DECODE provides tools that put individuals in control of whether they keep their personal information private or share it for the public good. DECODE is an experimental project to develop practical alternatives to how we use the internet today - four European pilots will show the wider social value that comes with individuals being given the power to take control of their personal data and given the means to share their data differently. DECODE will explore how to build a data-centric digital economy where data that is generated and gathered by citizens, the Internet of Things (IoT), and sensor networks is available for broader communal use, with appropriate privacy protections.

Main sectors: IT & Telecommunications

Main applications: Internet of Things;
Disintermediation and decentralized networks

Established in: 2017

URL: https://decodeproject.eu/

Organisation: Institut Municipal d'Informatica de Barcelona (IMI)

Organisation type: Consortium

Founders: N/A

Partners: BCMI Labs AB; City of Amsterdam; Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne; Dribia; Dyne.org; Eurecat; Nesta; Open University of Catalonia; Politecnico di Torino/Nexa; Stichting Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen Privacy & Identity Lab; Thingful; ThoughtWorks Ltd; UCL; Waag

Country: Spain; Netherlands

City: Barcelona; Amsterdam

Stage of project: Pilot

Geographical reach: International

DLT / Blockchain: Private – Hyperledger

Other technologies: N/A

Whitepaper: https://decodeproject.github.io/whitepaper/

Github: https://github.com/decodeproject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DECODEproject

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.