he Digital Lives of Museum Objects: Blockchain and data-driven decision making in the cultural sector

这项研究旨在利用区块链技术--加密货币背后的技术--收集数字文物的“生命”。区块链技术提供了一个开放的、分散的和分布式的系统，通过不变的数据链来组织和跟踪数字信息。因此，这项研究认为，可以使用这些链来追踪“启用区块链”的对象，因为它们在网上共享和分发。这些数据踪迹为这些物品的在线旅程创造了一个更广泛的图景，对于文化组织来说，这些数据是无价的数据，可以描述观众参与收藏的方式和物品的文件来源。这项研究将涉及与利物浦的世界博物馆合作，目的是构建一些启用区块链的对象，然后使用区块链跟踪这些对象，以收集博物馆的见解。

This research aims to collect the 'lives' of digital cultural objects using blockchain technology, the technology behind cryptocurrency. Blockchain technology offers an open, decentralized and distributed system of organizing and tracking digital information with immutable chains of data. Therefore, this research argues, 'blockchain-enabled' objects can be traced using these chains as they are shared and distributed online. These data trails create a broader picture of the online journey of the object has made which, for cultural organisations, is invaluable data that can describe the ways in which audiences are engaging with their collections and document provenance of the object. This research will involve working with the World Museum in Liverpool where the intention is to construct a number of blockchain-enabled objects which will then be tracked using blockchain to gather insight for the museum.