Ásgeir Óskarsson: The Value of Blockchain in the Food Chain

Ásgeir Óskarsson is Managing Director of the BSV Association, contributing to the advancement of blockchain technology with a strong focus on real-world impact. He is particularly engaged in promoting the capabilities of the BSV blockchain as a scalable and stable platform designed for enterprise-grade solutions.

With a clear emphasis on scalability and utility, Ásgeir advocates for blockchain systems that move beyond speculation and deliver measurable value to businesses and industries. He highlights how BSV’s unbounded scaling approach enables high transaction throughput at low cost, making it suitable for data-intensive applications and global adoption.

BSV Association is programme partner of Cities Leading Food Production and Ásgeir shared his thoughts on this partnership and the merits of Blockchain during VIV MEA 2025 in Abu Dhabi:

“Blockchain, launched 16 years ago, is often tied to value and speculation. But at its core, it's a distributed ledger — a notebook anyone can read or write in, but no one can alter. You can define who sees what, making it a powerful base for any industry or government to build trust and transparency. In today’s world, where even news and AI blur truth, blockchain offers a reliable source of verification. That’s what we focus on at the BSV Association.”

“We work to educate, raise awareness, and build technology that makes blockchain easy to integrate — invisible but essential. Users shouldn’t need to know it’s there; it should just work, offering a single source of truth across food, user, and identity data. Going back to the roots of Web3, it’s about owning your data and identity.”

“Our mission is to help the Cities Leading Food Production partners understand and apply this technology — supporting projects that empower farmers all over the world as we make blockchain a quiet enabler of new trust and opportunity.”

During VIV Europe 2026 in Utrecht, Ásgeir Óskarsson will lead a workshop on the value of blockchain in the food chain, exploring a case study of how industry can profit from validation and scaling of data through radical transparency.

Register your free ticket for VIV Europe 2026 and join us at Cities Leading Food Production in VIV Hall 10!