Datum’s three co-founders, CEO Roger Haenni, COO Gebhard Scherrer and CMO VC Tran

This is the time of year when people often say, “Out with the old and in with the new!” At Datum, however, things are a little different. We embarked on a huge mission in 2017. At the heart of that mission is the desire to help you #TakeBackYourData and #GetPaid to do it. Things are really starting to roll now and we’re continuing in the same direction, full speed ahead.

I’ve always been obsessed with big data and aware of the ever-expanding influence it holds on all of our lives. For a while now, I’ve wanted to help the people that are really creating this data — yes that’s right, YOU — profit from the product they make. Creating a global data storage infrastructure and marketplace is the right way to do this, and it became clear that 2017 was the year to make this happen.

Inside Datum’s Office (from left to right): Advisor Joe Johnston, COO Gebhard Scherrer, CEO Roger Haenni, Head of Growth Theo Valich and Community Manager Christiana Chien

Meeting Gebhard Scherrer and V.C. Tran, Datum’s other co-founders, and the rest of the Datum team, was a crucial step in turning this idea into a reality. The launch of the DAT token creates the right incentives for all stakeholders of the Datum ecosystem and is a vital element in Datum’s future development.

Thanks to the DAT token, which is currently being traded on five exchanges, over 7 million USD was raised in the second half of 2017. While the Datum token sale can be called an ICO, or Initial Coin Offering, we prefer a second meaning for these letters: Initial Customer Onboarding.

DAT listed on Coin Market Cap

What does that mean?

Simple. It’s turning our backers and followers into a real community of users. As of this posting, Datum has an email list of over 75,000, along with more than 33,000 followers on Twitter and a Facebook following that is just as robust. Since launching the Datum Test Network, just a few weeks ago, already over 20’000 data transactions happened with a total volume of 167,000 DAT Tokens. As people wake up to the need to get control of their data, we will continue to spearhead the #TakeBackYourData movement through all of these channels and more.

Data Trading Dashboard in Datum’s Test Network

When I look back at the whirlwind of innovation 2017 has brought, building a community is what I’m most proud of. When I look ahead to 2018, turning Datum’s test network into a global data marketplace is the most important goal, but the continued growth of our community is a close second. My third goal?

Well, that’s something a little more unorthodox.

Data is something that literally everyone produces, no matter where you are from or what your income is, and this data is a really valuable resource. I hope that in the future we can help everyone on the planet to harvest this valuable resource and participate in its monetization, perhaps even creating a small contribution to a real universal basic income.

Here’s to a successful 2018!

Roger Haenni

Co-founder & CEO, Datum

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