{"id":1554,"date":"2020-02-07T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1554"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T10:29:20","slug":"lab-wins-1-5-million-nwo-grant-to-study-trustworthy-decentralized-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/?p=1554","title":{"rendered":"Lab wins 1.5 million NWO grant to study trustworthy decentralized systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are proud to announce that we have won a large Dutch Science Council (NWO) grant to study the legal conditions of trust in decentralized technology systems. Together with the Blockchain Lab of TU Delft<\/a>, and the Erasmus University Rotterdam<\/a>, and the material support of the Dutch Ministry of Interior<\/a>, and the Dutch Pension Administration<\/a>, we will study how law can contribute to various form of decentralized, DLT based trust technologies, such as self-sovereign identities, or decentralized marketplaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full press release<\/a> below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers at the IViR Sovereignty4Europe \nproject are exploring the principles of an \u2018Internet-of-Trust\u2019. The aim \nis to design a system that securely stores varied transactions in a \nblockchain. IViR is conducting the project in collaboration with \nresearchers from TU Delft, Erasmus University Rotterdam and other \npartners. The 3.3-million euro project was funded through contributions \nfrom NWO, RvIG, Holland High Tech, Topsector HTSM, and Delft Blockchain \nLab TU Delft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Project leader Johan Pouwelse<\/a> (TU\n Delft): \u2018Internet behemoths like Amazon, eBay, Google essentially sell \ntrust: we use Amazon and eBay as trusted intermediaries, and visit \nGoogle to find relevant websites. These giant companies then store our \npersonal data on their own individual servers. We aim to replace these \nUS-dominated central servers with a general, non-profit and open source \nalternative that can serve as the basis for a reliable blockchain \neconomy. A scalable and reliable way of maintaining trust and reputation\n in an open environment, with no need for a central authority.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blockchain<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The project should \nculminate in the design of an internet-based system capable of reliably \nstoring a wide range of transactions in a blockchain, in line with \nEuropean legislation. This will make individuals uniquely identifiable \nand allow researchers to ascertain levels of trust from previous \ntransactions. The Internet-of-Trust<\/em> infrastructure is currently\n being evaluated in an online community made up of 50,000 internet \nusers. The legal aspects of this blockchain economy are being evaluated \non the basis of national and European privacy laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is being headed by Bal\u00e1zs Bod\u00f3, the founder of the ERC-funded Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab<\/a>.Bod\u00f3:\n \u2018The legal team is assessing how new, technological forms of trust \nbuilding can work with rather than against the legal system’s current \ntrust building instruments such as regulation, law enforcement and the \ncourt system.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collaboration with National Office for Identity Data (RvIG)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the three universities, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations’ National Office for Identity Data (RvIG<\/a>)\n is also actively participating in the project. RvIG aims to contribute \nto an open, universally accessible ecosystem that meets both social \n(privacy and security) and economic needs. Amongst other benefits, the \nnew system should help strengthen trust in digital transactions, reduce \ncosts and promote the development of alternative forms of service \nprovision such as an electronic ID card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The project should also \nyield insights at a European administrative level. The European \nCommission (EC) has asserted that blockchain technology allows for new \ndistributed and interaction models that are based on direct peer-to-peer <\/em>information\n exchange and do not require any central platforms or intermediaries, \nand is currently assessing the feasibility of an EU Blockchain Infrastructure (EuroChain)<\/a>. Sovereignty4Europe<\/em> seamlessly reflects these European ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are proud to announce that we have won a large Dutch Science Council (NWO) grant to study the legal conditions of trust in decentralized technology systems. Together with the Blockchain Lab of TU Delft, and the Erasmus University Rotterdam, and the material support of the Dutch Ministry of Interior, and the Dutch Pension Administration, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1555,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554\/revisions\/1555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blockchain-society.science\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}