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
Table of ContentsTesting the tokenomics of the Streamr Network with a digital twinWhat is the Streamr Network?The role of DATAcoinWhy not just ETH?Testing assumptions about the Streamr DATA economyDesigning the Streamr Network Token EconomyThe road ahead Testing the tokenomics of the Streamr Network with a … Read more
The Data Union framework is now live. App owners and developers can explore ways to create unique data sets by incentivising users to crowdsell their real-time data. In this blog are a few early-stage concept ideas that could be used as starting points or spark … Read more
In May 2018, the European Union (EU) devised the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws to direct companies of all shapes and sizes to follow the legal and ethical treatment of customer data privacy. In the blockchain space, there has been a general view on … Read more
New legislation will put data governance models such as Data Unions and Data Trusts in focus, empowering consumers and unlocking new business opportunities for EU startups. Brussels – Today the European Commission has released a public draft of their proposed EU Data Governance Act. Along … Read more
Welcome to the October project dev update! This month has been busy – our long awaited Data Unions launch commenced, and we began our marketing push to developers around the world. We also announced the Streamr Data Challenge, a hackathon for India-based developers and teams. … Read more
The Streamr Data Fund provides funds to people and projects working with the Streamr stack to create and support real-time data projects. As it stands, there are 7.5 million DATA tokens left to award to prospective builders from an initial pot of 10 million. Funds … Read more
In today’s data-centric age, managing data and protecting user data is a top priority. The world as we know it has the capacity to generate large amounts of data. This year, every person on earth is estimated to generate 1.7 megabytes of data, every second. … Read more
TX – Tomorrow Explored is helping organisations to leverage the Streamr technology stack to engineer value from data in ways that benefit business and consumers. Consumers are becoming more and more distrustful of organisations using their data. While regulation like the GDPR in Europe is … Read more
Data is eating the world. Every aspect of our digital life is generating data points, which are fed into algorithms that give us a smart experience in return for convenience and efficiency. From the traffic data on our favourite maps client, to the compelling advertisement … Read more
We’re excited to announce that we’re bringing Streamr to one of the biggest developer talent pools in the world – India. At Streamr, we’re always looking for opportunities to push innovation in the realm of data innovation and build decentralized data economies. With this vision, … Read more