The nominees for the inaugural “Blockchain Awards” have been announced. The awards, which also go by the nickname “The Blocks”, will be presented to the winners at the Blockchain Expo Europe 2018 conference in Paris next month.

The Blocks aim to recognise “outstanding work within the blockchain field” and consists of categories such as “Most Innovative Use of Blockchain in the Supply Chain” or “Best Cryptocurrency of 2018.”

Anyone expecting to see Bitcoin or Ethereum in this latter bracket will be disappointed as the judges have chosen to honour projects which are less well-known, but perhaps warrant more exposure. Waves Platform, Phore Blockchain, COTI and Nexus currently sit among the list of next month’s potential winners.

Social Good Award

One category included in the awards is “Most Innovative Use of Blockchain for Social Good 2018” which seeks to recognise projects which leverage blockchain technology for the wider public good. The nominees in this category are the Zero Carbon Project, Social Alpha Foundation, Guardian Circle and OS University.

“We are delighted that the judges have acknowledged Zero Carbon Project’s commitment to tackle climate change using blockchain,” stated the Zero Carbon Project in its latest blog entry. The project is erecting a marketplace powered by the ENERGIS token which aims to deliver cheap and carbon neutral electricity by aligning customer and supplier incentives, a move which the project team believes can “reduce carbon emissions faster than renewable energy.”

The Blocks is not the first attempt to establish an industry awards platform for blockchain technological innovation. In January, the team behind the Crypto Royalty Awards had attempted a similar initiative at the annual Davos Conference in Geneva, but the ceremony was cancelled for logistical reasons.