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How and why Teosto, the CMO of Finland, supports exchange of metadata of musical works

Teosto, the collective management organisation of Finland, finished the first phase of a project with Bloomen-partner Kendraio. The goal is to extend the usability of APIs for musical works and add user interfaces for data exchange.  Reliable…
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Presentations, Ideas and two Winners. A Report from the Bloomen Ideathon

The Bloomen consortium gathered in Nicosia, Cyprus in January 2020 for a meeting of all partners and the 2nd "Pitstop", a community event structured to listen to the community. What are issues, what are ideas, what are the challenges of using…
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Bloomen Ideathon: Fresh Ideas for Blockchain Applications

As a technology Blockchain has been hyped as potentially disruptive, for many areas of business and life. A big question: What are ideas hon how to use such ideas in daily life? To find out the Bloomen Project organized an Ideathon interacting…
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Workshop: Ethics of Blockchain

University of Reading, UK - 17th December 2019  Research Workshop hosted by the Critical-Chains Consortium Workshop goals: Beyond all the hype and hope, Blockchain-based solutions in various application domains, ranging from financial…
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Playing With The Chain: Ubisoft works with Start-up Ultra for In-Game Asset Creation and Transfer

Game developer Ubisoft now works with Ultra, a crypto startup. Using blockchain technology Ultra will enable in-game asset creation and ownership tranfers,  creating a marketplace in games. The goal is to enable developers to create new features…
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It's All About Convergence in the EU: Global Blockchain Congress, November 11-13, 2019 - Malaga

In the next five years Blockchain technologies are expected to converge with other trends, such as AI, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. Blockchains might enhance a number of other areas, too. Think finance, logistics, energy are obvious…
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BLING: Research Project Mapping Use Cases for "Blockchain in Government"

How could Blockchains enable better services for society and individuals? The EU research project BLING (Blockchain IN Government) collects information about projects in the this particular field.  To get a better understanding we asked…
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The List: 60 Blockchain Platforms, Companies and Projects aimed to create or manage media content

There are currently many projects exploring how Blockchain Technology could be used for creative content & media platforms. Our list will be updated regularly. Every week we will be looking at some of the companies and report about the specific…
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Blockchain standardization on a national level: What could work?

Notes from an exchange with Christiana Aristidou, Technology Lawyer, National Delegate in the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO), representing Cyprus Standards (CYS) in ISO TC 307 for Blockchain and Electronic Distributed Ledger…
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Bloomen.io covered by El Mundo

The idea of managing creative assets using blockchain technology is still novel: Now, in Spain, "El Mundo" covered the project and the key ideas. The online version of the article can be found here: El Mundo (in Spanish)