Datum is creating a global marketplace where real people can sell their data directly to companies, securely over the blockchain.
DAT is the Datum currency. It's a crypto coin built on top of Ethereum.
The DAT you earn now will be officially issued to your wallet in December, 2017, when all tokens from the Token Sale are issued.
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— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 26, 2017
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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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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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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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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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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Secure, private and anonymous storage of structured data
Miners running Storage Nodes are paid for storing and providing low latency access to data
Users can choose to share their data selectively or even sell their data to trusted entities
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.
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.
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.
in exchange for DAT tokens that are payed back to the data owners.
End users do not need to interact with complicated wallets, instead Datum provides a simple to use mobile app.
All data is encrypted in the app before its sent to the network
Data is cleaned from personally identifying information and patterns
Data is safely stored across multiple storage nodes running Datum's blockchain databas
Simple interface abstracts Datum network complexity for every day users
Ability to share data with non-profit entities such as researches. NGO's and others
Users can choose to selectively sell anonymized data to trusted entities in return for DAT tokens
Tim O'Reilly, Founder, O'Reilly Media
