a planetary-scale blockchain database for the world computer

A Planetary-Scale Blockchain Database for the World Computer

Greg McMullen @gmcmullen Interplanetary Database Foundation

The internet has been re-centralized.Walled gardens & proprietary data silos.

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The internet has been re-centralized.Walled gardens & proprietary data silos.

If you want to play on the centralized internet, you have to play by their rules.

A better internet.You own your data.

A better internet.You manage your identity.

A better internet.Neutrality is built in.

Building a better internet.Re-decentralize the internet with shared global computing infrastructure.

Building a better internet.Decentralized:No single entity owns or controls the network or the data.

Building a better internet.Shared:Resources and control shared among the participants.

Building a better internet.Self-sustaining:Doesn’t rely on handouts from governments or corporations.

Building a better internet.Planetary scale:Big enough for the internet of today and the internet of tomorrow.

The world computer.

The world computer.

The world computer.

The world computer.Applications

PlatformsIdentity Intellectual

PropertyFinancial Energy Physical (IOT

& Logistics)

ProcessingStorage

File System (Media files, versioned)

Database (Queries, “Truth Registry”)

Lower level protocols (TCP/IP)

IPDB: the database for the world computer:

A network of nodes operating a public blockchain database.

A not-for-profit organization (e.V.) governed by its member nodes.

A planetary database.For intellectual property.

A planetary database.For identity.

A planetary database.For anything else.

BigchainDB: The technical basis.

https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb

Blockchain governance.

Governance comes first.

Caretakers:The heart of IPDB. Members of the foundation, operators of the validating nodes.

Caretakers:The heart of IPDB. Elect the board, can recall the board.

Governance comes first.Must share our commitment to the decentralized internet.

Governance comes first.More than half must be not-for-profit.

Governance comes first.Less than half in any given country.

Full decentralization.In technology and in governance.

Decentralized governance.Goal is to dissolve.

Decentralized technology.A serverless world.

Caretakers.Not-for-profitBlockstackCOALADyne.orgHuman Data CommonsInternet ArchiveOpenMediaOuiShareUnmonastery

For-profitBigchainDBConsensysEris IndustriesProtocol Labs (IPFS)SmartContract.comSynereoTendermint

Roadmap.1. Test Network – internal (done).2. Test Network – invite (now).3. Test Network – public (maybe).4. Production Network – internal.5. Production Network – invite (spring 2017).6. Production Network – public.