[ANN] Indigen (IDG) - Blockchain for the Indigenous

INDIGENBlockchain for the Preservation of Indigenous Culture

About IndigenThe Indigen blockchain was designed with primary purpose of protecting the rights and property of the indigenous people who are usually the unintended victims of industrialization and globalization.We are a group of developers, marketers, business people, artists, legal experts, and social activists from across the planet who recognize a sincere case for applying blockchain technology in preserving the indigenous culture through:          ➤ Applying blockchain technology to promote sustainability and growth for underfunded — and in many cases — unacknowledged communities by solving an inherent problem prominent across the planet;          ➤ Promoting ethics and good practice throughout the Indigen Ecosphere (economic sphere);          ➤ Building positive relationships between indigenous people and government.Our MissionOur goals are not limited to the scope of this document — the future is unbounded. But in simple and general terms, our immediate purpose is:          ➤ To preserve the heritage of indigenous cultures by creating an immutable storage of indigenous historical data on the blockchain;          ➤ To encourage indigenous groups, charitable institutions, historians, anthropologists, universities, legal professionals, and cultural preservationists to donate their historical documentation for permanent record keeping on the blockchain;          ➤ To create indices which are easily accessible to be studied and used as reference points for students and researchers;          ➤ To promote constructive relationships between local governments and indigenous communities by offering a decentralized alternative to the current system of record keeping;          ➤ To settle disputes over land ownership through an unbiased third party;          ➤ To integrate blockchain into industries that will benefit from using our technology;          ➤ To celebrate mankind’s diversity and to allow no culture to be forgotten.The ProblemTribal people (first people, natives, indigenous) or the original inhabitants have many names; they have over 4,000 languages and comprise approximately 5% of the world’s population. These people are the usual victims of human rights issues such as lack of protection of their indigenous lands, unsolved killings because of property disputes, and many other inherent problems including lack of communications due to very remote locations, environmental destruction and natural resource extraction due to industrialized global developments, lack of education and access to modern medical information, healthcare, and so on. But one of the most evident and compelling problems of all is the slowly dying interest of the younger generation in our indigenous culture and history because of fast-paced modernization.Value PropositionOur proposed solution is to bring convergence to history and modern technology in a unique and innovative approach. Protection of indigenous properties, preservation of historical data, works of art, language and religion, and many more unique and integral aspects constituting the indigenous culture and traditions, are just few of our many objectives for using blockchain technology as permanent and immutable method of preservation.Majority of the indigenous population belongs to the poor and they account to around 15% of the world’s poorest, with the highest percentage coming from Southeast Asia. The goal of Indigen coin as a cryptocurrency is not entirely as medium of payment in a decentralized platform, but also as a means to uplift the lives of the poor indigenous population. With the rise of Bitcoin and other popular altcoins, Indigen coin will ultimately function as a donation currency where portion of the mined coins and mining fees will be used to help the poor in areas like education, medicine, and environmental protection.Indigen ONE ProjectThe prime objective of the Indigen ONE Proje