Back in the late nineties when I worked at Citrix Systems, we used to have regular meetings to discuss something called “ubiquitous computing”. A lot of what was discussed was related to what was later to become the Internet of Things.

Although the IoT has become a reality, mainly through a recognition that the value of the data produced by internet devices is often worth more than the devices themselves, a new problem has appeared, namely that users want more control over their data and to have a say in what use it is put to.

This change in user attitudes doesn’t match the traditional architectural structures of data systems used by corporations to store and process the data, which are centralized and based on an expectation of complete control and ownership.

At Chainfrog, we’ve examined our research and database/blockchain connectivity software in the form of Blockbinder, and I’m proud to say we’ve pushed it up a level by improving our PKI architecture. As a result we have all the parts required to produce truly decentralized management of the data flow in a Cloud IoT system. Identity, data access, revocation and device update provenance are all covered by a blockchain system that is complementary to standard cloud database systems. It’s a natural evolution for our Blockbinder product, and we’re currently calling it Chainfrog IoT.

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