Mr. John G. Keogh is an accomplished global authority on supply chain standards, transparency and trust. He explains why he joined OriginTrail Advisory Board in this update from Beijing after OriginTrail was admitted to Walmart’s inaugural Innovation Pipeline.

“OriginTrail is off to a fantastic start, the team is addressing needs that their customers have and understands the importance of the GS1 standards.”

https://youtu.be/mt_opUUeSWE

That's right. Presale was initially planned for December 1st, but we decided to join it with the crowdsale which was planned for Q1 2018. More on that in this blog post: https://medium.com/origintrail/the-reasons-behind-joining-our-presale-with-crowdsale-in-january-8110ea5260a8

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The exact threshold needs to be defined, but it will be less than 50 ETH - we value the feedback from the community. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter on our website and you will be the first to know.

Yes, we are preparing a bounty program, you can expect details soon.

Dear all, thanks for the positive feedback about the project. We were aiming for broad access to our crowdsale since the beginning, that’s why hard cap of the presale is maxed at 50 % of the total hard cap.

Today we revealed final dates for the crowdsale and updated this announcement accordingly. Due to the strong interest, we decided to allow the acceptance of lower contributions already in the presale. At the same time, we joined the presale with the crowdsale. You can read about the other reasons for that in a new blog post: http://bit.ly/tokensale-final-dates-revealed

Hi, thanks for the heads up!

That's right, we are already using blockchain in our current traceability setups with business partners. But the roadmap envisions a blockchain-agnostic OriginTrail Decentralized Network.

Be sure to join us on Telegram for discussion with the team >> https://t.me/origintrail

Did anyone mention The Room already? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-dIdFXeFhs
 

Great to hear that you used OriginTrail as a case, that’s very cool!

TLDR: Yes, that would make a great use-case.

The protocol is both ERP-agnostic and blockchain agnostic. It is based on GS1 standards, so it can be set up with any product supply chain and can include IoT data from sensors. By providing integrity to the data sent from the sensors, OriginTrail can act as a foundation that supports exactly such cases. It boils down to creating accountability using decentralization, hope to see that case in reality soon

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TRACE is a utility token that will be required for any use of the protocol (adding data to it or reading from it). The most important function of the token itself is therefore to be used in the ecosystem. Because Trace is limited in number, higher demand for it driven by the users of the protocol will increase its value. A model showing the demand based on certain usage phases will be released in the next weeks for the community to see.


OriginTrail protocol functions as a “middleware” built on top of different blockchain technologies on one side and applications for supply chains on the other. Our protocol adds to the blockchain layer through an off-chain decentralized network of nodes that provide an efficient way to store supply chain data and perform necessary data checks (consensus check between inputs of partners in supply chains, data replication checks, data quality checks involving a tailored zero-knowledge proof mechanism for sensitive data...). OriginTrail as a tailor-made protocol for supply chains therefore complements other platforms/blockchains/applications/hardware in the field by providing functionalities that currently don’t exist and will make building transparency in supply chains easier for them.

The crucial bottlenecks OriginTrail will help others address are:
1) poor interoperability of data within supply chains (or even within one organisation);
2) inadequacies of blockchains to efficiently store highly interconnected data needed for supplychain;
3) issues with sensitive data that make companies more reluctant to share data.


Walmart has given us a great recognition by admitting us in their Innovation Pipeline. We were even more excited as our pilot project with Yimishiji (an online retailer) received a special Food Safety Award at the same time. In more tangible terms, being a part of this ecosystem will give us a chance to collaborate with other companies in the Pipeline and shape how food safety systems will look in the future. In the process, we will be working with a wide network of Retail & Logistics professionals from Walmart and beyond, with experience in implementation in global supply chains. We will shortly share more updates about this development.

Be sure to join us on Telegram to chat with the team: http://bit.ly/OriginTrailTelegram

Sure, MEW is a great project. Seems like the development team is working hard on safety despite all phishing attempts. In the end, the human factor is most often the weakest point.

Everything on earth is finite But no, the crypto ecosystem has gotten just to big already and too many smart people are around for bitcoin to die anytime soon.