The marketplace for
data
Data is the new Oil. Datum is creating a global data exchange by turning data into tradeable commodities. Powered by Ethereum, BigchainDB and IPFS.
What is Datum?
Datum is a decentralized and distributed high performance NOSQL database backed by a blockchain ledger. 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. Datum provides a marketplace where users can share or sell data on their own terms.
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.
- Data owners pay small amounts of DAT tokens to store data
- Storage node miners earn DAT tokens for storing and transmitting data
- Data can be purchased by spending DAT tokens, on the owners terms
The Datum App
End users do not need to interact with complicated wallets, instead Datum provides a simple to use mobile app.
Secure
All data is encrypted in the app before its sent to the network
Privacy
Data is cleaned from personally identifying information and patterns
Distributed
Fast backup and retrieval of data through locally close storage nodes
Simple
Simple interface abstracts Datum network complexity for everyday users
Share
Ability to share data with non-profit entities such as researchers, NGO's and others
Sell
Users can choose to selectively sell anonymized data to trusted entities in return for DAT tokens
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
September 2016White 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
June 2017Pre-Sale & Alpha Version
The Presale for the DAT Token starts, DAT allows users to participate in the new data economy. Datum will also release a demo of the Datum app before end of August.
11th August 2017Datum Token Sale
The Datum Token Sale will run from 17th October till 17th November or until the hard cap is reached. Meanwhile development of the Datum test network continues.
17th October 2017 to 17th November 2017Test Network Launch
The launch of the Datum test network marks the beta release and will allow basic functionalities to be explored by developers and the community.
December 2017Release 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.
March 2018Datum 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.
June 2018
