OCTOBER 24-25
Amsterdam, NL

Roadmap

Where we’ve been and our promise for the future.
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2013 - 2018

Foundation

Architecting decentralized solutions for real world assets.

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Targets

  • OriginTrail Whitepaper 1.0

2013

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Alpha version for organic beef products

2014

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Beta version for dairy products and integration with Microsoft Navision

2015

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Beta version for poultry and vegetable products
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Integration with SAP and other 3rd party ERP providers

2016

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Over 20.000 unique shoppers using the system
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Over 1200 raw material providers (farmers) tracked in the system
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Introducing blockchain

2017

Q1

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Initial implementation with Ethereum test network

Q2

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First contacts with Chinese market (retailers)
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Adaptations of the system for Chinese market

Q3

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Existing users linked to Ethereum main network
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Project office in Shanghai established

Q4

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Formation of Trace Alliance of beta users with companies and institutions in the US, EU and China

2018

Q1
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Hong Kong office opened for fostering partnerships in Asian markets
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Beta tests with confirmed partners on the bootstraped private alpha network
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Trace Alliance 1st activity report
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European wine pilot project completed
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Luna Release v0.3a
Luna release introduces the first test compensation system, utilizing tokens on the Ethereum test network. It is intended to be the testbed for experimentation with the protocol mechanisms and determining optimal monetary mechanisms
March 12
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Simplified payment mechanism with test tokens
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Further alignment with GS1 standards
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Mechta Release v0.4a
Mechta brings a fully compliant GS1 EPCIS (product visibility) standard importer for OriginTrail as well as the documentation of the incentive model to be implemented until the testnet.
March 26
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Fully GS1 standard compliant importer
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First version of incentive model documented

Q2

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Ranger Release v0.5a
This release introduces several improvements including a further generalization of the graph logic based on usage insights, enabling easier addition of further standards and an improved version of the compensation system.
April 9
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Improved version of payment mechanism
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Generalizing graph logic based on pilot insights
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Kosmos Release v0.6a
We will see improvements to the GS1 import integration experience, by adding full GS1 data validation to further speed up integrations, as well as the first implementation of the market bidding mechanisms. Finally by this release we will publish our blockchain virtualization documentation explaining the blockchain layer of the protocol.
April 23
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Fully implemented blockchain fingerprinting virtualization
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First implementation of market bidding mechanism
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Full GS1 validation
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Zond Release v0.7a
With the insights from performance and usage of the protocol, Zond will introduce a fully standardized and documented OriginTrail graph structure as well as compatibility with Neo4j database to allow further flexibility in the data layer for implementation (ability to choose more than one database). This release also introduces the first version of the zero-knowledge privacy sublayer in the protocol.
May 7
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Initial version of zero knowledge privacy layer
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Neo4j Compatibility
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Standardized and documented graph logic
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Surveyor Release v0.8a
Surveyor will be the first release to utilize the consensus check (the validation mechanism for interactions between supply chain parties used in OriginTrail protocol) based on the privacy sublayer of OT protocol. It will also introduce improvements to the bidding mechanism and token utilization.
May 21
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Initial version of consensus check with privacy layer (zk)
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V2 of bidding mechanism
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Explorer Release v0.9a
With Explorer we will introduce another standard (apart from implemented GS1 EPCIS and initial standardization), which will be determined in contact with the use cases and implementation feedback. Further improvements will be implemented to the privacy layer as well.
June 04
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V2 of zero knowledge privacy layer implementation
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Implementation of “Web Of Things” standard
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Lunar Orbiter Release v1.0b-RC
Moving closer to the testnet release, Lunar Orbiter will bring a new version of the consensus check within the privacy layer as well as an improved payment mechanism with test tokens. It qualifies as the Release Candidate release for the testnet.
June 18
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V2 of payment mechanism with testnet tokens
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V2 of consensus check with privacy layer (zk)
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TESTNET Apollo Release v1.0b
Apollo is the first beta version of the testnet protocol and implements all the features set for development. With the growing usage of the protocol and identified improvement proposals, we will be moving towards a mainnet launch in Q3.
June 29
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OriginTrail Test Network Launch
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OriginTrail Test Network Launch

Q3

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Open call for supply chain use cases based on blockchain announcement: We will present an open call project, which will support 10 high-potential use cases joining OriginTrail mainnet.
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2018 - 2021

Mainnet inception

Building and launching the permissionless OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph mainnet in 2018, leading to adoption by world class partners and achieving the multichain vision for the OriginTrail Network.

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Targets

  • TGS: 75MM

2018

Q4

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Open call for use-cases (up to 10 projects will be voted on by token holders)
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SmartAgriHubs: Start of a major EU-funded project in agriculture (EUR 20 million; 108 partners), Wageningen University Partnership

2019

Q1

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Part of two EU-funded consortia for digitalisation in the agrifood sector (150+ organizations in total, overall funding of consortia in the amount of 35 million EUR)
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Launching the Network Operating System (nOS) powered by OriginTrail for seamless entreprise use
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Listing OriginTrail technologies in the Oracle global marketplace
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Leading the adoption of global standards in blockchain-based solutions
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OriginTrail protocol Freedom update release
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Bittrex listing and Trace Labs mechanism for corporate access to Trace token established

Q2

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Houston application for node management update
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W3C standards support
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Hyperledger Fabric support
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Pilot project with live IoT data published on ODN
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Additional OriginTrail development frameworks open sourced

Q3

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Trace Alliance next phase kick-off
Introducing Interim Chairman, Interim General Secretary and beginning the transition period. (Read more)
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Testing versatility of the network for non-supply chain use case
Performing Open data pilot utilising Bitcoin blockchain datasets.
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Admission of the OriginTrail Protocol technology into European Union consortia
Expanding partnership network to 4 European Union-funded consortia. (Read more)
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Testing network and data layer for performance
Based on the results from tests, publishing the Freedom Data layer specification for public review.
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Enable node hosting on multiple infrastructure
nOS integration with DigitalOcean, AWS and Oracle Cloud

Q4

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Extended support for more use cases and data set types with the Data Layer v2 in Freedom release (formerly named Gemini stage)
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Possibility to convert datasets between different formats
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Increased capacity to process supply chain events and objects by increasing supported dataset size
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Easier data integration and application development with the updated API
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Increased dataset connection integrity with decentralized identity verification
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Increased data resilience by implementing initial litigation and reputation mechanisms
Data holder job agreements will be redistributed in case of node failover
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Easier node management with updated Houston
Improved settings for different data holding scenarios (data lifespan, data size).
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nOS launched as a Software-as-a-Service platform
Launch of a streamlined version of nOS.

2020

Q1

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Data marketplace infrastructure development
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MVP implementations of the Data Marketplace in the Laboratory Data Market
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Network layer and API improvements
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The introduction of ODN KPIs in quarterly reports

Q2

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Connecting the private and public knowledge graph, enabling additional data privacy options
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nOS liquidity provisioning integration v1 - Uniswap
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The launch of the open knowledge repository campaign and taking part in the future data economy
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ODN node stake increase to 3,000 TRAC (further information to be published in due time)

Q3

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Open Knowledge Repository Collection Application
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Trace Alliance governance structure established
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Webinars with two global standard bodies
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Education partnership with Ivan on Tech Academy
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Website update
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GS1 Digital Link ODN Integration prototype
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Joining of the official GS1 EPCIS Working Group on EPCIS 2.0
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Working Group on EPCIS 2.0 development
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Data marketplace infrastructure improvements towards mainnet
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Hardware requirements and blockchain usage optimization
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NGI OpenPKG - GDPR use case established, supported by the European Commission
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NGI Data Marketplace expansion; cross-Atlantic collaboration supported by the European Commission established
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Trace Alliance enters the first cohort of solutions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic supported by the World Economic Forum's WEF UpLink (founded by WEF, Salesforce, Deloitte, Microsoft, and LinkedIn)
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Trusted Oracle framework for permissioned systems based on the ODN (available via the Oracle Marketplace through nOS)
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Node service compensation settings optimization RFC

Q4

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PROPOSAL: OriginTrail v5 Starfleet dual chain implementations
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Proposal RFC - Multi-chain OriginTrail protocol concept
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Launch upon proposal confirmation
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OriginTrail Explorer v2
Read more in the development update.
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Node service compensation settings optimization prototype
OT-RFC - Automatic Adjustment Plugin (AAP) detailed specification
AAP optimization plugin simulator Github repository
Read more in the development update.
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Support for additional data models - GS1 EPCIS 2.0 prototype
Video demonstration the Decentralized EPCIS repository prototype.
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Cross-Atlantic data marketplace implementation (NGI Atlantic)
Read more in the blogpost.
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OpenPKG prototype (NGI DAPSI)
Watch the OpenPKG Prototype video demonstration.
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Trusted Covid-19 Essential Supplies Repository discovery application
Read more in the development update.
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Trace Alliance Working Group on AgriFood established
Read more in the blogpost.

2021

Q1 - Multichain OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph

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Starfleet Boarding activities
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Registration phase via boarding.origintrail.io
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Preparation, smart contract audits, bug bounty
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Staking phase (up to 100MM TRAC)
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Dual-chain ODN v5 mainnet launch
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DC nodes publishing data holding jobs on Gnosis chain blockchain-enabled
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DH nodes bidding for published offers on Gnosis blockchain
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Gnosis chain Bounty program
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Updated Explorer (with the Gnosis chain)
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Updated Node profile management interface
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OT Hub update supporting ODN v5
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World Economic Forum’s recognition of Trusted Repository for COVID-19 Essential Supplies
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Starfleet blockchain development
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Warp ODN v5 multi chain testnet
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Technical review through Substrate Builders Program
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nOS liquidity provisioning integration update for Starfleet
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Custodianship services support introduced to enable institutional access to TRAC token
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Data to knowledge services based on GS1 EPCIS and W3C Verifiable Credentials standards and the OriginTrail decentralized knowledge graph introduced at GS1 Global Forum - link
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Decentralized EPCIS repository extension for the Rail industry
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OT node enterprise readiness by enabling cluster setup for high availability
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OriginTrail 101 course at the Ivan on Tech Academy launched in collaboration with Amos Thomas
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Trace Alliance Working Group on Supply Chain and Interoperability established
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OpenPKG for protecting personally identifiable information
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Public beta release
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Global identity provider partnership
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TGS target: 10,000,000

Q2 - Fast-tracking NeuroWeb

OriginTrail Multi Chain Knowledge Economy development
Advanced frameworks, tools, services, and workflows leveraging Web3 technologies built on the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph to facilitate trusted knowledge sharing. The blockchain-agnostic implementation of OriginTrail will be extended with NeuroWeb on Polkadot
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NeuroWeb Development
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Starfleet blockchain beta testnet launch
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NeuroWeb Beta testnet launch
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Rococo integration
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Launch of dedicated NeuroWeb website
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Starfleet Bounty collection completed
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Launch of NeuroWeb staging testnet
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NeuroWeb Testnet block explorer integration
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Presentation at Polkadot Decoded and announcement of NeuroWeb
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Trace Alliance Decentralization and Tokenomics Working Group, Polkadot Initiative publication: Polkadot Integration RFC
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Joint OriginTrail and Polkadot live meetup
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Decentralized Knowledge Graph improvements
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Data pruning features and optimisations
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Developer tooling updates

OriginTrail Ecosystem Growth Acceleration (Project OTEGA)
Tools, frameworks, and programs for developers and system integrators who wish to utilize OriginTrail with legacy systems, blockchains, and applications and take advantage of the power of Decentralized Knowledge Graph technology. Enabling additional blockchain ecosystem expansion easily through the consensus layer extension framework.
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Trusted BYTES Innovate UK project kick-off (Read more)
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OriginTrail deployment in the life sciences and healthcare industry (Read more)
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Next Generation Internet update; data marketplaces deployed in US and EU
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Trace Alliance Working Group on Supply Chain Data Interoperability and Semantic Web
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First group members announced
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First public meeting of the working group with US FDA presenting The FDA New Era of Smarter Food Safety Low- or No-Cost Tech-Enabled Traceability Challenge (Read more)
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Draft of WG paper presented (internal review)
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World Economic Forum UpLink’s Innovation Day event
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OriginTrail 102 course launched on Ivan on Tech Academy
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OriginTrail Presentation at the Knowledge Graph Conference
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TGS target: 30,000,000

Q3 - OriginTrail Multichain expansion, NeuroWeb, Knowledge Economy Tools introduction and Evangelist program launch

OriginTrail Multichain Knowledge Economy development
Advanced frameworks, tools, services, and workflows leveraging Web3 technologies built on the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph to enable trusted knowledge sharing. First knowledge tools introduced for the OriginTrail mainnet.
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Multichain OriginTrail
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Starfleet program completed (Gnosis chain support launched, un-staking enabled)
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Extending multichain DKG - OriginTrail Deployment to Polygon
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Multichain OriginTrail consensus layer extension framework - a generalized process of integrating of additional EVM-compatible blockchains (e.g., NEAR, Polygon/MATIC, Moonbeam, BSC ...) to the OT DKG
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Polkadot network effects
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Integrating the OriginTrail Warp testnet to the NeuroWeb staging testnet.
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Completion of the Substrate Builders Program
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Further support for institutional custody options for TRAC token
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Trace Alliance Working Group on Supply Chain Data Interoperability and Semantic Web
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Technology landscape scientific paper
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Publication of Interoperability Framework and best practices
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OriginTrail Builders Challenge
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Turing phase

Phase completion estimate: October 2023

The Turing phase, named after computer science pioneer Alan Turing, introduces the V6 Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG V6) which innovates with Knowledge Assets to enhance information discovery, ownership, and verifiability. These advancements drive value in sectors such as supply chains, healthcare, and more. OriginTrail introduces ChatDKG, a framework for AI based on trusted knowledge, addressing generative AI models' (like ChatGPT) flaws, based on verifiable origin and trusted trail of information. Initially launched on OriginTrail's own blockchain - the NeuroWeb, the V6 DKG enables expansion to other EVM blockchains.

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Targets

  • 1M assets available on the DKG
  • TGS: 500M+ (V5 and V6 DKG)
  • 20% of TRAC circulating supply activated for utility
  • TRAC locked for network security: 20MM+ TRAC
  • Average security collateral per node: 200k+ TRAC
  • Whitepaper: OriginTrail 3.0: Trusted Knowledge Foundation for Sustainable AI

Driving standardization and sustainability in global industries

Trusted AI for supply chains

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Global standards based AI-search
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Knowledge Assets for the Railway sector (SAP integrations)
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Global Halal supply chain proof of concept
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TheFSM project - OriginTrail based marketplace implementation
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Ekopakt project completion (food traceability module based on v6)
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International trade Trusted Bytes solution developed
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AI semantic search for GS1 data (EPCIS 2.0, Global Data Model, etc.)
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Trusted product discovery and semantic AI search with GS1 Digital Link (GS1 barcode successor)
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Sustainability driven AI-search
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ESG reporting compliance
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Denied party screening
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Masterclass - OriginTrail for trusted AI in supply chains

Trusted AI for Construction

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BUILDCHAIN - EU- backed project for European build environment based on Knowledge Assets and AI models
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Kick-off with 5 building sites across 3 EU countries
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Buildchain DKG masterclass
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EU - backed project for crowdsourcing AI-ready Knowledge Assets for sustainable construction (NGI Search)
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ChatDKG kickoff

Trusted AI for Life Sciences and Healthcare

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Initial deployment in India with World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)
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Foundation set for semantic AI search in pharmaceutical industry
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Sustainable Medicines Partnership (SMP) - AI-powered solution for improving medicines sustainability
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Masterclass - OriginTrail for trusted AI in Life Sciences and Healthcare

Trusted AI for Metaverse and gaming

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Tracverse project - Metaverse project built with AI on OriginTrail DKG
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Masterclass - OriginTrail for trusted AI in Metaverse and Gaming

Network Operating System (nOS) and AI semantic search for enterprise

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V6-powered update
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Oracle marketplace release
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AI semantic-search features
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Cloud provider partnership

Trace Alliance activities

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Trusted Knowledge Foundation education hub
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Decentralization and Tokenomics Working Group activities (i.e. OT-RFC-11, OT-RFC-12, OT-RFC-13, OT-RFC14, OT-RFC15, OT-RFC16)
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Decentralized Knowledge Graph conference
If you’re building a product or have deployed a solution on OriginTrail DKG V6, you can get featured by adding your project here.

Layer 2: Decentralized Knowledge Graph

DKG V6

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DKG V6 TRAC Tokenomics OT-RFC-14 (link)
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DKG V6 release
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Introducing Knowledge Assets and Universal Asset Locators (UALs, analogous to URLs in Web2)
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W3C RDF/SPARQL support for seamless integration with existing knowledge graphs (e.g. Ontotext GraphDB, Stardog, Amazon Neptune, etc..)
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Protocol performance improvements for throughput and speed (more than 20x compared to V5)
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DKG SDK (Javascript client)
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Knowledge Tools prototype V6 integration (NGI Ontochain)
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Houston app for node operators
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OriginTrail.io website rehaul (June 2023)
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DKG node TRAC token delegation RFC

ChatDKG - Trusted Knowledge Assets based AI framework

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Project Magnify bootstrapping
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First deployments of enterprise AI-powered semantic search
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ChatDKG contributor grants launched
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ChatDKG.ai framework repository launch
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DKG Explorer release powered by DKG V6
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Integrating Knowledge Assets with 3 popular AI systems/tools (e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google BERT, AutoGPT, …)
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OTHub for Knowledge Asset publishers and infrastructure runners grantee selected
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Grant wave 1 participants selected
Contribute to ongoing efforts by joining OriginTrail Discord or Github.

Layer 1: Multi-chain OriginTrail blockchain layer

NeuroWeb

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NeuroWeb - OT-RFC-11 (link)
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OriginTrail Polkadot parachain auction won
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NeuroWeb launch
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Neuro token transactions enabled
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EVM enabled
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NeuroWeb Bridges - OT-RFC-12 (v1 & v2)
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TRAC token deployment on Polkadot OT-RFC-13 (link)
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TRAC token deployed on NeuroWeb
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TRAC token Teleport to NeuroWeb
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DKG V6 deployment on NeuroWeb
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NeuroWeb Explorer - Subscan integration
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NeuroWeb Governance system - OT-RFC-15 (link)
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XCM support enabled (ETA June 2023)
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Neuro token - Polkadot Vault wallet support
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Initial governance council constituted (ETA June 2023)
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NeuroWeb Governance system enabled (ETA July 2023)
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NeuroWeb Bridge Implementation OT-RFC-16 (ETA July 2023)
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Sudo capabilities transferred to Governance system (ETA August 2023)
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First XCM integrations, voted on public referenda (e.g. Moonbeam, HydraDX etc - ETA August 2023)
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Neuro token secondary market availability support and conditions fulfilled (ETA August 2023)
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Neuro token utility in the consensus layer of V6 DKG
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Governance established
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Established support for token availability on secondary markets (institutional support)
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NeuroWeb Bridge Implementation based on OT-RFC-16 and referendum confirmation (ETA September 2023)
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NeuroWeb Collators system RFC (ETA September 2023)

DKG Multichain expansion

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DKG expansion to additional EVM-compatible blockchains - RFC
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ONGOING
Q3 2023 - 2025

Metcalfe phase

“…it (LLM) unfortunately hallucinates most when you least want it to hallucinate. When you’re asking the important and difficult questions that’s where it tends to be confidently wrong. So we’re really trying hard to say how do we be as grounded as possible so you can count on the results?” - Elon Musk at Lex Fridman podcast

The truth, however, is an elusive concept, especially if attempted to be captured by a single organization/product. A better approach is through connectivity and transparency achieved by leveraging multiple open source technologies. Turing Award winner Dr. Bob Metcalfe explained this idea, saying,

“… through connectivity, decentralized knowledge graphs, blockchains and AI are converging — and it’s an important convergence, because it is going to help us with one of the biggest problems we have nowadays, which is the truth.”

DKGcon 2023 - Dr Bob Metcalfe: Seeking truth through connectivity

Inspired by Turing award winner Dr Bob Metcalfe and his pioneering work, including "Metcalfe's Law" and the creation of the first computer network, the OriginTrail Metcalfe phase aims to leverage network effects through building a web of verifiable Knowledge Assets for decentralized AI.

The Genesis period of the Metcalfe phase bootstraps growth of the AI-native V8 Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG V8), driving the verifiability of AI with its decentralized retrieval augmented generation (dRAG). Supported by a unique Knowledge mining system through the NeuroWeb blockchain, the Genesis period is followed by a “Convergence” period, which further leverages network effects via autonomous knowledge inferencing. The DKG V8 aims to offer a user-centric, trusted knowledge foundation with decentralized AI functionalities, enabling individuals and organizations to participate in a knowledge economy based on neutrality, inclusiveness, and usability - the core principles of the OriginTrail ecosystem.

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Genesis - The V8 Foundation (Q4 2023 - 2025)

“When you connect things together, the value rises really fast because of all the possible connections that can be made, and the friction that’s reduced, and the collaboration that’s enhanced. So it’s good to bet on connectivity.”- Dr Bob Metcalfe

The Genesis period leverages connectivity to achieve network effects across the multi-chain OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph to reach a growth target of 1B Knowledge Assets. With the introduction of the community driven NeuroWeb blockchain supporting DKG growth, Genesis bootstraps the OriginTrail AI-Native version 8 for decentralized retrieval augmented generation (dRAG), introduced to drive a multi - modal LLM ecosystem of AI solutions. The V8 Foundation impact stages were initially described here and are now being expanded.

Genesis period targets:

  • 1B knowledge assets available on the DKG
  • Minimum 40% of TRAC circulating supply activated for utility
    • TRAC locked for network security: 100MM+ TRAC
    • Average security collateral per node: 300k+ TRAC

Impact base: Trantor (established in Q1 2024)

One of the prominent features of Trantor was the Library of Trantor, in which librarians indexed the entirety of human knowledge by walking up to a different computer terminal every day and resuming where the previous librarian left off.

Catalyst 1: Knowledge Mining

Incentivized growth of high-quality knowledge in DKG with Initial Paranet Offerings and Autonomous Knowledge Mining.

Catalyst 2: Delegated staking

Expanding inclusivity of DKG infrastructure by enabling TRAC stake delegation across all integrated chains.

Whitepaper 3.0

Verifiable Internet for Artificial Intelligence: The Convergence of Crypto, Internet and AI.

Link

This whitepaper presents a vision for the future of Artificial Intelligence through the concept of a Verifiable Internet for AI, leveraging synergies of crypto, internet, and AI technologies. It introduces the Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG) and Decentralized Retrieval Augmented Generation (dRAG) approach to ensure provenance, integrity, and verifiability of information utilized by AI. It aims to address the challenges posed by misinformation, data ownership, and bias inherent in AI, by synergizing neural and symbolic AI approaches with Web3 technologies.

Impact base: Terminus (established in Q2 2024)

The founding population of Terminus consisted of 100,000 especially healthy scientists, whose ostensible purpose was to publish an Encyclopedia Galactica in order to preserve science and technology. The lack of natural resources forced Terminians to develop extremely high-efficiency tech, as their knowledge due to their position as the inheritors of the Imperial Library allowed them to do so.

Catalyst 1: Multichain growth

Bringing DKG to any EVM compatible ecosystem with significant demand (more information in OT-RFC-17).
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NeuroWeb Delegated Staking release
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Additional blockchain integrations (based on OT-RFC-17)

Catalyst 2: 100x scalability

Increasing scalability in capacity of publishing Knowledge Assets by implementing random sampling and other scalability improvements.
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NeuroWeb scaling: Asynchronous backing
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DKG V8 random sampling update

Catalyst 3: Paranets and Initial Paranet Offerings (IPOs)

The autonomously operated collections of Knowledge Assets owned by its communities residing on the DKG.
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Cross-chain Knowledge mining
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Decentralized Identities on DKG - name service integration

Catalyst 4: ChatDKG.ai

Interact with DKG and its paranets using natural language and the power of multiple AI models and agents. Build your own Decentralized Retrieval Augmented Generation (dRAG) product seamlessly.

Impact base: Gaia (established in H2 2024)

The human beings on Gaia, under robotic guidance, not only evolved their ability to form an ongoing telepathic group consciousness but also extended this consciousness to the fauna and flora of the planet itself, even including inanimate matter. As a result, the entire planet became a super-organism.

DKG V8

Scalable and robust foundation for enabling next stage of Artificial Intelligence adoption with Decentralized Retrieval Augmented Generation (dRAG), combining symbolic and neural decentralized AI.
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AI-native Knowledge Assets: native vector support (e.g. knowledge graph embeddings for native Graph ML)
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AI-native search based on DKG V8 decentralized vector index
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Knowledge Contracts

Catalyst 1: Autonomous Knowledge Mining

Mine new knowledge for paranets autonomously by using the power of symbolic AI (the DKG) and neural networks.
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AI-agent driven Knowledge Mining
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Knowledge mining library integrations for popular data science languages (e.g. Python, R etc)

Catalyst 2: DePIN for private knowledge

Keep your knowledge private, on your devices, while being able to use it in the bleeding edge AI solutions.
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Private knowledge Assets repository (Knowledge wallet)
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Private data monetization with Knowledge Assets (Knowledge marketplace)
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DKG Decentralized File Storage integration libraries (e.g. IPFS, Filecoin)

Convergence (2025+)

“... through connectivity, decentralized knowledge graphs, blockchains and AI are converging - and it’s an important convergence, because it is going to help us with one of the biggest problems we have nowadays, which is the truth”- Dr Bob Metcalfe

With the Genesis period completed the OriginTrail DKG will have a large enough number of Knowledge Assets created (1B) to kickstart the “Convergence”. Leveraging network effects, growth gets further accelerated through autonomous knowledge publishing and inferencing capabilities of the DKG, fueled by decentralized knowledge mining protocols of NeuroWeb. During the Convergence, supported by OriginTrail V8 with AI-native features and further scalability increase, the OriginTrail DKG grows the largest public Decentralized Knowledge Graph in existence, a verifiable web of collective human knowledge - the trusted knowledge foundation for AI.

Convergence period targets:

  • 100B knowledge assets available on the DKG
  • Minimum 60% of TRAC circulating supply activated for utility
    • TRAC locked for network security: 150MM+ TRAC
    • Average security collateral per node: 500k+ TRAC

Autonomous Decentralized Knowledge Graph

An incentivized autonomous enriching of human knowledge using neural network reasoning capabilities over a large body of trusted knowledge. Providing the infrastructure for automating automation, allowing any of the most pressing challenges of human existence to be addressed in an accelerated way.

Autonomous Decentralized Knowledge Inferencing
  • Knowledge Graph Reasoning
  • LLM based inferencing
  • Graph Neural Network framework
  • Autonomous inferencing based on Knowledge Asset network effects

Autonomous Knowledge Mining
  • Autonomous knowledge publishing with DKG inferencing
  • Additional AI-agent integrations

Knowledge streaming feeds

ChatDKG framework
  • V2 of unified framework
  • Integrations with decentralized and centralized AI systems

Multichain Decentralized Knowledge Graph
  • Cross chain knowledge tools
  • Additional blockchain integrations (learn how to integrate via OT-RFC-17)

Additional support for emerging W3C and GS1 standards

Knowledge Mining: Incentivising valuable Knowledge Asset creation
  • Knowledge Mining updates
  • Further Knowledge mining library integrations

Knowledge Signaling: token based knowledge curation
  • Knowledge Signaling updates

On-chain Knowledge Discovery: using verifiable data in smart contracts
  • Knowledge Discovery updates

Trusted AI for global industries (Q4 2023+)

Trusted AI driven Manufacturing

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EU commision supported project for Digital Twins based on the Decentralized Knowledge Graph focusing on
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Aeronautics manufacturing
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Electronics manufacturing

Financial industry

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Knowledge Asset-powered financial analysis

Autonomous Supply chains

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Hyper-automation of supply chain processes (production, warehousing, transportation, etc.)
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Advanced analytics and intelligence across supply chain networks
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Sustainability tools for supply chain ecosystems
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Industrial data marketplaces
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Global trade and customs
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Global Halal supply chain transparency

Construction

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BUILDCHAIN project continuation: Scalable BIM-based decentralized knowledge platform for:
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Life cycle analysis and carbon footprint computations
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Reasoning architecture for the management of a large population of buildings
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Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), reliability assessment and anomaly detection with AI sensor fusion
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Earthquake and climate proof of building based on digital twinning
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SHM tools for cultural heritage buildings
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Follow-up procedures of design processes by Bayesian updating
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Precipitation monitoring for active control of local flooding
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Optimized ‘self-attentive’ sensing
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Post-catastrophic interventions
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Construction economics
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Management of deep renovation workflows
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Increase operational energy and energy efficiency of buildings
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EU-backed project for crowdsourcing AI-ready Knowledge Assets for sustainable construction (NGI Search)
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Knowledge tender for open data on sustainable construction
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ChatDKG open source tools bootstrapped on the DKG V8

Life Sciences and Healthcare

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GS1 Digital Link for pharmaceuticals
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AI-enhanced diagnostics based on Knowledge Assets
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Knowledge Assets for wearable tech
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Bootstrapping DKG V8 with sustainable medicine production and distribution (SMP partnership)

Metaverse and Entertainment

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Workspace improvements with trusted virtual environments
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Enhanced education and training experiences
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Immersive e-commerce
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Advanced entertainment with immersive games, AI storytelling, item ownership experiences (e.g. Tracverse)
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Mixed-reality capabilities supported by trusted knowledge assets

Network Operating System (nOS) and Decentralized AI for enterprise

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nOS for builders: Hosted services for DKG
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AI integrations:
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ChatDKG tools integrated into nOS
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Google Vertex AI integration
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OpenAI integration
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xAI Grok Integration
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DKG V8 - powered updates

Trace Alliance activities

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Trusted Knowledge Foundation partnership hub for the following topics:
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Supply chain automation
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Sustainability, environment and circular economy
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Digital Twin for convergence between supply chain and metaverse
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Responsible AI
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Decentralization and Tokenomics Working Group activities
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