New EU regulation will make real-time data portability mandatory for big platform operators. GAFA (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) will have to give both business users and end users the right to port their data in realtime through APIs – third parties will be also allowed … Read more
If you’ve been following the Streamr Data Challenge, you’ll know that we brought together a talented group of individuals who participated in perpetuating the need for decentralized data economies through Streamr. In the course of four months, the Streamr Data Challenge saw 217 Team registrations … Read more
The Data Unions 2.0 upgrade is now live on Ethereum mainnet and xDai chain, and all new Data Unions deployed via the Streamr Core app will use the new architecture automatically. The upgrade brings security and robustness improvements to Data Unions, adds new features, and … Read more
As the launch of the Data Unions 2.0 framework draws near we thought we’d do a roundup of all that has happened on the Data Union front for the last 12 months. This time last year, just as the lockdown was about to hit a … Read more
Tracey, the seafood tracing app developed by TX on top of the Streamr stack, announced today several new DeFi integrations. Tracey helps small-scale fishers in emerging markets gain access to finance by sharing verified information on their seafood catch and trade data. The trade data … Read more
The Streamr Data Challenge, based in India, brought together a talented set of developers in an open innovation program, inviting them to create valuable data economies through the Streamr Data Union framework. By integrating with the Data Union framework, participating developers can easily bundle and … Read more
This blog is designed to provide an update on Streamr marketing to date, and present the Streamr marketing outlook in 2021 and beyond. A lot is going on at a project level, in the world of crypto and in the world at large. Now is … Read more
After four exciting months, we’re ready to announce the shortlisted Top 20 teams of the Streamr Data Challenge. The Streamr Data Challenge engaged developers to create more valuable data economies through Data Unions. So what are Data Unions? They are a means to create ethical … Read more
Welcome to the January 2021 developer update. It’s been a strong start to the year, with great progress being made toward one of the biggest milestones of the project – Brubeck. The Brubeck milestone signals a phase transition for the project, where anyone in the … Read more
The first round of Streamr Governance has come to a successful end and the voting booth is now closed. Let’s take a look at what’s been happening. Over the past two weeks, the Streamr community has been discussing the first two Streamr Improvement Proposals for … Read more
Streamr and TX join the ATARCA (Accounting Technologies for Anti-Rival Coordination and Allocation) consortium to explore new economic systems for industrial data markets. A new economic category for abundant goods — anti-rival goods that increase in value when shared — forms the basis of research … Read more
*Update 16/02/21, voting has now finished. The Streamr community voted in favour of SIP 1 & 2. See the results. Holders of DATA, the utility token that powers the Streamr ecosystem, will be able to vote on Streamr protocol governance decisions starting from February 11th, … Read more
The Streamr Data Challenge brought together a talented set of developers who are using Streamr to build interesting solutions to real-world problems. With a vision to evangelise the value of decentralized data to Indian developers and entrepreneurs, the Data Challenge has created a community of … Read more
Building trust among users is one of the central concerns for businesses in this data-centric world. With IoT devices, smartphones and wearables constantly streaming information about users, it is exceedingly apparent that consumer data is vulnerable to illicit or malicious activity. Being connected to individuals … Read more
First of all, what is a Data Union? A Data Union is a framework that allows people to easily bundle and sell their real-time data and earn revenue. On its own, our data does not hold much value, but when combined in a Data Union, … Read more
In the aftermath of a divisive U.S. presidential election that seems to mark the tail end of the 20th Century, I’m reminded of the daughters of the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The “Mill Girls” of Lowell, Mass., made up 75% of all textile workers … Read more
Table of ContentsPrivacy as a Fundamental Right – 2017Protecting Consumer Data – 2018Data Protection Bill – 2019Explicit User ConsentPersonal Data as PropertyThe Verification Tag2020 – Splinternet?The Future of Data Privacy in India Privacy as a Fundamental Right – 2017 The 21st century is often referred … Read more
Welcome to the November Developer update – our last update of 2020! It’s been another fruitful month in terms of roadmap progress and Data Union growth. We’ve seen a big uptick in developer interest towards building Data Unions, in part from our recent update to … Read more
Our friends at MyData Global are organising the annual gathering for anyone in the data space. From the 10th to the 12th December, hundreds of entrepreneurs, builders, researchers and activists will be joining MyData’s three-day online conference to talk about how to bring positive change … Read more
Streamr and API3 join forces to bring Streamr data streams to smart contracts and decentralized applications, via first-party oracles. Traditionally, data providers have had to rely on third-party oracle solutions to connect their data to blockchain-based applications. This meant that providers were required to either … Read more