TRUSTCHAIN
Fostering a Human-Centred,
Trustworthy and
Sustainable Internet
TrustChain supports innovators to develop
the Next Generation Internet protocols
Up to ~8,8 millions € funding, mentoring
and access to top infrastructure
HERE IS OUR MISSION
Empower citizens, civil society
and organizations to better
govern their online data thanks
to a human-centric approach
Ensure individuals self-sovereign
identity and virtual identity management
Ensure data privacy and
resilience with secure and
trustworthy data pathways
Ensure trust on the Internet
and empowering citizen
with online democratic
organisation and
mechanisms
Develop new business and
sustainable models for data sharing and online services exchange based on decentralised technologies and open source
Ensure greenness and
energy efficiency of the
TrustChain ecosystem
of decentralised software
solutions
17 projects get up to 117k €
Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), such as blockchain, have been transformative in enabling secure, decentralized systems, but their widespread adoption has led to significant environmental concerns. High electricity consumption, driven by resource-intensive consensus mechanisms like Proof of Work (PoW), the need for widespread transaction verification, and the large amounts of data exchanged across the network contribute to their negative environmental impact. Efforts to reduce this impact must navigate a delicate balance between maintaining decentralization and security while improving energy efficiency. The objective is to optimize DLTs by leveraging digital identities, trustworthy data, and novel economic mechanisms while balancing technological advancement with sustainability.
WHAT'S IN FOR YOU
Equity Free
Funding
Up to EUR 117.000 per sub-grantee
Mentoring & Coaching
Access to various multidisciplinary expertise and webinars;
Support for scaling up innovative business and/or service models
Visibility & Promotion
Promotion of project/ achievements towards TrustChain community
Networking
Access to a wider NGI community;
Opportunities to setup new research and cross-collaboration projects;
Presence in top EU events related with blockchain;
Matchmaking service between innovators, connections with some accelerators and/or venture capitalists for the ones who end up implementing the solutions.
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