The problem of counterfeited and forged goods exists across the global economy that often costs the original goods manufacturers’ losses in the millions. To counteract such a problem Goods Digital Passport has been formed which will record the history and authenticity of products and prove the same with the help of the features of blockchain technology.
Problems that pertain to the origin, ownership and authenticity of products can be addressed to this system with the several features that it incorporates.
Features of Goods Digital Passport
The features of this platform are several such as:
- It helps to address a multifaceted problem of counterfeit products which damages sale of authentic and exclusive products and brands. This is especially true in the case of high end, luxury products such as artwork, handbags and other items such as watches and others which are often sold as authentic but are forged or copied.
- The platform offers a QR code linked application that can identify the authenticity of the goods; this will help to protect the reputation of a brand against counterfeit claims and also protect the buying rights of consumers.
- The platform also addresses the science and art of detecting fake artworks. These comprise of different techniques that are built on the original tools and approaches to identify fakes such as analyses of paint strokes and intrinsic coding.
- GDP produce is a section dedicated to recognizing the authenticity of organic produce. There are tools and techniques on this platform that people can use to understand how their food items were raised or grown or whether the organic production standards were followed.
- The platform offers a handy QR code scanning option that can provide history of any product scanned; products can be secured with the user wallet on this platform as well as insurance claimed with proof of ownership on different products; ownership can be transferred as well as products listed for sale on this platform.
Team of Goods Digital Passport
The team of this platform comprises of multidisciplinary professionals who bring in different expertise such as management of insurance risk, cyber security and finance as well as development of blockchain technology to this platform.Iain Williams is cofounder and CEO of the platform who has worked with several genetic startups.
Paul Williams shares similar responsibilities for the platform and has worked with different Fintech companies. He is a keen investor and has aided many new technology based start-up ventures.
Taras Tsarenko is a technical development lead for the company who has about a decade’s experience in working for platforms like Polymath, ARK, NEM, E/Captial and others.
There are several others in roles like blockchain or ethereum based expertise who contributes to the platform in different ways.
Roadmap of Goods Digital Passport
The platform was planned and research as well as analyses done by the second quarter of 2017. The GDP architecture was planned in the third quarter of the same year, after which the website development was started. Smart contracts and ICO planning was done in March 2018 after which the team was expanded and smart contract testing ensued. The beta version of the platform is planned for launch in the fourth quarter of 2018 while the apps for the different smart phone platforms will be launched by the first quarter of 2019.
Token Sale Objectives
- 47% GDP Platform and Associated Apps
- 42% Global PR and Marketing
- 8% Experts and Influencers
- 3% Legal and Compliance Costs
- Total Token Supply 100,000,000
- Total Token Supply for Sale at ICO 85%
- Team, Community and Growth 15%
- Soft Cap 1000 ETH
- Hard Cap 35,000 ETH
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Website: https://gdpassport.com/
Whitepaper: https://gdpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/GDPassport-whitepaper-0706181.pdf
Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/HKtFbw2unojEQO-htYLQ9Q
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