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CIO
Data already moves like money does. Impervious to hackers and under the control of no one entity but its owner, this data
can be shared as much or as little as one likes.
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Forbes
Once you upload everything to Datum and do not share the private keys to anyone, there is no way for anyone to retrieve your
data. Even if you envision each grain of sand being the most powerful supercomputer it would
take three times the age of the universe to break that encryption.
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Inc.
Datum goes beyond user data and into big industries such as health and niches such as smart car data. If a company like Facebook
doesn't pivot and create a more decentralized environment, then they will be disrupted just
like the VC industry has been.
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The Next Web
While "ownership" of data might be questionable, the main thing we need to figure at this point is how we can benefit more
from the data that we generate - beyond just getting free services in exchange for essentially
baring our souls to digital services like Google.
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$7.2M
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Telegram users
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Twitter followers
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What is Datum?
Datum is a decentralized and distributed high performance NoSQL database backed by a blockchain ledger. This technology allows anyone to securely and anonymously backup structured data from social networks, wearables, smart homes, and other IoT devices. Datum provides a marketplace where users can share or sell data on their own terms.
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Decentralized data store
Secure, private and anonymous storage of structured data
Storage nodes
Miners running Storage Nodes are paid for storing and providing low latency access to data
Marketplace
Users can choose to share their data selectively or even sell their data to trusted entities
The Ecosystem
The Datum network relies on the DAT Token Smart Contract to provide secure trading of data while respecting the terms set out by data owners.
1.
Users
Users
submit data
by connecting different services to the platform, paying a small DAT token fee to store it in the network.
Data is encrypted under usage terms, anonymized and sent to the network.
2.
Storage node miners
save and transmit the encrypted data, earning DAT tokens for it.
Smart contract initiates off-chain key exchange to release data under data owner's terms.
3.
Buyers acquire data
in exchange for DAT tokens that are payed back to the data owners.
The Datum App
End users do not need to interact with complicated wallets, instead Datum provides a simple to use mobile app. Preview app.
Secure
All data is encrypted in the app before its sent to the network
Private
Data is cleaned from personally identifying information and patterns
Distributed
Data is safely stored across multiple storage nodes running Datum's blockchain database
Simple
Simple interface abstracts Datum network complexity for every day users
Share
Ability to share data with non-profit entities such as researches. NGO's and others
Sell
Users can choose to selectively sell anonymized data to trusted entities in return for DAT tokens
Datum Interviews
Take Control of Your Data with Datum
"Datum is taking the power of data back to the users who create all that wonderful selling points that companies like Google, Facebook and the like take advantage of without offering your any monetization possibilities. They make money off your data while you get nothing in return. Its really a backwards system and Datum is looking to help put that power back in the hands of the people." – Tijo of Arcane Bear
Data Is The New Oil
Datum is creating a global data exchange by turning data into tradeable commodities. This technology allows anyone to backup structured data like social network data, data from wearables, smart home and other IOT devices in a secure, private and anonymous manner.
Use cases
Health Data for Insurers & Research
The Datum App helps users extract and anonymize their health data. Insurers,
pharmaceuticals, and academic researchers are frequent buyers of health data for
research purposes.
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Consumers Receipts for Financial Analysts and Hedge Funds
If the user opts-in, the Datum App can extract digital receipts from their email inbox. This data can be used by companies, financial analysts, hedge funds etc. to analyze and predict market behavior. For example, predict the true demand for the next iPhone by analyzing Apple Store pre-order confirmation emails, their frequency, and velocity.
B2B Data Marketplace
Datum is not just for users selling data to companies.
It's for anyone with data to sell to buyers. For example, Company A collects data
from satellites, normalizes it, and re-sells it to various buyers.
Datum provides Company A a marketplace to find new customers as well as
the technical infrastructure to charge and bill for their datasets. All built-in
to the Datum blockchain database and ecosystem.
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C2B2B: Enrich Bluetooth Beacon Data with Consumers' Data
Company B with Bluetooth beacons installed in retail stores creates billions of data points every day. They are interested in purchasing shoppers' location data from their phones to enrich their in-store data with behaviors before and after the visit. With the user's permission, the Datum App extracts users' location data, securely anonymizes it and makes it available through the Datum Marketplace. Company B can now enrich their existing data set with this new data and re-sell the new, more valuable data back onto the Datum Marketplace. Proceeds of the enriched data sale are shared back to the original consumer data owners as well as Company B who added value to the data.
Telecom Company Selling Smart Home Kits and Unsure How to Unlock Data Value
Large telecom Company T sold smart home kits to over 1M households in 2017, but smart home is not their core business. Now they have mountains of data from the smart home gateways of all the homes, but they do not know how to unlock the value that lies in this data. By uploading data sets to the Datum marketplace they can gauge interest in the data and find customers who are interested to buy this data.
Marketers Looking for People Interested in Electric Vehicles in London
With the users's permission, the Datum App collects social media likes and preferences and aggregates the information into lookalike audiences that marketers can buy.
Mobilizing Communities To Collect Data
The right mix of fertilizers specific to a region and crop can be the difference between feast or famine. Poor farmers in developing countries can not afford to pay for soil analysis on their own. Several NGOs already provide free fertilizer mix analysis but they need data. Using the Datum App, people are incentivized to enter soil sample measurements and make it available for NGOs to process. The resulting fertilizer mix ratios are shared back with the farmers who can use it to boost production.
Roadmap
At Datum we have one focus - Creating a viable data marketplace to start returning value to token holders in the shortest time possible.
Concept development
Founders start exploring large scale data storage for IOT devices in the medical and smart home sector and devise first prototypes of structuring unstructured data
Sept'16Datum token sale
The Datum Token Sale will run from 29th October till 29th November or until the hard cap is reached. Meanwhile development of the Datum test network continues.
29th Oct to29th Nov '17
Test network launch
The launch of the Datum test network marks the beta release and will allow basic functionality to be explored by developers and the community.
Dec'17Datum launch
The launch of the Datum Main Network marks the start of the new data economy. At this point the Datum Network will consist of the decentralized Storage Layer, the Datum App, Open API's to submit and consume data and a full fledged trading system.
Jun'18White paper & concept validation
With the release of the white paper and the resulting community feedback we have fine tuned the concept and laid out the roadmap for the Datum Network
Jun'17Pre-sale & alpha version
The Presale for the DAT Token starts, DAT allows users to participate in the new data economy. Datum releases tech preview of the Datum app and marketplace.
11th Aug '17Release candidate
The feature complete release candidate will be deployed to the test network and undergo intensive testing and bug fixing over the next three months.
Mar '18Team
Our team has over 100 years experience building large scale data processing and management systems. We are based in Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong and combine the best of these worlds: Swiss Quality with Singaporean efficiency and Hong Kong's Dynamism.
Roger Haenni
CEO, Co-FounderTech Wizard & Serial Entrepreneur, 17 years experience in big data systems. Co-Founder of StockX, SwissInvest, PCP.ch and Kosi.
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Gebhard Scherrer
COO, Co-FounderProduct and Service Specialist, 20 years experience in operations and sales. Co-Founder of Gelid Thermal Solutions and Arctic Cooling.
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VC Tran
CMO, Co-FounderBrand and Marketing Expert, 10 years marketing experience taking Gelid from launch to one of the leading CPU Cooler & Fan brands.
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Theo Valich
Head of GrowthEntrepreneur & Analyst, 21 years experience in technology, from GPU to supercomputer design. Co-Founder of Space Image Network, Robotic Systems and VR World.
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Florian Honegger
Smart Contract Expert15 years experience as enterprise document and data management architect in automotive, defense and micromechanic sectors.
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Vitaly Krinitsin
Community ManagerDreams and bleeds technology, years of experience as community liaison and online marketeer building engaged audiences in Russia and abroad.
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Matt Kimball
Programmer / Designer25 years of experience writing data intensive apps and websites, from real-time 3D to maze-solving AI's.
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Tevon Strand-Brown
Software EngineerStanford University ’19, B.S. Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence). Blockchain developer with a strong interest in blockchain, machine-learning and large-scale system.
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Luis Fernando Varela
Software EngineerRising software developer specializing in the financial, blockchain and manufacturing sectors currently studying Computer Science at Stanford University.
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Christiana Kuo-chen Chien
Community ManagementWith over 15 years customer service experience in high-tech, finance, events management, hotel management, international conferences, and a stint in the educational field, Christiana enjoys fostering positive relations amongst people of diverse backgrounds.
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Alex Yedomski
Programmer / Web-developer7 years of experience writing web and mobile applications. Web-developer with a strong interest in front-end technologies.
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Eugene Kyselov
Programmer / Front-end developer5+ years of experience in design, development and maintenance of web server-side projects, modules and solutions. Passionate about blockchain and AR technologies.
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Cynthia Lo
Business Development ManagerCynthia kick-started her entrepreneur journey when she was in her mid-20’s by taking over an education business which was sold after her three years operation. KOL/ Founder of Fashion & Travel tech; Founder of red-closet.com; Grand Prize Winner of Cathay Pacific 24-Hour Hackathon
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Felix Cheung
Data AnalystThe brains behind the digital marketing & social media, he loves the internet and cool gadgets. He speaks to public from his heart and lives online 24/7. Felix is also a basketball freak!
Betim Beqiri
Community ManagementCrypto-Currency enthusiast, over seven years’ experience in blockchain industry. Contributing community member of various communities, forums and blogs. Friendly individual with the ability and expertise to assist anyone on their Cryptocurrency needs.
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Prima Ho
Executive AssistantOver 10 years of experience supporting C-Level Executives. Assistant to Senior Financial Controller. Graduated as BA in Business at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Chris Miess
Previously CFO at TenX raising $80M in their Token Sale. Before finding his passion for blockchain Chris was with Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.
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Daniel Saito
Managing Director for MySQL In Asia. Co-Founder of MariaDB (formerly known as SkySQL), Daniel is a seasoned Marketing and Sales Executive with decades of big data experience and crypto.
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Jane Metcalfe
Jane Metcalfe is the Co-Founder, and former president of Wired Ventures, creator and original publisher of the magazine Wired. Entrepreneur, advisor and investor.
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Michael Egorov
Proxy Re-Encryption expert and CTO/Co-Founder of NuCypher. In the past, Senior Software Engineer at LinkedIn; PhD in Physics of ultracold atoms.
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Janos Barberis
Founder of the Supercharger Accelerator, Asia's leading FinTech Accelerator. Recognized as a “Top-35 Global FinTech leader” by Institutional Investor Magazine.
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Kaliya Young
"IdentityWoman". BlockChain and Identity Expert. Founder Internet Identity Workshop. Facilitator of Unconferences. World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader 2012.
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Joe Johnston
Co-founder of Respect Network and Crowdlift. Crowdfunding marketing expert, early stage startup advisor, and author of Docker In Production.
inThe Datum Token Sale
$7.2M USD raised during public token sale.
DAT Presale Distribution
Total raised
5000 ETH
0 ETH
5000 ETH
Token Sale Terms
Presale
11th August 2017 14:00 UTC through
11th September 2017 14:00 UTC
Token sale
29th October 2017 13:00 UTC through
29th November 2017 13:00 UTC
Use of proceeds
- 60% Development
- 15% Marketing
- 15% Operations
- 5% Legal
- 5% Security
Token distribution
- 51% Public
contributors - 29% Reserve fund
- 20% Team & Advisors
Role of Token
Enable trade of data between data owners and buyers
Symbol
DAT
Supply
2'653'841'597 DAT
Tokens Sold
653'841'597 DAT Sold
Unsold tokens are burnt.
For Sale after 1 year
530'000'000 DAT
Price
25'000 DAT = 1 ETH
Accepted
Currencies
ETH
Sale Period
29/10/2017 13:00 UTC to 29/11/2017 13:00 UTC
Token distribution date
4th December to 11th December 2017
Exchange Listing
15 December 2017
Minimum goal
5'000 ETH
Maximum goal
29'500 ETH
We’re entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.
Tim O'Reilly, Founder, O'Reilly Media
