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Centrifuge

Centrifuge is an open, decentralized operating system to connect the global financial supply chain. It allows participants to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data, including their validated company details, their reputation, business relationships, and subsequent transactions.

Main sectors: Supply Chains & Logistics

Main applications: Data Marketplace/Data monetization;
Supply Chain Management/Trade

Established in: 2017

URL: https://centrifuge.io/

 

Organisation: Centrifuge GmbH

Organisation type: Companies (for-profit) – Startup

Founders: Maex Ament, CEO; Martin Quensel, CCO; Lucas Vogelsang, Head of Engineering; Philip Stehlik, CTO

Partners: Maker DAO; Paperchain; Parity; Avvaneo; CRX Markets; Elemica

Country: Germany

City: Berlin

Stage of project: Pilot

Geographical reach: International

DLT / Blockchain: Public – New

Other technologies: Other/s

 

Whitepaper: https://centrifuge.io/centrifuge_os_white_paper.pdf

Github: https://github.com/centrifuge/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/centrifuge

 

This project is part of the #DLT4Good Scanning. ‘#DLT4Good: Co-creating a European Ecosystem of Distributed Ledger Technologies for Social and Public Good’ is a forward-looking science for policy project supported by the European Parliament, and coordinated by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) in cooperation with the Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG CONNECT). Learn more about #DLT4Good.