Chain For Trees – How blockchain technology connects to the Internet of Things (IoT)

Chain for Trees, Blockchain Technology and IOT for Trees

We want to inspire and feel about what has a chance to change not only the Internet but also our urban reality.

Chain for Trees, Blockchain Technology and IOT for Trees. The 21st century is a time of breakthrough technologies, great climate challenges and new pickings. How should the young generation, who in the near future will take over the management of our world, find their way in this new world? Aware of these changes and the importance of new competences, we have created the Chain for Trees project, the aim of which is to inspire young people with IOT, Blockchain and Data Analysis technologies as well as to show them ways which should we pursue when thinking about those who have accompanied us for millennia, i.e. trees, our first parents.

The aim of the project is to show practical applications of the Internet of Things combined with Blockchain technology in waste management, while drawing attention to technologies in forest management. We want to inspire and feel about what has a chance to change not only the Internet but also our urban reality.

As you can see in the diagram, our project can be divided into 4 areas.

First, there are stakeholders. Our stakeholders are primary schools in Poland and Lithuania.
Next, each school has a container with an IoT device installed on the top, to check the filling of the container with batteries. These IoT devices check every 10 minutes of the filling of the container and send the data to the application in real-time. The interval between checking the filling of the container can be adjusted as needed, it can also be 1 minute or less.
Next, we have the Inkaust application. Data from IoT devices go in real-time to the Inkaust application, which: 1. Saves data on the blockchain as immutable data about the current filling of container 2. If a given school has more caps since the last reading, it is rewarded with an FT token. 3. Students and people interested in the whole program have access to a mobile application that tracks the progress of the project in real-time.
At the end of the program, we will plant trees together with schools and create digital twins of each tree. We will add an NFC bracelet to each tree, which will redirect you to the details of the given digital tree saved as NFT on the blockchain.

Everyone wins !!

Children from 6 schools from Poznań, Grudziądz, Warsaw, Niemenczyn (Lithuania) and Bezdan (Lithuania) take part in the project.

Who is involved in the project?

We would like to introduce you to our partners involved in the "Chain for Trees" project.

Inkaust

We offer expert guidance for integrating blockchain into IoT-based solutions and systems. Our services encompass process and risk analysis, designing system architecture, strategic planning, technical insights and blockchain integration. In our work we collaborate with different industry experts bringing you best possible service.

Forest Research Institute

The Forest Research Institute carries out comprehensive research for forests and the entire forestry as well as wooded areas and trees. Our research, studies and expertise support forest science, forest management and government institutions. The Institute is a partner in the implementation of projects financed by the European Union.

Poznań CityLab

Poznań CityLab as part of Poznan City Hall, is dedicated to testing and implementing urban innovations that respond to the needs of the city's residents and stakeholders. CityLab's mission is to influence the urban ecosystem by supporting initiatives and creating alliances by connecting different actors. CityLab serves as a knowledge centre for smart city projects and resources, using technology tools such as the Smart City Poznań urban app and the Open Data Platform.

Smart City Poznań

What will Poznan of the future be like? How are we going to develop our city? What should be done to make the place we live in even better? We know we need to plan and act wisely. The direction is set by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Particularly, Goal 11: To make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Having examined the world’s tendencies and ideas in well-managed and friendly cities, we decided that Poznan would follow the example of continuously expanding smart city models.

BSV Blockchain

The BSV Blockchain is an environmentally friendly, fast, and robust choice for enterprise-grade applications. It offers reliable and scalable technology that is ideal for businesses and organisations looking to leverage the power of blockchain. In 2022 BSV Blockchain set a record with 13.4 million transactions in 24 hours. This showcases the remarkable scalability and real-world usability of the BSV blockchain.

Polish Blockchain Association

Polish Blockchain Association is a non-profit organization fostering knowledge and experience exchange in the area of blockchain technology. Our mission is to connect entrepreneurs, developers, enterprises and tech enthusiasts, and serve as a collaboration-enabling platform for the whole Polish and global blockchain community.

ArchitectsPL

ArchitectsPL Foundation, from the very beginning, the foundation's operation was to create social initiatives that would develop Polish society and ensure the transparency of public life. Currently, ArchitectsPL members focus on the ideas of openness, common good and promotion of technology in creating tomorrow. Our main message is to support initiatives for an open society living in intelligent cities. We want to educate and create new social values, raise technological awareness, increasing the involvement of citizens - "social architects" - in activities for openness, innovation and overcoming social barriers in their everyday lives.

Miasto Miasto

Miasto- Miasto journey through Cities" - an original project that aims to present modern technologies that are changing Polish cities. Smart City or, more adequate to Polish conditions,Smart Local Government is a very broad term, unfortunately often reduced to the area of technology itself, and yet Smart Local Government, as the name suggests, starts with humans and puts them at the very center, equipping them with a number of technological tools so that he can better manage, cooperate and ultimately create places of life in harmony with himself and the nature surrounding him.

4Chain Studio

4chain studio was founded as a community-based company gathering highly curated and experienced specialists with background in technology, business and product development who believe in a potential of the blockchain and benefits it can bring in various industries.

Waste24

Waste24.net is a system that has been continuously developed since almost 2015. Since the first version appeared, it has evolved into the first SaaS system for the waste industry in Poland. Today, many industry representatives use the software and its number of users increases every month. Waste24.net works online and does not require investing in existing computer infrastructure.

Poznań British International School

The Poznan British International School is committed to providing a high quality education, through an appropriate British style education. We address the diverse needs of our pupils offering a strong foundation in all aspects of learning, to challenge and prepare them for a successful future.

Konstanty Parczewski Junior High School in Niemenczyn (Lithuania)

Junior High School Juliusz Słowacki in Bezdany (Lithuania)

Primary School No. 75,them. Maria Konopnicka in Warsaw

Primary School No. 12 in Grudziądz

Sports School of the Vilnius District in Niemenczyn

Our Media partners

This project addresses the four main pillars

Education

We have been teaching blockchain technology since 2016 and we know how important it is to show what blockchain is. Where and how you can use it in your work, current project, or daily life. Therefore, educating students in our project is very important.

Blockchain & Tokens

Tokens offer building new business models, and new models of engagement. Using tokens, we can build new types of loyalty points, loyalty programs which are open programs that anyone can join much easier than in traditional loyalty programs.

Engagement

The modern version of just a sustainable city requires harmonious cooperation of various entities and integration of various infrastructure solutions and services.

Environmental responsibility

The most critical sustainability and challenges, such as decarbonization, climate risks, energy transition, and land and water resources, require high-fidelity infrastructure, and digital twins.

One-stop-shop for integrating IoT with blockchain

We secure the integrity of your IoT-generated data with a highly scalable, secure and super low-cost blockchain.

Who is driving the Chain For Trees project

Marcin Rzetecki

Marcin has over 20 years of experience in the domestic and international IT industry and has been involved in blockchain technology since 2016. He participated in numerous blockchain conferences in Poland and Europe as a speaker. He works as a Technical Blockchain Consultant and is actively involved in blockchain projects at every stage of their implementation. His area of specialization includes validation of the initial business and technical concept with the final product, token economy, and token economy engineering. He also works as a Technical Outreach Specialist at the BSV Blockchain Association based in Zug, Switzerland. Marcin is also a co-founder and president of the Blockchain Poland Association. The largest Polish organization promoting knowledge and building business relationships in the field of blockchain technology in Poland and CEE. Marcin is also involved in startups. He is the co-founder of Mysa, the first real estate tokenization project with the main award - AIBC Startup Pitch WINNER and BAIOT - a startup combining blockchain and devices of things (IoT) for industrial industries

Sebastian Grabowski

A graduate of the Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications of the Koszalin University of Technology, the Faculty of Management of the University of Warsaw and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, doctorate of the Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies at the University of Warsaw, The founder of Youtube VideoBlog Miasto <-> Miasto devoted to the subject of Smart Cities and IoT Expert of the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications for Smart City, Member of the Program Council of the Industry 4.0 Institute at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology, In 2017, awarded by the Polish Chamber of Information Technology and Telecommunications with the title of "Digital Personality of 2017 in Poland", President of the ArchitectsPL Foundation Professionally, he was associated with Orange Poland and Orange Labs for 20 years, where he held a number of management functions, including managing: Orange Poland Research and Development Center, Service Platforms and Middleware Division (where he was introducing Orange Fab to Poland and finally managing the business for 3 years. Internet of Things, Smart City and M2M in Orange Poland. Currently in the international structures of Orange Business Services, he is responsible for IoT / Smart City / Industry / Edge enterprise architecture practices.

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