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

这项研究旨在利用加密货币背后的技术区块链技术收集数字文物的“生命”。区块链技术提供了一个开放、分散和分布式的系统，通过不可变的数据链来组织和跟踪数字信息。因此，这项研究认为，“支持区块链”的对象可以使用这些链进行跟踪，因为它们是在线共享和分发的。这些数据轨迹为文物的在线旅程创造了一个更广阔的图景，对于文化组织来说，这是非常宝贵的数据，可以描述观众与他们的藏品互动的方式，并记录文物的来源。这项研究将涉及与利物浦世界博物馆合作，目的是构建一些支持区块链的对象，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.