"Blockchain & Big Data", Trent MConaghy, Founder & CTO at ascribe GmbH
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Trent McConaghy is co-founder & CTO of ascribe, which uses blockchain technology and internet-scale machine learning to secure digital creations. Before that, he co-founded Solido Design Automation, which uses large-scale machine learning to help drive Moore's Law. Solido is now widely used in developing next-gen computer chips. Before that, he co-founded ADA, which used machine learning for analog synthesis. ADA was acquired in 2004. Trent has written two critically-acclaimed books on machine learning, creativity and circuit design, in addition to 50 papers+patents. He has given keynotes & invited talks at MIT, Columbia, Berkeley, JPL, Samsung, Qualcomm, Nvidia, Data Science Day, PyData, and more.
18. We asked:
Can you own digital art,
the way you own Bitcoin?
19. Blockchain 101
A blockchain is a spreadsheet in
the sky, in which:
• anyone can add to it,
• and it gets auto-synced,
• nothing can be deleted, and
• it’s public
The Bitcoin blockchain is a spreadsheet where
you can buy and sell e-money called “Bitcoin”.
20. • Easy legals via terms of service: “I
claim copyright rights” (creator) and “I
transfer [beneficial-use] copyright
rights” (sale).
• Copyright in a box!
• Secure legals by time-stamping
evidence of ownership actions onto a
blockchain.
• Special “SPOOL” protocol for ownership:
unique editions, consign, loan ..
• Time-stamp = evidence for court in case of
Q: Can you own digital art the way you own Bitcoin?
A: Yes! Via framework of easy, secure legals
21. ascribed digital
art at world-
class gallery
(bitforms NYC)
Jonathan Monaghan
Escape Pod
2015, 3 editions
ID:
1P1EumqcJoxMMGf79WwdkFn7uCRBeNaCR8
http://ascri.be/1KfMJt0
29. Case study: film & TV trust network 1/2
Discover,
consume
content
Your TV &
Film
content
Intake
content
Others’
content
1
Broadcast
TV
PC
internet
Cable TV
Retail
(eg DVD
rental)
Mobile
internet
Others’
content
2
Others’
content
3
30. Case study: film & TV trust network 2/2
ascribe licensing API
Discover,
consume
content
ascribe registration API
Your TV &
Film
content
Intake
content
Others’
content
1
Broadcast
TV
PC
internet
Cable TV
Retail
(eg DVD
rental)
Mobile
internet
Others’
content
2
Others’
content
3
blockchain
33. “my conclusion is that whatever you
put on the internet you lose it. Maybe
keep the rights, but lose the power over
it.”
-user on Shapeways blog
http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/19789-copyright-3d-printing-and-you-what-does-it-all-
34. “my conclusion is that whatever you
put on the internet you lose it. Maybe
keep the rights, but lose the power over
it.”
-user on Shapeways blog
http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/19789-copyright-3d-printing-and-you-what-does-it-all-
Creators were apprehensive
about sharing on the net
41. Visibility: How
• Crawl the web (220 Tb text)
• Index each image, 3d design etc found
(10G+ images) with a special machine
learning feature vector, indexable in DB
• Cast any input search as a DB-lookup
problem to filter to highest-likelihood
images. Follow with more detailed filtering
• Look backwards in time too, for copies-vs-
time
45. REST API
REST API interface
For content providers, and
marketplaces of digital
goods (art, photography, 3d,
..)
46. WEB APP
Webapp interface
For individual creators (artists,
graphic designers,
photographers, writers, ..) who
want to register, consign, and
archive their work directly.
E.g. securely submit content to
big distributors
47. Where’s my stuff?
Easy, secure
legals
Visibility
Conclusion
Big data & blockchains are key to building
an ownership layer for the internet.
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