Microsoft wants to use Ethereum blockchain to fight piracy

On August 16, in a new article published by Microsoft Research Center, the Redmond-based software giant uncovered blockchain-based advocacy to support the fight against piracy, join the research of experts from Alibaba and the Carnegie Mellon University. Argus is based on the Ethereum blockchain and aims to provide incredible support while protecting information collected from public, anonymous and hacked journalists. Argus can track pirated content on its site using its watermark algorithm to detail the data. All contaminated content notices, also known as "certificates", include confidential information activity. This data describes the Ethereum network cost problem and explains how the team has improved many crypto implementations. “This will reduce the cost of ad hacking equivalent to delivering up to 14 ETH exchange transactions through the Ethereum public network. The cost equals thousands of transactions” (Cointelegraph).