[PRE ANN] [SENSE] BlockSense | Digital Construction | SMART Infrastructure

[BlockSense]

BLOCKSENSE

BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS FOR SMART INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION
BLOCKSENSE

GRAPHIC ANN


BlockSense is the first blockchain powered platform for the construction industry. Serving as an open databank for SMART infrastructure, BlockSense is an innovative approach to engineering data management.


OUR SCOPE

Infrastructure investment has been a key area for the construction industry with attention being focused on project efficiency.
Construction 2025 published by HM Government 2013 stated the importance of smart infrastructure investment with a forecast of £200 billion p.a global market for 2030. The industry has since invested and developed a number of digital construction models such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) and other innovations.
As Structural Health monitoring and other smart solutions are implemented, the industry has grown to demand better data management of its systems.
BlockSense is a project aimed to improve the way data is managed within smart infrastructures by using blockchain technology, in particular, OP_RETURN functions. Faster transactions, automated encryption encoding and data integrity are just a few of the many benefits of BlockSense.
BlockSense supports existing and future infrastructures through slipstreamed deployment and integration. From structural integrity to temperature and humidity systems, BlockSense will be a versatile databank solution that will cater for all SMART sensing data types.  
Organizations or individuals will be able to establish decentralized databanks for their projects with minimal cost and setup time. The BlockSense platform (blocksense.org) will have an integrated registration system allowing on the fly monitoring and interrogation of immutable data on the SENSE blockchain.
Low powered sensing solutions across a secure decentralized network will create a monitoring system that goes beyond current SHM limitations and strives for sustainable development practices. BlockSense brings live analysis, publications and collaboration of databanks to form an innovative unified network of data and knowledge.
 



SMART INFRASTRUCTURE

Real-time data collection and analysis are possible with embedded devices, the Internet of Things (IoT). Converting real life events into logical data provides insight, creating informed decisions when handling monitoring and maintenance of assets.
Early warning systems and information collection develop foresight, allowing for advance planning and solution methods to be implemented in an effective manner before severe damage manifestation.
Smart infrastructures are the future of the world with Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems being developed and implemented in new and existing assets. They provide:

Stable Maintenance Costs   Reduced Down Time   Damage Prevention   Live Data Analysis




SENSE Blockchain ? How it Works



SENSE is a token used to encode data permanently on the blockchain. The network will be driven by proof of stake in line with sustainable development motives of the industry. Each OP_RETURN will have a base cost of 0.005 SENSE (making data immutable) with a data carriage fee of 0.002 SENSE per Kb to the network. (figures to be adjusted)

Sensor > Embedded System > OP_return to SENSE Blockchain > BlockSense Platform

The BlockSense platform will track all registered sensors for extended services.





PLATFORM OVERVIEW

 
The BlockSense platform is an interactive web service that allows deployment of BlockSense databank projects.


Create & Deploy

BlockSense will have its own management hierarchy. Users can choose to adopt the default structure by assigning unique I.D?s to Organizations, locations and sensor systems or use their own data structures.  


Sensors & Network Integrity

BlockSense will accommodate a range of data collection frequencies. Security grows with adoption. As each sensor node will encode data over the network and support the network infrastructure by staking.


Track & Analyse

Automated registration of systems will allow live streaming of encoded data. Users will be able to query the blockchain database built by BlockSense. Define data sets, time frames and many more to analyse how a smart infrastructure is performing.
Easily export data sets and charts for use with other tools and records.  


Live Alert System

An automated alert service will be developed to allow users to programme conditional alerts assigned to specific sensors and systems.


Privacy & Publications

Organisations can choose to encrypt their data for internal usage or have data open to the public. Publication functions will be integrated to allow report publishing on the platform and internal data sharing.
Data verification used within publications may be referenced to the SENSE blockchain. Transparency instils confidence to stakeholders and will promote better asset management decisions.


Collaborate  

Share data and contribute to better development. As new and existing projects often refer to historical data, BlockSense aims to be the ultimate databank. Contribute to public databanks or private ones.
As BlockSense develops, additional functions and features become possible with public borehole data, climate data, seismic data etc. New functions and services can be developed including web map services, activity forecasting and much more.  




BlockSense Crowdfunding Campaign



Details coming soon!





Social Media


This ANN will be updated in time to reflect project status and updates along with finalised details in the near future. Please follow and comment with any constructive feedback and input you may have.

Follow us on Twitter

Read more about BlockSense

Regular entry posts at BLOGSense

[chey]

Will it be open source?

[mistercashking]

BLOCKSENSE

[VenMiner]

Watching this, sound interesting.

[BlockSense]

Watching, and does this mean it will be a hard drive storage rewarded coin?

For now, the network will be driven by 100% proof of stake. We are not using hdd mining based rewards or proof of work. I've updated this in the post.

Will it be open source?

Yes, SENSE cryptocurrency will be open source when launched. Our platform will provide tools for the industry to integrate BlockSense into their systems.


Thank you for posting our graphical ANN mistercashking

Updates and information around the project will be added regularly from today. Be sure to check our site and follow us on twitter for development.  

[anderson705]

when will crowdfuning start ?

[BlockSense]

Watching, and does this mean it will be a hard drive storage rewarded coin?

For now, the network will be driven by 100% proof of stake. We are not using hdd mining based rewards or proof of work. I've updated this in the post.

Will it be open source?

Yes, SENSE cryptocurrency will be open source when launched. Our platform will provide tools for the industry to integrate BlockSense into their systems.


Thank you for posting our graphical ANN mistercashking

Updates and information around the project will be added regularly from today. Be sure to check our site and follow us on twitter for development.  

Won't this lead to quite a large blockchain and quickly?

Blockchain bloat is something we are considering as we optimize the way data is taken from sensors. Most sensors within Smart SHM systems are relatively low in frequency and size (often a few bytes) so this is not an issue.

Development relating to high frequency sensors is something we have considered and will be outlined in future posts and reports. Further studies will be undertaken as we interact with industry to assess potential data demanding uses. We have also introduced a data carriage factor to increase the cost of larger segments of data within outputs.

One of the main goals of BlockSense is to allow encoding of minute data recordings from these sensors so that the platform can use it as a foundation to offer extended services. Typically a single transaction would include:  

Code:

Organisation I.D    Project I.D    Building I.D    Location I.D    Sensor System I.D    Data Readings   Unix Time

With proper nomenclature, the outputs are relatively small in size. Pruning will also be supported for sensor node functions.


 

when will crowdfuning start ?

We are in the process of finalizing some details before announcing our crowdfund campaign. Expect an update on crowdfunding in the coming week or so alongside technical information.  

[thelion07]

all so familiar.... halo!