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Content Blockchain – Transcript of our Presentation for the ‘EIC Prize Blockchain for Social Good’

Content Blockchain – Transcript of our Presentation for the ‘EIC Prize Blockchain for Social Good’ 14 February 2019 The Content Blockchain Initiative has been nominated as one of the 24 finalists of the ‘EIC Prize Blockchain for Social Good‘. “The Content Blockchain is an open initiative and decentralized blockchain network tailored to the specific needs […]

Content Blockchain Project honored with the ‘digital publishing award’ 2019

Content Blockchain Project honored with the ‘digital publishing award’ 2019 24 March 2019 Vedat Demirdöven www.demirdoeven-photographie.de (Photos in high resolution, below and attached) The Content Blockchain Project is the winner of the ‘digital publishing award’ 2019 in the category ‘startups’. The collaborative initiative has been awarded in recognition for its ambition to trigger digital innovation […]

Network Event at Frankfurt Bookfair 2018

Network Event at Frankfurt Bookfair 2018by Sebastian Posth At Frankfurt Bookfair 2018 (13 October 2018) the Content Blockchain Project invited publishers, innovators, executives, developers and other stakeholders of the media industry to a networking event during the THEARTS+ conference.  We had the opportunity to introduce the Content Blockchain, the ISCC standard identifier for media content […]

Milestone 4 – Status Report

Milestone 4 – Status Report Summary With the 4th milestone the Content Blockchain Project concludes its proof of concept of the building blocks for the content community. We present an end-to-end prototype of an open blockchain based ecosystem. Elements of the Prototype The Desktop Wallet The desktop wallet is the most feature-packed and dense element […]

Transactions on the Content Blockchain

Transactions on the Content BlockchainWritten by Sebastian Posth, 31 March 2018 Paying for Content on the Content Blockchain In two previous posts “Content Identification on the Content Blockchain” and “What is a Smart License?”, the approach for content identification and license management on the Content Blockchain was described. As a result, after registration of the […]

What is a Smart License?

What is a Smart License?Written by Sebastian Posth, 31 March 2018 The Content Blockchain Project is building the foundational tools that enable journalists, publishers, and media start-ups to create new innovative products, services and business models in the open blockchain economy. The fundamental idea behind the Content Blockchain Project was to create the technical foundation […]

Content Identification on the Content Blockchain

Content Identification on the Content Blockchain – The International Standard Content Code (ISCC)Written by Sebastian Posth, 27 March 2018 The fundamental idea behind the Content Blockchain Project was to create the technical foundation for a trading environment for digital media content that would facilitate new and innovative ways to offer and purchase content on a […]

Launch of Content Blockchain Testnet

Launch of Content Blockchain Testnet The Content Blockchain Project was started to build the foundational tools that enable journalists, publishers, and media start-ups to create new innovative products, services and business models in the open blockchain economy. Our initial plans were to use an existing public blockchain as infrastructure for the tools and applications we […]

Utopia for the News Industry

Utopia for the News Industry by Sebastian Posth Last week it has been reported that pre-orders of Björk’s new album ‘Utopia’ will include a credit of 100 AudioCoins, a cryptocurrency announced and launched in 2015. Although startups in the music industry have been ambitious in developing applications and services on the blockchain and introducing cryptocurrencies […]

The Future of Digital Payments

The Future of Digital Payments by Titusz Pan Bitcoin is the first global and decentralized digital crypto currency. It is also the most well known and most widely adopted cryptocurrency with the highest market capitalization (~ $120 Billion as of November 2017) in this new asset class. The high security and the decentralized nature of […]