SWIPE is pleased to formally introduce our partnership with Origin Protocol, a San Francisco-based blockchain company build a protocol for the creation of a decentralized sharing economy marketplace using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS.

Origin Protocol’s platform can be described as the ‘Wordpress’ that empowers developers and businesses to easily build and deploy decentralized marketplaces. By targeting to disrupt large corporations such as Uber, AirBnB and Craigslist that is part of the sharing economy, Origin creates and improves value for other market participants by enabling direct business, peer to peer with ease that transcends borders defined by corporations or governments.

SWIPE’s Decentralized Data Marketplace

The SWIPE network that is in development aims to incentivise users to share and monetize their data, which is packaged into an auditable data product that is sold to data buyers. Fairness and transparency in data trading needs to be guaranteed by not being governed by a third-party intermediary as this opens up the potential for fraud, manipulation, abuse and privacy breaches. Origin Protocol provides a blockchain-based solution which enables the building of decentralized marketplaces that are able to remove the need of this middleman.

On SWIPE’s data marketplace, all data transactions will be enforced strictly with smart contracts. Under Origin’s shared data layer, user and transaction data will be stored on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS, where the transaction history and reputation of SWIPE’s data buyers can be recorded and tracked.

The SWIPE team is excited in this collaboration and express strong confidence in the Origin Protocol to deliver on their product that SWIPE can build on. Origin Protocol has already built an extensive network of partners (listed in picture below) and attracted the strategic support of prominent Silicon Valley investors like Alexis Ohanian, founder and former CEO of Reddit, Steve Jang, Uber’s early advisor, and Garry Tan, former Y Combinator partner and first investor in Coinbase and Instacart. Investment funds such as Foundation Capital, Pantera Capital and Kenetic Capital are also invested.

Origin Protocol’s partner list (For a more updated list, visit their website directly)

“SWIPE is a great example of a project that is trying to create a more fair and open marketplace for data buyers and users. We are very excited that SWIPE has decided to build on the Origin Platform and we look forward to collaborating with SWIPE and their team.” — Josh Fraser, Cofounder, Origin Protocol.

(from left) Sean (CSO, SWIPE) Matthew (Co-Founder Origin Protocol) Clifford (CEO, SWIPE) Andrew (FOMO Masternode CEO & Founder)

Conclusion

SWIPE wishes the team at Origin Protocol success in their development goals, the major milestone being the full launch of decentralized services and governance in 2019. Both projects hold similar visions of disrupting industries where intermediaries gain a disproportionate amount of benefit at the expense of other stakeholders in the ecosystem. Blockchain technology provides an immutable and transparent ledger where transfer of value can occur peer to peer, enabling the realization of this vision.

Discover more about what SWIPE and Origin Protocol are trying to achieve below and join them in their telegram community and social media to learn more!

About SWIPE

SWIPE network incentivizes users to share their data anonymously while providing data buyers with auditable data products. It enables fair and transparent data trading between users, app developers and data buyers through a decentralized data marketplace. All data transactions are strictly enforced with smart contracts. As data sources are tracked and auditable on the ledger, data buyers are no longer have to risk purchasing low-quality data products.

As part of our go-to-market strategy, SWIPE has created a Software Development Kit (SDK) containing it’s technology that can be integrated seamlessly. Swipe SDK provides a suite of marketing tools that boost app users engagement and retention. Any 3rd party app developer can install the SWIPE SDK and their users can gain access to the SWIPE network, making our solution simple to implement and scalable.

SWIPE is invested by Kenetic, a blockchain firm that invested in huge blockchain projects like Zilliqa, ICON, and Bluzelle.

About Origin Protocol

Origin Protocol enables both traditional marketplaces and fractional-use or sharing economy marketplaces (like short-term rentals or ride sharing) to function in a completely distributed way using Ethereum and IPFS. Origin is a highly pedigreed company — they are backed by Pantera Capital, and the founders have a long track record of success.

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