BUK Protocol v1
  • 📖Introduction
  • Whitepaper
    • Whitepaper
      • Executive Summary
      • Industry Overview
      • Problem Statement
      • Solution - Tokenized Travel assets
        • What benefits does Tokenization offer for the Travel industry?
      • How was it solved it earlier?
      • Introducing Buk
        • Buk Protocol
          • Core components of Buk Protocol
        • Buk Products
          • BukTrips - The first tokenized travel marketplace
        • Buk Ecosystem
      • Ecosystem Participants
      • Target Market Solutions and Future Use cases
        • Tokenized Marketplace
        • Trading Engine for Travel agents
        • Resellability-as-a-Service
        • Price-lock on travel assets
        • Index Funds for city/stars/other categories
        • Pool in investments for asset liquidity
        • Travel Insurance integration for price protection
        • Buy back gurantee and Insurance pool creation
      • Go to Market and User Acquisition
      • Competitive Landscape
      • Technical Architecture
      • Roadmap
      • Governance Council
      • Enhancers, Partners & Ecosystem
      • Key performance Indicators for traction and success measurement
      • Buk Token $BUK
        • Token Utility / Revenue Sharing
        • Token Distribution
        • Token Vesting
        • Booster Tokens - Investors as Users
      • Conclusion
  • Overview
    • 💡Protocol Architecture
    • 🎫BUK NFTs
    • ⛓️The BUK Protocol
    • 🛠️BUK Toolset
  • Product Guides
    • 📪Interacting with the BUK protocol
    • 📎Using APIs and SDKs
  • Fundamentals
    • 🛠️Getting Started
      • 📝Hotel Industry jargon
      • 🧑Web3.js and BUK Protocol
  • Use Cases
    • 🎒Travellers and Guests
    • 🏨Hotels & Accommodation operators
    • 👨‍✈️Travel agents, Tour operators and travel ecosystem
    • 🖥️Travel and Hospitality Tech
    • 👩‍💻Innovators and 3rd party app Developers
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  • Quick links
  • Get Started

Introduction

What is the BUK Protocol, and why does it matter? This documentation is both a peek into the current state of the BUK protocol and (hopefully!) the future state of Hospitality distribution ecosystem.

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Last updated 1 year ago

Note: This is documentation for BUK Protocol v1 which is now deprecated. Refer to BUK protocol v2 documentation for latest changes.

Looking for docs? You will need to wait a bit while we complete all our internal scaffolding of the protocol before we can invite you to start building on top of it.

If you are a developer and interested in contributing to the protocol, drop us a line at hello[at]buk[dot]technology.

Bringing benefits of Tokenization to Travel Distribution

BUK is a decentralized, open chain globally accessible protocol, making the conventional travel inventory distribution and booking experience more flexible and decentralized to benefit all participants, travelers, asset owners (hotels, airlines, tour operators, event organizers etc.).

With BUK, when you book a travel service (ex. hotel rooms or flight tickets) you get an NFT which represents the right to stay in that particular room of that hotel for a specific night. However, unlike a traditional booking this NFT can be traded and sold to someone else. The asset owner - Hotels, Airlines, etc. get commissions every time a room night NFT is traded, end customers get the flexibility to Resell, instead of canceling and since all transactions are on the blockchain, it makes the process transparent. The protocol also supports commissions for key intermediaries such as travel portals, aggregators etc.

BUK protocol is built as an independent Protocol layer with an accompanying set of Open APIs and SDKs for developers and partners to consume and build products.

First Use Case - Hotel Bookings | BukTrips.com

BukTrips.com is the first use case for implementation of the BUK Protocol. BukTrips.com is a hotel booking engine which utilizes the BUK Protocol to tokenize hotel room bookings and makes them resellable through the BUK Protocol.

This video demonstrates how a hotel is booked, listed and resold on BukTrips.com - it also covers how to verify the on-chain transactions and view the NFTs minted on platforms such as Rarible and OpenSea.

Quick links

Get Started

We've put together some helpful guides for you to get setup with our product quickly and easily.

The BUK ecosystem
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💡Protocol Architecture
🎫BUK NFTs
🛠️Getting Started
📝Hotel Industry jargon
🧑Web3.js and BUK Protocol
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