the WZL Aachen. All of this is quite impressive for such a young cryptocurrency.

What is it all about? If we answered with the salvation of the world, it would sound a bit too pathetic. But IOTA can help master some of the big challenges of our time: The greatest challenge is - and not only scientists agree - the fight against climate change causing natural disasters, which result in famine and poverty. However, this also means that the number of climate refugees will increase significantly in the following years. Another major problem is the increase in population in urban areas, resulting in complex problems. Connected with this is also the access to medical care. This is only a small part of the challenges we will face in the following years, but IOTA can help to find answers in the future.

We will now begin our journey by grossly discussing some areas of application that we will focus on in detail in the other parts of "Vision: IOTA in 10 years". Furthermore, the other parts will include the opinion of experts, who will write exclusively for this. In this part we would like to thank Steffen Vogt (Limo, tangleblog.com), who wrote a guest commentary for us. We hope that this research will help demonstrate the revolutionary potential of this technology for the future.