Open

Blockchain for

Asset Disposition

Alliance

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Working Group

Rohi Sukhia

Thurs, Sep 19, 2019

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OBADA

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A nonprofit multi-stakeholder alliance �creating an open-source blockchain �to “close the loop” in the �used electronics supply chain.

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The Open Blockchain for Asset Disposition Alliance

OBADA’s goal is to create agreement.

Facts

• Formed in Sept 2017
• A Multi-Stakeholder Alliance

~100 participants!

• Open-source Protocol
• Not a product

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Documents: docs.obada.io

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Mission Create a digital Circular Economy by designing the platform to enable industry and governmental Sustainability Initiatives.

Objectives

1. Maximize Decentralization no one entity in control
1. All Stakeholder Groups must have equal representation.
2. Ensure Business Privacy
3. Enable Traceability for authorities and researchers
4. Provide a Financial Framework so an ecosystem of software and services can flourish

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Intellectual Property Reminder

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“If anyone is aware of any patents or IP that needs to be shared please make OBADA aware of it, and if we need to develop an agreement to be able to talk about it publicly, please work with us offline to make that happen.”

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General Items

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General

e-Scrap next week meet up?

ERN Panelists - Please register at https://www.ereuseconference.com/speaker-info.

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News:

• DHS S&T Awards $749K to Evernym
• for Decentralized Key Management Research and Development
• https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2017/07/20/news-release-dhs-st-awards-749k-evernym-decentralized-key
• New law in NY State on “data compliance in recycling”
• Privacy Law supports our approach
• New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 25 signed into law Senate Bill S5575B, called the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (SHIELD) Act. Both the SHIELD Act and an earlier California bill require businesses to put added scrutiny on their recycling vendors. The new legal requirements could also help compliant e-scrap recycling vendors land more clients.
• https://www.natlawreview.com/article/new-york-enacts-shield-act

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OBADA Proof of Concept (PoC)

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OBADA PoC Code Status

Code is ready. Implementation includes:

• A “real” blockchain.
• Simple web UI’s for testing.
• The “OBADA Identity Management System” (Phase 1) - but without the registrar.
• Essentially a “Distributed Hash Ledger”. Only proofs stored, no metadata.

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Demo will show

• Authorized user adds a device to the blockchain (using OBADA Unique Device ID Schema)
• Client Software PRovide a proof (a Certificate of Data Destruction) of an event happening to the device.
• Creating a simple “Carfax”

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PoC “To Do List

ID Management (Phase 1)

• Add “Registrar”
• Document the DiD Method
• Document the Verified Credentials Schema

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Client S/W Validation

• Need to store a hash of the s/w as proof
• Need a new credential to authorize the s/w

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Blockchain

• Move blockchain “into the node” (instead of at “Greenlight”
• Need to test with other blockchains

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Data Decentralization Path

• Need a method to access data behind a login screen (hashlink)
• Need a blockchain record identifier in the data (blink)

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Participants

• TechSpec (Client)
• User
• Registrar

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Governance

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Governance Update

• Drafts of Charters & Bylaws at https://docs.obada.io/charter
• Please review and comment
• Submit to Vincent / Rohi / Jen by October 2
• Report back with updates at next Governance meeting October 10(?)
• Parallel work - seek lawyer for opinion (by October 10?)
• Identifying and naming of “Founding Members” and “Steering Committee members” (by October 3)
• Planning/Voting
• for Board of Directors, Advisory group, Executive Team, Membership levels and dues (through end of October)
• Governance Roadmap (On-going)

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Organization Structure

Board of Directors (3-7)

Drive structural decisions

Participants

Drives standards decisions through committees & programs

Projects Delivery (Committees)

Execute programs e.g. POCs, Hackathons, Trials

Advisory Group

12

Founding Members

Affiliates

Staff

Composed of nominated members and staff

Chairs

Members, Developers, Donators, Contributors ...

Users

General Members

Independent group of industry leaders in Tech, Reg, Industry

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Membership Eligibility via Contributions

Contribute Money

Contribute Code

Measurement: via Github.

Contribute Resources

Host/Manage a Node

Contribute Time

Operational Help

OBADA Membership

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General Membership - Rough Guideline

Members defined in “Ecosystem Roles”

• “Industry Stakeholders” and “Ecosystem Stewards”

Benefits at each membership level

• TBD

Additional Notes:

• May permit payment of fees through in kind services*
• Use of funds for marketing, administrative and project deliveries

Platinum Partners ($5000+)

Gold Partners ($2000)

Silver Partners ($250)

Affiliate Members ($FREE)

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Project Management Tools

Rohi evaluated multiple recommended https://app.asana.com/ as best for our needs.

• Slack was suggested
• but this is a chat based system mainly for instant communication, not a project management system. Like an alternate proprietary paid version of Skype.
• Andrii suggests Jira (w/ Confluence) and David suggestsTiaga.io
• hese are project management systems but designed for software development with specific features like issue tracking and support for agile methodology (sprints and whatnot)
• THis is NOT what we need. We need generic project management software for organizing the entire organization (mostly for the business people)
• We have been successfullly using Devjock and Github for this purpose (for years) no reason to change.
• Basecamp was suggested b
• The Tradeloop team has has many years experience with all three version.
• This would work, but Basecamp kind of sucks and we’ve been trying to get rid of it for many reasons.

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Proj Mgt Continued...

Remaining options:

• Asana: Still looks the best for us
• Widely used, many integrations.
• Rohi will figure out the specific objections, which may have been a “set up” related problem not a specific Asana issue
• Trello: Easier than Asan and cheaper. But a “kanban” based approach (boards) not a “list based” approach which may or may not be “better”
• Monday.com - newer entrant, looks good, vastly fewer integrations. Not sure

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