In today’s increasingly digital world, critical historical and scientific data are at risk of being lost or questioned due to a lack of trust and suitable verification systems. The Data History Museum by MakerX uses the Algorand blockchain to create a permanent, verifiable digital record of natural phenomena like earthquakes, with a design that can be applied broadly to other historical events.
"We've all become sensitive to [the question]: is what I'm looking at actually the truth? Is that actually what happened? And I think having a backbone of trust frees us up to look at the world in new and interesting ways. Algorand is particularly well-placed to be the backbone, the infrastructure that maintains and provides that comfort, that source of truth."
- Jess Panni, Chief Product Officer, MakerX
History, scientific research, and other critical sources of knowledge are undergoing digitization. Coupled with the rapid advancement of AI and other technologies, the integrity of this data is increasingly at risk of manipulation or deletion.
MakerX's Data History Museum enables the on-chain archival of human knowledge and experience, bringing integrity to digital artifacts and making the world's data permanent, traceable, and trustworthy.
Key benefits
- The museum represents a secure, verifiable, and permissionless digital record of historical, scientific, and other essential data.
- Events are recorded in real-time as non-fungible assets, ensuring immediate time-stamping, records of ownership, and more. This data exists forever on-chain, ensuring access by future generations.
- The museum encourages public engagement with science and history, with a transparent record of events people can have confidence in.
Algorand makes real-time, tamper proof digital records possible with its fast transaction speeds and scalability.
Algorand's fast speed and low costs ensure historical events are recorded in real-time, accommodating high volumes of data and constant activity. Because the blockchain does not fork, there is no concern about asset duplication.
Every 256 rounds (approximately every 12 minutes), Algorand also generates a quantum-secure state proof of its history, ensuring all recorded data is tamper-proof in perpetuity.
Low costs on Algorand accommodate high volumes of data and constant activity.
Every 256 rounds (approximately every 12 minutes), Algorand also generates a quantum-secure state proof of its history, ensuring all recorded data is tamper-proof in perpetuity.
Low costs on Algorand accommodate high volumes of data and constant activity.
The Data History Museum curates artifacts with data from public domain and open database sources. They acknowledge the dedicated scientific teams behind these sources:
