Network Participants

Content Providers

Content providers are entities that create and contribute product data to Bleexypedia (i.e. product data sellers), such as creators of UGC, manufacturers, wholesalers, product information management firms (PIMs), social media platforms, and retailers among others.

Content Validators

Content Validators are entities that validates the quality of a product data, stores the product score on the ledger and receive enumeration for the service provided. Each Content Validator is grouped by a domain of expertise and is randomly chosen for a product by the PoQ algorithm.

Content Consumers

Content consumers are entities that need and buy product data (product data buyers), such as retailers, manufacturers, marketing firms and marketplaces among others.

Service providers

Service providers are entities that provide various services essential for the efficient functioning of the ecosystem, such as content validation, running nodes and validating transactions. Depending on the service provided, these entities can be manufacturers, brands, retailers, consumers and other interested parties.

Blockchain Endorsers

Blockchain Endorsers are nodes that store the product data to be transmitted after a successful trade on the blockchain. Together they form the distributed file system where the location of a file, which in our case includes product data, is specified on a blockchain, where it is also verified for authenticity. Also, the storage providers can act as a connection point to the blockchain for Content Providers, Validators and Consumers. Provide various services essential for the efficient functioning of the ecosystem, such as content validation, running nodes and validating transactions.

Role	Content Creator	Validator	Content Consumer	Consumer (Buyer)	B-Guild	B-Keeper	B-Service	Developers	Endorsers
Content creator
Validator
Content consumer
Consumer (buyer)
B-Guild
B-Keeper
B-Service
Developers
Endorsers