VILNIUS, Lithuania,
Sept. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- ODEM, creator of the world's first On-Demand Education
Marketplace, is pleased to announce the successful activation of
smart contracts on the Ethereum Blockchain in support of the ODEM
Platform.
Dr. Adel ElMessiry, ODEM's Chief
Technology Mentor, completed the deployment of the contracts today
at a live event at the #SWITCH! Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. As an audience of mostly
students looked on, Antanas Guoga, the Lithuanian representative to
the European Parliament, received the first blockchain-based
educational certificate to be generated by the ODEM Platform.
"Today's activation is a
powerful endorsement of our project's technical viability,"
said Dr. ElMessiry. "I'm really pleased with the progress
we've achieved toward making the ODEM Platform a reality."
Smart contract activation is a final step in testing interaction
between the InterPlanetary Filing System (IPFS) and the Ethereum
Blockchain, pillars of the ODEM Platform. Deployment of the smart
contracts follows the recent achievement of several significant
milestones and achievements on ODEM's road to full activation of
the Platform in early 2019. Those accomplishments include:
- Third-party testing and auditing of the DApp (decentralized
application).
- ODEM Cloud integration with mainnet smart contracts.
- Quality assurance for viewing of educational certificates.
Successful independent auditing and testing of smart contracts
provides evidence of the viability and security of the ODEM
Platform, an education portal designed to help students overcome
the challenges they face in getting a great education. Integration
testing of the Cloud with the mainnet smart contracts is critical
to ensuring system security. Authentication of educational
certificates for viewing outside of the platform establishes the
successful interaction of the IPFS and the Ethereum Blockchain.
ODEM, based in Zug, Switzerland, is a global leader in addressing
the hurdles that students encounter in gaining a higher education.
The ODEM Platform is a collaborative, decentralized portal to
empower students to engage with top academics to create exceptional
educational experiences at a reasonable cost.
#Switch! is the largest non-profit networking conference in the
Baltic States centered on entrepreneurship, information,
communication and technology. More than 15,000 participants are
expected at the conference for speeches and discussions focused on
blockchain technology, initial coin offerings, artificial
intelligence and cyber security.
For more information please see: ODEM.IO. Or join the ODEM
conversation on Telegram.
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conferences that ODEM leaders will attend.
Alexa Narma,
Sr. Director, Product and Marketing
alexa@odem.io
press@odem.io
Tel: +1 (424) 327-5682
Via Balestra 66830 Chiasso, Switzerland
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