Innovtech 2018 Open Data and Blockchains Presentation

Open Data and Blockchains By Suyash Sumaroo Codevigor Ltd Presentation Structure Open Data Challenges Blockchains Q&A 1 2 3 4 www.codevigor.com What is Open Data? Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike. www.codevigor.com Important Aspects Interoperability Universal Participation Re-use and Redistribution Availability and Access www.codevigor.com Sources of Open Data Scientific Community www.codevigor.com Governments Challenges www.codevigor.com - Reduced access to information - No Open Data - Ensuring data is accurate - Ensuring data has not been tampered with Availability of Data Reliability of Data What is Blockchain? A data structure for storing information where blocks of data are linked using cryptography. Blockchains and cryptocurrencies are 2 different things. www.codevigor.com Philosophy www.codevigor.com Decentralization Permissionless Openness Solving the Challenges Availability of data in blockchains www.codevigor.com Reliability of data using blockchains Blockchain-Based Open Data Model Data Participants anonymously enter their salary information Reward Participants are remunerated via cryptocurrencies or tokens. Information Data stored in a decentralized system Robust Incorruptible data and readily available www.codevigor.com A Blockchain-based Open Data Model for salary information in Mauritius. Thank You Suyash Sumaroo suyash@codevigor.com www.codevigor.com A pdf version of this presentation is available here: https://www.facebook.com/codevigor