New platform aims to revolutionize the current content ecosystem using blockchain technology. And the problem doesn't just hurt creators; the existing content infrastructure lets media platforms harvest and sell consumer data -- often without any opt-out feature. Enter: Ara a global decentralized infrastructure for "payments, user identity, hosting, streaming, and ownership of digital files and content." “Ara was originally designed and built in mid-2017 as an entirely new, blockchain-agnostic, distributed file system,” Mugavero said. “Content creators and general consumers on the internet need a high-performance, transparent, and dedicated network for content consumption and delivery,” Mugavero said.

Source: Forbes December 14, 2018 17:15 UTC