Method for Providing Commerce-Related, Blockchain-Associated Cognitive Insights Using Blockchains

1 . A method for providing commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insights comprising:

receiving data from a plurality of data sources, at least some of the plurality of data sources comprising commerce related data sources and blockchain data sources;

processing the data from the plurality of data sources to provide a commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight; and,

providing the commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight to a destination.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a single step commerce operation using the commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a learning operation to iteratively improve the commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight over time.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of data sources comprise at least one of situational data sources and temporal data sources, the situational data sources comprising a commerce related situational data source, the temporal data sources comprising a commerce related temporal data source; and, the blockchain data comprises commerce operation related blockchain transaction data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight is associated with a commerce operation compliance requirement.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the commerce-related, blockchain-associated cognitive insight relates to at least one of marketing operations, sales operations, sourcing operations, logistics operations, business operations, strategic planning operations, and risk and compliance operations.