The existence of blockchain technology has been nothing short to be amazing. The innovative features that comes with it if fully utilized well will revolutionize and enhance the conventional way of doing things and give an average individual a full control of his life and other affairs that concerns him. Interestingly, the entire world is getting to know the amazing things that can be done through blockchain innovation thereby resulting in mass and public adoption of this innovative technology. Though its adoption is still at its early stage, in a matter of time, am well convinced that blockchain tech will will be the core technology in virtually all industries known to human civilization.
In order to have edge over others, a team of innovative developers and entrepreneurs are taking advantage of blockchain technology to build a project that will transform our conventional cities to smart cities where things will be done and manage efficiently through the use of self-working autonomous devices. The name of the project is CitiOS and what the project does is to combine blockchain innovation with Internet of Things (IoT) which is autonomous and can possibly react to commands with little or no human efforts.
About CitiOS
The reason for the creation of [CitiOS] (https://www.citios.io/) project is not only to change our conventional cities to smart cities but to also find solutions to issues facing developing countries. The team behind this project knew that the work to be done by developing countries is still enormous for them to be able to meet the set targets of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and this is the reason why the team come up with the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) with blockchain innovation to offer a reliable solution to these issues. Some of challenges that will be solvable through CitiOS includes those that with the environment, urbanization and energy.
Challenges
Most of the countries that are still developing especially in Africa are not finding it easy to meet up with the UN SDGs especially in sectors of health, infrastructure and sustainable industrialization, sustainable cities and communities and many others.
Most of these challenges emanated because of lack of the needed human and structural resources and capacity. For example, most of these developing countries depend on hydro-power for the generation of electricity and this source of power has been proven to affect the weather negatively. Developed countries have access to nuclear infrastructure for electricity generation but this is not available in Africa. Traffic congestion, poor electrification and poorly built infrastructure, poor sanitation systems are among many other challenges bewildering cities in developing nations. Availability of electricity in Africa is very low especially in Nigeria my country and this have a negative impact on the economy as a whole.
CitiOS Solutions
By knowing the challenges facing developing nations, a group of innovative minds knew that there is a need of a system that can be used to track the impact of these issues in order to be able to provide the right solution for them and this is the reason for the creation of CitiOS.
Most of the issues limiting countries from achieving the SDGs are going to be solved through CitiOS's blockchain platform. The team of the project are working assiduously to help many communities to solve their environmental and issues related to the generation and distribution of energy. To take it further, CitiOS will also offer a communication network without partiality to every member of the societies they operate.
CitiOS Key Features
CitiOS integrate the innovative blockchain technology with Internet of Things (IoT) which came out to be ecosystem of features with capacity to transform our conventional cities into smart cities and easily enhance the way we get thin done. Some of the CitiOS features are:
Autonomous IoT will ensure IoT devices interact directly with each other through MESH and perform their functions properly without having to depend on centralized server.
Among these features, there is a feature that will power the application and sharing of IoT data by removing intermediaries known as P2P Data exchange. The trust will be further increased with the use of blockchain identity certification.
The platform is also equipped with Edge Computing & AI Chip Embedded which is an amazing innovation proposed by the Alliance, Real-time H2M, M2M, Micropayment which will ensure that there is no cost for any transactions and also ensure high speed of transaction confirmation and performance of applications within CitiOS ecosystem.
Apart from the aforementioned features, CitiOS is also built with state of the art blockchain applications such as Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), an innovation that will allow CitiOS to be able to predict whether there is changes in time in infrastructure and take necessary action in case there's any defect.
Moreover, CitiOS's Street Lights is an amazing innovation which will allow privacy and tamper-proof ecosystem. Though their are many other alternatives in the market but the street of CitiOS is needed in order to ensure that there is miss of anything in case of accidents, crimes etc.
To conclude this article, I need to tell my readers that those behind CitiOS are genuine individuals and their interests is to solve some of the problems we are facing daily especially those related to the environment and energy. The basic thing they are doing is the combination of blockchain innovation with IoT and to me, this is a step in the right direction and with it, they will be able to solve many problems. To investor in the industry, I think this project worth checking out because apart from the potential profits you stand to make from it, you will be contributing towards creating of innovations that will be of immense benefits to us all.
Useful Links
https://www.citios.io/
https://www.citios.io/assets/CitiOS_Whitepaper-e9acad274b3bd3121964deeb8703ec1b97da1f8b2d78a87aa03710d1fc9538f2.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/citios.io/
https://twitter.com/CitiosOfficial
https://t.me/CitiOS_Official
https://www.reddit.com/user/CitiOS_Official