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(LONG) OriginTrail - Due Diligence - no price predictions, no cross-postings, no tweet-links. Only published material by OT, their partners, and articles to showcase how big this is! Yet, you are sleeping...
Before you start reading, since this is a long post, grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea, and enjoy the read! I hope you appreciate the time and effort put into this post. I am not trying to hype anything, nor am I providing price predictions. I have a background in ERP systems and know the segment very well and what it does and why without the global standards incorporated within this type of solution (Supply Chains) the supply chain complex will never be standardized! This is why standards such as GS1, W3C, EPCIS/EPCIS 2.0, to name a few, are at the core of OriginTrail's solution.
For some time now I've been postponing this post because if truth be told, it's time-consuming. Also, so many great posts on OriginTrial have been created under the r/cc subreddit describing OriginTrail only to be deleted by the mods. This is the reason why no one bothers posting anything about OriginTrail here anymore. Posts get deleted and people who are genuinely looking for solid investments miss the opportunity to even get a glance to make informed decisions. After I create this post I will not be able to share it with anyone because if I share it in a Telegram community, and it gets upvoted "too quickly", it will get deleted for "brigading" by the cc-admins. So, this post will depend more or less on people who actually care about reading its contents and upvoting it because they find it to be useful. Anyway, I guess that belongs to the past now. I am giving this one last attempt for those who truly are searching for a rock-solid project with really great fundamentals. I will not be touching on any price predictions, nor will I crosspost any other Reddit posts here. I will also not link to any Twitter posts, only images of these. In the end, all I will be providing is adoption that has already taken place, and is taking place, within the OriginTrail ecosystem, which btw stretches far outside crypto and has basically gone unnoticed among crypto investors. I'll be providing direct sources to published material and datasets that are being uploaded to the ODN (OriginTrail Decentralized Network).
First of all, to all those who don't know anything about OriginTrail, OriginTrail is not a blockchain. It is a layer-2 agnostic protocol that goes on top of blockchain and is utilizing blockchain for data immutability and decentralization. It's a multichain solution and can be integrated on top of any blockchain. Currently, OT protocol is operating on top of ETH (*not much usage there anymore due to high gas fees*) and xDAI (*currently the main active chain*). OTs own blockchain called Starfleet Chain (SFC) is currently being tested for launch and it's expected to launch in a couple of weeks in mid-May. DOT is also being prepared. In short, ODN will be running on at least 4 chains this year. ETH, xDAI, SFC, and DOT. SFC and DOT integrations have been worked on by TraceLabs (*the team behind OriginTrail*) and Parity Tech (*the team behind Polkadot*). It remains to be seen whether OT will get a parachain/parathread on the Polkadot ecosystem.
Now, over to what OriginTrail is solving. There are many who just throw Vechain, Te-Foods, WTC, Ambrosus, OriginTrail, Morpheus, and other "supply chain projects" into the same soup calling it "supply chain" projects. To a slight degree, it is correct, but not really. This is because you really don't understand this segment properly. Unless you have knowledge of what supply chains really are and do, understand backend system operations which are basically complex ERP systems that supply chains rely on (Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and plethora of other systems), and which allow companies to do their day to day operations, you really don't have much to go with as far as understanding what you've actually invested your money into. Most of these projects are NOT supply chain solutions. They literally just scrape the surface layer of the supply chain ecosystem. Most of these are traceability projects, promising to verify that consumers are getting products that producers say they are. That's it. In no way are the majority of these projects solving the main issue that has been plaguing the supply chain industry for a very long time, which is the lack of seamless and decentralized interoperability and interconnectivity of siloed legacy systems and storages, where all systems are communicating effortlessly, abiding by the strict rules of global standards without the need to create complex customizations each time you are dealing with a system you haven't dealt with before. Here is an example:
*If company A runs system X, company B system Y, and company C system Z, they don't need to create 6-9 different customizations to whatever ERP system they are using in order to communicate with each other. With OT solution, each company uploads their data via the ODN in order to share whatever needs to be shared, keeping their costs down and avoiding expensive expansions into other systems that their clients/vendors/suppliers may demand. This is exactly what OriginTrail is solving, and they are doing it like a boss! Which you will see further down.*
Since I am not allowed to post links to tweets, if you look up "John G. Keogh" on Twitter, one of the advisors to OriginTrail and board members of TraceAlliance, you can find tons of information about how important OriginTrails solutions are for solving supply chain issues. John is basically advising governments on supply chains, especially in his home country of Canada and why global standards are a MUST in order to create solutions like these. Unfortunately, in crypto space this is not considered "sexy". It's considered heavy, boring, and simply too hard to comprehend. This becomes the sole reason why most will miss OriginTrail:
From John's tweet on May 1st, 2021: "FoodOn, Top scholar & co-creator FoodOn to join Trace Alliance Data Interoperability & Semantic Web workgroup. More coming soon as the research team formulates their plan & solution providers, NGO's & governments join. Just wow!" Extract from FoodOn article [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41...ww.nature.com/articles/s41538-018-0032-6.pdf):
"*The construction of high capacity data sharing networks to support increasing government and commercial data exchange has highlighted a key roadblock: the content of existing Internet-connected information remains siloed due to a multiplicity of local languages and data dictionaries. This lack of a digital lingua franca is obvious in the domain of human food as materials travel from their wild or farm origin, through processing and distribution chains, to consumers. Well-defined, hierarchical vocabulary, connected with logical relationships—in other words, an ontology—is urgently needed to help tackle data harmonization problems that span the domains of food security, safety, quality, production, distribution, and consumer health and convenience."*
This is what solving supply chain hurdles imply. Not just ensuring product traceability. You solve the traceability problem, sure, but how are you going to ensure that this actually moves through the supply chain seamlessly? You can't unless you solve what was explained above.
Today most people have invested their money into projects which "sound" sexy by getting shilled these via crypto youtube "experts" and social media shills. This is all great. Some of you may have benefited from all this hype these past 3 months, but in the end, what have you really bought? How much time and effort have you put into learning anything about your investment and how much is just affirmational bias tied to what you've heard? The truth is, what most people are really looking for when investing in anything is to find that one seed that's going to grow into a massive producing tree from which you can reap the benefits for many years to come. Not "how much can I get in the shortest amount of time possible", which seems to be the main investment strategy currently.
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**PARTNERSHIPS**:
**BSI, British Standards Institute**
[BSI](https://www.bsigroup.com/) is just one of many serious standardization organizations that consult roughly 84,000 clients in 193 countries. They are creme de la creme within their segment and they consult both companies and governments to create solutions to mitigate risk, brand protection, and compliance, just to name a few. They rely HEAVILY on the solutions made possible with OriginTrail. Just read below:
​
* BSI has partnered exclusively up with OriginTrail to solve some of the major hurdles that their clients experience in supply chains. Back in December of 2020, OriginTrail held a 4-hour Liftoff event where BSI, Oracle, and SBB (Swiss Railways) were showcasing their work and solutions they were building utilizing ODN. (*Phil Archer from GS1, was also present there, but more as a commentary. I'll get back to each of these later.*)
* You can watch the Liftoff segment with Dan Putrell, Director of Innovations at BSI [here](https://youtu.be/Ss9pZkVsFpo). The solution being presented here is for BSIs [SCAN members](https://www.scanassociation.com/membership/our-members/) in the US. If you don't know who these are, well, they represent 40% of ALL US imports each year. These companies must ensure that the products they import are from compliant factories outside of the US. You can watch the link I've attached to hear Dan explain this entire process and the importance of it.
* Bono, from U2, who is a co-owner of a distillery called Monasterevin, hired BSI to consult them on a solution to ensure the authenticity of their products. You can read about the story [here](https://www.businesspost.ie/business/bono-whiskey-firm-brands-casks-with-blockchain-tokens-242764c7). The story was available in full when it was released but it seems it is now behind a pay-wall in order to read the full article. Nevertheless, at the end of the Liftoff event, I posted above, if you've watched the whole thing, Dan Putrell is discussing this exact part there without fully revealing what it is.
* Dan also mentions a solution they are creating for the UK government, which we now know is [Trusted Bytes](https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-centre/press-releases/2021-press-releases/april/bsi-joins-innovate-uk-consortium-designed-to-help-digitize-the-uks-fresh-produce-supply-chains/). This is a solution to ensure the digitization of the UK's fresh produce and supply chains:
1. "*BSI will leverage various open international best practice frameworks around supply chain data management, trust, and interoperability within the Trusted Bytes initiative. These include GS1/EPCIS, W3C DIDs, and verifiable credentials, ISO 44001 Collaborative Business Relationships,* ***and the open OriginTrail decentralized protocol stack (origintrail.io)****.*"
2. "*providing seamless real-time digital connectivity to supply chain operators. It will also enable a trusted data exchange that connects the supply chain with central government and other critical partners enhancing cross border transition, compliance and security.*"
3. Lincoln University, shortly after, published [this article](https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2021/04/1688.asp) that explains more about this initiative and who the involved parties are from the UK; "*The consortium, led by Produce Logistics Limited includes leading fresh produce supply chain operators Fesa UK Ltd; Worldwide Fruit Ltd; Davis Worldwide Ltd; Hain Daniels; FreshLinc Ltd; and ukFPN Lincolnshire, supported by technology companies Contained Technologies UK Ltd; British Standards Institution (BSI); and Excelerate Technology Ltd, as well as the University of Lincoln, UK; the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult's Manufacturing Technology Centre; and the Satellite Applications Catapult.*"
* BSI Healthcare sector team announcing that they've finally created "*a FULL neutral way to link all internal supply chain systems to drive data, analytics, and ultimately, visibility.*" You can see the update on this [here](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/courtney-foster-8a311512_origintrail-decentralized-knowledge-graph-activity-6785842064576929792-K9-i). This takes us next down the Pharma rabbit hole that started to emerge just this last week:
1. Since this was a series of tweets, and OriginTrail posts have been deleted by mods for posting twitter links, not sure for what reason, I've had to simply snap a shot of this where you can see it [here](https://postimg.cc/Y4tRs9Xd).
2. Next, you can add [2 and 2 together](https://postimg.cc/XBNtP9L7) where this is heading. "*98% of Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Clients Partner with BSI to mitigate risk and protect Brand Reputation*".
**Conclusion:** I think the links and information I've provided on just the BSI part speaks for itself.
​
**GS1 Partnership**
This is another partnership that's based on standards. The entire global supply chain runs on standards developed by the [GS1](https://www.gs1.org/) organization. Systems to identify, capture, and share information among supply chain partners (including the ubiquitous bar code), were all developed over the past 45 years by GS1. [These standards](https://www.gs1.org/standards/epcis) allow for interoperability between different systems and supply chain architectures across the globe. Any blockchain-based solution to improve traceability should integrate with these legacy systems, and the OriginTrail protocol was designed from the ground up to do this.
GS1 Digital Link is next in line creation by GS1, relying on the Decentralized Knowledge Graph, which is the ODN (OriginTrail Decentralized Network). You can watch Phil Archer explain this in this presentation [here](https://youtu.be/jJnahaZ9-Tc) (*If you don't want to spend time listening to a full 8 minutes, then go to 5:20 where Phil points to the Decentralized Knowledge Graph, which is the ODN*). In other words, barcodes and product information stored on the ODN for seamless interoperability, interconnectivity, and decentralization, linking everything together!
**Oracle**
Oracle and OriginTrail partnered up back on Dec. 8th, 2018. As posted by Oracle tweet: "We are thrilled to partner w/@origin\_trail to deliver secure and trusted data sharing for supply chains using #blockchain technology.
This solution is related to Automatic Dairy payments. What this is and how it functions can be seen in [this video](https://youtu.be/9-XucYs9FIM).
You can also watch Jens Lusebrink from Oracle [during the Liftoff event](https://youtu.be/UfRWKTKJOFU), where Dan Putrell from BSI was also present, explaining their involvement with TraceLabs creating solutions on the ODN.
Before you start reading, since this is a long post, grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea, and enjoy the read! I hope you appreciate the time and effort put into this post. I am not trying to hype anything, nor am I providing price predictions. I have a background in ERP systems and know the segment very well and what it does and why without the global standards incorporated within this type of solution (Supply Chains) the supply chain complex will never be standardized! This is why standards such as GS1, W3C, EPCIS/EPCIS 2.0, to name a few, are at the core of OriginTrail's solution.
For some time now I've been postponing this post because if truth be told, it's time-consuming. Also, so many great posts on OriginTrial have been created under the r/cc subreddit describing OriginTrail only to be deleted by the mods. This is the reason why no one bothers posting anything about OriginTrail here anymore. Posts get deleted and people who are genuinely looking for solid investments miss the opportunity to even get a glance to make informed decisions. After I create this post I will not be able to share it with anyone because if I share it in a Telegram community, and it gets upvoted "too quickly", it will get deleted for "brigading" by the cc-admins. So, this post will depend more or less on people who actually care about reading its contents and upvoting it because they find it to be useful. Anyway, I guess that belongs to the past now. I am giving this one last attempt for those who truly are searching for a rock-solid project with really great fundamentals. I will not be touching on any price predictions, nor will I crosspost any other Reddit posts here. I will also not link to any Twitter posts, only images of these. In the end, all I will be providing is adoption that has already taken place, and is taking place, within the OriginTrail ecosystem, which btw stretches far outside crypto and has basically gone unnoticed among crypto investors. I'll be providing direct sources to published material and datasets that are being uploaded to the ODN (OriginTrail Decentralized Network).
First of all, to all those who don't know anything about OriginTrail, OriginTrail is not a blockchain. It is a layer-2 agnostic protocol that goes on top of blockchain and is utilizing blockchain for data immutability and decentralization. It's a multichain solution and can be integrated on top of any blockchain. Currently, OT protocol is operating on top of ETH (*not much usage there anymore due to high gas fees*) and xDAI (*currently the main active chain*). OTs own blockchain called Starfleet Chain (SFC) is currently being tested for launch and it's expected to launch in a couple of weeks in mid-May. DOT is also being prepared. In short, ODN will be running on at least 4 chains this year. ETH, xDAI, SFC, and DOT. SFC and DOT integrations have been worked on by TraceLabs (*the team behind OriginTrail*) and Parity Tech (*the team behind Polkadot*). It remains to be seen whether OT will get a parachain/parathread on the Polkadot ecosystem.
Now, over to what OriginTrail is solving. There are many who just throw Vechain, Te-Foods, WTC, Ambrosus, OriginTrail, Morpheus, and other "supply chain projects" into the same soup calling it "supply chain" projects. To a slight degree, it is correct, but not really. This is because you really don't understand this segment properly. Unless you have knowledge of what supply chains really are and do, understand backend system operations which are basically complex ERP systems that supply chains rely on (Oracle NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, and plethora of other systems), and which allow companies to do their day to day operations, you really don't have much to go with as far as understanding what you've actually invested your money into. Most of these projects are NOT supply chain solutions. They literally just scrape the surface layer of the supply chain ecosystem. Most of these are traceability projects, promising to verify that consumers are getting products that producers say they are. That's it. In no way are the majority of these projects solving the main issue that has been plaguing the supply chain industry for a very long time, which is the lack of seamless and decentralized interoperability and interconnectivity of siloed legacy systems and storages, where all systems are communicating effortlessly, abiding by the strict rules of global standards without the need to create complex customizations each time you are dealing with a system you haven't dealt with before. Here is an example:
*If company A runs system X, company B system Y, and company C system Z, they don't need to create 6-9 different customizations to whatever ERP system they are using in order to communicate with each other. With OT solution, each company uploads their data via the ODN in order to share whatever needs to be shared, keeping their costs down and avoiding expensive expansions into other systems that their clients/vendors/suppliers may demand. This is exactly what OriginTrail is solving, and they are doing it like a boss! Which you will see further down.*
Since I am not allowed to post links to tweets, if you look up "John G. Keogh" on Twitter, one of the advisors to OriginTrail and board members of TraceAlliance, you can find tons of information about how important OriginTrails solutions are for solving supply chain issues. John is basically advising governments on supply chains, especially in his home country of Canada and why global standards are a MUST in order to create solutions like these. Unfortunately, in crypto space this is not considered "sexy". It's considered heavy, boring, and simply too hard to comprehend. This becomes the sole reason why most will miss OriginTrail:
From John's tweet on May 1st, 2021: "FoodOn, Top scholar & co-creator FoodOn to join Trace Alliance Data Interoperability & Semantic Web workgroup. More coming soon as the research team formulates their plan & solution providers, NGO's & governments join. Just wow!" Extract from FoodOn article [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41...ww.nature.com/articles/s41538-018-0032-6.pdf):
"*The construction of high capacity data sharing networks to support increasing government and commercial data exchange has highlighted a key roadblock: the content of existing Internet-connected information remains siloed due to a multiplicity of local languages and data dictionaries. This lack of a digital lingua franca is obvious in the domain of human food as materials travel from their wild or farm origin, through processing and distribution chains, to consumers. Well-defined, hierarchical vocabulary, connected with logical relationships—in other words, an ontology—is urgently needed to help tackle data harmonization problems that span the domains of food security, safety, quality, production, distribution, and consumer health and convenience."*
This is what solving supply chain hurdles imply. Not just ensuring product traceability. You solve the traceability problem, sure, but how are you going to ensure that this actually moves through the supply chain seamlessly? You can't unless you solve what was explained above.
Today most people have invested their money into projects which "sound" sexy by getting shilled these via crypto youtube "experts" and social media shills. This is all great. Some of you may have benefited from all this hype these past 3 months, but in the end, what have you really bought? How much time and effort have you put into learning anything about your investment and how much is just affirmational bias tied to what you've heard? The truth is, what most people are really looking for when investing in anything is to find that one seed that's going to grow into a massive producing tree from which you can reap the benefits for many years to come. Not "how much can I get in the shortest amount of time possible", which seems to be the main investment strategy currently.
​
**PARTNERSHIPS**:
**BSI, British Standards Institute**
[BSI](https://www.bsigroup.com/) is just one of many serious standardization organizations that consult roughly 84,000 clients in 193 countries. They are creme de la creme within their segment and they consult both companies and governments to create solutions to mitigate risk, brand protection, and compliance, just to name a few. They rely HEAVILY on the solutions made possible with OriginTrail. Just read below:
​
* BSI has partnered exclusively up with OriginTrail to solve some of the major hurdles that their clients experience in supply chains. Back in December of 2020, OriginTrail held a 4-hour Liftoff event where BSI, Oracle, and SBB (Swiss Railways) were showcasing their work and solutions they were building utilizing ODN. (*Phil Archer from GS1, was also present there, but more as a commentary. I'll get back to each of these later.*)
* You can watch the Liftoff segment with Dan Putrell, Director of Innovations at BSI [here](https://youtu.be/Ss9pZkVsFpo). The solution being presented here is for BSIs [SCAN members](https://www.scanassociation.com/membership/our-members/) in the US. If you don't know who these are, well, they represent 40% of ALL US imports each year. These companies must ensure that the products they import are from compliant factories outside of the US. You can watch the link I've attached to hear Dan explain this entire process and the importance of it.
* Bono, from U2, who is a co-owner of a distillery called Monasterevin, hired BSI to consult them on a solution to ensure the authenticity of their products. You can read about the story [here](https://www.businesspost.ie/business/bono-whiskey-firm-brands-casks-with-blockchain-tokens-242764c7). The story was available in full when it was released but it seems it is now behind a pay-wall in order to read the full article. Nevertheless, at the end of the Liftoff event, I posted above, if you've watched the whole thing, Dan Putrell is discussing this exact part there without fully revealing what it is.
* Dan also mentions a solution they are creating for the UK government, which we now know is [Trusted Bytes](https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-centre/press-releases/2021-press-releases/april/bsi-joins-innovate-uk-consortium-designed-to-help-digitize-the-uks-fresh-produce-supply-chains/). This is a solution to ensure the digitization of the UK's fresh produce and supply chains:
1. "*BSI will leverage various open international best practice frameworks around supply chain data management, trust, and interoperability within the Trusted Bytes initiative. These include GS1/EPCIS, W3C DIDs, and verifiable credentials, ISO 44001 Collaborative Business Relationships,* ***and the open OriginTrail decentralized protocol stack (origintrail.io)****.*"
2. "*providing seamless real-time digital connectivity to supply chain operators. It will also enable a trusted data exchange that connects the supply chain with central government and other critical partners enhancing cross border transition, compliance and security.*"
3. Lincoln University, shortly after, published [this article](https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2021/04/1688.asp) that explains more about this initiative and who the involved parties are from the UK; "*The consortium, led by Produce Logistics Limited includes leading fresh produce supply chain operators Fesa UK Ltd; Worldwide Fruit Ltd; Davis Worldwide Ltd; Hain Daniels; FreshLinc Ltd; and ukFPN Lincolnshire, supported by technology companies Contained Technologies UK Ltd; British Standards Institution (BSI); and Excelerate Technology Ltd, as well as the University of Lincoln, UK; the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult's Manufacturing Technology Centre; and the Satellite Applications Catapult.*"
* BSI Healthcare sector team announcing that they've finally created "*a FULL neutral way to link all internal supply chain systems to drive data, analytics, and ultimately, visibility.*" You can see the update on this [here](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/courtney-foster-8a311512_origintrail-decentralized-knowledge-graph-activity-6785842064576929792-K9-i). This takes us next down the Pharma rabbit hole that started to emerge just this last week:
1. Since this was a series of tweets, and OriginTrail posts have been deleted by mods for posting twitter links, not sure for what reason, I've had to simply snap a shot of this where you can see it [here](https://postimg.cc/Y4tRs9Xd).
2. Next, you can add [2 and 2 together](https://postimg.cc/XBNtP9L7) where this is heading. "*98% of Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical Clients Partner with BSI to mitigate risk and protect Brand Reputation*".
**Conclusion:** I think the links and information I've provided on just the BSI part speaks for itself.
​
**GS1 Partnership**
This is another partnership that's based on standards. The entire global supply chain runs on standards developed by the [GS1](https://www.gs1.org/) organization. Systems to identify, capture, and share information among supply chain partners (including the ubiquitous bar code), were all developed over the past 45 years by GS1. [These standards](https://www.gs1.org/standards/epcis) allow for interoperability between different systems and supply chain architectures across the globe. Any blockchain-based solution to improve traceability should integrate with these legacy systems, and the OriginTrail protocol was designed from the ground up to do this.
GS1 Digital Link is next in line creation by GS1, relying on the Decentralized Knowledge Graph, which is the ODN (OriginTrail Decentralized Network). You can watch Phil Archer explain this in this presentation [here](https://youtu.be/jJnahaZ9-Tc) (*If you don't want to spend time listening to a full 8 minutes, then go to 5:20 where Phil points to the Decentralized Knowledge Graph, which is the ODN*). In other words, barcodes and product information stored on the ODN for seamless interoperability, interconnectivity, and decentralization, linking everything together!
**Oracle**
Oracle and OriginTrail partnered up back on Dec. 8th, 2018. As posted by Oracle tweet: "We are thrilled to partner w/@origin\_trail to deliver secure and trusted data sharing for supply chains using #blockchain technology.
This solution is related to Automatic Dairy payments. What this is and how it functions can be seen in [this video](https://youtu.be/9-XucYs9FIM).
You can also watch Jens Lusebrink from Oracle [during the Liftoff event](https://youtu.be/UfRWKTKJOFU), where Dan Putrell from BSI was also present, explaining their involvement with TraceLabs creating solutions on the ODN.
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