On value preservation with distributed ledger technologies, intelligent agents, and digital preservation

Abstract

This is prospect research on digital preservation at the crossroads of blockchain and artificial intelligence with a double aim: first, fulfil a vision of self-preserving digital objects and contribute with a dare step towards the long-term digital preservation, and second, open an area of research that is the preservation of value once we are witnessing the dawn of the internet of value enabled by the advent of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies.