In 2006, as proof of its ambition, it succeeded in luring Tata Motors to the state to build the Nano, the world's cheapest car.
Yet in the scale of its ambition, it also helps to explain why some see blockchain technology as almost on the scale of the world wide web.
Beyond China, Ofo launched in Singapore in February, it has a trial service in Cambridge, UK, and it has spoken of its ambition to launch its service in the U.S. too.
But it has lost none of its ambition.
But as this series goes along, the test of its ambition will be whether it lets other strands of history that are harder to illustrate — religious thought, scientific inquiry — have an equal place.
However, critics of the project have long criticised it for its cost and the scale of its ambition.
It was a fine illustration of the level of its ambition as well as its capacity to successfully carry off big projects.
The experiment is unusual in terms of its ambition, breadth and cost, all of which take it beyond anything being attempted by other American cities.
But soon, Cleverman reveals the scope of its ambition, and becomes a lot more interesting, when it introduces supernatural and superheroic elements, based on indigenous myths.
Formed in 1993, the Cochrane Collaboration prepares, maintains and promotes the accessibility of systematic reviews for health care [ 17]; it has been compared to the Human Genome Project in terms of its ambition and scale [ 18].
In another sign of its ambition, after giving up its license in November 2007, last year it once again became a primary dealer in the Treasury bond market.
