This is the Streamr project dev update for June 2020, welcome! Here are the highlights of the month: Table of ContentsData Unions in public betaUpcoming Data Unions architectureNetwork whitepaperPhase 1 with BlockScience completedEnd-to-end encryption with key exchangeLooking forwardNetworkData UnionsCore app, Marketplace, WebsiteDeprecations and breaking changes … Read more
In May, I published a lengthy essay on why, for ordinary individuals, privacy was dead and how a framework of data ownership would provide not just more privacy, but also much more data sharing, economic equality and dignity for the billions of people who use … Read more
As of today, you can create and deploy a Data Union using the tooling available in Streamr Core. The Data Union framework, now released in public beta, is an implementation of data crowdselling. By integrating into the framework, app developers can empower their users to … Read more
Welcome to Streamr dev update for May 2020! Looking back at last month’s update, we’re happy to realise that many major development strands that were still seeking solutions only a month ago, have now found them and fallen nicely into place. Here’s a few hand-picked … Read more
Imagine having a personal diary where you write about your life. Now, imagine owning that diary and not being able to enforce your right to possession. It’s yours, and yet you can’t have it. How did this happen? The only Free Cheese is in The … Read more
The global moment we find ourselves in today is unlike any other. It has thrown up uncertainty and confusion, yet at the same time it has shed light on something that has always been central to the Streamr vision — the enduring strength and importance … Read more
The US politician and entrepreneur, James Felton Keith (JFK), an outspoken advocate for fair remuneration in exchange for personal data, has joined Streamr’s newly inaugurated Data Union Advisory Board. The Advisory Board will guide Streamr in its endeavour to empower internet users through the use … Read more
Welcome to the Streamr dev team update for April 2020. A lot has happened in the last month, so let’s kick off. Streamr has: A quick editor’s note: we are adding a new section to our monthly dev update titled Deprecations and breaking changes. As … Read more
Table of ContentsDo people care about privacy?Hope in the DarkHow do you reform the data economy?Long live data ownershipRoads and rails for the peopleTransporting dataData discoveryMicro-paymentsData ownership: a socioeconomic revolution?Far better enforcementDe-monopolising data setsData DignityConclusion Do people care about privacy? In May 2012, I made national news in the UK. In … Read more
A few weeks ago some team members of the Streamr project attended the MyData Global community meeting where the recent EU Data Strategy paper was discussed in detail. For those of you not familiar with the organisation, MyData Global is an NGO, working on transforming … Read more
Today marks a major upgrade to the Marketplace: the Streamr Marketplace has integrated with Uniswap — in addition to DATA, buyers can now spend ETH or DAI, the decentralized stablecoin from MakerDAO, to pay for all data products. What is Uniswap? Uniswap is a token-swapping … Read more
Or why I’m working with Streamr to get Data Unions into enterprise First we shared files and information on sites like Napster. Then we hesitantly started to share information about our work lives. LinkedIn seemed like a crazy idea. We didn’t know if we could … Read more
Welcome to Streamr’s core dev team update for March 2020. My apologies for the delayed post, but I hope the content will make up for the wait. For the month of March, the team has been focusing on pushing forward the final specs for the … Read more
Network effects mean that Web 3.0 applications won’t take off with solutions that are ethically superior alone. Luckily, there’s a much easier way forward. There have now been enough privacy scandals to show that it’s time to give internet users back control and ownership over … Read more
Streamr is proudly announcing a new integration with the leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. As of today, Binance’s real-time trades and quotes data for all asset pairs will be offered as a free product on the Streamr permissionless Marketplace. The new offering means that Binance … Read more
In late January 2020, the Streamr Network developer team met up in Helsinki for a two-day technical workshop to discuss the Network’s next steps. It was very fruitful. Half-a-dozen major development areas were discussed and debated in detail, and many new ideas were born. In … Read more
Table of ContentsWhat are Data Unions?What problem do Data Unions solve?How do Data Unions work?What Data Unions can I use?SwashMyDiemSpotifyTraceyHow can I build a Data Union?Learn more about Data Unions What are Data Unions? A Data Union is a framework, currently being built on the Streamr Marketplace, that allows people to … Read more
The Streamr project decided to join MyData Global in their efforts to move EU data regulation in the right direction. MyData is an NGO, working on transforming the EU’s GDPR from legal into actionable rights. More concretely, this means that they help to empower individual … Read more
Most decentralized projects are still young. Business decisions and technical calls tend to be made by the original founding team or groups of core developers. This is because blockchain technology is still a relative novelty, and designing and implementing good governance is hard. The relevant … Read more
The research commissioned last month by Streamr, and carried out by our friends at Wilsome, was designed to shed a light on the public’s general attitudes to data ownership, data privacy and data monetisation, all of which can help Streamr understand what would compel the … Read more