Trust and reputation models on blockchains: This focus area targets innovative applications, technologies, technical approaches and methodologies that increase the level of trust in blockchain-based information exchange, with emphasis on user generated content on the internet and social media, considering also data from IoT (Internet of things) infrastructures.

Proof-of-validity and proof-of-location: This focus area aims to find innovative mechanisms to increase transparency and trustworthiness of user generated genuine content. For example: How could users, being part of a blockchain, add or apply additional verification mechanisms to increase transparency, validity and high level of trustworthiness, such as Proof-of-Location and Proof-of Validity? Such applications will be disseminated through the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO).

 If you want to see examples, please see the already 24 funded projects on the TruBlo webpage. The range of ideas includes better and more reliable content for tourism, verified info about vehicles, new platforms to exchange trustable documents.

 The open call is divided into two phases:

• Phase 1: Innovation (9 months)

Up to 20 projects will be selected in the innovation phase to develop their proposed project and prepare a publication (whitepaper or scientific article) describing their solution.

• Phase 2: Progress (6 months)

 A subset of  four  projects from Phase 1  from this open call will be selected to further develop activities associated with the demonstration/ piloting as well as promotion and exploitation of their project, building an MVP as demonstrator and aiming to engage new customers and/or partners and/or investors.