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A Planetary-Scale Blockchain Database for the World Computer
Greg McMullen @gmcmullen Interplanetary Database Foundation
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The internet has been re-centralized.Walled gardens & proprietary data silos.
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CENSORED
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The internet has been re-centralized.Walled gardens & proprietary data silos.
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If you want to play on the centralized internet, you have to play by their rules.
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A better internet.You own your data.
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A better internet.You manage your identity.
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A better internet.Neutrality is built in.
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Building a better internet.Re-decentralize the internet with shared global computing infrastructure.
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Building a better internet.Decentralized:No single entity owns or controls the network or the data.
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Building a better internet.Shared:Resources and control shared among the participants.
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Building a better internet.Self-sustaining:Doesn’t rely on handouts from governments or corporations.
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Building a better internet.Planetary scale:Big enough for the internet of today and the internet of tomorrow.
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The world computer.
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The world computer.
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The world computer.
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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)
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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.
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A planetary database.For intellectual property.
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A planetary database.For identity.
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A planetary database.For anything else.
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BigchainDB: The technical basis.
https://github.com/bigchaindb/bigchaindb
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Blockchain governance.
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Governance comes first.
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Caretakers:The heart of IPDB. Members of the foundation, operators of the validating nodes.
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Caretakers:The heart of IPDB. Elect the board, can recall the board.
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Governance comes first.Must share our commitment to the decentralized internet.
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Governance comes first.More than half must be not-for-profit.
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Governance comes first.Less than half in any given country.
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Full decentralization.In technology and in governance.
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Decentralized governance.Goal is to dissolve.
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Decentralized technology.A serverless world.
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Caretakers.Not-for-profitBlockstackCOALADyne.orgHuman Data CommonsInternet ArchiveOpenMediaOuiShareUnmonastery
For-profitBigchainDBConsensysEris IndustriesProtocol Labs (IPFS)SmartContract.comSynereoTendermint
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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.
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