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We're currently implementing the Utility Emissions Channel and Emissions Tokens Network Project use cases together.
If you're interested, please check the calendar for the next call.
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This is the data architecture for the data channels such as the Utility Emissions Channel of the Operating System for Climate Action.
The Idea
Writing software requires getting data from external sources, which usually means accessing an API by sending a GET or POST request to a URL with authentication keys and a request message and parsing the XML or JSON that comes back. While this approach is fully automated, it comes with a lot of potential problems:
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As a result, these API integrations are expensive and time consuming to build and maintain, so they don't scale well in scope. When we're talking about building a Hyperledger-based blockchain app for Carbon Accounting and Certification Working GroupWG, which could require integrating data from a large number of sources, we came upon a better way to do it with the blockchain itself.
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