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EB78 – Trent McConaghy: Ascribe And The Internet Of Ownership
Support the show, consider donating: 3L1PitPnkVd7yWd69EnumxyJ24ajvVuJN3 (http://bit.ly/1QBM5JS) The idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to represent and track the ownership of off-chain assets is almost as old as Bitcoin itself. One of the startups that is pursuing this vision is Berlin-based Ascribe, which allows creators to register ('ascribe'), transfer and archive digital art. Ascribe CTO Trent McConaghy joined us for a fascinating discussion of their ambitious goals to enable a so-far elusive secondary market for digital art, help creators monetize their work and ultimately retrofit an entire ownership layer to the internet. Topics covered included: - Why ownership in the internet is broken - How Ascribe wants to realize the vision of Project Xanadu of an internet with bi-directional links and baked-in copyrights - How the SPOOL (Secure Public Online Ownership Ledger) protocol works - The components of the Ascribe tech stack - How Ascribe will crawl and similarity-match the entire internet to retrofit an internet of ownership - Why Ascribe focuses first on the digital art market Links mentioned in this episode: - Ascribe: http://bit.ly/1IqTzxY - SPOOL Protocol: http://bit.ly/1AOPQCw - Cointemporary: http://bit.ly/1Kxscjc - Project Xanadu Wikipedia: http://bit.ly/1Rri9kQ - Rewiring the Internet for Ownership with Big Data and Blockchains: http://bit.ly/1FrMes1 - Slides: http://bit.ly/1BHm9E1 Sponsors: - Shapeshift: Buy and sell alt coins instantly at http://ShapeShift.io Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/078 YouTube: http://youtu.be/j33pnGFuoiU Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc