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by throwwit 4504 days ago
Just one idea. Could anyone take these two stories from today:

Telecom firms mine for gold in big data despite privacy concerns https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7286080

Cryptocontracts Will Turn Contract Law Into a Programming Language https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7287155

... and create a bitcoin like wallet/api of a consumer's permission to trade data.

A Twitter User Is Worth $110; Facebook's $98; LinkedIn's $93. http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2013/11/07/a-twitte...
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brickcap 4504 days ago
The idea of bitcoin like wallet api sounds good. But can you explain the correlation with the stories that you linked?
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throwwit 4503 days ago
The 'wallet' would be a verification/allowance mechanism for user-stored private usage data. Basically the user becomes the data broker. And an API/(exchange) could charge a fee on the other side of the business.
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