Four Things Governments Need to Know About Blockchain
The web was always intended to be an open space — of, by & for the People. But the web has become monopolized by a handful of walled garden platforms who control the infrastructure, because when the web began, the technology didn’t exist to build an open source protocol for indexing & distribution.
Open Index Protocol (OIP) is an open source specification for a persistent worldwide index for data publishing, file distribution and direct payments. OIP is permissionless, it uses blockchain technology and distributed networking to operate such that record indexing, file storage/distribution and transaction management are carried out collectively by the decentralized network.
“This is thrilling! I’ve been saying for a long time we need to find a way to get money to artists, directly. This seems to be a really good contender for the way to do it!”
-Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web
speaking on Open Index Protocol at the Decentralized Web Summit 2016
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5owZ...)
OIP LIVE APPLICATIONS:
Caltech's ETDB
https://etdb.caltech.edu/
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...
Overstock subsidiary Medici Land Governance in partnership with the State of Wyoming
https://mediciland.com/
https://bit.ly/2sqnUwY
“We’re building a bunch of technology on OIP… an open source technology, sort of an alternative to patents - that lets you create technology and as people use it, it generates revenue for the person who creates it.”
-Patrick Byrne, Founder of Overstock
Summer 2018 shareholder call
OIP APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT
Streambed Media: https://streambedmedia.com/
Al Bawaba News: https://www.albawaba.com
PUBLISHsoft: https://www.publishsoft.io/
Caltech's DDX: https://github.com/oipwg/oip-ddx-light
MetaMe: https://metame.com/
TokenFM: https://tokenly.com
Check out the pilot episode of the What Kind of Internet Do You Want? series here: • Are there public spaces on the web?
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More Information:
https://www.openindexprotocol.com/
https://oip.wiki/