Explains the motivation for private/permissioned blockchains and their characteristics, particularly in comparison to traditional centralized databases. Lists seven "tomatoes" that people throw at the notion of private blockchains, evaluating which represent valid criticisms and which do not.
A short 101 on blockchain and cryptocurrencies - What is blockchain? How to get started investing in crypto? Tactical tips for keeping your investment secure. Presentation for Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meetup at WeWork San Francisco, Oct 23 2017.
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain & Smart Contracts: The New Wave of DecentralizationRaffaele Mauro
"Exponential Talk" at Business Integration Partners
Milan, 18 November 2015
Discussion about Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts and Financial Innovation
Bloq: Bringing Enterprise to BlockchainJeff Garzik
Presented at Global Blockchain Summit Shanghai 2016, describing how Bloq is opening the door to bitcoin blockchain through open source and open networks.
Blockchain Technology for Public and Commercial LibrariesDavid Nzoputa Ofili
This was a Q & A session with the residents of Library of Africa & the African Diaspora (LOATAD), Ghana. The meeting held on the 23rd of November 2021, and it was virtual.
Explains the motivation for private/permissioned blockchains and their characteristics, particularly in comparison to traditional centralized databases. Lists seven "tomatoes" that people throw at the notion of private blockchains, evaluating which represent valid criticisms and which do not.
A short 101 on blockchain and cryptocurrencies - What is blockchain? How to get started investing in crypto? Tactical tips for keeping your investment secure. Presentation for Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meetup at WeWork San Francisco, Oct 23 2017.
Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain & Smart Contracts: The New Wave of DecentralizationRaffaele Mauro
"Exponential Talk" at Business Integration Partners
Milan, 18 November 2015
Discussion about Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts and Financial Innovation
Bloq: Bringing Enterprise to BlockchainJeff Garzik
Presented at Global Blockchain Summit Shanghai 2016, describing how Bloq is opening the door to bitcoin blockchain through open source and open networks.
Blockchain Technology for Public and Commercial LibrariesDavid Nzoputa Ofili
This was a Q & A session with the residents of Library of Africa & the African Diaspora (LOATAD), Ghana. The meeting held on the 23rd of November 2021, and it was virtual.
1 Blockchain needs a native digital asset such as bitcoin;
2 Bitcoin is digital gold and can be as relevant as physical gold for the history of money, finance, and civilization
3 Unrealistic expectations arise from distributed ledger hype: no reference implementation has emerged yet
4 Instant settlement, cash on the ledger, shared data set, and improved automation are not easy to obtain
5 Time-stamping and anchoring are promising applications
6 Hardly disruptive, DLT might be evolutionary DB tech
Blockchain Overview, What is Blockchain, Why Blockchain, How Blockchain will change the world, concepts of Blockchain are explained like Consensus, Distributed Ledger, Blockchain use cases and more
9 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY | BLOCKSTARS.IOBlockStars.io
Want to go beyond Bitcoins? We outline what is needed for a successful blockchain industry in 9 simple building blocks.
We view each one as critical infrastructure to enable sustainable commercial businesses to operate on a blockchain.
Bitcoin Blockchain and more; From Digital Trust Protocols to Smart Contract b...Ismail Hakki Polat
Ismail Hakkı Polat's presentation on "Bitcoin Blockchain and more; From Digital Trust Protocols to Smart Contract based Networks" @ 6th International Management Information Systems Conference in Istanbul
NRCLive FinTech event Trends in FinTech Maarten Korz
Samen met het publiek kijken naar de FinTech trends en deze plotten op de HypeCycle van Gartner. Wat zijn de laatste trends op fintech-gebied en hoe kun je daar als organisatie succesvol op inspelen?
Economics of Decentalized Currency SystemsErnie Teo
This presentation examines the justifications for a decentralized currency system, looking at the main beneficiaries of such a system and comparing it to a centralized currency. Next, the Byzantine General’s Problem will be discussed from a game theoretical perspective. We will look at how various solutions such as mining protocols (such as proof of work and proof of stake like Bitcoin) and consensus protocols (like Ripple and Hyperledger), attempts to tackle the problem. The talk will conclude by comparing between the Ripple and Bitcoin systems, looking at the pros and cons, and the participation incentives of nodes.
"From Crypto Equity to Crypto Commons"
Conference Presentation at the P2P Financial Systems Workshop
Bundesbank, Frankfurt - January 2015
https://www.ecurex.com/p2pfisy/
Buckets of Permissioned, Permissionless, and Permissioned Permissionlessness ...Tim Swanson
This was first presented on July 20, 2015 at Infosys in Mysore, India with the Blockchain University team. It is a heavily modified version of a previous presentation covering the distributed ledger landscape. All citations and references can be found in the notes.
1 Blockchain needs a native digital asset such as bitcoin;
2 Bitcoin is digital gold and can be as relevant as physical gold for the history of money, finance, and civilization
3 Unrealistic expectations arise from distributed ledger hype: no reference implementation has emerged yet
4 Instant settlement, cash on the ledger, shared data set, and improved automation are not easy to obtain
5 Time-stamping and anchoring are promising applications
6 Hardly disruptive, DLT might be evolutionary DB tech
Blockchain Overview, What is Blockchain, Why Blockchain, How Blockchain will change the world, concepts of Blockchain are explained like Consensus, Distributed Ledger, Blockchain use cases and more
9 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR A SUCCESSFUL BLOCKCHAIN INDUSTRY | BLOCKSTARS.IOBlockStars.io
Want to go beyond Bitcoins? We outline what is needed for a successful blockchain industry in 9 simple building blocks.
We view each one as critical infrastructure to enable sustainable commercial businesses to operate on a blockchain.
Bitcoin Blockchain and more; From Digital Trust Protocols to Smart Contract b...Ismail Hakki Polat
Ismail Hakkı Polat's presentation on "Bitcoin Blockchain and more; From Digital Trust Protocols to Smart Contract based Networks" @ 6th International Management Information Systems Conference in Istanbul
NRCLive FinTech event Trends in FinTech Maarten Korz
Samen met het publiek kijken naar de FinTech trends en deze plotten op de HypeCycle van Gartner. Wat zijn de laatste trends op fintech-gebied en hoe kun je daar als organisatie succesvol op inspelen?
Economics of Decentalized Currency SystemsErnie Teo
This presentation examines the justifications for a decentralized currency system, looking at the main beneficiaries of such a system and comparing it to a centralized currency. Next, the Byzantine General’s Problem will be discussed from a game theoretical perspective. We will look at how various solutions such as mining protocols (such as proof of work and proof of stake like Bitcoin) and consensus protocols (like Ripple and Hyperledger), attempts to tackle the problem. The talk will conclude by comparing between the Ripple and Bitcoin systems, looking at the pros and cons, and the participation incentives of nodes.
"From Crypto Equity to Crypto Commons"
Conference Presentation at the P2P Financial Systems Workshop
Bundesbank, Frankfurt - January 2015
https://www.ecurex.com/p2pfisy/
Buckets of Permissioned, Permissionless, and Permissioned Permissionlessness ...Tim Swanson
This was first presented on July 20, 2015 at Infosys in Mysore, India with the Blockchain University team. It is a heavily modified version of a previous presentation covering the distributed ledger landscape. All citations and references can be found in the notes.
This provides a deep intro to the blockchain technology, and explores several use-cases within healthcare where it could lead to disruption and add value
Blockchain Introduction - Canada Nov 2017.pptxAntony Welfare
Back in 2017 I joined the world of #Blockchain and presented my first ever Blockchain presentation on 14th November 2017 at a Tech meetup in Penticton, BC (Canada)
A few key highlights:
* The fundamentals of Blockchain technology have not changed (Trust, Transparency, Security, Quality/Certainty, Reduced costs)
* We were talking about Web 3.0 back in 2017 😉
* People still miss define Blockchain
* Janet Yellen and Christine Lagarde were commenting on Blockchain back in 2017
* Checkout the Dapps section – I was ahead of my time there!
* And the last three slides on the Market cap and increases – I was excited to tell people the market cap was $200bn, BTC was $8,000 and ETH was nearly $400 ……… Ahhh the good old days 😉
And finally – my “leaders comment” back in 2017 still stands “Blockchain is the next disruptive technology to transform the lives of our customers and our business operations”
What a journey so far…and guess what…its only just begun 👍👍👍
Musings from: The Real Business of BlockchainJames Cracknell
Blockchain is a technology I knew very littel about, that is until I committed, in this lockdown period, to educate myself in it. As a technology it could be seen as revolutionary but combined with a business model, a decentralised mindset and an open innovation culture, it becomes a powerful tool for a new way of doing business. I have worked with cooperative models, social enterprises and charities, this technology sits comfortably in any of them. B-Corps are not the only beneficiaries to this - all businesses in the future will have to shift from the centralised models to a deentralised format - especially in a world so dependent upon the digital platforms of the day.
In this presentation, Victoria Olsina: SEO expert specialized in blockhain, explore how this groundbreaking tech will affect search engines in the upcoming years.
Originally presented at SEOfestiwal 2019 in Katowice, Poland.
https://www.silesiasem.pl/festiwal-seo-2019-katowice
A guest lecture delivered by Dr Farrukh Habib at INCEIF, Kuala Lumpur, on 22nd March, 2018.
Dr Farrukh Habib is an expert in sharia and Islamic finance. He is a adviser, researcher and trainer. He is keen interest in FinTech.
Ta del av presentationen från Centigos Blockchainfrukost. Vår expert Ludvig Öberg delar med sig av hur blockkedjetekniken kan skapa värde i ditt företag.
How is blockchain affecting nonprofits, NGOs, social enterprise, and other organizations creating positive impact -- right now? This presentation gives examples and use cases, as well as resources and tools you can use to stay updated on trends in blockchain and other emerging technology.
Presented at Better World Day 2019 in Cleveland, OH by Amy Neumann, founder and executive director of the 501(c)3 nonprofit, Free Tech for Nonprofits.
It explains the concept of Blockchain which is going revolutionize the world economy. Blockchain is going to change money, business and thus the world.
Blockchain and BPM - Reflections on Four Years of Research and ApplicationsIngo Weber
In this keynote, delivered at the Blockchain Forum of BPM 2019, I summarized and reflected on research on BPM and blockchain over the last four years, including model-driven engineering, process execution, and analysis and process mining. I also covered selected use cases and applications, as well as recent insights on adoption. The keynote closed with a discussion of open research questions.
Blockchain in Media. Description of blockchain and smart contracts. Presented Media pain points and possible solutions. Peeped into various frameworks built on Hyperledger fabric and ethereum for media
Blockchain Innovation In Healthcare & Life SciencesIFAH
A session by Michael Irish, CEO, Vivacitas Healthcare on the topic of 'Blockchain Innovation In Healthcare & Life Sciences' at IFAH USA 2019 held at Caesars Palace, 18-20 June, 2019.
VCs have for the most part retreated from investing in Bitcoin and Blockchain. The appetite for blockchain products however has only increased. Corporations have formed consortiums such as R3 and the Hyperledger Project to learn more about the technology. Numerous enterprises have rolled out internal pilots to test and explore the applications of blockchain.
At Thomvest, we believe blockchain adoption is about to take off - making it a prime time for VCs to begin making early stage bets.
Take a look at our most recent research report which delves into the current state of blockchain.
Book Industry Study Group Webinar: Technology Spending in Book PublishingMichael Cairns
Webinar to review findings of market research in to the market for technology software and services supporting the global publishing industry. Report: http://bit.ly/PUBTECH2019
Publishing: Establishing & Managing Partnerships and RelationshipsMichael Cairns
An overview of an approach to establishing strategic partnerships and business relationships to drive value, extend market reach and build stronger organizations.
K 12 education market survey report for publishersMichael Cairns
Overview of the education market dynamics with publishers and content owners as the intended audience. Also of interest to private equity and other investors.
Digital transformation: A seminar for senior managementMichael Cairns
This presentation represents a full day workshop for senior executives designed to help define and execute digital transformation programs within their businesses.
Email if you want a downloaded copy. michael.cairns @ outlook.com
Google Book Settlement: Symposium at New York Law SchoolMichael Cairns
Summary presentation at NY law school symposium on the copyright implications of Google’s library project. Contributed to a discussion about the potential size of the ‘orphan’ issue based on an analysis conducted in 2008. A link to this report is located on the last page of this deck.
The First 100 Days: A Planning Framework for the CEOMichael Cairns
New CEO's are frequently asked to provide a 100 day plan during an interview process. This is one example as to how I have approached this task. Read my blog post at Personanondata.com
Email if want a download copy: michael. cairns @ outlook.com
Rethinking and Remixing Content: Society of Scholarly Publishers Panel 2013Michael Cairns
For the text commentary go to http://personanondata.blogspot.com/2013/06/society-of-scholarly-publishers-panel.html
This session will explore ways to rethink and remix content in numerous ways that can be searched, browsed, repackaged and sold to achieve the publisher’s strategic objectives. In this session today we will try to cover fragmenting, bundling, collections, cross selling, flexible e-commerce, academic adoptions, community networks, SEO and the ability to provide the right content when, where and how users want it.
A Textbook for Publishing: Selected Articles from Personanondata Michael Cairns
Since I started my blog PersonaNonData in 2006, I had no idea where the journey would take me but I have always seen the blog as a close extension of what I’ve been doing since my career in publishing started: Trying to make sense of the business amid an ever changing environment.
That’s the nature of business, and I’ve always believed that if you don’t have an interest in the dynamics and influences pervading your company and business you should probably think about making a change. I frequently meet people who after long periods in publishing really have no idea what’s going on. I find that quite sad.
PersonaNonData has always been a selfish preoccupation but I do hope I’ve been able to shed some light on the business – at least as I see it – for some small group of publishers who enjoy my point of view.
And the photos of course!
Best regards,
Michael Cairns (aka Personanondata)
Chunking and Reusing Content: AAUP Conference 2012Michael Cairns
Presentation at AAUP 2012 discussing opportunities for publishers to market and sell their content in small chunks: Chapters, images, cases, etc. What are the motivations and what are the hurdles.
Parallel Universe: Will Libraries and Publishers Learn to Share?Michael Cairns
Presentation at American Library Conference 2011 and to the 32nd Supply Chain Interests Group at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2010
Michael Cairns, Managing Partner, Information Media Partners.
Presentation to RLG (OCLC) seminar on Books in the Library. In this presentation is a summary of the current US publishing market and a report on some research conducted for OCLC in November 2009 on publisher's view of the eBook future.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
2. 2
Blockchain is not established technology
Scale issues: Blockchain verification is slow
❖ Can only handle a relatively small number of transactions per hour
❖ Many blockchain applications are still niche
❖ Solvable but continuously improving problem similar to early HTTP
❖ Still a long way off scale
Government & governance
❖ Law and regulations have not kept up
❖ Exists with most new technology but will improve over time
❖ Many influential governance and industry bodies exist to define and establish standards
❖ Long term benefit of blockchain is dependent on interoperability: collaboration is inevitable
There are few “proof of concept” examples
❖ Rapid development and improvement across industries
❖ Issue is increasingly irrelevant
There is no “Microsoft”
❖ Technical architecture remains ‘ad hoc’ and “wild, wild west”
❖ There are standards groups and associations
❖ Every large software application company is actively involved in blockchain development
Publicity of Blockchain
❖ There is a lot of hype which can be hard to justify
❖ Real business cases for blockchain are critical and important
❖ Will there be the inevitable fall due to “irrational exuberance” similar to the ‘internet bubble’?
3. 3
The problem isn’t blockchain
▪ What clear business problem you are addressing?
❖ Is the problem material?
❖ Will the improvements improve operations/outcomes
materially?
❖ Is the cost benefit positive (to support your time and
investment)?
❖ Have you researched a broad range of possible solutions?
▪ Customers want to solve a problem not “use blockchain”
❖ Is blockchain uniquely able and/or the best approach?
❖ Is there sufficient scale to the solution? Is there a plan for
getting there?
▪ Does this even make sense?
▪ What are your competitors doing?
4. 4
McKinsey report on blockchain
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/blockchain-beyond-the-hype-what-is-the-strategic-business-
value
5. 5
Applications in publishing
Workflow
• ARTiFacts
• Mediachain
• Po.et
• Content attribution for
researchers registered
on blockchain
• Aid to discovery
• Version controlling
• Peer-to-peer content
and data sharing
• Document verification
Contracts
• Publica
• DE Decent
• Katalysis
• LBRY
• Blockai
• Ascribe
• Soundcloud
• Peer-to-peer
transactions
• Open source
distribution platform
• B2C & C2C
monetization and
distribution
• Multi-media content
Micropayments
• Blendle
• Coinetize
• Steem.io
• Disaggregated content
• Browser based
“wallets”
• Fractions of cent
• Cryto-based solutions
• Rewards program
Database
Publishing
• Everipedia
• GemOS
• Authority control
• Supply chain
management
• Product data
• Unique identifiers
• Credentialing
• Rewards
6. 6
Applications for content and media
▪ Register and protect against copyright infringement
❖ Catalog and store original works of art, digital intellectual property,
documents, manuscripts, images/photos
▪ Decentralized, non-proprietary blockchain enables content
and IP users to find and use authorized content
❖ Blockchain built as a “trust network”
❖ Distributed network designed to eliminate bad actors
▪ Note: US infringement cases require official copyright office
registration
❖ Blockchain isn’t ‘protection’
❖ Blockchain provides public record of ownership
❖ Easier access to author/creator which US copyright office finds
difficult
❖ Blockchain could eliminate ‘orphan work’ issue
▪ Once on blockchain it is there forever
7. 7
What problems does blockchain solve?
▪ Blockchain registry could offer/create tamper proof record of ownership
❖ In UK, copyright is unregistered exists on creation of the work
❖ Ownership hard prove and hard for licensees to determine person/entity to grant a
license
❖ Owners risk infringement and limited monetization of their work
▪ Blockchain enables any party to see chain of ownership
❖ Licenses, sublicenses, assignments, etc.
❖ Blockai/Ascribe using blockchain in this way to make record of copyright ownership
▪ Facilitates ability to see where and how content is used
❖ Enables programmatic content control capability: search all web sources
simultaneously
❖ Allows “use and payment” control. Are licensees using content as licensed?
❖ Significantly reduces mis-use/piracy: Potentially improves license revenue
❖ More usage data will enable more business models and experimentation: variable,
demand based pricing
▪ Blockchain is in effect a “digital certificate” of ownership/authenticity
❖ Allows users to ID the official work of an author and tackle infringements
❖ Low cost of maintenance, increased transparency, lessened admin burden,
resilience to fraud
8. 8
Micropayments & smart contracts
▪ Frequently difficult to ID the correct content owner
❖ Cumbersome and time consuming process
❖ Misinformation/ misappropriation of ownership
❖ Cost of infringement mitigates against use
▪ Resulting behavior
❖ Inappropriate use and piracy
❖ Non use/lost revenue
▪ Smart contracts: Terms ‘ride along’ with the content/IP
❖ Licenses are ‘self-executing’ on use of the content
❖ Makes it easy for users to do the right thing
❖ Blockchain with micropayments could make monetization very easy
❖ Enables enforcement of contract terms
❖ Micropayments (using bitcoin) eliminate ‘transaction costs’ of small value
transactions
▪ Potential significant impact on collecting agencies if more artists choose to
cut out intermediaries
❖ Imogen Heap album Tiny Mirrors released on blockchain incorporating the above
solutions
9. 9
Blockchain in news and information
▪ Civil
❖ Blockchain based platform for content, newspaper and civic/purpose driven organizations
❖ Colorado Sun: community-supported, journalist-owned team focused on investigative,
explanatory and narrative journalism
▪ Snip
❖ A distributed system wherein writers can offer snippets -- concise summaries of news articles --
and the public can choose the topics they want to read about, whether sports, technology,
medicine, etc.
❖ Snip has built a verification and reward system wherein the writers can earn SnipCoin (Snip’s
version of a cryptocurrency token) by writing excellent snippets. Advertisers can pay Snipcoin to
increase visibility. Readers can tip writers with tokens and, if they choose, clear their feeds of
advertisements for a small Snipcoin payment
▪ onG.social
❖ Created a social media dashboard that rewards real news with digital tokens (similar to
cryptocurrency, think of these as rewards), given by users to other users who post the real
news
❖ Cryptocurrency can then be exchanged for currency -- dollars, pounds, euros, etc. Users
can realistically make money by curating and sharing real news and rejecting fake ones
▪ Baidu
❖ Totem uses a blockchain to timestamp submissions of each original photograph from a
user with a real-name identity and store data associated with the images on a distributed
network
10. 10
Solutions benefits summary
▪ Copyright and attribution
❖ Owner information imbedded in blockchain
❖ Enabled business model
❖ Protect & enhance revenue streams
▪ Reputation
❖ Establish a reputation network
❖ Trust
❖ Protect content
▪ Discovery
❖ Control and manage metadata
❖ Aid in censorship and restrictions