Kodak the camera company is not only running mining operation powered by their own power plant but also making a coin to protect photo IP and sell photo rights. First ICO i have seen get upfront positive press on the BBC.
Its a fairly established name, has its own power plant. Cant tell if a ERC20 token or its own thing. Anyway signed up for their lite paper whatever that is, but yeah interested.
Also giving some credibly to cryptos as a whole in the mainstream so happy with that.
Some info from the site and the BBC article.
Efficient
KodakOne artificial intelligence technology integrates and streamlines the tasks of photo management, protection and distribution, enabling photographers to benefit from new income streams and receive payments faster
Image Economy
KodakOne will underpin the assured buying and selling of rights-cleared and protected digital assets, allowing Kodak Coin will become the currency of choice for the image economy.
Creative Community
Our mission is to create a sustainable, token-based community of the world‘s photographic supply chain, from photographers of all levels to rightsholders and buyers of imagery and image-related IP.
Transparent
Designed to restore trust and transparency to its members, KodakOne will deliver blockchain-enabled copyright registration combined with a smart, high-efficiency trustless transaction platform. Every image transaction and license will be immutably stored in KodakOne’s decentralized registry
KodakOne
Platform
Our image management platform, with its proprietary Kodak Coin cryptocurrency, will make it significantly cheaper and faster to register, move and sell digital images. KodakOne offers a simple, transparent blockchain-based worldwide royalty accounting, licensing and payment system via its smart contract features.
What is
Kodak Coin?
The Kodak Coin is the token that powers the KodakOne platform and will be the future currency for the KodakOne’s image economy.