Microsoft is looking to use the ethereum blockchain to prevent piracy

[Brianna White]

• Microsoft is looking to use the ethereum blockchain to combat digital piracy, according to a recent white paper published by the firm.
• The company is exploring a new system named Argus, which it dubbed as the "first public anti-piracy system."
• Across 11 pages, Microsoft laid out the design, implementation, and evaluation of the new system.

Software giant Microsoft is looking to use the ethereum blockchain to combat digital piracy by relying on the network's transparent and decentralized nature, according to a new paper released by the firm's research department.
The Redmond-based company is exploring a new concrete system named Argus, which Microsoft dubbed as the "first public anti-piracy system."
In the 11-page paper, Microsoft - together with researchers from Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba and Carnegie Mellon University - laid out the design, implementation, and evaluation of the new system.
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