INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Po.et is an open source, not-for-profit publishing network built on the blockchain with the broad ambition of changing how we distribute,
license and monetize content on the internet
Today, it announced it was opening the Po.et Development Labs, a place for developers to experiment with new ideas on the po.et platform.It
also announced the first company to launch an app out of the lab called Inkrypt
Po.et CEO Jarrod Dicker wrote in a blog post announcing the launch of Po.et Development Labs.Dicker, who formerly ran the innovation team at
the Washington Post, says the company wants developers to see po.et in a similar manner to Ethereum, a place where they can build
We want to do the same for media applications on the blockchain by allowing them to leverage the protocol to build and push the media
Dicker explained.Dicker says Inkrypt is just a starting point
producers any way to enforce that license beyond the good will of users
Po.et takes that licensing concept one step further, giving content owners a marketplace to sell their content on the blockchain, creating
an enforceable and immutable way to license the content.
