Chronicled Launches Open Registry for Consumer IoT on Ethereum Blockchain
Blockchain startup Chronicled has launched the first of its kind ‘open registry for Internet of Things’ on the Ethereum blockchain, enabled via NFC and BLE microchips. Heralding the new open registry as a major leap in the growth and interoperability of the consumer Internet of Things, Chronicled announced the open source project under the Apache License. The San Francisco-based technology firm revealed that the registry will store the identity of consumer goods and collectibles that are embedded with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near Field Communication (NFC) microchips. Approximately....
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In an effort to build a standard for the emerging Internet of Things (IoT), Chronicled is open sourcing a tool for registering connected devices on the ethereum blockchain. Described as a "cross between Wikipedia and Carfax" for consumer goods, the platform will register the identities of near-field communication (NFC) and bluetooth low energy (BLE) chips, components of IoT that today allow smartphones to “talk” with other devices. While the IoT has been hailed as an inevitability, technology experts ague that a fragmentation of standards have held back its adoption. Today,....
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