Azuki Launches PBT to Connect Real Objects to Blockchain

An open-source token standard called PBT (Physical Backed Token) connects a physical object to a virtual token on the Ethereum blockchain. Physical Backed Token gives businesses and creators the tools to develop experiences and next-generation storytelling for their audiences. PBT is now available for development at pbt.io.

The PBT Standard

The release said that while generating a digital token to represent a real object is nothing new, maintaining that link with the thing throughout the object's lifespan is still challenging. The Physical Backed Token standard is a technology that provides completely-chain, decentralized identification and monitoring of the entire ownership history of physical goods. This introduces trustless authentication. Everyone is free to authenticate, validate, and construct interactions on top of this technology; no one organization has exclusive rights to ownership of objects. The repository is open-source, and the EIP submission is currently underway.

Launch of Golden Skateboards

The accompanying short film provides a fitting illustration of connecting a golden skateboard to a bean snack. The first tangible product to be fully on-chain approved will be nine Golden Skateboards, which Azuki will release on October 21.

The bean chip, according to Azuki, is a real-world cryptographic device that can independently produce an asymmetric key pair. The first PBT implementation is on the chip.

Scan-to-Own Experience

Additionally, according to the business, PBT allows hardware to provide the "scan-to-own" experience, which links real things to digital tokens on-chain and decentralized from a central server.

Azuki claims that despite other Web3 and retail businesses having developed digital tokens that stand in for actual commodities, the two were frequently separated after minting. With decentralized authentication and tracking throughout the chain of ownership lineage, PBT gets around this drawback.