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Toastpunk is a pioneering breakfast-inspired NFT brand of digitally generated emotive JPG art.

Toastpunk (Launched in October 2021) is a breakfast-inspired Non-Fungible Token brand of digitally generated emotive JPG art with metaverse utility, living on the Ethereum blockchain. They consist of 10,000 Genesis Toast and 1,000 ToastPunk OG, with toast face designs created using bread, cheese, face emotions, and intensities derived from real-life shareable moments. Inspired by the popular 'Roblox game series, The NFTs comes in digitized forms of cartooned concepts with the main attraction of it being a fun and unique series of collectible toast face-designed NFTs. ToastPunk is said to have the most caring, supportive, and helpful community in the NFT space. On the 13th of December, Toastpunk partnered with NFTSTAR to bring its users METAGOAL, a football manager mobile game. Early Beginnings Based on the Founders true story and his kids, which goes as follows. Only on Sunday family day a workaholic father and his two beautiful kids would wake up early head to the kitchen and start the morning breakfast tradition, they would take whatever bread and cheese available in the fridge harmed with a tomato sauce squeezy bottle each and start creating toast faces as fun and playful breakfast treats. Over the years a father and his two kids would have come up with over 100 different faces, some are happy, some are sad, some are ugly and some were alien looking. Because of the love, the kids had for ROBLOX, all faces created eventually were inspired by the game. One day, they decided to challenge themselves to make 1,000 toast faces as face emotive designs to share with the world with the main aim into remind others about the lost moment in time and how important it is to Cherish every moment of it. This is how Toast-punk was born, an inspiring NFT project unlike any other that is based on leaving a Legacy of emotions for every person who owns one. The Dad however decided to add a little bit of ingenuity to this plan. To support the value of the projects and the Holders of the 1,000 toastpunk NFTs, a mega plan combining his years of experience and relationships in the business world can now live along with what his kids have come up with. He can spend more time with his kids instead of just the Sunday breakfast moments. The Megaplan included a one-of-a-kind crypto casino that only Toast-punk NFT owners and the guests can utilize, as well as a metaverse utility, where punk NFTs can supply energy to other NFTs that need them. And to top it off, an ICO toastpunk crypto coin is used as the main currency of the casino and the charge currency for the supply of energy in the metaverse. The magnitude of this is what makes toastpunk such a special project. In each drop, the price goes up and the token supply decreases creating a long-term floorise supported by the tokenomics of the drop schedule and the ongoing utility benefits. This strategy of deployment is unlike any other much the same as how you can mint one. The only way to get one before it is in the open market is by joining the Toastpunk community and being accepted by them as one and then given the secret password to mint one, they called this the mint hunt and this is definitely what it is, a treasure hunt unlike any other that ends up in you owning a piece of NFT history. Overview Each ToastPunk first ownership gives access to owners-only perks in ToastPunk's near future metaverse roadmap. ToastPunk owners can use their NFT art as their display picture, bridging emotional connections with their loved ones and as a reminder of the constant evolution of the old ("real life") and the new ("digital"). The ToastPunk collection is made up of 100 ‘Faces’, 24 ‘Emotion groups’, 4 ‘Bread types’, 4 ‘Cheese types’, and 4 ‘Intensities’. The goal of ToastPunk is to always provide the best value to its community through smart investments, charitable acts, and long-term utility. This is what each holder will gain from their membership. ToastPunk's holders will receive daily rewards in the form of $ETH, NFTs, merch, whitelist, free mints, p2e scholarships, and other mystery giveaways. In a nutshell, owning a ToastPunk NFT gives you access to one of the most active giveaway communities. The toast NFTS are stored as ERC-721 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain and hosted on InterPlanetary File System. ToastPunk is not just an NFT but a shareable story that can be passed down from one generation to the next, and beyond. NFT Collections ToastPunk Genesis ToastPunk Genesis is a collection of 10,000 unique digital art pieces, representing 10 cheeky characters with 280 edible ingredients. Each NFT can be used as one of the 3D racers in the upcoming play-to-earn Racer Club metaverse by Warrp. This NFT offers a Behind the Scene series of what happened before "Sunday Breakfast Times" when the kids were up to no good. Genesis is based on a 10-best-friend character project. Hidden within the 10,000 are 1,000 Upgradeable traits NFTs, for which holders will receive a free airdrop of another NFT that belongs to the third collection. This Airdrop will happen after the 10,000 Genesis NFTs have been fully minted. Genesis Utilities The main benefits of holding a ToastPunk Genesis include: Early Access to Racer Club (1 month before others) Upgradeable trait NFTs get Collection 3 airdrop for free Access to the ToastPunk Stacks Game In Q1 2022, the 10 ToastPunk Genesis NFTs were sold out. Then In Aprile community has agreed to work towards a 1 $ETH floor, 99% of holders are not listing and will even hold past this floor price. ToastPunk OG This is the only original ToastPunk collection consisting of a maximum of 1,000 NFTs. Membership in the ToastPunk OG private group is only via owning this NFT. This limited edition collection of 1,000 unique ERC-721 NFTs is the original (OG) ToastPunk collection that launched the ToastPunk brand and movement. Ownership of this NFT entitles holders to exclusive membership rights. The OG collection is divided into 6 parts that go up in price and reduces supply over time as each gives more utility. The 1,000 OG NFTs consist of 900 toast art designs that are un-toasted, known as normal editions, and 100, toasted known as special editions. Minting of the OG NFT is only by invitation, which is done via the discord group after receiving an OG mint pass role. ToastPunk OG DAO The DAO was founded in May 2022 as a result of a community decision to condense a bolder roadmap vision into bite-sized equivalents for OG holders by utilizing the DAO's treasury (funds available). This utility is thus open to DAO members to make proposals and vote on them using the 30% quorum and 51% majority rules. All DAO members who signed up using the official Upstream Collective app have a role in the DAO. The DAO's goal is to evolve the ToastPunk project and manage the treasury of all ToastPunk projects, which includes 100% of the balance of minting revenue of OG NFTs and 100% of all secondary sales royalties for ToastPunk NFTs in all four Collections. The DAO will also be the party that will be receiving 15% of the game economy of the ToastPunk Genesis Racer Club game. Upgradeable Pass NFT This NFT mints access for special cross-contract interaction with the OG collection to produce an NFT in the fourth collection. The 1,000 Upgradeable Pass NFTs (Collection 3) will be airdropped by the end of April 2022 to 1,000 ToastPunk Genesis NFT (Collection 2) holders with the "Special Upgradeable" metadata trait. This is the only way someone can mint in the 4th and final collection. OG Upgradeable This NFT collection is formed using an NFT from collections 3 and 1. The OG Upgraded will be an exclusive drop for OG (Collection 1) NFT holders and Upgradeable Pass (Collection 3) NFTpeeksers. Sneak peaks of this will be available in April 2022 and the mint will be open shortly after. ToastPunk Stacks ToastPunk Stacks is an addictive mini-game made for ToastPunk collection holders. Players can earn daily ETH and $TPGEN prizes, which go to the best stackers. It is a simple yet extremely addictive and rewarding game created by and for the Toastpunk Community. Racer Club Racer Club is a play-to-earn racing metaverse blockchain game created in Unreal Engine. It allows NFT projects to create their own racing game and for players to use their own NFTs in-game that aims to change the use case nature of P2Es. TGRC (ToastPunk Genesis Racer Club) ToastPunk Genesis Racer Club is the first Racer Club. It is a fun and rewarding race-and-earn game powered by Unreal Engine that features ten heroes from the ToastPunk Genesis collection as well as an environment based on the same. Holders of ToastPunk Genesis non-fungible tokens (owned or rented) will be able to use any of the 10 heroes, but their Racer attributes (Top Speed, Acceleration, Handling, and Strength) will be determined by the rarity of the non-fungible token they use in-game. Each racer will select a car to race in. When racing, some cars offer additional performance multipliers. These cars can be unlocked by completing Milestones. Players are rewarded with $TPGEN tokens (native tokens), which are auto-staked in-game after being paid out for a 7-day lock-up period. After 7 days, the player can leave the money staked, withdraw it, or use it to make in-game Pack Store purchases. The "Proof-of-Win" consensus mechanism will govern all token rewards. Merch In Q2 2022, a ToastPunk holder merch store will be launched that will only allow ToastPunk NFT holders to

binance-nft

Binance NFT is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace that was launched on June 24, 2021, by Binance.

Binance NFT is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace that was launched on June 24, 2021, by Binance. The marketplace is aimed at creators and traders of collectibles in visual arts, music, games, sports, and more. Overview Binance NFT launched in June 2021. Binance NFT shares the same account system as Binance, allowing users to access the marketplace alongside other ecosystem offerings. The marketplace runs on the BNB Chain mainly, with the Ethereum network also supported. Binance NFT debuted with two main venues: a "Premium Event" category for the most sought-after collaborations and a "Trading Market" that allowed everyday users to easily create Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) at a minimal cost. For curated "Premium Event" collections, artists receive 90% of profits from sales setting a new benchmark for NFT rewards. Users can also deposit their NFTs to the "Trading Market" and choose to list them for sale or for auction, at a minimal cost. Binance charges a nominal 1% processing fee - and creators or depositors receive a 1% royalty payment for all subsequent trades. Helen Hai, Head of Binance NFT, said: “Our aim is to provide the largest NFT trading platform in the world with the best minting, buying and exchanging experience, by leveraging the fastest and cheapest solutions powered by Binance blockchain infrastructure and community.” With the launch, Binance joined Crypto.com among crypto exchanges with an NFT marketplace. Genesis Auction Binance NFT launched on June 24, 2021, with a premium auction that featured NFTs of two artworks by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí. The auction, titled "Genesis," featured an NFT of Andy Warhol's "Three Self-Portraits," as well as a newly digitized NFT of Salvador Dali's "Divine Comedy: rebeget." The new design spots the Bitcoin (BTC) symbol, the Binance logo, and Changpeng Zhao’s signature. The winner of Andy’s painting also received its physical contemporary – the physical painting – which was shipped by Apenft." The auction also featured the first-ever Binance NFT "Mystery Box," a new way for users to access special NFTs. Each box is guaranteed to contain one NFT, and its contents can vary in rarity. The first Mystery Box collection featured 16 "tokidoki" characters, toys from the Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand created in 2006 by Italian artist Simone Legno. The auction is a part of Binance's recently announced "100 Creators" program which features 100 artists handpicked by the exchange to spearhead the launch of the NFT marketplace. Only these selected creators were able to sell their artworks in the first week following the marketplace launch. In total, there were 16 iconic tokidoki designs for the Binance NFT Mystery Boxes. This included 3 exclusive Binance branded characters obtainable only as part of the "tokidoki X Binance NFT All Stars Mystery Box Series 1". This Mystery Box collection was made available for purchase on the Binance NFT marketplace through NFKings productions. Interested collectors could begin making purchases of “tokidoki X Binance NFT All Stars Mystery Box Series 1” from 12 PM (UTC+8) on the launch day, June 24th. The first tokidoki X Binance NFT series features the Black Binance Salaryman, available in limited pieces. Users who collect 15 different tokidoki NFTs stand to receive a Golden Binance Dragon Unicorno, and only 10 random users were airdropped. Featured Artists On May 27, 2021, the Binance team announced the first slate of creators whose work was available at the launch of Binance NFT: two-time Brit Awards winner Lewis Capaldi, visual artist Trevor Jones, ESports team eStarPro and top professional football stars Michael Owen and Alphonso Davies are all among the first names revealed. The NFT collection by Lewis Capaldi was made available through Bondly Finance on Binance NFT, while Michael Owen's NFT collection was made available through TopGoal and eStarPro Esports club NFTs exclusively through NFKings Productions. In a press release on June 1, 2021, Binance announced an NFT drop from Misha Most, a noted street artist who currently holds the world record for the largest wall mural. 100 Creators Program To spotlight local talent from around the world, Binance handpicked 100 artists who were able to sell their NFT artworks during the launch of the exchange's upcoming NFT marketplace. The content from the "100 Creators" program, as part of the "Trading Market", debuted alongside the previously announced “Premium Event” category, which includes high-profile names and brands. Helen Hai, Head of Binance NFT, noted: "The 100 Creators campaign was created to empower innovative but regional creators and introduce them to NFT collectors and enthusiasts around the world. We are very excited to work with these creators and hope to bring them to the mainstream of the industry." Here is the full list of artists, celebrities, and creators participating in the ‘100 Creators’ campaign (in alphabetical order): Aimi Sekiguchi (Via Miss Bitcoin Curator), Ali Young, Artcrypted, Atlético Mineiro, backtopoints, Bianca Beers, BibisBeautyPalace, BitBlaze, Bitcoinaldia, Blizzart, Çağatay, Cássio Gusson (Picasso / Os Gêmeos), Cigar NFT, Dangiuz, Demas Rusli, DotDots (Jonny Element), Dough-Boy, ECHO Beatbox, Eddie Betts, Eljaboom, Ema Stokholma, Emanuele Dascanio, Emre, Falz, FC Dynamo Kyiv, FMT Jetlag, Gep and Josh of Autotelic, Giovanni Motta, GreyScaleGorila, Guè Pequeno, Hamza Kırbaş, HUR, IOYOI, James Newbury, Joe Bennett, John Aloisi, Johnny Gloom, Julienco, Julius Reichel, Krzysztof Gonciarz, Kelvin Okafor, Lai H Nguyen, Leonardo Frigo, Leonardo Pereznieto, Lil Bubble, LLND, Luis, Luke Ross, Lushsux, M.I, Maikeul, Marco Melgrati, Marti Wong, Martin Zucchini, Marvin Germo, Mike Deodato, Misha Most, Morgan Charrière, Muart, Nicola Palmieri, O2氧气乐队, Osinachi, Pampili, PariMatch, Paula Klien, Paulo del Valle, Phong Luong, Pokras Lampas, Potap, Mr.Sexman, Prof. Gulten, Q8Three, Rayito, Red Hong Yi, RON., Rouge, Sayonara Boy, SBTG, Sekure D, Sen, Simon Dee, Supla, Tailer Darden, Targz, Ternoa, Tina Karol, Uganda National Museum, Val1, Valentina Loffredo, WePlay, Wian, Youkonejo, Yugnat999, YumYum, Zhuang hong-yi, 丁武, 九城游戏, 大悲宇宙, 好想兔 X 小賤狗, 寶博士 (Dr. dAAAb), 张知微, 張炳煌, 李玟Coco, 炎亚纶, 视觉中国, 閱部客 水丰刀, 陆军.

sashimiswap

SashimiSwap is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol developed by Aelf with the goal of boosting liquidity providers' income.

SashimiSwap is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol by Aelf dedicated to increasing the income for liquidity providers. In January 2021, Sashimi Investment was connected with Sashimi Lending, allowing triple returns with lending, yield farming, and financial management. Overview SashimiSwap is a Uniswap-inspired investment platform dedicated to increasing the income of liquidity providers. SashimiSwap has significant investment returns by optimally and automatically investing a part of the idle liquidity in the most profitable platform(s), automatically adjusted every day. If likened to foreign exchange, then SashimiSwap is depositing part of its assets into the bank to earn interest. The transaction fee for swapping on SashimiSwap is 0.3% of the transaction value. Then, 5/6 of the transaction fees is distributed to liquidity providers, the remaining 1/6 is sent to Sashimi Bar. The Investment platform invests part of the assets added by users in the liquidity pool. After the profits are used to buy back SASHIMI, 25% of the SASHIMI enter the Sashimi Bar, and 75% are used to buy back WETH and sent to Timelock address. At the same time, users can stake the SALP token for farming and get the SASHIMI reward. Users who hold LP tokens of other platforms such as Uniswap can also stake them into LP Token Bar for double farming and earn double rewards. Core Components SashimiSwap Exchange: a decentralized trading platform using Automated Market Maker transactions. SashimiSwap Investment: a built-in asset management platform on SashimiSwap Exchange. Some assets in the transaction pool are managed through SashimiSwap Investment and some assets are invested in SashimiSwap Vaults.The profits obtained from financial management are used to buy back SASHIMI. Users can obtain bought-back SASHIMI by staking SASHIMI (staking SASHIMI will obtain a certain amount of xSASHIMI as redemption voucher), allowing users to redeem the staked SASHIMI at any time. SashimiSwap Farms: SashimiSwap's liquidity mining platform. Users can stake LP token to get SASHIMI rewards. SashimiSwap Vault: SashimiSwap's aggregate financial platform. Vaults invest the assets staked by users through other DeFi products. According to annual percentage yield, safety factor, financing cycle, and other factors, SashimiSwap Vaults automatically make the optimal investment. This can help users to get the highest yield without any contract operation. Farming profits are used to buy back SASHIMI, which is then distributed to stakers on a pro-rata basis. SashimiSwap Vault was launched in October 2020. Sashimi Lending: a decentralized lending service released in December 2020. The lending market participants can get SASHIMI from their yield farming and achieve double returns. In the future, the triple returns will be realized in the interaction between Sashimi Lending and Investment. SashimiSwap Proposals : The SashimiSwap community decides about the developments and governance of the platform. Tokenomics $SASHIMI SASHIMI is the token on the SashimiSwap platform, which is distributed 100% through liquidity mining, without any pre-sale, pre-mining, and team shares. Holders of SASHIMI token are able to participate in platform governance and receive SashimiSwap dividends through staking. Platform income now includes transaction fees, income from liquidity investment, and service fees from Vaults, with more sources of income under development. SALP Token SALP token is a voucher for adding liquidity to the exchange. Each liquidity pool has its unique SALP token, and withdrawal of liquidity will burn SALP. Currently, SALP can be staked in Farms for liquidity mining. svToken svToken is the voucher for staked assets in Vaults. Each transaction pool has its unique svToken, which will be burnt after staked assets are withdrawn. svToken supports staking in Farms for liquidity mining. xSASHIMI xSASHIMI is the voucher for staking SASHIMI in Sashimi Bar, and withdrawal of staked SASHIMI will burn xSASHIMI. The higher the income, the higher the value of xSASHIMI, the more SASHIMI will be withdrawn. xLP Token xLP token is the voucher for staking LP Token in LP Token Bar in Double Farming. xLP Token will be automatically staked in Farms for liquidity mining and will not enter the user’s wallet. Staking SashimiSwap users can stake their tokens at any time without time locks. When staking SASHIMI tokens, the tokens are converted into xSASHIMI as a redemption voucher. The amount of xSASHIMI at the time of initial conversion will be the same as the amount of the staked SASHIMI tokens. xSASHIMI will value as the returns in Sashimi Bar increase; the higher the returns, the more valuable the xSASHIMI, the more SASHIMI tokens users can withdraw. Over time, SASHIMI tokens are bought back from the platform via multiple means, such as income from Investment and Exchange. Bought back tokens are made available to the stakers on the SashimiSwap platform. Over time, the amount of available bought back SASHIMI will increase. The amount of xSASHIMI will stay the same in a user's account and it makes xSASHIMI worth more over time. When the user decides to withdraw his/her tokens from staking, the available xSASHIMI will yield more SASHIMI tokens than initially staked. Double Farming SashimiSwap Farms can realize double farming, meaning that users can obtain a double income by staking one asset or direct stake in SashimiSwap farms for mining to obtain SASHIMI reward. The LP token staked by the user in another platform will generate xLP token through the LP Token Bar, which will be mined in SashimiSwap Farms platform to obtain the SASHIMI. The original LP token will return to Uniswap Farms, SushiSwap Farms, and other platforms for mining under the highest yield, and the mining income will be used to buy back SASHIMI, which will be distributed to LP token stakers. Governance Sashimiswap Proposals is the governance platform in the SashimiSwap ecosystem. Currently, users who stake SASHIMI-ETH UNI-V2 in SashimiSwap Farms can participate in the governance by adding proposals and voting. Sashimi Lending Sashimi Lending is a decentralized money market protocol based on an interest rate algorithm. Initially, Sashimi Lending launched the Supply Market and the Borrow Market of eight tokens, including DAI, USDC, USDT, ETH, WBTC, YFI, ELF, SASHIMI. Lenders and borrowers deposit tokens into Sashimi Lending’s smart contract as the underlying assets. After the user deposits these assets, the system will return a certain amount of slToken to the user according to the exchange rate. If the user deposits ETH, he will get slETH. The withdrawal of underlying assets also needs slToken. For depositors, users can select the asset category to be deposited in the Supply Market asset list and then enter the deposit amount to complete the deposit. Subsequently, interest will be accumulated over time according to Supply APY. The depositor can withdraw principal and interest at any time, but the assets that have been used for stake lending cannot be withdrawn. For borrowers, users can borrow money in the market after overstaking. Sashimi Lending determines how many assets a user can borrow based on the amount of collaterals. In the Borrow Market asset list, the user can select the asset category to be borrowed, and then enter the loan amount to complete the loan. Subsequently, interest will be accumulated over time according to Borrow APY. After authorization, the borrower can repay the loan at any time, and the principal and interest should be repaid. The lending rate determines the annualized income of the depositor or the annualized interest of the borrower. When the assets in circulation are sufficient, the interest rate will decrease; when the assets in circulation decrease, the interest rate will rise, which stimulates users to borrow and deposit to a certain extent. Sashimi Lending has a liquidation mechanism. When the staked assets of the borrower are insufficient to pay the outstanding loan due to price fluctuations, account liquidation will be triggered. The staked assets will be sold by the liquidator at an agreed discount price to repay the loan. The price discount is an incentive for the liquidator. The liquidation incentive is a constant in the smart contract. In January 2021, the SashimiSwap developers' team upgraded Sashimi Lending to enable the interaction between Sashimi Lending and Investment. The access to Investment means that the use of liquid assets will further improve. Participants in the lending market for 7 types of tokens can earn triple returns. The third type of income is the additional earnings from SashimiSwap Investment. SashimiSwap Investment added 7 new Investment pools, including DAI, USDC, USDT, ETH, WBTC, YFI, ELF, which correspond to 7 types of assets in the Sashimi Lending market.

bancor

Bancor (BNT) is an on-chain liquidity protocol and decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Ethereum and EOS blockchains

Bancor (BNT) is an on-chain liquidity protocol and decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Ethereum and EOS blockchains as well as a cryptocurrency. !f47af640-17ff-4bb6-bb3a-8674a83e4b25.jpgBancor, on-chain liquidity protocol, and decentralized exchange on EOS and ETH Blockchain. On July 31, 2020, Bancor shipped its V2 upgrade with several new features including single-token exposure (100% exposure to a single asset), impermanent loss mitigation , and 20X liquidity amplification. In August 2020, ParaFi Capital, a DeFi-focused investment firm, invested in the Bancor Network Token, BNT. This strategic investment aims to further Bancor’s mission of enabling global, permissionless on-chain liquidity. Overview The Bancor Protocol is made up of a network of smart contracts called “liquidity pools” designed to perform algorithmic token trades and pooling of on-chain liquidity. What sets Bancor apart from most decentralized and centralized exchanges is liquidity on Bancor is provided by thousands of unaffiliated users who each receive a share of Bancor’s trading fees, instead of liquidity coming from a small handful of professional market-makers. This is because adding liquidity on Bancor is permissionless (no central party can block or control the process) and easy for everyday users (add liquidity and earn fees in a couple of clicks). In August 2020, ParaFi Capital, a DeFi-focused investment firm, invested in the Bancor Network Token, BNT. This strategic investment aims to further Bancor’s mission of enabling global, permissionless on-chain liquidity. Bancor Network Token (BNT) !R.jfifWhat is Bancor Network? Every liquidity pool on Bancor holds BNT (Bancor’s Network Token) in its reserves as well as the “base token” receiving liquidity. BNT serves as the intermediary token connecting pools in the network and across blockchains. Users who trade on Bancor do not need to hold BNT; however, users creating a liquidity pool on Bancor or providing liquidity to an existing pool must hold BNT. In mid-December 2020, the price of BNT increased by 86% in merely two days from $1.02 to $1.919 as a result of Coinbase listing BNT and the growing volume of Bancor’s DEX. ETHBNT Token ETHBNT is a Bancor pool token representing shares in the ETH:BNT liquidity pool. ETHBNT collects fees from ETH-based conversions on Bancor. On January 1st, 2020, the ETHBNT token was airdropped on all users holding BNT. Tracking and swapping all Bancor tokens and pool tokens can be done on Bancor-integrated front-ends, such as 1inch. exchange, ParaSwap, and Zerion. Initial Coin Offering On June 12th, 2017, Bancor raised $153 million worth of Ether by selling its digital tokens for three hours. At the time, this was the largest token sale until the Tezos ICO. Bancor Liquidity Pools Liquidity pools perform autonomous, peer-to-contract token trades and generate fees from each trade. Users can collect a share of a pool’s trading fees by adding liquidity to a pool and holding its “pool token”. Pool tokens are ERC20 tokens that represent ownership stakes in liquidity pools. When a user adds liquidity to a Bancor pool, they receive pool tokens in proportion to the number of assets they have added to the pool. Bancor pool tokens can accrue value in three ways: trading fees generated by the pool ; pool rewards provided by a token project (via “liquidity provider incentive programs”) ; pool rewards provided by the Bancor Protocol (via BNT inflation) There are now numerous interfaces where a user can add and remove liquidity from Bancor pools, track profits and analyze the best-performing pools on the network. Examples include DeFi platforms like Zerion, 1inch. exchange, ParaSwap, CoTrader, and EOS Nation. Liquid Token A Liquid Token is a new type of cryptocurrency invented by Bancor. Liquid Tokens are built on smart contracts with "connectors" to another group of tokens. This allows them to be bought and sold for any tokens to which they are connected, at continuously calculated prices according to the Bancor Formula. The Bancor Formula maintains a constant ratio between a Liquid Token’s value and the value of the tokens it is connected to, adjusting prices to balance buy and sell volumes in real-time. Liquid Tokens can be converted without needing to match two parties, eliminating counterparty risk and decoupling liquidity from trade volume and exchange listings. Bancor V2 On July 31, 2020, Bancor shipped its V2 upgrade starting with capped liquidity for select token pairs. Bancor v2 was launched with several pools: Aave (LEND), ChainLink (LINK), Enjin Coin (ENJ), Ren, and Kyber Network Crystal (KNC). The upgrade included several new features including single-token exposure (100% exposure to a single asset) , impermanent loss mitigation , and 20X liquidity amplification. Bancor v2 entered a beta release period and during this time, pools can be deployed with temporary limits on the amount of liquidity that can be deposited. Once a pool’s liquidity cap is reached, no more liquidity providers can join the pool until the cap is removed. After the cap is removed by a pool manager, it can never be reactivated in the given pool. Pools can be set with liquidity caps of up to $500K per reserve (or $1M total per pool). Since Bancor v2 pools are equipped with 20X liquidity amplification, a pool with $1M in reserves acts like a $20M pool in terms of slippage on token swaps. Bancor v2.1 In November 2020, Bancor v2.1 was launched. Bancor v2.1 is a single-sided AMM providing liquidity pools, equipped with impermanent loss insurance. The new version of Bancor uses an elastic supply token (BNT) to manage liquidity across the network. BNT is continuously co-invested and burned by the protocol to support single-sided contributions and to provide impermanent loss insurance for liquidity providers. Following the launch of Bancor v2.1 and the announcement of BNT liquidity mining, Total Value Locked (TVL) increased 5X from $15 million to over $85 million, driving a 300% increase in weekly swap fees generated by the protocol. BNT Liquidity Mining On November 16, 2020, the Bancor team announced a new community proposal aimed at kickstarting a liquidity mining program that drives new liquidity to the Bancor pools. The proposal involves incentivizing 8 token pools in the first round of BNT liquidity mining including the following: Large-Caps: ETH, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Tether (USDT), USD Coin, DAI, LINK Mid-Caps: OCEAN and renBTC The large-cap pools will receive 100,000 – 200,000 BNT per week whereas the mid-cap pools will receive 10,000 – 20,000 BNT per week. Initial estimates provided by the Bancor team hint that yields will range between lows of 20% APY and all the way up to 3000% APY based on the amount of liquidity provided by users per pool. The proposed scheme will also allow two new token pools to be incentivized and each time a new token pool is added, it will receive BNT rewards for 12 consecutive weeks by default. These new pools must be voted in by Bancor governance and the same pool can be incentivized multiple times. Some saw Bancor's liquidity mining strategy as a vampire attack against Uniswap since it was launched on the day UNI rewards dried up. Initially, the APY was around 300%. On the day of launch, Bancor had $24 million dollars in Total Value Locked (TVL) and in only a few days it climbed to more than $62 million dollars locked in the protocol".

elliptic-curve-cryptography-ecc

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a key-based technique for encrypting data. ECC focuses on pairs of public and private keys for decryption and encryption of...

Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is a key-based technique for encrypting data famous for being smaller, faster, and more efficient than incumbents. ECC focuses on pairs of public and private keys for decryption and encryption of web traffic. ECC is frequently discussed in the context of the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) cryptographic algorithm. Overview There are two main different types of encryptions - symmetric encryption, which uses one key to both encrypt and decrypt (e.g. AES), and asymmetric encryption, which uses two different keys (e.g. RSA). These are often called a public and private key, where the private key is not to be disclosed. RSA uses integer factorization cryptography based on algebraic number theory, while elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) uses integer factorization cryptography based on elliptic curves. Elliptic Curve Cryptography is a choice for public-key-cryptography, based on elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC is used as the cryptographic key algorithm in Bitcoin because it potentially can save \~90% of the resources used by a similar RSA system. RSA vs. ECC ECC and RSA both generate a public and private key and allow two parties to communicate securely. One advantage to ECC however, is that a 256-bit key in ECC offers about the same security as a 3072-bit key using RSA. ECC allows resource-constrained systems like smartphones, embedded computers, and cryptocurrency networks to use \~10% of the storage space and bandwidth required by RSA. RSA Based on the idea that the key that anyone uses to encrypt data can be made public while the key that is used to decrypt your data can be kept private. As such, these systems are known as public key cryptographic systems. The first, and still most widely used of these systems, is known as RSA — named after the initials of the three men who first publicly described the algorithm: Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman. When both the RSA algorithm and the Diffie-Hellman key exchange algorithm were introduced, these new algorithms were revolutionary because they represented the first viable cryptographic schemes where security was based on the theory of numbers. It was the first to enable secure communication between two parties without a shared secret. Cryptography went from being about securely transporting secret codebooks around the world to being able to have secure communication between any two parties without worrying about someone listening in on the key exchange. ECC After the introduction of RSA and Diffie-Hellman, researchers explored other mathematics-based cryptographic solutions looking for other algorithms beyond factoring that would serve as good Trapdoor Functions. In 1985, cryptographic algorithms were proposed based on an esoteric branch of mathematics called elliptic curves. An elliptic curve is the set of points that satisfy a specific mathematical equation, something that looks a bit like the Lululemon logo tipped on its side. !ECC graph.png There are other representations of elliptic curves, but technically an elliptic curve is the set points satisfying an equation in two variables with degree two in one of the variables and three in the other. An elliptic curve has some properties that make it a good setting for cryptography. Creators Neal Koblitz and Victor Miller independently co-discovered elliptic-curve cryptography which is part of the mathematics that allows encrypted communication on the internet today. In an interview with All About Circuits (AAC) in 2019, Dr. Koblitz said: "What changed my feeling about number theory was the invention of RSA cryptography (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) in about 1977. That was the first important application of number theory to computer security." "The idea of elliptic-curve cryptography came in 1984. I, along with several other people received a pre-print, a rather preliminary-version, of an algorithm that Hendrik Lenstra developed to factor large integer numbers. If this algorithm was sufficiently fast, it could be a threat to RSA cryptography. " !Neal Koblitz.jpg

dawn

Dawn Protocol (DAWN) (founded 2020) is a cryptocurrency created on the Ethereum blockchain.

Dawn Protocol (DAWN) (founded in 2020) is a cryptocurrency created on the Ethereum blockchain. It is a utility token to reward gamers who compete each other in competitive and skills-based games like Dota 2 on the peer-to-peer ESports platform, FirstBlood. Company Dawn Protocol is developed by FirstBlood, a Blockchain-based peer-to-peer eSports gaming platform. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It currently has 11-50 employees. FirstBlood has raised a total of $6.1M in a crowdfunding round on Sep 26, 2016. It had a post-money valuation in the range of $10M to $50M according to PrivCo. Overview Dawn is the new cryptocurrency of the currently existing FirstBlood platform. First blood already has native token, 1ST. Both 1ST and DAWN will co-exist and remain integrated into the FirstBlood Platform.Users can also swap 1stBlood token with 1:1 ratio to get Dawn Token. The Major reason behind introducing dawn token is to make it adaptable for the DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem. 1st Blood token is an ERC777 while DAWN is created using ERC20 Token Standard. Dawn is an open-source protocol for gaming and competitions. It creates opportunities for world gamers with decentralized rewarding and matchmaking technologies. Its mission is to enable a fair, open and rewarding gaming ecosystem no matter what country or background users are from. Benefits As staked in the overview, Dawn protocols rewards games who compete and challenge each other playing competitive and skill-based games like Dota 2, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Call of Duty etc. The platform benefits everyone who wants to contribute to the ecosystem. Gamers Gamers from any country can play and earn professionally regardless of their place and background. Dawn token works in every country, with PC and mobile games. Gamers can also organize tournaments and collect fees. There are also VIP prize pools with Dawn token membership. Developers Developers can Integrate Dawn tournament SDK to their games. It is an easy way to enable pay-to-compete and create additional revenue streams. Blockchain Enthusiasts Those who want to explore newer ways in Blockchain Technology will get exposure in growing Esports industry. Dawn, works as the original token for competitive video gaming. They can also trade it in DeFi ecosystem to benefit from different decentralized protocols. Hodlers Dawn Token can also be staked. Token holders can now lock up their Dawn and receive complimentary access to FirstBlood Plus for the duration of tokens being locked up. By creating additional utility for the token, staking reduces token velocity and incentives new token holders to hold Dawn long-term. Tokenomics DAWN token is an ERC-20 Token created on Ethereum by deploying smart contracts. It has a total supply of 93,468,684 DAWN. It registered an all-time high of $0.238779 USD on Jun 02, 2020, and an all-time low of $0.045520 USD on (May 31, 2020). It is listed on popular exchanges, including Bittrex, BigONE, Probit, ZB.com, and also Decentralized Exchange (DEX) Uniswap.

opensea

OpenSea is an online marketplace for buying and selling Non-Fungible Tokens.

OpenSea is an online marketplace for buying and selling Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). The company is located in New York City and was founded in 2017. OpenSea is a verified Brave (web browser) publisher. In July 2021, OpenSea announced cross-blockchain support, starting with a gas-free marketplace on the Polygon blockchain. Buyers no longer have to pay blockchain fees when making trades on OpenSea, and creators can fully earn their way into crypto for the first time. OpenSea has become the latest crypto unicorn after it announced a $100 million Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Overview Founded in November 2017 by Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah, OpenSea is the world's largest digital marketplace for crypto collectibles and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), including ERC721 and ERC1155 assets. It offers the ability to buy, sell, trade, and discover exclusive Digital assets on the Ethereum blockchain. Users can create their own customizable marketplace using the OpenSea software and set their own fees for their sales. The projects must be ERC-721 compliant to be sold in the marketplace. Users can create auctions for items with any cryptocurrency of their choice. They must submit a contract on the platform in order to get their auction started. The application programming interface can show users market data with statistics and insights in the form of graphs so that users can see how their digital assets are trending. Users can sell their assets in packs, airdrop rewards to customers if so desired, and create lootboxes. The platform remains one of the largest general marketplaces for crypto-collectibles like CryptoKitties, Decentraland, Ethereum Name Service (ENS), Ethermon, Enjin, Gods Unchained, Axie Infinity, and many others. The team comes from backgrounds such as Google, Pinterest, Stanford, and Palantir, funded by Blockchain Capital, Y Combinator, Coinbase, Founders Fund, Blockstack, and 1Confirmation. On top of buying, selling and trading, the platform allows its users to use the bounty system called Affiliate Program that would earn users a standard fee of 1%, although this 1% can be increased to 2.5%. In October 2020, Messari Crypto conducted research that tracked the demand for NFTs, which includes digital art, collectibles, and in-game items, over the third quarter. It found the cumulative number of users who interacted with OpenSea surpassed 25,000 and that the platform saw a record of $2 million in total volume in September. Previously, OpenSea was restricted to Ethereum, the popular cryptocurrency platform that has been criticized for using a lot of computing power and wasting energy. In July 2021, OpenSea added transactions on the Polygon (formerly Matic Network) platform, which enables transactions with no huge transactions fees related to computing usage. Over time, the company wants to lower transaction costs across platforms (as it has done with the addition of Polygon), enable people to use whatever payment method they have, and then educate the market about NFTs. Users can use any crypto wallet they want with OpenSea. Beyond Polygon, OpenSea has plans to integrate with Dapper Labs' Flow blockchain, as well as Tezos. In June 2021 alone, OpenSea sold $160 million in digital assets on its NFT marketplace, and it experienced a 45 times increase in volume growth during the first half of 2021 from just $8 million in sales in January. High-growth collectible avatar projects like Hashmasks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and Meebits, which combine elements of art, blockchain tech, and social clubs, have also taken off on OpenSea in 2021. Developer Partnerships OpenSea partners with developers to power their marketplace directly on OpenSea's infrastructure. This allows developers to focus on the core functionality of their Decentralized application (DApp) while benefiting from peer-to-peer trades on the marketplace as they receive a secondary sale fee any time one of their items is sold on OpenSea. OpenSea is currently the primary marketplace for Cheeze Wizards (a new game from Dapper Labs), MyCryptoHeroes (a Japanese RPG), the officially licensed Formula One racing game from Animoca Brands, and many others. In September 2020, OpenSea announced that OpenSea data was integrated on the Roll app for creator rewards. This allowed users to view Opensea listings for NFTs available in a particular creator’s social money on their respective rewards page. OpenSea allows artists to add their currencies as a payment option on their storefront by filling out a simple form. Once the NFTs are listed for sale, buyers can purchase the items using a Web3 wallet like MetaMask. To get hold of an artist’s social currency, users can earn on Roll or purchase it from an exchange like Uniswap if it’s traded. A few examples of social money issuers trading NFTs on OpenSea include: HUE from Connie Digital, an artist at the intersection of technology, music, and digital art. An early social money pioneer. SKULL from Skeenee, a Madrid-based tattoo artist with signature pieces featuring skulls and anatomy. One of Roll’s most active social money users. WHALE from WhaleShark, one of the largest and most prolific NFT collectors in the industry. Architecture OpenSea is powered by the Wyvern Protocol, a set of robust Ethereum smart contracts specifically designed for buying and selling unique digital assets. Collector Drops In June 2020, the platform announced OpenSea Drops - new and exclusive NFTs launches. Shawn Mendes In February 2021, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes agreed to issue digital wearables on OpenSea in partnership with avatar company Genies. Mendes' collection of concert-style collectibles debuted on OpenSea on February 26, becoming the digital auction house's first "digital goods drop." For his part, Mendes said proceeds of the sale would benefit a grants program for aspiring digital artists that his charity, Shawn Mendes Foundation, is backing. Mendes plans to incrementally release more Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) as his career develops. This is what Mendes said about the collection: “Inspired by my Wonder album, I’m dropping collectible Genie Moments to raise funds with an aim to amplify, uplift, and empower young digital artists who are using their talent to create positive, social change. I’ll be donating the profits from all collections to support the efforts of the Shawn Mendes Foundation, including our Wonder Grants program and a new pool of grants we’re launching with Genies to support young digital artists. We’re hoping this drop will enable young creators to prosper. In this drop, you can contribute to that cause while unlocking rare Wonder digital wearables for your own Genie." Funding In November 2019, OpenSea received a strategic investment of $2.1 million from Animoca Brands, gumi Cryptos, Stanford StartX, and David Pazdan from MetaMask. Many of the platform's existing investors also contributed alongside these strategic partners, include 1Confirmation, Blockchain Capital, Brad Flora from Y Combinator, and Dylan Field from Figma. In March 2021, OpenSea announced their $23 million fundraise led by Andreessen Horowitz. Innovative angel investors and leaders such as Naval Ravikant, Mark Cuban, Tim Ferriss, Belinda Johnson, Ben Silbermann, Alexis Ohanian, and Balaji Srinivasan; crypto natives Standard Crypto, Linda Xie, Avichal Garg, and Flamingo DAO; creators like 3LAU, RAC, and Justin Kan; and NFT thought leaders like Andrew Steinwold, Metapurse, and Bill Lee were also taking part in the round. The platform's existing investors, including 1Confirmation, Pascal Capital, Blockchain Capital, Regan Bozman, Kevin Hartz and Dylan Field from Figma, continue to provide their support through their participation in this round. In July 2021, OpenSea announced a $100 million raise led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Coatue Management, along with Michael Ovitz, Kevin Hartz, Dylan Field, Kevin Durant, Ashton Kutcher, and Tobi Lutke. The funding amount means that OpenSea is a unicorn or startup with a $1 billion valuation, and joins a long list of crypto unicorns such as Coinbase, Animoca Brands, and Chainalysis to name a few. With this capital, OpenSea will continue to scale its NFT platform, with an immediate focus on hiring engineering talent, expanding internationally to new markets and audiences, and overall making more ways users can easily access, buy, and sell digital assets. Kathryn Haun, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz will also be joining OpenSea's board of directors.

freeway-token

Freeway token is the native utility token of the Aubit ecosystem.

Freeway Token (FWT) is the native utility token for AuBit Freeway, an asset management platform built for greater total returns on the top Investment products and Asset classes. FWT provides users with discounted trading and service fees. Overview AuBit connects the old world of finance with the latest DeFi and digital finance technologies to dramatically reduce operating costs, reallocating 80% of product-related revenues and enabling additional growth of the AuBit network for its users. As opposed to simply lowering fees, revenue redistribution creates a network effect, opening the door to exponential growth like big technology, as users can see large total profits not available elsewhere. Vision The AuBit Network aims to be the first to bring the power of network effects to the finance and asset management sectors to increase overall profits without additional risk. Benefits Freeway Tokens are the native trading and service fee payment tokens for the Freeway App and offer the most benefits when paying for services. The Freeway App provides direct access to AuBit-Networked Products. The core system functionality is robust and working. The first alpha version of the Freeway Platform is planned to launch to at least 1,000 users on the waiting list in 2020. Any trading or service fees on the Freeway Platform are discounted when using Freeway Tokens. Usability It is expected that a percentage of users will avail themselves of Freeway Token discounts including institutions, permitted investors and retail users. Freeway is intended for a staggered launch, and full public access is planned at some point in 2021. Freeway Token Staking Users can stake Freeway Token ($FWT) and earn big rewards. Earn between 15-30% (estimated) Annual Rewards. The rewards are issued daily and added to your account in the Supercharger of your choice. And from the moment it hits your account, your rewards will start earning daily rewards too. 11 Superchargers Freeway Superchargers are simulations of popular crypto and fiat currencies. Earn up to 43% Annual Rewards: Bitcoin Supercharger Ethereum Supercharger USD Supercharger EURO Supercharger GBP Supercharger CAD Supercharger AUD Supercharger Earn up to 21.5% Annual Rewards: Binance Supercharger Cardano Supercharger Polkadot Supercharger Gold Supercharger Team The Platform has been developed by the AuBit Team, led by its Chief Information Officer Robert Atkin, a multi-award-winning Fintec architect that has built numerous systems for large banks and financial institutions for decades. Freeway Tokens have been created by a private UK Limited Company that has applied for its Crypto Asset Dealing FCA registration approval on behalf of AuBit Tokens Inc., a private company limited by shares incorporated in Seychelles. The team and advisors have worked at some of the largest financial and technology companies in the world including Goldman Sachs, HSBC Bank (Europe), Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, IBM, and Prudential. Revenue Model AuBit bridges the old world of finance with the latest DeFi and digital finance tech to dramatically reduce operational costs allowing for the redistribution of 80% of product-related revenues and generating additional AuBit-networked growth for its users. Unlike simply reducing fees, redistributing revenues creates network effects, opening the door to big tech-like exponential growth as users could see greater total returns not available anywhere else. Network effects occur when increasing user adoption increases the value of the products or services on a platform which in turn causes exponential platform growth.

ambrosus

Ambrosus is a Proof-of-Authority public Layer One blockchain protocol

Ambrosus is a Proof-of-Authority public Layer One blockchain protocol that has the unique capability to securely store large datasets. Ambrosus is considered to be a low-cost and ultra-secure L1 blockchain scaling solution with high throughput and decentralized storage. Designed for enterprises, optimized for the future of DeFi, NFTs, and IoT. On the 23rd of June, 2022 Ambrosus Core is announced its final network push to switch to the new Ethereum client OpenEthereum. Nodes are required to install the latest update in order to remain operational. Overview Ambrosus is an end-to-end integrated solution that includes hardware, software, a protocol layer and developer tools. The Ambrosus protocol and the software layer on top of it are built on the Ethereum blockchain as well as other distributed technologies that allow information from IoT devices to be recorded onto a decentralized network. Ambrosus uses a novel incentive mechanism called the Amber token to provide these functions in a decentralized manner. The Amber token is used to keep information on the Ambrosus network up to date as products move across the supply chain without requiring a centralized actor to maintain resources. This token enables a transparent ecosystem with trustworthy data that can be freely accessed by interested parties. A key attribute of the Ambrosus network is its comprehensive support for IoT hardware and sensors, which provides the ability to tag and monitor physical objects and transmit data associated with them. Ambrosus Core Ambrosus Core is the foundation that is responsible for network maintenance, upgrades, new Decentralized Finance features, core governance and funding ecosystem development. The foundation ensures all tools are provided to best embed the ecosystem into the world of blockchain storage, crypto and DeFi. Funding On February 10, 2022, Ambrosus Ecosystem announced the launch of a substantial developer funding program of $10 million for developers deploying decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and other decentralized solutions on the Ambrosus blockchain. The grant was distributed among: Startups: developers and entrepreneurs looking to launch a dApp on AMB-NET. Open-source developers: individuals and teams developing open-source products on top of AMB-NET. Educators: those who create unique and informative content for new Ambrosus Ecosystem participants. The grant was raised to aid in embedding Ambrosus at the center of DeFi developments. !10468ef2c6c5-ambrosus_core_announcesa10_million_funding_initiative_to_boost_decentralized_finance.webp Ambrosus Token The heart of the Ambrosus network is the Amber token, an Ethereum ERC-20 contract-compliant token that underpins all transactions on the Ambrosus network. Amber is the world's first data-bonded token. It is used to bind continuously updated and verified logistical, environmental and biological data from the supply chain to its corresponding product as it travels between counterparties. It is also used to carry out transfers of value within the ecosystem. As such, the token performs both the utility and transfer of value functions within the ecosystem of applications built on top of the Ambrosus protocol. Amber tokens remain bonded to a product until a defined expiration date or until the “termination event”, which can be defined by a purchase, delivery or any other event on the supply chain. Ambrosus Protocol The Ambrosus protocol is built to support high data loads from hardware devices and network participants with substantially higher capacity than standard Ethereum software implementations. The Ambrosus protocol is constructed from three two components: Measurements Repository: Built around the Measurements Smart contract, this component manages a distributed dataset for product-specific measurements that are built on top of a programmable blockchain (Ethereum) and distributed file system (IPFS). Amber token: The data-bonded token architecture intrinsically ties data to AMB transactions on the blockchain, connecting chains together as products move through the supply chain. Team The Ambrosus team members include: Rory Gale-Financial Analyst Lena Kail-Influencer Marketing Manager Dmytro Karachan-Digital Marketing Manager Kevin Keyner - Head Community Manager Lang Mei - CEO Dr. Stefan Meyer - Co-founder and Managing Partner Igor Stadnyk - CTO Connor McDonald - US Community Manager Alina Tustanovska - Delivery manager Andrii Moiseienko - Product Manager <br

jeremy-allaire

Jeremy Allaire is an American technologist and entrepreneur who is the CEO and founder of Circle, Chairman of the Board of Brightcove and co-founder of Allaire ...

Jeremy D. Allaire (born 13 May 1971) is an American-born technologist and Internet entrepreneur. He is currently CEO and founder of Circle, the company behind USDC, and Chairman of the Board of Brightcove. With his brother JJ Allaire, he co-founded Allaire Corporation in 1995. Allaire Corp. had a successful IPO in January 1999 and was subsequently acquired by rival Macromedia in 2001. Allaire served as CTO of Macromedia following the acquisition and helped develop the Macromedia MX platform (a suite of software tools and servers aimed at enabling rich applications delivered using Flash Player). Allaire left Macromedia in February 2003 to join venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners as a technologist and executive-in-residence. In 2004, Allaire founded Brightcove, an online video platform used by many top media and marketing organizations worldwide. After a successful IPO in early 2012, Allaire stepped down as Brightcove CEO in 2013 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. In October 2013, Allaire announced the launch of Circle, an Internet-based consumer finance company that aims to bring the power and benefits of digital money, such as Bitcoin, to mainstream consumers. Early life & Education Allaire was educated in the Montessori tradition, which he says, “built into me a belief in self-direction, in independent thought, in peer collaboration, in responsibility.” In 1993 Allaire graduated from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he received a double-major degree in political science and philosophy, with a concentration in economics. While at Macalester, his college roommate and high-school friend, who worked for the campus IT group, rigged a high-speed Internet connection to their dorm room, which allowed Allaire to access and experiment with the Internet in its early days. Career From 1990 until his graduation, Allaire became obsessed with the Internet and how it could be applied to transform existing systems of communications and media, as well as its impact on fundamental human rights, such as free speech. Jeremy was an early follower of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and later recruited EFF founder Mitch Kapor to the board of directors of Allaire Corporation. In 1992, Allaire authored a policy proposal for the creation of a National Information Network, based on the National Research & Education Network (NREN, the precursor to the commercial Internet), proposing methods to commercialize access to IP services. This paper was submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Science and Technology, whose chair was Senator Al Gore. In 1992 and 1993, with a college friend, Allaire developed an application called “World News Report” which aggregated news feeds and mailing list content from independent media sources available on the Internet, and provided a full-text indexed browsable and searchable interface to access independent journalism on the Internet (built using Apple Hypercard). Also while in college, Allaire created NativeNet, which created a decentralized communications and collaboration platform for Native American tribal schools in the Midwest, built on top of UUCP, an early internet protocol for distributed communications. While at Macalester, Allaire became more politically active, finding a particular interest in U.S. foreign policy and global human rights issues, including the impact of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of authoritarian capitalist regimes in the east, and the Balkan Wars. Upon his graduation from Macalester, Allaire found that the Internet was “the central passion” in his life. In the fall of 1993, he launched an Internet-consulting firm, Global Internet Horizons, aimed at helping media publishers and marketers understand and build a presence on the nascent World Wide Web. During 1994-1996, Allaire collaborated with prominent American linguist and political activist, Noam Chomsky, and his wife Carol to develop the first comprehensive online archive of his political works. Chomsky’s libertarian socialist and globalist views resonated with Allaire. Allaire Corporation In early 1994, Allaire became convinced that the architecture of the Web could disrupt how software was built and distributed, transforming the browser from being a document browsing system into a full online operating system for any kind of software application. In 1995, Jeremy and his brother J.J. Allaire, along with a group of close college friends, founded their own web company, Allaire Corporation, using $18,000 of J.J.’s savings. Allaire Corporation aimed to provide easy-to-use web development tools. The brothers invented ColdFusion, a rapid web application development platform designed to easily connect simple HTML pages to a database using its associated scripting language, ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML). ColdFusion was widely used, and companies including Myspace, Target, and Toys R Us (along with millions of other websites) relied on the technology from Allaire to develop their online properties. Allaire Corp. grew rapidly, from just over $1M in revenue in 1996, to $120M in revenue in the year 2000, growing to over 700 employees and operating with offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. In addition to its flagship product ColdFusion, Allaire launched HomeSite, which became the most popular Windows HTML Editor in the world, and JRun, one of the first and most widely adopted Java app servers. Allaire also helped to pioneer foundational ideas in open distributed computing based on light-weight HTTP-based distributed objects. In particular, the company developed the Web Distributed Data Exchange (WDDX) in 1998, an open source format for using HTTP for simple remote procedure calls, a precursor to the adoption of REST and JSON for web software APIs. Allaire Corp. had its IPO in January 1999 and was acquired by Macromedia in March 2001 for US$360M in a deal that included cash and stock. As a result of this acquisition, Jeremy Allaire became CTO of Macromedia. Macromedia As CTO of Macromedia, Allaire helped to develop the Macromedia MX platform, a suite of software tools and servers for building and deploying content rich, interactive software applications on the Web. After the Allaire/Macromedia merger, as CTO, Allaire helped to drive platform and product strategy for Macromedia, including adding capabilities into Flash Player (a more advanced language runtime, web services connectivity, a component model) that enabled it to become a widely used platform for interactive software on the Web. When Macromedia added video playback features into Flash Player in March 2002, Allaire became enthralled with the idea that the ubiquitous distribution of Flash Player on 98% of PCs in the world, combined with growth in broadband and WiFi adoption, would lead to a video publishing revolution on the Web. He started an internal product project at Macromedia code-named ‘Vista’ that enabled easy browser-based capture, upload and publishing of video into any website, blog, or instant message. When Macromedia decided not to pursue this project, Allaire left the company. General Catalyst In February 2003, Allaire became a technologist and executive-in-residence at the venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners. While at General Catalyst Partners, Allaire focused on identifying investment opportunities in broadband media, mobile content, internet identity and security, and other Internet technologies. During his time at General Catalyst, Allaire began to incubate Brightcove, which was originally operating under stealth as Video Marketplace, Inc. or Vidmark, and he left General Catalyst in 2004 to launch this new venture. Brightcove In 2004, Allaire founded Brightcove, an online video platform that distributes video content across devices. Brightcove filed for its initial IPO in 2012 with a valuation of around US$290M. Allaire stepped down as Brightcove’s CEO in the second quarter of 2013 to serve as Chairman of the Board. Circle After Allaire stepped down from being CEO to Chairman at Brightcove, he began to be interested in Bitcoin and projects related to its underlying technology. He saw a business opportunity based on this newly emerging area and his technical skills. In October 2013, Allaire launched Circle, a digital currency company that aims to bring digital money like Bitcoin to the mainstream, with US$9m in Series A funding from Jim Breyer, Accel Partners, and General Catalyst Partners. And the sort of specific genesis for Circle was really a kind of shared belief system for Sean and me that an open format for money and open protocol for the transmission of value were a next logical phase in the internet and that there was an opportunity to build a significant global consumer finance company that was anchored on those platforms. And so that’s really at the core of what circle is about, which is trying to transform retail finance, consumer finance, globally using digital money and using platforms and networks like bitcoin. Circle closed an additional US$17m Series B in March 2014 in a round led by Breyer Capital, Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, and Oak Investment Partners. The company announced simultaneously the release of its product to a limited audience. Allaire has said of Circle and Bitcoin, “We want to make this as easy to use as Gmail, Skype, and other consumer services on the Internet today.” And so that’s really at the core of what circle is about, which is trying to transform retail finance, consumer finance, globally using digital money and using platforms and networks like bitcoin. USDC Circle launched

ontology

Ontology is a high-performance public blockchain and distributed collaboration platform.

Ontology is a high-performance public blockchain and distributed collaboration platform. Ontology enables a decentralized network environment that solves key issues of identity security and data integrity. Data sharing and productive collaboration are maximized by assuring that users can trust one another. Ontology (founded in 2017) is a blockchain for self-sovereign ID and Data. They offer high-performance public blockchains, specializing in decentralized identity and data with a variety of distributed ledgers and smart contract systems. Overview Ontology is a multi-chain and multi-system framework made up of various industries and regions that use Ontology's protocols to allow mapping between various chains and traditional information systems. Ontology is also known as Ontology Chain Group or Ontology Chain Network, which is, a link between blockchains. The Ontology blockchain platform can customize various public blockchains for different applications and supports public blockchain systems. With its numerous protocol groups, Ontology facilitates collaboration among chain networks. They provide common modules for various distributed scenarios, such as those for the distributed digital identity system, distributed data exchange protocol, and so on, on the underlying infrastructure. Ontology creates new popular modules based on particular scenario requirements. History of Ontology Ontology was launched in 2017 by a Chinese company known as Onchain. It was made to capitalize on the complete benefits of blockchain networks. Unlike the first cryptocurrency which was focused on creating a decentralized system, Ontology, being among the third generation of cryptocurrencies, is primarily focused on enhancing the interactions in the blockchain systems. The second generation of Cryptocurrency was focused on fixing the flaws of the first generation. Ontology was created by Da Hangfei and Erik Zhang. The two experts were focused on working with the government to help them see the advantages of blockchain systems. Erick Zhang also previously worked on Orca Digital Inclusive that was founded in 2005. This has given both experts an insight into the crypto world hence investors of the currency have more faith in the crypto’s future. Ontology Coin originally started out as a NEP-5 token (NEP-5 is a type of NEO token) on the NEO blockchain. However, on June 30th, 2018, the Ontology main net was launched and NEP-5 ONT was swapped for native main net ONT. The company behind the Ontology project, Onchain, is actually the same company behind NEO, which has quickly become one of the more well-known blockchain-related projects. At one point, NEO was regularly called the “Chinese Ethereum” in the crypto community, due to its roots in China and its focus on building a smart contract platform like Ethereum. Interestingly enough, Ontology did not have an ICO, or initial coin offering, which is when a blockchain project sells tokens to the public in order to raise funds for their project. Though Ontology did have a private sale (they sold tokens to private investors). Instead of a public sale of ONT, the Ontology team airdropped (distributed for free) ONT to NEO holders as well as people who signed up for their email list. ONT ID ONT ID is a framework based on a decentralized identification protocol, using blockchain and cryptographic technology, that connects people, data, and services. ONT ID protects user privacy and ensures data security, enabling trusted collaboration. Enables you to manage your own data and identity Blockchain technology helps improve data trustworthiness Protects data privacy and security with blockchain-based security and cryptographic algorithms Connects trust anchors to establish a trust collaboration network When sharing your identity with third parties, you don’t have to provide all of your credentials. All you do is provide proof of your identity, which is similar to a notary signature for a notarized document. Though in this case, you just provide the “signature” and not the documents. The proof or verification is provided by Ontology Trust Anchors who provide credential verification services for ONT ID users in return for ONT tokens. This proof system is secure and free from tampering thanks to highly sophisticated cryptographic protocols, as opposed to something like a signature, which can be forged. This is huge for applications and developers, who can use ONT ID to quickly and securely verify new users in the digital age without having to deal with sensitive documents like passports. Founders Da Hongfei is most known for co-founding the blockchain-based “Smart Economy” network Neo with Erick Zhang in 2014. Da received his education at the South China University of Technology, receiving degrees in technology and English. Da worked at a consulting firm until 2013, after which he learned how to code before founding Neo. Along with Zhang, Da also founded OnChain — a commercial blockchain firm that provides services to private companies. Jun Li has a rich academic background, including a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Master’s in Communication Engineering, MBA, and PMP. He is a senior blockchain architect and blockchain solutions professional with 16 years work experience in IT and fintech. Li previously provided technical architecture, management, and planning support for top international IT firms and major Chinese financial exchanges. He has taken part in the architecture design and technical management of many major systems and has built up multiple technical teams and systems from scratch. Li also has a profound knowledge of the finance industry, excelling at internal management and external communication. Ontology Token Economics Ontology uses a dual token (ONT and ONG) model to accommodate the governance framework of the chain network. The dual-token design of Ontology network can meet the needs of a multi-chain ecosystem. <br

ai-doctor

AI Doctor (AIDOC) is an Israel-based startup providing artificial intelligence tools for Radiologists.

AI Doctor (AIDOC) is an Israel-based startup providing artificial intelligence tools for Radiologists. Their products help detect and pinpoint critical anomalies for radiologists through deep learning and AI algorithms that analyze medical images and patient data. Aidoc eases up the work list and frees up time and attention to what matters. The startup identifies these and sends them onto Aidoc’s cloud, where algorithms identify and highlight abnormalities before returning the images to radiology workstations for re-identification. Aidoc's solutions aid radiologists in reducing turnaround time and increasing quality and efficiency by flagging acute anomalies in real-time. It also offers tests for intracranial hemorrhages and spinal fractures, plus several chest exams for Pulmonary embolisms, pneumothorax, rib fractures, and lung nodules. Overview Based on the blockchain, AI, and other technologies, AIDOC created the intelligent medical value chain – AIDOC chain, which consists of four modules: security, authentication, Intelligent network, and data storage. And the servers for the AIDOC underlying layer. AIDOC also connects other Dapp with AI capability, and continuously expands its boundaries. AIDOC chain links health examination agencies, insurance companies, medical institutions, medical technology service providers. Users, and health workers together, it enables every participant in the chain create, contribute and share value. AIDOC puts forward three core concepts: bit digital person, life bank and AIDOC. The bit digital person is a complete digitized individual vital sign. Through wearable devices, smart hardware, biological sensors and other equipment, personal vital signs are continuously uploaded to the AIDOC chain, which forms the digital mapping object for the user in the network, making quantitative health management possible. Analyzing real-time health information, AIDOC chain network can timely spot abnormal signs from the collected data and guard against potential risks. AIDOC constructs an open, equitable and secure platform on the intelligent medical chain, which enables all participants to create and share the value of the AIDOC chain. Everyone contributing data and resources to the AIDOC chain while using the AIDOC platform will receive the earnings he/she deserves. Data is the cornerstone in the operation of the AIDOC chain. Users can upload real-time data to the cloud end on the chain through biological sensors, smart hardware and medical devices, and the data will be securely encrypted on the chain through the differential privacy technology in order to realize the storage, analysis and circulation. Tokens are the certificates of rights and ownership in the AIDOC chain network. Users can get tokens by uploading and sharing data, and the tokens can be consumed by purchasing insurance, disease diagnosis services, health assistant, and the real-time warning service of health conditions. Team Norbert Alder - Switzerland Alvin Zhao - Canada Jacky Li - AIDOC the CMO of Korea Eric He - AIDOC Japanese Advisor. Updates & Tokenomics Currently, AI Doctor's website is down and the last time the token was swapped on at block height 15472153 dated Sep-04-2022. AI Doctor's token has a ticker $AIDOC which is tradable on DEXes (provided there is liquidity) and Huobi global. Users shoudl properly do their reaseactrh while enaging with its digital token. The total supply of the token is 777,777,777 AIDOC. Partnership & Investors LinkVC Dfund Zhi Zi fund JIC Capital Chain Foundation Byzantine Limited Nirvana Capital Node Capital.

daostack

DAOstack (founded 2017) is an open source project advancing the technology and adoption of decentralized governance.

DAOstack (founded 2017) is an open source project advancing the technology and adoption of decentralized governance. DAOstack is designed to catalyze the future of collaboration. It’s a platform for decentralized governance that enables large communities to self-organize around common goals and values, easily and efficiently. DAOstack is sometimes called an operating system for collective intelligence, or a Wordpress for DAOs. The platform, launched in mid-2018, includes a modular smart contract framework, a friendly developer environment (JavaScript), and an intuitive user interface that allows anyone to create or participate in a decentralized organization with no technical knowledge. DAOstack Architect Matan Field (born 7th May) is the Co-Founder and CEO at DAOstack, he is referred to as the architect of DAOstack. He is a theoretical physicist and entrepreneur who works hard to drive adoption of decentralization. He currently resides in Yodfat, Israel. He speaks two languages, namely English and Hebrew. He began his career as a theoretical physicist, having completed his PhD in theoretical physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Matan Field is the lead architect of DAOstack, a comprehensive toolkit for decentralized collaboration at scale. The DAOstack is built on an open, modular and upgradable architecture, it includes the governance and economic framework needed for collectives to self-organize around shared goals and interests. Overview DAOstack is an open-source software stack designed to support a global collaborative network. The stack can be used to build organizations for any kind of collective work, and it also contains tools to link these organizations together so that as the network grows, all its member organizations are strengthened. Organizations built on DAOstack belong in a new category of structure called Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). A Decentralized autonomous organization, sometimes labeled a decentralized autonomous corporation, is an organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent, controlled by shareholders and not influenced by a central government. Blockchain enables new forms of human association that combine the scale and efficiency of free markets with the alignment and coherence of startups. The future of work involves networks self-organizing around shared goals and interests and a new economy where cooperation is the winning strategy. Approach DAOstack is a complete operating system built on the Ethereum blockchain for decentralized coordination. "The first principle of designing the DAO stack was not to build a specific protocol or a specific application, but rather to build the soil, the ground from which a whole ecosystem can grow and thrive". By Matan Field, DAOstack architect. DAO Stack DAOstack provides the basic resources for the creation, operation and governance of DAOs, internally and externally within a broader ecosystem. The DAOstack ecosystem consists of a multitude of distinct but interoperable DAOs, interacting with each other to maximize the potential value of open and distributed collaboration. Infra: This is the base layer of the stack. It houses the most basic, decentralized governance backend software modules, such as voting machines and voting permissions systems such as DAOstack's Reputation System. Arc: This expands to create a complete library of modules to build the back ends of DAOs on Infra. Built also on Ethereum, Arc contains the master contracts that co-ordinate all the different DAO pieces together, as well as any number of flexible "schemes" that enable other DAO functions. ArcGraph: This is a caching layer based on The Graph which collects, stores, and organizes blockchain information, enabling DAOstack-based applications to achieve quick load times. Application Layer: Participants or creators of decentralized Organizations are to interact with the stack primarily through the dApps (decentralized applications) that use Infra, Arc, and ArcGraph for their backends. Alchemy: This is the first production-ready application built on the stack. It is an intuitive user interface for participating in decentralized Organizations governance. It lets projects seamlessly govern themselves, allocating shared resources and making effective decisions at scale. ArcHives: The service of the ArcHives is to organize and curate the modules within each layer. DAO Use Cases 1. Grants DAO : Decentralized autonomous organizations designed to manage existing shared assets and work towards a common goal. 2. DAO controlling an application : DAO-controlled applications - imagine versions of Facebook or Uber developed and managed by their own communities . 3. Physical DAO : Decentralized autonomous organizations that manage physical spaces, like co-working spaces, condominiums, or cafes. 4. Alliance DAO : Decentralized autonomous organizations uniting broad coalitions to work on common issues, such as environmentalism and legal protection. Genesis DAO The Genesis DAO is a Grants Decentralized autonomous organization that was launched by DAOstack to support the development of the project. Genesis is an independent, global community of people working together to build and promote DAOs. It's the first of an increasing number of DAOs built on the DAOstack. It’s the perfect place to get involved with DAOstack and get your feet wet in a real-life DAO. Genesis is experimenting with a ground-breaking governance model. It aims for resilience and scalability. Currently, Genesis is using this protocol to make real budgeting decisions. No matter how large Genesis gets, it will keep the ability to make fast decisions that accurately represent the community’s views. Who should join Genesis? 1. Freelancers: Freelancers get paid for work on DAOstack projects they propose. 2. Researchers: Researchers can experiment with a new form of governance. 3. Community leaders: Community leaders get support starting their own DAO. To join Genesis DAO, interested persons should make a proposal to the DAO introducing themselves and asking for some votes. The Ecosystem of DAOstack DAOstack is linked with top cryptocurrency projects, it has developed partnerships around the world. The list of DAO founders, partners, and stack integrations includes, Polkadot , portis , bitfwd , thegraph , dOrg , DutchX , CARIBBEAN , DISRUPT , CNCSIS , Kyber Network , BOX , PRAGUEDAO , never stop marketing , DAOIncubator , DeversiFi , dHack , DAOfund , and THE GENERAL STORE DAO.

binamars

Binamars is an NFT multiplayer-based game where players collect dragons, eggs, and items, and battle other players for BMARS.

Binamars is an NFT multiplayer-based game where players collect dragons, eggs, and items, and battle other players for BMARS. The game was issued on the Binance Smart Chain. Binamars is a Blockchain game that allows its players to own their minted NFTs (characters and equipment). Players have the ability to search, sell and trade characters and weapons that have been listed by other players, as well as list their own characters and equipment. Overview Binamars (BMARS) is a web-based game application where users connect to the internet to have access to play the game. All gameplay takes place on the gaming website (https://app.binamars.com). How To Play For successful gameplay, players should: Buy eggs worth 2,000 BMARS tokens at the Shop. Hatch the egg in the inventory. For egg stimulation, users will need 5 BMARS tokens. After egg stimulation,1 of 5 types of dragons is randomly spawned. Players need to go to the farm to select the corresponding farm and stake to cultivate it so as to get a BMARS token reward per block. The user can unstake to take it to the battlefield. The user can continue to nurture it there. Features Binamars (BMARS) include a variety of in-game features designed to advance and upgrade users’ gaming experience. NFT Farming Players can stake their dragon NFT at the farm on Mars. This will enable a generation of BMARS tokens for the players every block. Play to Earn Players can defeat the invaders to win valuable items. These items can be sold for BMARS tokens or kept for the increase in strength for the next set of battles. Marketplace Players can buy or sell the dragons or rare gears to every other user on a completely Decentralized NFT open market. Deflation For every sale transaction, users will be charged a 5% fee. The charge would automatically be added to the Locked Staking contract for disbursing interest to participants in this operation. Characters !bina dragon ball tranper-07.jpgDragon Eggs Dragon Eggs The game contains 4 types of eggs: Ancient Eggs: Rare dragons spawn at the rate of 10% Purple Eggs: Rare dragons spawn at the rate of 25% Green Eggs: Rare dragons spawn at the rate of 30% Yellow Eggs: Rare dragon spawn at the rate of 35% Dragons The game contains five types of Dragons: !bina mars dragon1-08.jpg FEARIE The possibility of its appearance is 29%This is a small dragon having a colorful appearance with its body containing a lot of hallucinogenic toxins. Their small body makes them more agile when fighting. However, its health is very low and its resistance is poor. HP: 100/1000 Damage: 90/100 Armor: 20/100, Speed: 100/100 TOOTHLESS The possibility of its appearance is 26%. This is a dragon with no teeth. Their wings possess two eyes of the dark lord. When in danger, they can summon body armor, so that their fighting power is durable and hence, they become difficult to defeat. However, they move slowly. HP: 800/1000 Damage: 50/100 Armor: 100/100, Speed: 40/100 HORN The possibility of its appearance is 23%. This dragon possesses very large horns which can be used to block and attack enemies. It has a large amount of health, so it is very durable. But the movement and attack speed is very slow. HP: 1000/1000 Damage: 60/100 Armor: 70/100, Speed: 30/100 KIRIN The possibility of its appearance is 20%This dragon lives in the deep waters of the ocean. They have the ability to spray water with great pressure to drown opponents. Kirin is the only dragon species that can fly without wings, but at a slow speed and for a short time. HP: 700/1000 Damage: 100/100 Armor: 50/100, Speed: 50/100 MARS The possibility of its appearance is 2%Dubbed the lord of Mars, this dragon is almost invincible. It has large flaming wings covered with hard scales. It can breathe both fire and freeze enemies. The wings help it fly for long periods of time without rest. This is the rarest dragon on Mars. It can only be defeated when the enemy has the ability to absorb the element Binamars in its body. HP: 800/1000 Damage: 80/100 Armor: 100/100, Speed: 60/100 Equipment Holy Sword Holy Sword (+50 ATK) limited quantity of 10,000 (sold in the Shop of 500, boss defeat reward of 9,500) Soul Blade Soul Blade (+100 ATK) limited quantity of 500 (only obtained when defeating the boss) Health Bag 1 Health Bag 1 (+250 HP) limited quantity of 10,000 (sold in the shop of 500, boss defeat reward of 9,500) Health Bag 2 Health Bag 2 (+500 HP) limited quantity of 500 (only obtained when defeating boss) Binar Amour Bina Armor (+50 DEF) limited quantity of 10,000 (sold in shop of 500, boss defeat reward of 9,500) Mars Armour Mars Armor (+100 DEF) limited quantity of 500 (only obtained when defeating boss) Lisin Shoes Lisin Shoes (+0.5 SPD) limited quantity of 10,000 (sold in shop of 500, boss defeat reward of 9,500) Tokenomics Each Sell transaction will be charged a 5% fee. The charge would be automatically added to the Locked Staking contract for disbursing interest to participants in this operation. | S/N | Activity | Percentage (%) | | --- | -------- | -------------- | | 1. | NTF Farming | 30% | | 2. | Presale | 30% | | 3. | Liquidity | 30%(locked for 6 months) | | 4. | Development | 7% (locked for 6 months) | | 5. | Community reward | 3% | Deflation mechanism Players can use BGame to bet in PVP mode, a 1% bet fee will be burned Players can use BGame for grafting materials and evolving dragons Players can use BGame to buy EXP Roadmap Phase 1 - July 21 Ideas and designs Token Presale Listing on PancakeSwap v2 Locked Staking Launch NFT Farming Launch NFT Shop Launch NFT Marketplace Launch Phase 2 - August 2021 Marketing campaign Design more characters Release map of Mars Battlefield Launch (Combat)Shop Upgrade (Selling items)Test mobile version Phase 3 - Q4 2021 Partnerships Equipment Enhancement Android & IOS version CEX Listing Game integration on other operating systems Multichain - ETH & DOT versions via PolkaFoundry

aichain

AIChain is a public chain that is designed as a blockchain infrastructure for AI applications. It was launched in 2017.

AIChain (AIT) (founded 2017) is a public chain that is specially designed as a blockchain infrastructure for AI applications. The main goal for AICHAIN is to create a platform that can facilitate communication, cooperation, and data sharing among participants by enabling data transactions, protecting data security, and disrupting data concentration. This will improve the efficiency and productivity of the AI industry and allowing not just the tech giants but everyone to gain the most out of the digitalization era. The AIT token lets anyone transact AI services globally, and support a variety of virtual currency exchange methods. Overview AICHAIN, is a leading blockchain project in China, in the artificial intelligence domain. It has been a hit with investors currently and its unique research logic attracts a lot of people. In 2017, the AICHAIN team decided to combine artificial intelligence with blockchain, their dedicated effort brought out breakthroughs in the blockchain industry. The initial concept was first finished in June 2017 and its main purpose was to provide an open-source platform for data owners, application developers, operation platforms, and consumers. It was designed to help all use customized AI applications at low cost and with no technical barriers. The project has gathered over 100,000 supporters in more than 6 countries in just 3 months. Since the project started, it has been reported by CCTV Security (China’s most famous official TV) and Sohu Finance and Economics (China’s most famous Internet website). More than fifty news media have reported the progress of AICHAIN. AICHAIN considered converting its blockchain technology into a useful application since it was established. Easy Live, China’s leading video live broadcasting company, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with AICHAIN. The AIT will be transferred by more than 20,000,000 users on Easy Live in the future. Purpose of AIChain 1. To create a benign ecosystem that will encourage more people to participate in the development and implementation of AI application. 2. To promote the development of artificial intelligence in a credible and reliable environment. 3. To turn privately generated data into more refined services for everyone. How it Works 1. Companies specializing in image tagging, expect to gain revenue by supplying the data AI needs. 2. Companies specializing in developing AI applications expect to gain rewards by developing AI applications. 3. Companies having a lot of resources such as graphics servers, TensorFlow and Caffe platform operating environments, expect to make money by renting out those resources . 4. An ordinary user who has a bunch of cats and dogs pictures can get a tool to help him store the pictures by category. Tokenomics Aichain's native token is known as $AIT. It is tradeable digital currency deployed on the Ethereum blockchain. Its total supply is capped at 2,100,000,000AIT tokens. The most recent and current crypto exchange hosting the trading of AIT is BigOne exchange. upon clickin its website, users are redirected to an explorer for its ecosystem where they get to access blockchain transactions.

bryan-brinkman

Bryan Brinkman is a cartoon animator from the United States of America.

Bryan Brinkman is a cartoon animator from the United States of America. Biography Brinkman grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, before studying animation at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Currently Brinkman resides in Woodside, Queens and works in New York, New York. The Bryan Brinkman Experiment On March 11, 2009. Brinkman was chosen during a taping of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to be followed on Twitter as a part of "The Bryan Brinkman Experiment". Guests on the show including Russell Brand, Alex Albrecht, Kevin Rose, and Questlove tweeted for their fans to follow Brinkman. At the time he had 7 followers. Within a few days, he reached over 34,000. Thanks to a stunt in March 2009, on Jimmy Fallon's late-night NBC show, New York animator BRYAN BRINKMAN not only gained more than 30,000 followers on Twitter. Two weeks later, his raised profile continues to draw fans to his work.

vesper-finance

Vesper Finance is a DeFi protocol offering a suite of yield-generating products with a focus on accessibility, security

Vesper Finance is a platform of DeFi products that are designed for ease-of-use, longevity, and scale. VSP is a comprehensive ecosystem governed by the VSP token. Overview Vesper provides a platform for easy-to-use decentralized Finance (DeFi) products. Vesper's DeFi products deliver ease-of-use in achieving your crypto-finance objectives. The Vesper token (VSP) is the core economic engine that facilitates the building and expansion of Vesper’s capabilities and its community. Vesper Products: Vesper offers a variety of interest-yielding that enable users to passively increase their cryptocurrency holdings by simply selecting the desired aggressiveness of their strategy and the Digital asset held. The Vesper represent the first product on the Vesper platform. More will be developed and presented over time. Vesper Token:VSP incentivizes participation, facilitates governance, and catalyzes user contribution. Users earn VSP through pool participation and, later, participating in Vesper's continuous improvement. Vesper Community:Vesper is building a user community that sustains and grows the product portfolio, facilitates progressive decentralization, and enables users to build new products while earning a share of that product's fees. VSP Token VSP is the governance token that serves as the basis for the Vesper ecosystem. VSP holders can vote on proposals, and additionally deposit their tokens to passively accumulate more VSP. There are three ways to earn VSP tokens: Participating in Vesper pools: Each pool is assigned an amount of VSP tokens that are distributed to participants proportionate to size of stake. Initial Grow pools are incentivized for three months after launch. Providing liquidity: Liquidity Providers to the VSP-ETH Uniswap pair are incentivized with VSP similarly to the Grow pools. The trading pair is incentivized for one year after launch. Staking your VSP: Users can deposit their tokens to the VSP treasury pool. A small percentage of withdrawals are allocated to the treasury box, and those funds are used to buy back VSP and award to pool depositors vVSP Pool The vVSP pool is a revenue-sharing mechanism. It rewards VSP holders with additional VSP when they deposit their tokens in it. Just like the other pools, where users deposit ETH to get vETH, or USDC to get vUSDC, users can stake VSP and get vVSP, a tokenized share of the vVSP pool. After withdrawal and yield fees are collected in the pool (ETH, BTC, USDC, etc.), users can go to the Treasury Box and are used to buy back VSP on Uniswap. <br

mooncats

MoonCats are procedurally generated pixel cats that are deterministically generated based on blockchain data.

MoonCats are procedurally generated pixel cats which are deterministically generated based on blockchain data. How this works !Fcd4sJaWIAA8rUw.jpgBefore you begin to rescue or adopt cats, you will need to connect to this site with Metamask, an extension for the Chrome browser. Install the plugin and create an account. You'll need to fund your account with some ether, which you can purchase directly through MetaMask. Rescuing a cat costs about $0.50 in gas. Metamask will prompt you whenever you need to spend ether - simply click "submit" to proceed or "reject" if you would rather not. Rescuing Cats !Mooncat-Rescue-1536x1194.jpgAfter you have connected to this site with your Ethereum account, all you need to do is start your search for a MoonCat. You will have the option to decide how many CPU cores to devote to the task. We recommend using one less than the maximum, so you can find MoonCats quickly, but your computer won't hang. It takes anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes to find a MoonCat. The process is very similar to how Ether is mined, so the timing depends on the power of your computer and the kiss of lady luck. After you have found a MoonCat, you will be prompted to decide whether to rescue it or leave it on the moon. If you choose to rescue it, you will become its new owner and give it a home on the blockchain. You can choose to put your MoonCat up for adoption or give it to someone else. You can also choose to name your MoonCat if you please. MoonCats can only be named once though, so think carefully about names! Once you choose one, it will be permanent, even if it is adopted by someone else. Offering Requesting, & Adopting Cats If you do not want to search for a MoonCat, then you can go straight to the Adoption Center. In the Adoption Center you can view all of the rescued MoonCats and Genesis MoonCats. You can also adopt cats that are up for adoption, request a MoonCat from someone else, or give away MoonCats. All transactions are handled on the Ethereum blockchain in Ether, the currency of the moon. Mining off the Chain !moon-rescue-cat-example.jpgInstead of selling all of the MoonCats as the contract owner or giving all of the MoonCats away, we have given people the opportunity to find MoonCats by using their computers to generate a seed that hashes to an available and unique catId. This seed can then be submitted to the contract to rescue the corresponding MoonCat. The resulting MoonCat is initially owned by the Ethereum address that submitted it. An off chain algorithm, the MD5 checksum of which is stored in the contract, parses the catId into its unique corresponding MoonCat image. This allows you to verify that your catId corresponds to your MoonCat image. Additionally, the search seed is not known before the contract is activated. The search seed is generated based on the hash of the most recently mined block when a special activate function is called. This prevents the contract owners from using a known search seed to premine all of the MoonCats, and guarantees that the contract owners do not have a mining advantage over the rest of the community. Once the contract has been activated, it cannot be deactivated. Procedural Generation There are over 4 billion unique MoonCats possible. However, only 25,600 MoonCats can be added to the contract. This combination of mining with procedural generation allows for a unique experience that cannot be predicted before the contract is launched. Rescuers have the power to choose whether they want specific MoonCats to become part of the contract or not. Irrevocable Naming MoonCats can be named, but they can only be named once. Owners have to decide whether they want to name their MoonCat or keep it unnamed. We think that this creates an interesting dynamic. Owners can leave their mark by being the first and only person to name a MoonCat. However, it is our guess that unnamed MoonCats will fetch a premium in the Adoption Center. Notable Sales !0xff13000ca7.pngThe platform since coming alive on a return to the NFT market saw their items (NFTs) experience a surge . One of the notable sales which occurred in the Secondary marketplace Opensea on the 27th of August ,2021 was the MoonCat 527: 0xff13000ca7 which sold out for 160 Ethereum which stands a whooping $216,635.20 on estimation.

proximax

ProximaX is a next-generation Integrated and Distributed Ledger Technology.

ProximaX is a next-generation Integrated and Distributed Ledger Technology (“IaDLT”) development platform powered by blockchain technology. It utilizes NEM blockchain technology to provide private and public blockchains solutions. It also works as a decentralized storage and content delivery network that offers a storage solution based on InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) and Distributed File Management System (DFMS) protocols. XPX token is a native token used to subscribe to the services offered by application service providers on ProximaX network. Overview ProximaX overview ProximaX is a blockchain project founded by Lon Wong and Alvin Reyes. The project aims to establish a sustainable and fast network protocol that will improve upon modern blockchain structure. The main focus of the project’s work is making a number of comfortable services for decentralized applications (dapps) developers. The project is powered by its own ProximaX token (XPX). With the blockchain protocol having a standardized framework, further core services can be plugged in to utilize the platform’s extendable infrastructure. It is an enterprise-grade infrastructure and development platform that integrates distributed ledger and blockchain technology with distributed and decentralized service layers such as storage, streaming, database, and Supercontract. It aims to offers both public and private blockchain services and storage solutions that will be decentralized and based on P2P network. It is an all-in-one, easy-to-use platform which can be extended with more service layers without compromising performance. The ProximaX platform is available in private, public, and hybrid network configurations. It is supported by a multitude core services such as streaming, storage, and super contracts; held together by a common blockchain protocol for identification, incentivization, message recording, state management, and asset exchange. ProximaX aims to provide DApp developers with an intuitively understandable SDK that will allows user to establish an abstract ProximaX protocol layer into a layer on top of the NEM blockchain layer, to provide various dApp protocols’ maintenance. To achieve the goals, ProxmiaX has developed two major platforms, Sirius Blockchain and Sirius Storage. Sirius Chain offers advanced enterprise blockchain with built-in features such as multilayer-multisig, pull transactions, aggregated transactions, and cross-chain ability to power advanced solutions. Sirius Storage is a distributed file sharing system where enterprises can store and share files seamlessly throughout the world. The smart contract platform - Supercontract and Streaming Network- Sirius Stream is yet to be launched. The ProximaX platform describes itself as the platform is a paradigm shift in decentralized services, resulting from the natural evolution of the original open decentralized systems. A distinctive feature of ProximaX Sirius is its ever-expanding ecosystem of diverse node actors, each providing their own unique services wrapped in an accessible application programming interface (“API”) through a set of software development kits (“SDKs”) and HTTP/S endpoints. ProximaX was launched on NEM's NS1 blockchain in 2018 and on September 25, 2019, the team launched mainnet. Sirius Blockchain Sirius Chain is a ProximaX's blockchain used to record all actions, events and transactions that occur within the ecosystem of core services. It is a fork of NEM blockchain and developed making it improved and compatible to better accommodate the extended core services demand and side-chains placed on the network. It uses Proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm that integrates wealth and age as part of the node reputation system that in turn dictates the chances of a node validating transactions. It is a smart contract ready blockchain and contracts that can be used for different business purposes. such as digital tokens can be created to represent real-world assets and various services can also be tokenized. Sirus blockchain also incorporates an extended reputation input called 'Proof of Greed' which ensures that no node can become too “greedy” when accepting transactions with large fees while still considering the block generation time. This makes tor form a fairer network where responsibility and incentives are distributed across the all blockchain nodes. XPX is the native token of the Sirius blockchain and that will be used by all consumers that utilize the platform’s core services, and to incentivize node actors. A consumer will pay XPX to use the public platform. A node Validator will receive XPX as a fee for validating transactions and adding new blocks. Each block consists of transactions that have fees attached. The fees are summed together to create a “block reward” which is then split among the different Validators that participated in the process. Users can participate as a consumer using Sirius Wallet. Validator Blockchain Validators As mentioned, Sirius chain runs on a proof-of-stake mechanism. To participate as a validator node, the users need to stake XPX tokens. The amount that is staked is then tied to the participant’s account by the validator software. To run a node, participants to needs an understanding of the potential rewards and risks. A participant needs to download the node and install software, and generate an account or import an existing account. The node software will then perform a verification process using the account’s history, age, and wealth to determine the node’s reputation. Once the validator node is running, it will attempt to gain validation work. If the validator node is approved and selected for work by the PoS consensus algorithm then, it will contribute to a block generation process and will receive a split from block rewards. Rewards earned are transferred to the node’s account. According to ProximaX’s simulation experiments, minimum and recommended staking amounts are- | Minimum Staking Amount | 250,000 XPX | | ---------------------- | ----------- | | Recommended Staking Amount | 2,500,000 XPX | . Core Functions Sirius Chain has the following in-built core features Account Similar to other blockchains, An account on Sirius chain is associated key pair, private key and public-key. It is associated with a mutable state stored on the Sirius Chain. In other words, the user will have a “deposit box” in the blockchain, which only he/she can modify with their key pair. The private key has to be kept secret and anyone with access to the private key ultimately has control over the account. Namespaces Namespaces allow users to create an on-chain unique place for their business and their assets on Sirius Chain. It starts with a name that the user chooses, similar to an internet domain name. If one account creates a namespace, that will appear as unique in the Sirius Chain ecosystem. The user can associate a name with an account address or a 'mosaic identifier' by announcing an alias transaction. The addresses that bind namespaces and assets are called "long account addresses" and recognizable "mosaics identifiers. Mosaics Mosaics makes the platform unique and flexible. They represent fixed assets on Sirius Chain that can consist of a set of multiple identical assets that do not change. A mosaic can be a token, a collection of more specialized assets such as reward points, shares, bonds, warrants, signatures, status flags, votes, or even other currencies. These mosaics can also have unique properties: divisibility; duration; initial supply; supply mutability; transferability. These properties may be used to establish limitations and controls. These can represent both fungible and Non-Fungible Assets. For example, supply can be altered to control price inflation; transferability can be limited to control how a mosaic is utilized. If a mosaic represents a similar class of assets, such as the XPX token (which is actually a mosaic), then it is fungible. The opposite is true: if it represents a unique asset, then it is not fungible. An example would be a unique piece of land. A piece of land of exactly the same size as another piece of land is not fungible as it is unique. Metadata Metadata is a way for storing custom data in Sirius Chain. The data such as accounts, namespaces and mosaics are all immutable by default and so they limit the flexibility of storing additional data that needs to be associated to these state objects. Metadata solves this problem by creating a data attachment to the predefined objects on Sirius Chain, therefore, creating a level of flexibility to store additional data. It can be added, updated and deleted anytime. An account can add metadata to its address, its namespaces, and the mosaics that it owns. Multilevel Multi-signature Multilevel multisignature is used for creating multilevel agreements on the chain. A multi-signature is an agreement between multiple parties having custodians to a specific account (mostly called sub-account). Sirius Chain has expanded this function to create multiple levels of agreements which makes it more useful for systems requiring a workflow or a comprehensive approval process. Cross Chain and Aggerated Transactions Sirius chain allows cross-chain transactions between two Sirius chains, be they private or public chains. It is a useful mechanism to exchange assets between two parties from different chains. The cross-chain in the Sirius platform uses the lock fund concept, where the fund is locked upon crossing chains and then unlocked in the reverse. It is similar to atomic swap which involves locking up funds on the one chain and then issuance of such assets on the other chain. The cross chain tra

mirror-protocol

Mirror Protocol is a DeFi protocol powered by smart contracts on the Terra network.

Mirror Protocol (MIR) is a DeFi (decentralized finance) protocol powered by smart contracts on the Terra network that enables the creation of synthetic assets, mAssets. mAssets mimic the price behavior of real-world assets and give traders access to price exposure without owning or transacting real assets. Overview Mirror Protocol is an interchain DeFi (decentralized finance) protocol, that enables the creation of synthetic assets called (mAssets). The minting of mAssets is decentralized and is undertaken by users throughout the network by opening a position and depositing collateral. Mirror ensures that there is always sufficient collateral within the protocol to cover mAssets, and also manages markets for mAssets by listing them on against TerraUSD (UST). !MirrorReviewCover.jpg.webpBuying Tesla (mTSLA) and Google (mGOOGL) with Terra (UST) using Mirror Protocol To establish UST trading pairs for mAssets and for the MIR, the protocol's governance token, Mirror relies on Terraswap, an automated market maker (AMM) protocol implemented with smart contracts on the Terra blockchain. Terraswap creates automated markets for pairs of tokens (or native Terra coins like UST) called pools which enable users to exchange one asset for the other directly on-chain. Pools maintain balances of both assets, to which users can provide liquidity in exchange for reward-bearing LP tokens (tokens that are given to liquidity providers). The MIR token is minted by the protocol and distributed as a reward to reinforce behavior that secures the ecosystem. With it, Mirror ensures liquid mAsset markets by rewarding MIR to users whose stake obtained through providing liquidity. MIR can be staked to receive voting privileges and to earn a share of the protocol's Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) withdrawal fees. MIR Token The Mirror Token (MIR) is Mirror Protocol's governance token. Currently, it must be staked to vote on active polls and is required as a deposit for making new governance polls. Users that stake MIR tokens also earn MIR rewards generated from withdrawing collateral from Collateralized Debt Positions (CDP) within the protocol. MIR is also used to incentivize users to farm yields by staking LP tokens which were minted by providing liquidity for MIR and mAssets. Yield is paid to the users from MIRs that are newly minted through annual inflation, which gradually increases the total supply of MIR until the end of 4th year. MIR Distribution According to the Mirror website, there are planned to be a total of 370,575,000 MIR tokens to be distributed over 4 years. Beyond that, there will be no more new MIR tokens introduced to the supply. A total of 54.9 million tokens were available at the genesis of Mirror Protocol. The distribution of these tokens was made as below: UNI Airdrop: 16.66% (9.15 million) tokens were airdropped to Uniswap (UNI) holders. LUNA staker airdrop: 16.66% (9.15 million) tokens were airdropped to LUNA stakers. Community Pool: 66.66% (36.6 million) tokens were allocated to the community pool. The total supply of MIR tokens will increase for 4 years due to inflation until the total token supply becomes 370.575 million. The distribution structure at the end of year 4 will be as follows: Airdrop: The airdrop amount which was originally distributed to UNI holders and LUNA stakers will account for 4.9% (18.3 million) of the total token supply. LUNA staking reward: 4.9% (18.3 million) will be distributed to LUNA stakers throughout the first year since the launch of the Mirror Protocol. MIR will be distributed every 100,000 blocks (approximately once every week) to Luna stakers only during the first year, starting from block height 920,000. The snapshot will be taken every 100,000 blocks to determine who is eligible for the staking reward distribution. mAsset LP Staking: 45.1% (167.27 million) tokens are distributed to all mAsset and mAsset (mETH) staking pools by the end of year 4. Tokens are distributed daily to each staking pool (initially 13 pairs for each Mirror and mETH) based on their weight compared to other assets. MIR LP Staking: 10.4% (38.6 million) tokens are evenly distributed to MIR-UST and MIR-UST (mETH) staking pools by the end of year 4. MIR-UST pair has an initial weight of 300%, which is 3 times the initial weight of mAssets. Tokens are distributed on daily basis. Community Pool: 34.6% (128.1 million) of total MIR supply will be distributed to the Community Pool by the end of year 4. Mirror Wallet Buying Tesla (mTSLA) and Google (mGOOGL) with Terra (UST) using Mirror Protocol Mirror Wallet is a non-custodial wallet maintained by ATQ Capital. Mirror Wallet allows users to purchase synthetic assets tracking the prices of the 12 most popular US technology stocks, including Apple Inc., Google, Tesla Inc., Netflix, Twitter, Microsoft, Amazon, and Alibaba, using TerraUSD. Mirror Wallet is built on Mirror Protocol and new assets beyond the initial 12 synthetic assets can be introduced by anyone holding MIR tokens. The proposal would be put to a vote, and if the decentralized autonomous organization responsible for Mirror's governance passes the proposal, the new asset would be added. Partnerships On December 8, 2020, the Mirror Protocol announced its partnership with cross-chain data oracle Band Protocol, integrating price feeds for an initial set of assets, covering blue-chip stocks, commodities, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). To ensure that the price of a mAsset is pegged to the real asset, the system integrated low-latency and decentralized oracles from Band Protocol, which update every 15 seconds on the BandChain decentralized oracle network. On December 24, 2020, the Mirror Protocol announced its partnership with Injective Protocol, a high-speed layer 2 derivatives exchange. Injective’s new feature enables users on their Solstice Testnet to access the $90 trillion stock market in a decentralized manner, powered by Band Protocol’s oracles. Beginning with Tesla, Airbnb, Google, and Amazon, Injective will continue to add new markets to its platform, leveraging Mirror’s market prices to enable global access to stock futures.

digitex

Digitex Futures is a cryptocurrency futures exchange offering zero-commission to its traders.

Digitex Futures is a cryptocurrency futures exchange offering zero commission to its traders. It launched a beta version in 2019 and will undergo a full public launch in 2020. The public launch marks the first time that futures trading is available on a zero-commission basis. History Digitex Futures was founded in 2017 by veteran trader Adam Todd. Working as a pit trader in the 1990s, Todd had seen profitable days turn into losing ones and dreamed of an exchange where traders didn't have to give a portion of their profits to the house. When he discovered Ethereum and the ability to issue digital tokens, Todd realize he could devise a means of funding the exchange through a token (see zero-commission model below). Todd launched the DGTX token as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in January 2018. The ICO opened on January 15, selling 650 million DGTX tokens to 2,500 participants in 17 minutes at a price of $5.2 million after bonus payouts. Todd initially established offices in Dublin, engaging a combination of internal and external developers for the Digitex trading platform. However, the company ran into significant development delays and was forced to change development teams twice over a period of 22 months. Finally, its third Moscow-based development team successfully led the development team to beta launch on Nov 30, 2019. DGTX Token !digi1PNG__thumb.pngDGTX Token There is currently a fixed supply of one billion DGTX tokens. These are distributed according to Digitex's defined distribution model. 650 million were sold to the public in the ICO in January 2018. A further 300 million are divided equally between the Digitex Treasury (see below,) market makers and vesting for the Digitex team. The final 50 million are reserved for rewards as part of the company's referral program. Zero-Commission Model On the Digitex platform, all trades are denominated in DGTX tokens, meaning that only people who are holding DGTX can use the platform and benefit from the zero-fee trading.

bitpanda

Bitpanda is an exchange for digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies and precious metals, based in Austria and founded in 2014.

Bitpanda is an exchange for digital assets, such as cryptocurrencies and precious metals, based in Austria and founded in 2014. It allows trading between different national currencies like USD, EUR, CHF, and cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Iota, and others. In September 2020, Bitpanda closed a $52 million Series A funding round from Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Overview Initially, Bitpanda was called Coinimal and its purpose was to facilitate cryptocurrency transactions in the Eurozone. At the end of November 2017, the Bitpanda service supported and implemented SegWit wallets and transactions. SegWit is a technical upgrade of the Bitcoin blockchain protocol, which creates the basis for future improvements in the network, in particular, reducing transaction fees and increasing scalability. On Bitpanda there are many ways to use fiat currency to buy cryptocurrency including credit card, debit card, bank transfer, EPS, Giropay, Neteller, Klarna, SEPA, Skrill, and cash (Bitpanda To Go). The company has also entered other markets like gold and silver. At the exchange office, a customer can exchange physical gold, silver, palladium, and platinum for other assets. There are no insurance or storage fees for the first 20 grams of gold, palladium, and platinum and first 200 grams of silver that a customer buys. Bitpanda has a fee of 1.49% for every transaction. Bitpanda also charges additional fees for other services like storing gold or using certain payment methods. Aside from regular deposits of national currencies via the Single Euro Payments Area system, as of July 11, 2018, Bitpanda partnered with the Austrian postal service (Österreichische Post) offering vouchers for use on Bitpanda's exchange platform, that can be purchased with cash. Verifications and Limits Bitpanda offers two types of verification methods: Light verification and Full verification. With the Light verification, a user can trade and swap all cryptocurrencies on the platform and also pay and withdraw using bank transfer. With Full verification, a user can use all features and services on the platform. It depends on the country where a customer lives. Users have limits subjected to their payment method. When a user becomes fully verified, they can have access to the following limits: Neteller and Skrill provides 10.000 EUR deposit limit to its verified users in 24 hours ; Credit card, Ideal and Zimpler user's deposit limit is 2.500 EUR in 24 hours ; SEPA provides 49.999 EUR deposit limit to its verified users in 24 hours and others. Bitpanda Pro Bitpanda Pro is an advanced digital asset exchange for institutions, professionals, and businesses where they can trade and connect trading bots to their API to facilitate automatic trading. The Bitpanda Pro exchange is fully regulated and is compliant to AML5. The same account for Bitpanda can also be used on Bitpanda Pro. Pantos Pantos is an initiative conceived by the team behind Bitpanda. Launched in collaboration with the Vienna Technical University, the Pantos system is financed via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which finally is to be released as an open-source service. As the first multi-blockchain token system, Pantos aims to bring blockchain projects closer together, improve communication between developers, researchers, and users, and set innovative standards for cross-chain token transfers. In its first year, the Pantos project successfully finished the initial research for Token Atomic Swap Technology (TAST). The Distributed Systems Group at the Vienna University of Technology published four Technical White Papers and developed the TAST research prototype. The team also successfully implemented Pantos (PAN) deposit and withdrawal features on Bitpanda, which allows users to deposit and withdraw Pantos (PAN) as an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain. Bitpanda Ecosystem Token BEST is the Bitpanda coin, that offers users a wide range of benefits and perks within the Bitpanda ecosystem. BEST is the fuel of the Bitpanda ecosystem, which means that the Bitpanda platform, the Bitpanda Global Exchange and the Bitpanda Launchpad makes heavy use of incorporating BEST and offering users, who hold BEST, exclusive rewards, and perks. Funding In September 2020, Bitpanda closed a $52 million Series A funding round from Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm backed by Peter Thiel. Vienna-based VC Speedinvest also participated, alongside other unnamed investors. The company will use the cash to expand internationally. It expanded to France, Spain, and Turkey in 2020, and plans to enter additional European markets. As part of the investment, Valar Ventures' founding partner Andrew McCormack will also join Bitpanda's board. Team Eric Demuth - CEO Paul Klanschek - CEO Christian Trummer - CTO

bithumb

Bithumb is a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange. It allows users to buy, sell, and store Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH).

Bithumb (Founded in 2014) is a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange. It allows users to buy, sell, and store Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH). Bithumb offers additional services like remittances and gift vouchers. Overview Bithumb is the most influential digital currency exchange in Korea, having eight (8) million registered users, one million mobile app users, and a current cumulative transaction volume that has exceeded one trillion US dollars. Bithumb is a leading digital financing company, that creates unprecedented business models and customer services by taking on new technologies and trend changes. Bithumb Market Index (BTMI) is an index that provides an overall view of the price changes in the virtual asset market. It is calculated based on all virtual assets listed in the Bithumb Exchange. Calculations are made based on the daily trade volume and real-time prices of virtual assets. The market-cap-weighted method is applied to calculate and announce in real-time. Bithumb has some really good security controls in place to ensure that your funds are kept safe. Bithumb doesn't allow anonymous accounts and monitors suspicious activity. Although there is no cryptocurrency that is ever 100% safe, Bithumb is one of the most secure. Bithumb Global was founded in May 2019. It is an international cryptocurrency exchange based in South Korea and registered in Seychelles. Bithumb Global has grown quickly, with a reported $100M in trading activity on a daily basis. In terms of privacy, Bithumb doesn't provide any anonymity due to the South Korean government's requirement to require identity verification for cryptocurrency trading. History Hackers stole user information from a Bithumb employee's personal computer in June 2017. Also, in January 2018 Bithumb was raided by the government for alleged tax evasion. During series of investigations, they were found not guilty but still had to pay nearly $28 million in back taxes. In June 2018, about $32 million of cryptocurrency was stolen from Bithumb by hackers. BK Global Consortium signed a deal to purchase a majority share of BTC Holding Co in October 2018 which is Bithumb's largest investor still date. 30 out of 340 total employees at Bithumb were laid off in response to declining trading volume and profits in 2018. On January 22, 2019, OTC-listed holding company Blockchain Industries agreed to sign a binding letter of intent to partner with Bithumb on or before March 1, 2019. The objective is to form a new publicly traded entity called the Blockchain Exchange Alliance (BXA) that would ‘up-list’ on either theNew York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ and make BXA the first major cryptocurrency exchange to go public. Co-founders and investors at Bithumb stated that it was hacked and pointed its fingers at insiders (employees). It was investigated and found that over $10 million worth of EOS and Ripple tokens were stolen. Bithumb announced a net loss of KRW205.5 billion (US$180 million) in 2018, which is a sharp turnaround from the KRW427.2 billion profit in 2017. Despite various findings, 2018's sales rise from 17.5% to KRW391.7 million. The company blamed the loss on a rapid decline in the price of cryptocurrencies and thereby reduces its trading volume. BithumbCash Bithumb Cash is the amount of the total assets held by Bithumb members converted into KRW, and can be used for the Bithumb Cash transfer and payment service. Bithumb staking service utilizes virtual assets based on Pos (Proof of Stake) or Dpos (Delegated-Proof-Of-Stake) algorithms that are listed on Bithumb. !R (2).jfifBithumb Cash The Bithumb interface is multi-lingual and offers translations in six different languages. One downside is that the exchange does not offer a mobile app, which could deter those who are looking for extra practicality from using the exchange. Bithumb Korea has constructed a comprehensive cryptocurrency payment and transfer system based on Bithumb Cash to expand the value of cryptocurrencies that can be used in daily life. Bithumb Cash barcode payment can be used infrequently visited businesses such as movie theaters, convenience stores, bookstores, and cafes. Payments can be easily made by selecting barcode payment in the Bithumb application and entering the security passcode. Bithumb Cash can be used for quick transfer service using only a QR code scan. Payment is as easy as scanning the QR code displayed in the store and entering the payment amount. Easy e-Commerce cryptocurrency payment gateway: Bithumb Cash is increasing its partner companies for the convenient use of cryptocurrencies in everyday life. We are partnering with a leading e-commerce company, B2B market specialized shopping mall, and a comprehensive lodging reservation app to promote the implementation of cryptocurrency quick payment services in the online market.

caitlin-long

Caitlin Long is a the founder and CEO of Custodia Bank.

Caitlin Long is the founder and CEO of Custodia bank, a bank that specializes in digital asset payment and custody solutions for US commercial customers. She was the former chairman & president of Symbiont (2016-2018), which was named to Forbes Fintech 50 in 2018, Caitlin is also an ex-Wyoming Blockchain Task Force, and a 22-year Wall Street veteran. Education Caitlin holds a B.A in Political economy from the University of Wyoming in the Class of 1990 and an M.P.P in International trade and police from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in the Class of 1994.[6] She also Juris Doctor in the Class of 2004. Early Life and Career Caitlin Long is the daughter of a professor of electrical engineering and an elementary school teacher who taught the children of miners. From 1994 to 1997, Caitlin was an Associate at Salomon Brothers. From 1997 to 2007, she served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse. From 2003-2011, Caitlin was a Board member of the University of Wyoming Foundation. In 2007, she joined Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director and quit the company in 2016. From that time and up to 2018, she was a Chairman of the Board & President of Symbiont. Between 1994 and 1997, Caitlin worked at Salomon Brothers, and from 1997 to 2007 she worked at Credit Suisse. Caitlin is a member of the Mises Institute, an organization dedicated to promoting Austrian economics and other Libertarian principles. She is currently the founder and CEO of Custodia Bank. Caitlin has Long spent 22 years as a Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. In 2018-20 she led the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 20 blockchain-enabling laws. From 2016-18 she jointly spearheaded a blockchain project for delivering market index data to Vanguard as chairman and president of Symbiont, an enterprise blockchain start-up. Caitlin Long Started and ran 3 successful businesses in pensions and insurance. She was a top-rated equity research analyst who worked directly for the Co-CEOs. Awards: Women in Finance Award for Excellence in Blockchain 2016 by MarketsMedia. Inc. list of 10 business leaders changing the world through tech in 2016 Institutional Investor list of most influential people in pensions (“Pension 40”): 2015, 2014, and 2013 Custodia Custodia Bank is formed to serve as a compliant bridge to the U.S. dollar payments system and a custodian of digital assets that can meet the strictest level of institutional custody standards. Custodia specializes in digital asset payment and custody solutions for US commercial customers. Custodia Bank intends to provide a full suite of banking and financial services tailored to business customers looking for enhanced regulatory clarity and minimized transactional risk as they traverse the digital asset frontier, It is a regulatorily compliant platform for businesses to transact across digital assets and the traditional financial system. Controversies In October 2020, Custodia Bank filed its application for a Federal Reserve master account, which would allow it to serve institutional customers by providing access to the FedWire network - onboarding cryptocurrencies as an asset to their customers. On June 7th, 2022, Custodia Bank filed a complaint in the US District Court for “an unlawful delay” on their master account application, against the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. On October 11th, 2022, The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon, the oldest bank in the US, will begin storing cryptocurrencies for its clients on the same platform as traditional investments, making it the first large US bank to do so. The bank received approval to store and provide bookkeeping services for select customers' Bitcoin and Ether which Caitlin Long spoke up about. “You will see a filing from my company in that lawsuit pertaining to the announcement this morning” In November 2022, it was announced that the Court's opinion was largely favorable to Custodia, allowing four of its claims to move forward. These included claims that the defendants unreasonably delayed processing the application and that Custodia may be able to compel the grant of a master account. However, on December 12th, 2022, a Wyoming federal judge denied Custodia Bank’s motion for default judgment on the lawsuit filed back in June 2022 and has given the Federal Reserve until February 9th, 2023 to submit an administrative record.

developer

Software developers are the creative, brainstorming masterminds behind computer programs of all sorts.

Computers Software developer, one who programs computers or designs the system to match the requirements of a systems analyst Video game developer, a person or business involved in video game development, the process of designing and creating games Web developer, a programmer who specializes in, or is specifically engaged in, the development of World Wide Web applications. Other uses Developer (album), the fifth album by indie rock band Silkworm Photographic developers, chemicals that convert the latent image to a visible image In real estate development, one who builds on land or alters the use of an existing building for some new purpose See also All pages with titles containing developer Game designer Developer! Developer! Developer!, a series of community conferences aimed at software developers You know that smartphone app you rely on? That computer game that kept you transfixed for hours as a kid? That program that helps you budget and track expenditures? Software developers created all of them.

persistence

Persistence is a protocol powering institutional open finance by facilitating the borrowing of crypto assets.

Persistence is a protocol powering institutional open finance by facilitating the borrowing of crypto assets (stablecoins) using real-world assets, such as invoices, as collateral. This bridges DeFi and traditional finance and uses the features of DeFi to solve real-world financing problems. Persistence aims to facilitate efficient global capital allocation by allowing businesses and traders to draw loans against receivables in to meet their financing needs. It aims to allow investors in low-interest jurisdictions to generate yield through a fundamentally new asset class in the form of real-world income-generating assets. Comdex, the first app in the Persistence ecosystem, has processed $30 million worth of commodity trades. Further, Persistence is targeting to close the $1.5 Trillion financing gap in the commodity trading industry. The solid validator set and strategic partnerships with projects such as Terra are a validation of their product-market fit. The technology stack comprises: - Persistence chain(s) - a network of business-specific ‘App-chains’ with security provided by the Persistence main-chain and its set of validators - Persistence SDK - a suite of plug-and-play modules to create new or integrate existing Exchanges & Marketplaces - PersistencedApp(s) - finance applications focused on institutional and retail stakeholders. Mission & Vision The Internet disintermediated the Media & Communications industry. Using HTTP, SMTP and TCP/IP as the foundational layers, the cost of information exchange was significantly lowered. Persistence is leveraging blockchain technology to facilitate seamless asset exchange. Using Web 3.0 protocols, Persistence aims to enable and create a suite of bleeding edge financial products in niches ranging from staking-as-a-service and tokenized ‘real-world’ debt to digital art. XPRT Token The XPRT token is primarily a governance token for the Persistence chain. Once the Persistence mainnet is launched, token holders will be able to stake XPRT tokens to passively earn more XPRT. XPRT token also plays the role of a ‘work token’, allowing the stakers to produce cash flows in correlation with the transaction volume generated by dApps in the Persistence ecosystem.

frax-finance

Frax Finance is an algorithmic stablecoin protocol with a fractional-algorithmic structure that is collateralized and stabilized by algorithm. Launched on Decem...

Frax Finance, also known as Frax, is a fractional-algorithmic stablecoin protocol. The project is "the world's first fractional algorithmic stablecoin with parts of its supply collateralized and parts algorithmic stabilized." On February 23rd, 2023, the Frax Finance community voted to fully collateralize the protocol’s native stablecoin frax (FRAX). On November 16, 2020, the testnet was released for early users to experiment with and report bugs. The protocol officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet on Sunday, December 20, 2020, at 4 pm PST (Monday December 21, 2020 at 0:00 UTC). One hour after launch the total value locked (TVL) in Frax Finance was over $43 million. As of Jan 13, 2021, a record 100 Million FRAX tokens have been minted, with a collateral ratio of around 85%. On January 19, 2021, Frax Finance passed Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) to become the 5th most liquid token on Uniswap with over $130 million in liquidity. On February 17, 2021, Frax Finance became the first algorithmic stablecoin to be listed on Binance. Binance listed Frax Shares in their Innovation Zone with FXS/BTC and FXS/BUSD trading pairs opening on February 18, 2021, 9:00 AM (UTC) and deposits opening earlier. In January 2022, Frax Finance expanded its collaboration with Chainlink to bring the U.S. CPI data on-chain in support of the Frax Price Index. Trivia The Frax protocol takes inspiration from Robert Sams' 2014 academic paper titled “A Note on Cryptocurrency Stabilisation: Seigniorage Shares.” Overview Frax V1 Before the inception of the Frax Finance protocol, stablecoins were divided into three different categories: fiat collateralized, overcollateralized with cryptocurrency, and algorithmic with no collateral. FRAX is a new type of decentralized stablecoin classifying itself as fractional-algorithmic. The Frax protocol is the first stablecoin designed to transition from fully collateralized to varying levels of fractional backing whereby parts of the supply are not backed by any assets but rather minted and bought back by the protocol itself to keep the price of the FRAX token at $1. The protocol is a two-token system encompassing the stablecoin Frax (FRAX) and the Frax Share token (FXS) which accrues seigniorage revenue, and fees, and provides governance rights. The project has also announced the third token, the Frax Bonds token (FXB) to be released at a future date which is an interest-bearing token representing debt in the system. As FRAX adoption increases, users of the protocol will be more comfortable with a higher percentage of FRAX supply being stabilized algorithmically rather than with collateral. The price of FRAX, FXS, and collateral are all calculated with a time-weighted average price (TWAP) of the Uniswap pair price and the ETH: USD Chainlink oracle. The Chainlink oracle allows the protocol to get the true price of USD instead of an average of stablecoin pools on Uniswap. This allows FRAX to stay stable against the United States dollar itself which would provide greater resiliency instead of using a weighted average of existing stablecoins only. Frax V2 Frax v2 expands on the idea of fractional-algorithmic stability by introducing the idea of the "Algorithmic Market Operations Controller" (AMO). An AMO module is an autonomous contract(s) that enacts arbitrary monetary policy so long as it does not change the FRAX price off its peg. This means that AMO controllers can perform open market operations algorithmically (as in the name), but they cannot arbitrarily mint FRAX out of thin air and break the peg. Tokenomics Frax Share Token (FXS) Frax Share Tokens eschew DAO-like active management similar to MakerDAO. FXS supply was initially set to 100 million tokens at genesis, but the amount in circulation is deflationary as FRAX is minted at higher algorithmic ratios. The design of the protocol is such that FXS would be largely deflationary in supply as long as FRAX demand grows. FXS has control of the seigniorage and revenue flow of the protocol. FXS is similar to ownership/stake in the protocol, not debt which is a separate financial primitive. Per the FXS yearly halvening schedule, the total FXS emissions halve every 12 months on December 20, 2020. Token Distribution 60% of all FXS tokens are to be distributed through various yield farming, liquidity incentives, and exclusive governance proposals across several years. Thus, a maximum of 60,000,000 FXS will be distributed to the community for liquidity programs and other Defi initiatives as they appear in the space as voted by governance. 5% of all tokens are allocated to Project Treasury, grants, partnerships, and security bug bounties via team and community discretion. The Project Treasury is an entire community and team-governed pool of FXS. It should be used for making grants for the development of the Frax technology, open-source upkeep of the code, future audits of smart contracts, bug bounties through responsible disclosure, possible cross-chain implementations, creation of new protocol-level features and updates, Gitcoin grants for the Ethereum community, Frax Improvement Proposals (FIPs), partnerships with exchanges and DeFi projects, providing liquidity on AMMs at launch. The usage of this fund is dependent on the discretion of the team and community. 20% of all FXS tokens are to be distributed to the team, founders, and early project members. 3% are advisory tokens that are allotted for strategic work done in legal, technical, and business efforts to advance the adoption of the Frax protocol. The tokens are vested evenly over 3 years. 12% are distributed to accredited private investors. The first round in Frax was done in August 2020 with a small allocation that was sold out in under 2 hours. This allocation will have a small number of their tokens, \~2% unlocked at launch. The remainder of the round was done individually through private placements. The remaining 10% is vested evenly over 1 year, half of which has a 6-month cliff. veFXS In May 2020, the protocol allowed FXS holders to lock up FXS tokens to generate veFXS and earn special boosts, special governance rights, and AMO profits. veFXS is a vesting and yield system based on Curve’s veCRV mechanism. Users may lock up their FXS for up to 4 years for four times the amount of veFXS (e.g. 100 FXS locked for 4 years returns 400 veFXS). veFXS is not a transferable token nor does it trade on liquid markets. It is more akin to an account-based point system that signifies the vesting duration of the wallet's locked FXS tokens within the protocol. The veFXS balance linearly decreases as tokens approach their lock expiry, approaching 1 veFXS per 1 FXS at zero lock time remaining. This encourages long-term staking and an active community. Frax Price Index (FPI) In January 2022, Frax Finance announced the expansion of their integration with Chainlink to support the launch of the new Frax Price Index (FPI), an algorithmic stablecoin designed to be inflation-resistant and an entirely new unit of account. FPI will be pegged to a decentralized consumer price index (CPI) with crypto native elements added on top of Chainlink’s custom CPI oracle built for FRAX. Frax and Chainlink's initial integration, now live on Ethereum, involves using the Chainlink Any API functionality to create a decentralized, on-chain reference contract that stores the most up-to-date U.S. government Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. Frax Price Index Share (FPIS) The Frax Price Index Share (FPIS) is the governance token of the Frax Price Index (FPI) stablecoin which launched in April of 2022. Frax ETH On October 13, 2022, Frax Ether, the liquid staking system, went live. The system has three components – frax ether (frxETH), staked frax Ether (sfrxETH) and the Frax ETH Minter. Staking refers to locking up coins in a crypto wallet in return for rewards. Liquid staking is the process of locking up funds to earn rewards while still having access to the funds locked via their liquid derivative coins. frxETH is an ether-pegged stablecoin meant to be equal to one ether (ETH). Users can deposit ETH into the Frax ETH Minter contract and get an equivalent amount of frxETH, unlocking the liquidity of ether staked. The frxETH tokens can be used to provide liquidity on the decentralized exchange Curve. To earn rewards on the ether staked, however, users need to exchange frxETH with the staked frax ether or sfrxETH tokens. Frax Finance's two-token model eliminates risks associated with rebasing and simplifies DeFi integrations. The frxETH stablecoin doesn't rebase and is fully backed by algorithmic market operations plus ether. Further, the sfrxETH tokens, which earn staking rewards, increase in price like the Yearn vault token. Gauges The FRAX gauge weighted system for controlling FXS emissions & FRAX expansions allows FXS holders to stake for up to 4 years to generate veFXS and vote where future FXS emissions are directed. Users can vote for FRAX gauge weights with their veFXS balance. They can distribute their voting power across multiple gauges or a single gauge. This allows veFXS holders who are the most long-term users of the protocol to have complete control over the future FXS emission rate. Additionally, the gauge system lowers the influence of FRAX pairs where the majority of rewards are sold off since those LPs will not have veFXS to continue voting for their pair. This system strongly favors LP provider

brigid-mcdermott

Brigid McDermott is a Vice President of Blockchain Business Development & Ecosystem at IBM.

Brigid McDermott is a Vice President of IBM Food Trust, Blockchain Business Development & Ecosystem at IBM. She is responsible for driving the growth of Blockchain for IBM, including leading partnerships, alliances, acquisitions, and ecosystem development. Brigid started at IBM in 2006 and currently resides in the Greater New York City Area. Career Brigid begin her career in 1990 as a Software engineer at NEC Corporation. From 1992 to 1995, she was a Software engineer at Motorola. From 1997 to 1999, Brigid served as an Associate at McKinsey & Company. From 1999-2000, she worked as a Director of Product Marketing at Pivia. From 2000 to 2001, she was a Director of business development at AppStream. From 2001 to 2002, Brigid was a Principal at BEM Consulting. In 2002, she joined RSA Security as a Senior Account Manager. She quit the company in 2003, and in 2004 became a Director of Strategic Marketing at Honeywell. In 2006, Brigid joined IBM. Currently, Brigid is a Vice President at IBM. She serves as vice president of IBM Food Trust, where she works with the world’s largest retailers and food companies helping them apply blockchain technology for food safety. Before this, she served as vice president of blockchain business development and ecosystems, responsible for developing and managing ecosystem and partner relationships around IBM’s innovation in blockchain. Formerly, she served as vice president of corporate strategy, responsible for defining IBM’s strategic vision and execution plans for services and solutions. She is also an Advisory Board Member at Oxford Valuation Partners. Education Brigid holds an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University. Articles | Title | Date Published | Links | | ----- | -------------- | ----- | | Digital Transformation: Death, Taxes and Technical Debt | March 22, 2022 | | | Digital Transformation: Scaling with Technology | March 15, 2022 | | | Digital Transformation: Build Versus Buy | February 17, 2022 | | | Digital Transformation: Innovation With Impact | February 3, 2022 | | | Digital Transformation - Personal Security Practices | November 11, 2021 | | | Digital Transformation - Cyber Risks | November 4, 2021 | | | Digital Transformation: Ethics and Governance | October 14, 2021 | | | Digital Transformation: Disaster Recovery | September 30, 2021 | |

genevieve-leveille

Genevieve Leveille is a Founder and CEO of AgriLedger and Co-Chair of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Working Group...

Genevieve Leveille is a Founder and CEO of AgriLedger and Co-Chair of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Working Group of TechUK. Career From 2005 to 2010, Genevieve was a Vice President at The Chase Manhattan Bank. From 2000 to 2007, she served as a Business Process Consultant at Hewlett Packard. In 200-2010, Genevieve had a position of Director of Operations Services at General Electric. In 2010, she joined Royal Bank of Scotland, where she worked up to 2015. From 2015 to 2016, Genevieve worked as a Managing Director at IdenTrust. In 2016-2017, she was a fellow at Startup Leadership Program and Co-founder of KrypC. Currently, Genevieve is a Founder and CEO of AgriLedger and Co-Chair of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Working Group of TechUK. In addition, she is a Managing Director at Anoterra, a digital transformation services & solutions company, and an Advisor at Themis and Government of Estonia e-Residency Program. Education Genevieve holds a B.Sc in Bio-chemistry from the Columbia University in the City of New York

metamask

MetaMask is a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with multiple blockchains including Ethereum.

MetaMask is a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with multiple blockchains, including the Ethereum blockchain. The application allows users to store and manage account keys, broadcast transactions, send and receive Ethereum-based currencies and tokens, and securely connect to decentralized applications through an internet browser. MetaMask is primarily used through its desktop browser plugin on Chrome and Firefox browsers. In 2020, the mobile version was launched. In September 2020, MetaMask hit the 1 million monthly active users milestone. In August 2021, it surpassed 10 million monthly active users and became the world's leading non-custodial crypto wallet. Overview MetaMask was originally an extension for accessing Ethereum-enabled distributed applications or "dapps" using popular browsers like Google Chrome. The extension can “read” Ethereum code on any website, providing users with a seamless and accessible took to interact with various dapps and blockchain products. To get some funds, a user can easily buy Ethereum with a debit card or Apple Pay directly within MetaMask by clicking “Add funds”. They can also request funds from a friend by sending them a payment request showing their QR code in person or by sharing their public address. To transfer existing ETH and tokens to the new MetaMask from another wallet, a user needs to copy their new MetaMask public address and go to their existing wallet or exchange to send funds to their new wallet address. Technically, a user does not need any cryptocurrency to use Metamask, they can accept signature requests from sites without any value in an account. However, adding cryptocurrencies in the MetaMask account (such as ETH and ERC-20 or, ERC-721 tokens) allows users to invest, trade, play games, and own unique digital items (NFT collectibles). Every user can sync their MetaMask extension wallet with mobile by using the MetaMask Mobile Sync feature. MetaMask intially supported only ETH and any ETH based token (ERC20, ERC-721, and more). Currently, it supports more than 15 blockchains and tokens created on them, including Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Fantom , Klaytn, Moonriver Network, Celo, Gnosis and many more. Users can also use a hardware wallet with MetaMask. it supports Trezor and Ledger on the extension, but there is no hardware wallet support on mobile yet. In 2018, MetaMask introduced Privacy Mode, an ecosystem-wide standard to improve user privacy on Ethereum. Rather than exposing users’ Ethereum addresses to all sites, Privacy Mode requires that websites ask for user consent before wallets reveal an address. In MetaMask v7.0, this became enabled by default. In July 2019, the team released the Address Book feature, which allows saving nicknames for accounts that are not owned by a user but ones they frequently interact with. In October 2019 at DevCon 5 in Osaka, the MetaMask team presented their new MetaMask Snaps plugin system. With MetaMask Snaps every plugin created has the ability to provide its own API to the sites that a user visits, as well as to other plugins, allowing plugins to build on each other, in a sort of decentralized dependency graph. In July 2020, the team rolled out MetaMask Version 8. In September, they launched MetaMask Mobile. In May 2019, MetaMask team reported they reached approximately 264,000 monthly active users. Since that time, it grew over 400%, supporting over one million monthly active users across desktop and mobile apps as of October 2020. The recent launch of MetaMask Mobile played an important role in bringing new users into the MetaMask community. The team noted the top four countries, in order of the volume of mobile users, were the United States, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines. In August 2020, the firm announced MetaMask migrated its open-source code under a new limited license. In a blog post, MetaMask explained that "despite open source software solving critical shared problems, fair compensation for the maintenance of these community goods remains a problem." MetaMask's code was originally published under a permissive MIT license, which enables developers to fork and reuse with very limited restrictions. Its new license, however, seeks to prevent commercial entities from using its software for free. According to MetaMask, the license protects it from "free-riders or upstream competitors from exerting monopolistic control." While the blog post does not specifically name these free-riders or competitors, Jacob Cantele, MetaMask's Head of Product, cited crypto-friendly browser and wallet Brave as an example. "We have to be able to compete with browsers that have forked MetaMask, are pushing their own forks, while also making MetaMask difficult to use (even when explicitly installed)," Cantele explained in a tweet. In September 2020, MetaMask hit the 1 million monthly active users milestone. In October 2020, MetaMask team also announced a new feature: token swaps directly within browser extension and mobile application. The token-swapping feature will release first on its Firefox browser extension, before adding extensions for other browsers and MetaMask mobile. MetaMask will seek the best exchange rate for any given trade, accessing all the best-known places to conduct an exchange. The announcement lists services such as Uniswap, Kyber, ParaSwap, 1inch.exchange and DEX.AG. This new service is the latest step in monetizing MetaMask. “There are dynamic fees that range from 0.3% to 0.875% based on order size,” James Beck, a ConsenSys spokesperson, told in a press release. In 2021, Metamask added a feature to view Ethereum NFTs on the Metamask mobile app. The support for NFTs on the desktop version is still in the development. MetaMask Version 8 MetaMask V8 was announced on July 2, 2020. According to the Medium post with the announcement, this represented a major upgrade to MetaMask and offered a number of new features that no wallet delivered before. 1. Unparalleled Privacy Control. In MetaMask V8, when a user connects to a website, they have the option to select one or more accounts to associate with that website or create a new account just for that site. This new feature enabled users to easily switch between accounts, so they can control which accounts interact with different sites across the decentralized web. If a user opens a site that is not connected to the selected account, MetaMask alerts a user and allows them to connect. 2. New UI. The home screen, asset page, and transaction history were redesigned. Instead of tapping a hamburger icon to view a user's assets, they now access them via the ‘Assets’ tab on the home screen. The ‘Assets’ tab contains a list of the assets a user currently holds and is tracking in MetaMask. There is a possibility to click each asset to view a details page with the transaction history of that asset. The new ‘Activity’ tab is a redesigned transaction history view. With new iconography, each type of transaction is more easily recognizable. 3. Cutting Edge Security. MetaMask's new LavaMoat is a set of tools the team is building that uses Secure EcmaScript to confine every third-party dependency in a piece of JavaScript code at build time. MetaMask Mobile First launched in 2016, MetaMask was only accessible through browser extensions on Google Chrome, Brave, and Firefox and was restricted to mobile users. In October 2019 at Devcon, MetaMask team announced that they were building a mobile application. On July 22, 2019, they released the Public Beta to Android and iOS. Since MetaMask mobile became compatible with open protocols like WalletConnect a user became able to connect to Dapps, such as CryptoKitties, on devices where they didn’t have the extension installed on. On September 4, 2020, MetaMask team announced the launch of MetaMask Mobile. MetaMask Mobile allows users to have instant and free gasless payments with the use of Payment Channels via Connext. With the exception of user's initial deposit and withdrawal from the payment channel, this feature enables gas-free payments between users. It supports Ethereum mainnet, and Ropsten, Rinkeby, Kovan, Goerli testnets. Mobile apps also has biometrics support - Touch ID, Face ID and Passcode on iOS, Fingerprint/PIN on Android. Controversy In July 2018, Metamask announced its removal from the Chrome Web Store, the reasons for which were not explained. Several hours later, it was listed again. While MetaMask was delisted, an Ethereum-based prediction market protocol Augur, which earlier got under fire for speculating on death benefits, warned users to not download the MetaMask extension that was actually present in Google Chrome’s store, as it was a fake application. Even though it got listed only few hours after, there never came an explanation for this event. On December 26, 2019, the MetaMask team took to Twitter, where they announced that Google had suspended MetaMask’s Android client from Google Play’s app store, claiming MetaMask was in violation of Google’s financial services policies. Google reportedly cited their policy prohibiting cryptocurrency mining on mobile devices. The MetaMask team attempted to appeal Google’s decision to ban MetaMask from its app store to no avail, as Google promptly rejected the appeal. However, in a tweet posted on January 1 2020, the MetaMask team revealed that: “Upon careful consideration, Google has permitted The MetaMask mobile app back on the Google Play (Android) store! Thanks to all the believers in an open web for speaking out in our support!” Team Aaron Davis (Kumavis) - Founder Dan Finla

punks-comic

PUNKS Comic (launched May 10, 2021) is an ERC-721 Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection created by Pixel Vault.

PUNKS Comic (launched May 10, 2021) is an ERC-721 Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection created by Pixel Vault. It is a comic that chronicles Beanie's journey - from humble auction house busboy to digital art kingpin - to capitalize on the digital revolution in the Metaverse (enduring kidnappings, clowns, anons, and the mysterious Elvis Punksley, all as part of his quest). The project's goal is to integrate more storylines involving other Cryptopunks, other crypto projects, and any other events that are pertinent to the crypto/NFT landscape. Overview Punks Comic is a comic about a group of CryptoPunks, Pixel Vault owns all the Cryptopunks (currently valued at $4.5M) and with Punks Comic they bring them all to live in comic form. Pixel Vault is a media company focused on elevating crypto-native assets across a variety of mediums through the development of intellectual property and empowered by decentralization. Pixel Vault's team expands the story and lore of static on-chain assets accruing value to both stakeholders and the broader crypto community. The PUNKS Comic "The Hunt for the Lost Robbies" is a full-color 24-page comic drawn by Marvel Comics and DC Comics artist Chris Wahl, written and created by the Pixel Vault team. It is loosely based on the famed early crypto art given out at the inaugural Christie's Tech Summit in London in 2018. From an artistic perspective, Punks Comic peppers in backstory and personalities to accompany the generatively assigned traits of 16 of the original CryptoPunks. Team Members Core Team | Members | Position | Social Link | | ------- | -------- | ----------- | | Chris Wahl | Chief Artist & Illustrator | | | Robbie Trevino | Art Director | | | Richard Galbraith | Chief Storyteller | | | Preston Johnson | Creative Strategy & Media Relations | | | Sean Gearin | Biz Dev & Creative Strategy | | | Beanie | Senior Art Critic | | Technical Team | Members | Position | Social Link | | ------- | -------- | ----------- | | Andrew Hachten | Web3 & Solidity Developer | | | Andy Chorlian | Advisor / Fractional | | | Alessandra Hopfinger | Web Designer | | | The Virtunaut | Web Designer | | | Harrison Lee | Web Developer | Meet the Punks PUNK 8146 Beanie The leader of the squad. Beanie is the founder of the Pixel Vault and a world-renowned art critic (and flipper). He's got a big ego, but the ETH and skills to back it up. Cross him and you will have your hands full, but stay on his good side and you're golden. PUNK 2146 Courtney Smokin’ hot, razor-sharp, and refuses to take shit from anyone (an important trait to have when dating Beanie). Courtney is a cool customer, weapons trained, and ready to roll. She is as fierce as her look. PUNK 9723 The Futurist The world's leading authority on crypto art, The Futurist is a bit of a geek, but the type that demands respect. He tried his best to get the world to listen back in 2018, but now he has everyone’s attention. PUNK 1288 GFunk One of the Pixel Vault’s Original Three, GFunk keeps things running behind the scenes. GFunk knows that to get the best results you need to stand up, especially to Beanie! PUNK 9973 The Skull A mercenary and calculated killer, The Skull is not afraid to get his hands dirty. For this reason, his Bowie knife is his weapon of choice. Let’s just say that the eyepatch isn't for show. PUNK 2925 Randy Randy is the embodiment of the “strong and silent type.” His extensive military experience has made him the sort of cat that's cool under pressure and ready for when shit hits the fan. Intensely loyal, Randy and Beanie have a unique bond. PUNK 7848 Frank Lopez Frank is a hardened criminal with a twisted sense of humor to match his bright green hair. Infamous for his ruthlessness and strong-armed tactics, everyone knows that Frank is not to be messed with. PUNK 2152 Ivanova FBI Agent Ivanova leads the FBI’s rapid deployment Art Crime Team. Knowing that Beanie has always seemed to be in the right (wrong?) place at the right time over the years, she keeps a close eye on his whereabouts. PUNK 2041 Hilary Hilary is a discerning art buyer for an elite auction house. Well-educated, well-versed, and well-traveled, Hilary has focused her skills on hunting the Lost Robbies. Now the question remains - is she friend or foe? PUNK 7547 Marvin Marvin AKA “Sexy Beast” is the muscle for Beanie’s security team. Marvin is bulked up and ready for the call of duty (as well as the calls of his many lady friends). PUNK 4852 Elvis The mystery runs deep with this one. Consumed by tracking down the Lost Robbies, Elvis Punksley’s true motives are unclear. What is clear is his distaste for Beanie. PUNK 5724 Elvira Partner in life and crime to Frank Lopez, Elvira is as mean as they come (and happy to keep it that way). Frank’s ruthlessness is matched by Elvira’s smarts. Never turn your back as she might just stick a knife in you. PUNK 6014 Sgt. Wiggles Wiggles heads up Beanie's security detail. Extremely friendly, with a bucktooth smile to match, Wiggles is a bit of a klutz. He is as loyal as they come, though, and always rises to the occasion. PUNK 2963 Violet As another member of the Lopez crew, Violet is an enforcer with hard fists and a temperament to match. She will shoot first and ask questions later. Fearless despite her small stature, Violet is willing to take on helicopter hats of any size. PUNK 1068 Cheetah A founding member of the Pixel Vault, Cheetah is the voice of reason on the team! Breaking up arguments between Gfunk and Beanie is easy when you’re built like The Hulk. PUNK 9057 Belcalis Meet Beanie’s estranged daughter, Belcalis Almánzar. She is a product of too many Presidente Lights during Spring Break. She's long been in search of her father, but what will she do with the knowledge of who he is? PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 The PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 is a limited edition (just 10,000 prints) comic., it also comes as a physical copy with a special case which will include a serialized certificate of authenticity, depending on the buyer's choice to stake or burn the ERC-721 token. For a physical copy to be claimed, the PUNKS Comic NFT cannot be burned. Issue 1 is tied to ownership of EITHER: 50% of the 16 CryptoPunks represented by $PUNKS token holders (stake your PUNKS Comic NFT to earn fractional $PUNKS tokens. OR Partnership in the Founder's Vault DAO, composed of 25% of the 16 CryptoPunks represented by $PUNKS token holders PLUS collective ownership of the other works in the Founder's Vault DAO (by burning the PUNKS Comic, Issue 1) Only Issue 1 of the PUNKS Comic will be tied to ownership of these assets. Any subsequent issue of the PUNKS Comic may have its own unique value proposition, but they will not be tied to the ownership of the 16 main CryptoPunks or the Founder's Vault DAO. In addition, 27 random mints of Issue 1 will receive NFTs from either Hackatao, Killer Acid, or Robbie Trevino. The Founder's Vault DAO The Founder's Vault DAO collectively holds all Founder's Vault DAO assets and its fate is decided by a vote of Pixel Vault Founder's Token holders., the estimated value of the Founder's Vault DAO at creation is about 600ETH. The Founder's Vault DAO includes the following works (and it is the intention of Pixel Vault to continue to add more works across future Pixel Vault projects): 25% allocation of $PUNKS Tokens Genesis mint of PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 (1/10,000 serial) Team-signed edition of PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 (1/1) Robbie Trevino PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 Back Cover (1/1) Lost Robbie” ie. AI-Generated Nude, Portrait 7 Frame 92 by Robbie Barrat (1/1) "Queen of PUNKS" by Hackatao (1/1) “Killer Acid Punks” by Killer Acid (1/1) "Test Ape" by Chris Wahl (1/19) Future works to be added to the Vault TBD The Pixel Vault Founder's Token (PVFT) The Pixel Vault Founder's Token (PVFT) and the $PUNKS tokens are two totally different tokens, the Pixel Vault Founder's Token (PVFT) holders collectively own the works held in the Founder's Vault DAO. One can obtain this token by burning the PUNKS Comic Issue 1 NFT before the release of the second issue (which is to be expected in August). There is a maximum supply of 10,000 Pixel Vault Founder's Tokens, but the final supply will depend on how many PUNKS Comics are burned before the release of the second issue. The $PUNKS tokens are fractional tokens (100,000,000 in circulation), each representing fractionalized ownership of the 16 CryptoPunks who are characters in Issue 1 of the PUNKS Comic. One can obtain this token by staking Issue 1 NFT. One can also get exposure to $PUNKS tokens via the Founder's Vault DAO, which holds 25% of the $PUNKS tokens in circulation. Staking and Burning of the PUNKS Comic Issue 1 Staking By staking the PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 NFT users will accrue $PUNKS tokens over a 24-month period, although they are not committed to staking for the full 24 months. They will be allocated $PUNKS tokens which represent the proportional ownership of the 16 CryptoPunks. $PUNKS Token holders will also receive 100% of the profits of all future PUNKS merchandise sales\.\ PUNKS IP owned by Pixel Vault LLC By staking, they will also be able to keep their NFT with the option of eventually trading on a secondary market (such as OpenSea). There are 100,000,000 $PUNKS tokens in circulation. 50,000,000 $PUNKS tokens (50%) will be available to those who stake their PUNKS Comic, Issue 1 NFT over a 24-month period. (25,000,000 $PUNKS tokens (25%) will be owned by the

dnaxcat

DNAxCAT is a decentralized metaverse game built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).

DNAxCAT (launched in August 2021) is a decentralized metaverse game built on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). DNAxCAT creates a digital cat pet world where players can raise and breed various cute cats and fight shoulder to shoulder in the adventure world with their NFT cat characters. DXCT is the governance currency of cat metaverse and can be used for trading, exchanging, and breeding hero cats in the game. Overview !fetched-img-ada59f29b9d49000jpg.jpegDNAxCAT is a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) game built on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). In the digital cat pet world, players can raise and breed various cute cats and fight shoulder to shoulder in the adventure world with their cats, raising and breeding a variety of cute meow warriors and fighting side by side with them gets players more rewards through daily missions, PVE, and PVP systems in the game. !fetched-img-3bf620219d235000png.pngPlayers breed cute cats into cat-hero and use them to battle against Monsters or players within the cat metaverse. It is the first incubated project launched on YooShi Gamepad. YooShi GamePad is the first game crowdfunding platform based on NFTs on the BSC which offers the platform a lot of help in terms of the GameFi system and blockchain technology. <br Story The cute and playful family of cats lived on the Aydin. One day a powerful force of darkness appeared, which changed the peaceful life. At this time, the three cats used legendary artifacts to defeat the monster. In order to maintain peace, the hero of Meow, holding a sickle, established the kingdom of meow, and That's the king of Kyuzo. In the world of meow, it is a place completely devoid of human beings and you will see some of the fun in the daily life of the meows. In the story, there will be villains of wild dog races, who will fight and make trouble with the meows. Many wonderful stories are in the animation. There are three major forces in the world of meow warriors: meow kingdom, Sakura Village, and meow devildom. Features Play 2 Earn It is a Free to Play, Play to Earn game mode. Players can get rewards and collections in the adventure, then trade and auction their collections in NFT Market to get profits. Marketplace with Low Fee BSC-based Binance Smart Chain (BSC) in-game trading market, providing a more convenient user experience and lower transaction fees. Craft Items Materials can be used to make hundreds of items and equipment according to different recipes and trade freely. Exhibition Collect a variety of uniquely shaped brave cats to show them to their friends and other players through social platforms. Expedition Build a team to eliminate enemies in the game. Every cat has genetic characteristics, makes a good arrangement of their cat's team, and wins rewards with their team. Social Communicate with more than 250,000+ users to get more game skills, strategies, and experience. Gameplay The gameplay consist of two modes, PVE Expedition and PVP Arena. PVE Expedition In the PVE expedition, players play against monsters in the game. There are a total of 40 passes in the PVE expedition. Players need to clean the previous pass to unlock the next pass. The later the pass, the more difficult it is to clean. But the more experience points and fish cookie rewards they get. In the PVE mode the passes that have been cleaned will light up, and the player can select a different pass by clicking the corresponding serial number. If they clean the 3rd pass, they can choose the 4th pass next time. But if they don’t clean the 4th pass, they won’t be able to unlock the following pass. PVP Arena The PVP arena is a place for players to battle. Compared with the PVE expedition, the PVP arena will bring players a more intense combat experience. By participating in the PVP arena, players will have the opportunity to get rich rewards in competitions or rankings, which requires players to conduct more practice and research on game strategies. DNAxCAT token The DNAxCAT Token (DXCT) is the BEP-20 governance Token for the DNAxCAT metaverse and also the glue that binds all members of the DXC community together. It can be used for trading, exchanging, and breeding hero cats in the game. !fetched-img-ef49d26e5e3f8000png.png DNAxCAT token has a total supply of 100,000,000 $DXCT coins. $DXCT holders will get rewards by holding tokens, participating in the game, and the key governance votes. Players can also earn $DXCT by playing games in DNAxCAT metaverse. Token Utilities In-game Currency: Most items in the game will be payable using DXCT tokens. Governance: Vote for Community Treasury, new features and settings of the game to earn special rewards. Lock DXCT tokens for a certain time to gain voting power. Staking: Become part of the game by staking DXCT tokens into pools. Different pools will yield different returns such as new items, new hero cats or DXCT tokens. Play 2 Earn: Simply playing can also get DXCT tokens via mission and Season Event. Token Allocation The token are distributed in the following ways: | DNAxCAT | Percentage | Token: DXCT | | ------- | ---------- | ----------- | | Total Supply | 100% | 100,000,000 | | Team | 20% | 20,000,000 | | Market | 15% | 15,000,000 | | Ecological fund | 20% | 20,000,000 | | Partner | 10% | 10,000,000 | | Play To Earn | 20% | 20,000,000 | | NFT Minting | 10% | 10,000,000 | | Private Sale | 5% | 5,000,000 | Token Release Schedule | Unlock | Unlocking Mode | | ------ | -------------- | | Team | Lock for 6 months and unlock 25% every 6 months | | Market | TGE unlock 20%, and the rest unlock 10% every month | | Ecological fund | TGE has no unlocking, no lock, and is used regularly according to the actual situation | | Partner | TGE has no unlocking and no lock on a regular basis. It is locked for 6 months according to the actual situation, and then 25% is unlocked every 6 months | | Play to Earn | TGE has no unlocking, no lock, and is used regularly according to the actual situation | | NFT Mining | With the release of the block, the release will be completed in about 90 days | | Private Sale | TGE unlock 40%, the remaining unlock 20% every 3 months. | Fish Cookies Fish cookie are assets in the DNAxCAT game. Players can earn them by completing PVE expedition and daily tasks. Fish cookie is mainly used for cat summoning. As an asset, fish cookies can also be transferred and traded. Game Characters !fetched-img-bf12dac5d4b3c000png.png The Genesis NFT in DNAxCAT is a gem formed by the blessing of the goddess meow. Meow Goddess Gem is a kind of NFT asset in DNAxCAT. From low to high, it is divided into 6 different grades: Meow Goddess Emerald, Meow Goddess Light Sapphire, Meow Goddess Dark Sapphire, Meow Goddess Purple Gem, Meow Goddess Topaz, Meow Goddess Ruby, with a total of 6156. The Genesis cat and meow warrior NFT play a very important role in the DNAxCAT. Only genesis cat and meow warrior NFT can participate in various scenes of the game. Each NFT will reflect its uniqueness because of its different appearance, properties, element, skills and numbers. At the same time, as a kind of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) asset, cat NFT can be traded on the market and transferred on the chain. Genesis Cats Genesis cat is the earliest cat at the beginning of the game, and the earliest meow warriors are also from genesis cat’s summons. genesis cats are the most special kind of cats. First of all, their settings and images are derived from the cats in the animation works of DNAxCAT. !fetched-img-67abce20c5615000png.png They have certain popularity in many regions. Secondly, Genesis cat is currently in limited release, the same genesis cat as the current one will not be released in the future, and each of them carries unique components (skills). In the future, we will continue to release the genesis cats that are different from the current ones, and they will still carry more new fun and unique components (skills). There are currently 18 genesis cats in DNAxCAT exchanged through genesis crystal NFT. Meow Warrior The meow warriors and the genesis cat are both necessary roles to participate in the DNAxCAT game. The difference between genesis cat and meow warrior is that the meow warrior is summoned and hatched. In terms of appearance, attributes, elements, and skills, it will show specificity due to the influence of inheritance and mutation. !fetched-img-890f853642cbb000png.png Elements There are 5 element attributes for meow warriors, including water, fire, thunder, light, dark. The basic element is closely related to the basic attribute, and the element type will also affect the cat's coat color. For the two coat colors corresponding to an element, one of them has a higher probability of occurrence and the other has a lower probability of occurrence. For example, fire element cats have a higher probability of reddish-brown fur color and a lower probability of orange coat color. By observing the cat's body hair color, we can judge its element, for example, reddish-brown can judge it as a fire element. Character Cats also have their own personalities. They are docile, brave or calm, which makes each meow warrior unique. Meow warriors currently have 12 personalities and they will affect meow warriors in two aspects: expression changes & basic attribute deviations. The expression changes are: Dull, Shy, Hasty, Lazy, Careless, Out-going, Serious, Naughty, Timid, Brave, Gloomy, Arrogant. Skill Base Each cat in the DNAxCAT game has different anger skil

liquidity-providers

In the cryptocurrency and DeFi industry, the term Liquidity Providers refers to DEX  users who fund a liquidity pool.

In the cryptocurrency and DeFi (Decentralized Finance) industry, the term Liquidity Providers (LPs) refers to Decentralized Exchange (DEX) users who fund a liquidity pool with crypto assets they own. The crypto assets are used to facilitate trading on Automated Market Makers (AMMs) such as Uniswap, SushiSwap, and MindSwap. Liquidity Providers often provide two or more types of tokens and earn passive income on their deposits. Trivia In exchange for providing funds, users earn trading fees from the trades that happen in their liquidity pool, proportional to their share of the total liquidity. Users who provide liquidity must keep in mind smart contract risks and impermanent loss. As anyone can be a liquidity provider, AMMs have made market making market making more accessible. Introduction When users fund liquidity pools, they are usually required to fund two different assets to enable traders to switch between one to the other by trading them in pairs. Liquidity Pools in DeFi Liquidity pools are leveraged by decentralized exchanges that use automated market maker-based systems to allow trading of illiquid trading pairs with limited slippage. Instead of using traditional order book-based trading systems, such exchanges use funds that are held for every asset in every trading pair to allow trades to be executed. While trading illiquid trading pairs on order book-based exchanges could lead to suffering from great slippage and the inability to execute trades, the advantage of liquidity providers is that trades can always be executed as long as the liquidity pools are big enough. Other popular exchanges that make user of liquidity pools on Ethereum are Curve Finance and Balancer. Liquidity pools in these protocols contain ERC-20 tokens. Similar equivalents on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) are PancakeSwap, BakerySwap (BAKE), and BurgerSwap, where the pools contain BEP-20 tokens. Pooling liquidity is can be used in a number of different ways such as Yield Farming or Liquidity Mining. Liquidity pools are the basis of automated yield-generating platforms like yEarn, where users add their funds to pools that are then used to generate yield. When a user provides liquidity to Uniswap or lending funds to Compound, they are rewarded tokens that represent their share in the pool. Users may also deposit those tokens into another pool and earn a return. These chains can become quite complicated, as protocols integrate other protocols’ pool tokens into their products, and so on. Liquidity Provider Example A liquidity provider may provide a liquidity pool with $5,000 worth of (ETH) and $5,000 of DAI to allow trading back and forth between the two. Every time a trade on the ETH/DAI liquidity pool is executed, the liquidity provider in question would receive compensation for having funded the pool in question. Liquidity Provide (LP) tokens When liquidity providers provide liquidity successfully to any of the liquidity pools on the DEX, they get liquidity provider tokens, or LP tokens, as a receipt, which allows them to claim their original stake and interest earned. These LP tokens signify ownership of their associated liquidity in the pool. The LP tokens track individual contributions to the liquidity pool and are proportionate to the share of liquidity in the overall pool. These LP tokens can be used further for yield farming, collateral for loans and many other purposes. <br <br <br

cryptodads

CryptoDads is a collection of 10,000 randomly generated and unique art pieces chosen by some of the greatest celebrity dads.

CryptoDads (launched September 10, 2021) is a collection of 10,000 randomly generated and unique art pieces carefully chosen by some of the greatest dads themselves. Some of the inspiration for the artwork came from the animated comedy "Bob's Burgers," Overview The CryptoDads project visualizes their tokens through generated artwork in the style of the popular cartoon, Bob's Burgers. Each CryptoDad is unique and has comparative rarity values contrasting other tokens. Token owners possess the digital rights to their artwork and can use their intellectual property as they see fit. The base design was derived from an image of American actor Nick Offerman, best known for his roles in "Parks and Recreation" and "We're The Millers." "I was trying to think 'who is the most dad-looking guy on the planet?' Well, Nick Offerman obviously," Jay, Founder and CEO said. Jay then designed the "OG Dad" NFT and passed it along to CryptoDads artist Leya who began adding different traits to the art pieces. "The project relies less on the rarity of its traits and more on the relatability of the artwork" Jay said in an interview. "People are actually finding CryptoDads that they relate to and they're kind of finding that emotional connection to them, which is what we love to see because we have an emotional connection to this as well." Co-founder JCrypto, who interviewed alongside Jay, said he began reaching out to people in other NFT communities to bring attention to the CryptoDads project. The team focused on growing the project organically and it has blown up since. The public sale started on September 10, 2021 at 5pm EST, the NFTs were minted 0.07 ETH each. The CryptoDads Boom The project has been a major success and the community has grown with it, with the CryptoDads Discord, which currently has more than 53,000 members. !banner-1-1366x751.pngThe project has even gained some attention from celebrities including musical artist Steve Aoki and Denver Broncos players Von Miller and Brandon McManus. The CryptoDads team released a "CryptoDads Honorary Members" collection featuring said celebrities. JCrypto noted that the collection is completely separate from the original CryptoDads project and reaffirmed that the original project will never have more than 10,000 art pieces. The project was founded by Anthony Jay, a former E-commerce professional who is now an NFT, crypto, and tech entrepreneur. "The CryptoDads team has been contacted by multiple writers who have written content for animated series on Netflix Inc" JCrypto said. "From what they say, there have been talks in the media world about a [possible] CryptoDads show. That's beyond any real discussions we've had with them, but apparently, that's something that's going on in their industry." The CryptoDads founders said they will be releasing a CryptoMoms project soon, followed by a CryptoTots project. The CryptoDads team isn't stopping there, as it hopes to turn the overwhelmingly popular NFT project into a tech company. The team recently donated $30,000 to Movember Foundation, a charitable organization for mental health and suicide prevention and has plans to donate to more charities including a cancer research fund. Blockchain Lawn Mower Racing Game CryptoDads is working on a "Blockchain Lawn Mower Racing Game" and has plans to open a creative studio in Denver, Colorado to create a metaverse. All CryptoDad holders will be able to import their CryptoDad into this game and race against one another to earn $CDAD tokens. These tokens will be able to be used towards Lawn Mower Tune-ups, IRL CryptoDad events, etc.

coincheck

Coincheck is a bitcoin wallet and exchange service headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded by Koichiro Wada and Yusuke Otsuka.

Coincheck is a bitcoin wallet and exchange service headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded by Koichiro Wada and Yusuke Otsuka. It operates exchanges between Bitcoin, ether, and fiat currencies in Japan and Bitcoin transactions and storage in some countries. In April 2018, Coincheck was acquired by Monex Group for 3.6 billion yen. History Coincheck started in August 2014 and is operated by Coincheck, inc. (previously ResuPress, inc) (founded in 2012). There were then more than 2,200 merchants using their bitcoin payment solution, just in Japan. Coincheck is a member of JBA (Japan Blockchain Association) and is actively helping to build the Japanese bitcoin community's usage standards with the government. Coincheck partnered with SEKAI to support Chinese, Hong Kong, and Taiwan investors to buy Japanese real estate with bitcoin. 2018 hacking incident In January 2018, Coincheck was hacked and approximately 500 million NEM tokens ($530 million) were stolen. The currency was transferred through a total of nineteen accounts, one of which was found to have no connection with the hacker. The hack led two of Japan's crypto-currency trade groups to merge into a new self-regulatory organization. The Financial Services Agency took administrative action by ordering Coincheck to improve its security practices, but did not order the exchange to shut down out of a concern for the protection of its users. Coincheck initially announced that it may not be able to compensate all users affected by the hack, but then announced that it would repay all 260,000 users affected in Japanese yen using its own capital.

chromia

Chromia is a new blockchain platform for decentralized applications.

Chromia is a new blockchain platform for decentralized applications, conceived in response to the shortcomings of existing platforms and designed to enable a new generation of dapps to scale beyond what is currently possible. Chromia was previously named Chromapolis. Overview Chromia is a general-purpose platform which is suitable for almost all kinds of dapps. It is particularly well suited to cases requiring high I/O capacity or involving management of complex data sets. Massively multiplayer online game (MMOGs) are an example of such a case. Blockchain gaming is becoming increasingly popular, but MMOGs are currently out of reach because no existing blockchain platform can support them. Chromia is capable of hosting entire game worlds in the blockchain, making sure that they evolve according to predetermined rules and ensuring that no one can cheat. Chromia offers the same level of openness, transparency and decentralization as other public blockchains. In Chromia, miners are replaced with providers. Providers own nodes which produces blocks. It has been suggested that the four largest mining pools of both Bitcoin and Ethereum could exert significant control over those networks if they colluded. Chromia aims to ensure that the minimum number of node providers whose collusion would be required to exert such control on Chromia exceeds this number significantly. It can therefore be said that the Chromia model does not tend towards centralization any more than the oldest and most trusted public blockchains. Chromia provides resources on the decentralized application level: ● Each dapp has its own blockchain (sidechain) ● Fees (collected to maintain nodes) are paid by the dapp as a whole, not by end-users directly Consequently, dapps are free to implement their own resource management policies, which can be aligned with economic rather than technical needs. What Chromia is trying to achieve can be compared to cloud computing: an application which redundantly uses multiple cloud hosting providers can be considered a decentralized application, in the sense that failure or censorship of a single cloud hosting provider does not result in a shutdown of the whole application. Staking In November 2020, Chromia team introduced Staking of CHR tokens. Currently, a user can earn governance rewards up to 25% APR . The minimum staking period is 2 weeks. Once a user locks his CHR into a staking contract, It cannot be withdrawn immediately. The withdrawal request takes 2 weeks to process. Additionally, a user can also participate and vote on the governance proposals . Dapps There are some interesting decentralized apps developed on the Chromia Blockchain. Chromia also encourages developers and creators by supporting their ideas via Chromia Innovation Lab. Some of the Dapps on Chromia are listed in the table below - | Sr | Category | Dapps | | --- | -------- | ----- | | 1 | Games | My Neighbor Alice, <brMines of Dalarnia, <brKrystopia, Chain of Alliance | | 2 | Enterprise | LAC property chain, Lingon, Capchap, Blockchain Nebula | | 3 | Decentralized Finance | Hedget | | 4 | Fair Applications | Green Assets Wallet, Chromunity | Team Henrik Hjelte – Co-founder/CEO Or Perelman – Co-founder/COO Alex Mizrahi – Co-founder/CTO Jorgem Modin – Chief Solution Architect Irene Ramon Ferre – Communication & PR Manager August Botsford – Technical Director Tian Lin Shao – VP Business Development Asia Partnership & Investors 21MCapital, Arrington XRP Capital, Bitscale capital, Bytesize Capital, Factblock, GEM Capital, JRRCrypto, Neo Global Capital, Landshypotek Bank, Tech Mahindra, Stockhom Group Digital Finance, SBAB!, Telia, LANTMATERIET, LHV, Funderbeam.

digitalnote

DigitalNote (ticker symbol: XDN) is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that uses the CryptoNight algorithm.

DigitalNote (ticker symbol: XDN) is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency that uses the CryptoNight algorithm. It was first announced on June 6, 2015. As of December 28th, 2017, the circulating supply was 6,885,695,758 XDN. Formally known as DarkNote XDN, DigitalNote XDN is an open decentralized cryptocurrency. The XDN can be compared to decentralized digital money, such as Bitcoin and ETH. DigitalNote is based on cryptoNote anonymous technology. The currency is untraceable since it has a unique encryption feature where for blockchain-based deposits and messaging system. It also provides instant privacy-protected transactions worldwide and messaging transfers with near to zero processing fees in decentralized peer-to-peer users’ network. The XDN network uses mathematics to secure and empower individuals when they are controlling information and finances in the network. DigitalNote XDN features Instant encrypted messages: DigitalNotes provides a secure, instant, untraceable and unlinkable way of encrypted communication crypto messages. Truly anonymous: untraceable truly anonymous DigitalNote transactions and encrypted information transfers in a pop network. Blockchain analyses resistant: DigitalNote blockchain is resistant to any kind of analysis. All transactions and messages transfer are unlinkable. Libertarian: DigitalNote distribution happens with fair ASIC-resistant Proof-of-work mining process and also gives users block rewards Blockchain deposits: DigitalNotes can be locked on a deposit account for any period of 1 to 19 years with a 0.5-1% annual interest rate. Deposit is a factor of the digital note main supply. Secure and ASIC-resistant: XDN announce was made public and loud. Since the first block, it is mined by cryptocurrency community users with a CPU-efficient POW. Open source: the XDN is an open-sourced decentralized project that was released under the MIT license. This means that anyone can take part in the development process of the project. Fair and decentralized: XDN uses a decentralized P2P network technology to operate the platform. There is no central authority on the platform.

quirkies

Quirkies are a collection of 5,000 unique characters minted on the Ethereum Blockchain.

Quirkies are a collection of 5,000 unique characters minted on the Ethereum blockchain. Quirkies are created by the team artist through several hundred traits of quirkiness. Game story Colors and patterns are used by Quirkies to communicate with one another. Make the correct Quirkies sequences on the Board by arranging three cards in a row (vertical, horizontal, or diagonal). To win, users must score points in four different ways and be the first to achieve five points. Quirkies is a fun logic game that can be played by the whole family and helps to enhance mental thinking skills. Inside the Box: 81 Quirkies Cards, 9 Boards Cards, 25 Tokens, and 1 Rulebook. The Fox Through play, foxes learn a variety of life skills. They are intelligent, bold, adaptable, and attractive animals. The vixen, a female fox, is noted for gently and methodically educating her cubs (also known as 'kits'). We named our firm FoxMind 20 years ago, inspired by these attributes, because we felt it perfectly reflected the core of what we wanted to be renowned for. Team Syntribos Syntribos entered the cryptocurrency sector in 2013, armed with a plethora of experience from traditional risk and finance markets. Syntribos has established several major communities in the NFT domain that are still thriving. Syntribos was an early investor in a number of now-famous companies, including BAYC and Cool Cats. Soulest Soulest is the in-house Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator, and she'll be hard at work delivering oddities to the public both within the Metaverse and across the fiat globe. Soulest has created incredible events and activations for some of the world's most well-known cosmetic, style, and fashion brands. FinchOne FinchOne is a creative artist residing in the United Kingdom. Inspired by old school record covers and skateboard art as a child, he progressed through sketching, graffiti, sculpture, and painting to digital and web3 art and fashion. Space Invader Space Invader is a cryptocurrency early adopter and NFT aficionado. Space Invader is working as part of the Quirkies team to assure proven randomness and will add the generative aspect that will elevate Finch One's incredible art to the next level. Quacamole Quacamole has been in the crypto realm for a while, but with NFTs, he has finally found his niche, combining creativity and coding in a novel way. Roadmap Q1-QuirkStep 1 Bring Quirkies into the metaverse and give them to individuals who are deserving of their Quirkie abilities. Q2-QuirkStep 2 The BIG ONE: The Quirkies Streetwear brand was born. The founders have roots in both surfing and skating and want to combine the two for a Quirkies Streetwear Collection! Q3-QuirkStep 3 Begin to establish Quirksville in the larger metaverse, including a location for the members to showcase and share their creative side. Q4-QuirkStep 4 Quirkies require companionship to avoid loneliness, but when will the photograph for this be taken? It could be a good idea to keep a Qurikie on hand just in case. Q5-QuirkStep 5 IRL Membership for Quirkies globally giving access to events, and exclusive experiences and products.

everest

Everest is a profit organization that funds the non-profit Identity Network (IN) foundation.

Everest is a profit organization that funds the non-profit Identity Network (IN) foundation. The IN foundation is designed to ensure transparency, neutrality, security, and longevity of the Identity Network (user's identity data storage). Overview The Everest infrastructure is operated on a series of supernodes in the Internet network. These supernodes are the host of the centralized services used for the coordination of the Everest platform. These centralization services include private Ethereum blockchains, the IPFS storage array for per-user storage, the Bridge Service to allow individuals to transfer their data from blockchain to Everest App instance, the Conduit System to integrate other systems and data, and the API Server to enable transactions from API and SDK-enabled devices. Everest Economy The Everest platform leverages the power, transparency, and security of the blockchain to deliver a new economic model. Institutions who want to address the communities in developing and frontier markets need a toolset like those provided by EverID, EverWallet, and EverChain - verifiable identity, value storage, and transfer, and transparent accounting. ID Token ID is a virtual financial asset enabling access to the network and a myriad of applications and services that are the conduit for every exchange of value in the economy. Varying levels of access to network resources are granted to the holders of the ID Tokens. For example, institutions need to stake varying large amounts of IDs to gain tiered levels of access for a limited amount of time (i.e. SDK, API, etc.). Everest platform Everest combines EverID, a user-centric self-sovereign identity solution, with Ever-Wallet, a value transfer and document storage solution, and EverChain, a robust transaction system to create and record all system transactions. This product suite is based on blockchain technology and the cryptographic underpinnings of that system. The core focus of the Everest operating company is to create economic and social value. Everest facilitates verification of users by multiple third-parties and allows the secure transfer of value between members of the system. ID Technology The Everest infrastructure is operated on a series of supernodes in the network. These supernodes are the host of the blockchains. They also can host the per-user IPFS storage locations, the Conduit System to integrate other systems and data, the Bridge Service to allow individuals to transfer their data to an Everest app and the API Server to enable transactions from SDK-enabled devices. The Everest App and Everest Agent App are both based upon a cryptocurrency wallet for the Ethereum blockchain. The Apps in the Everest system are also secured with the user’s biometrics and a password/PIN, as is the Bridge Service. The Everest API and SDK are secured by a per-partner Application programming interface key and per-partner SDK implementation key. These two keys are enrolled in the Everest system. The SDK requires that the SDK implementation key is embedded in the software of the Public Access Device (PAD), however, the API key can be refreshed, enabling the prevention of key hijack compromising the system. Everest Application Programming Interface (API) Through the Everest API and SDK, the Everest System can integrate with other applications and devices not directly addressed by Everest’s product offering. Hosted in the Everest Supernode is a server instance hosting a RESTful API to the Everest distributed computer The Everest Client API is a RESTful interface for building client applications. The capabilities of the API include the following: 1. Search for EverID 2. Validate and retrive EverID 3. Create, retrieve, update, and close transactions in EverWallet The Everest API and SDK are secured by a per-implementation API key and per-partner SDK key Everest Core Smart Contract Using the Solidity smart-contract framework for Ethereum (ETH) blockchains, Everest is built on top of five main core smart-contracts: EverID Creation and Management The smart contract used to create and evolve an EverID on the platform. This smart contract requires the user’s public key, user’s EverID datagram, the user’s UserName, the user’s password, and the user’s PIN. EverID Validation The smart contract used to validate EverIDs. Validation requests can come from the Everest App, Everest Agent App, or Everest API enabled app or device. EverChain Transaction The smart contract used to track identity information use, document sharing and ongoing transactions against a user’s EverID or EverWallet.

wrapped-cryptopunks

Wrapped Cryptopunks are ERC721 tokens that are 1:1 backed by original Cryptopunks created by Larva Labs, allowing for easy conversion into cash and listing on m...

Wrapped Punks are ERC-721 tokens, each one backed 1:1 by an original Cryptopunk by Larva labs. Wrapped Cryptopunks is a smart contract that converts the original Cryptopunks by Larva Labs into standard ERC-721. Once a Cryptopunk is wrapped, it can be converted into cash, and also be listed in marketplaces like Opensea and Rarible or NFTfi. An ERC-721 CryptoPunk can be easily converted back into its original ERC-20 form. The wrapping and unwrapping processes take place on Wrapped PUNKS and can be done with a MetaMask wallet containing a CryptoPunk. Cryptopunks Cryptopunks are Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collections created on Ethereum (ETH) and inspiration for the ERC-721 standard that powers most digital art and collectibles. The collection was founded by software developers Matt Hall and John Watkinson in 2017. The CryptoPunks are 24x24 pixel art images that were generated algorithmically. Most are punky-looking guys and girls, but there include a few rarer types mixed in apes, zombies, and even the Alien CryptoPunk. Every punk has its own profile page that shows its attributes as well as its ownership/for-sale status. In March 2022, Yuga Labs acquired Cryptopunks and Meebits from Larva labs.

husd

HUSD is a token issued by Huobi, that was transitioned from its stablecoin system to an ERC-20 token.

HUSD is a token issued by Huobi, that was transitioned from its stablecoin system to an ERC-20 token through a partnership with crypto startups Stable Universal Limited and Paxos Trust Company. Overview Launched in October 2018, HUSD was an integrated solution targeting the multiple stablecoins on Huobi Global. It helped the users make investment decisions among multiple stablecoins and save costs when trading stablecoins. When a user deposited any kind of stablecoins, they were shown as HUSD in their account. A user might withdraw any kind of stablecoin; when the balance amount of a certain stablecoin was not sufficient in their account, they might choose any other stablecoin with enough balance amount to withdraw. The HUSD solution supported four kinds of stablecoin: Paxos Standard (PAX), True USD (TUSD), USD Coin (USDC), and Gemini Dollars (GUSD). In July 2019, Huobi upgraded the HUSD solution, transitioning it from a stablecoin basket to an independent, USD-pegged stablecoin, HUSD Token. HUSD Token is issued by Stable Universal, with a 1:1 USD peg. Paxos Trust Company acts as the USD asset custodian, and HUSD Token is subject to a monthly attestation. Summary of Change 1. Before the upgrade process commenced, there was a transition window period whereby all HUSD holders could choose to transition their HUSD, 1:1 to any of the following stablecoins: PAX, TUSD, and USDC. Alternatively, could users opt to continue holding HUSD funds during this period, they were agreeing to upgrade their HUSD funds to the new HUSD Token. 2. After the transition period was over, it was likely that the remaining HUSD would upgrade to HUSD Token. The upgrade process was as follows: Huobi Global envisioned it would upgrade all remaining HUSD to US dollar and mint HUSD Tokens before re-depositing HUSD Tokens into Huobi Global at a 1:1 exchange rate with USD. 3. After the upgrade was completed, Huobi would launch trading of PAX/HUSD, TUSD/HUSD, and USDC/HUSD trading pairs.

trustswap

Trustswap is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem designed to facilitate the exchange of cryptocurrency

TrustSwap is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem designed to facilitate the exchange of cryptocurrency and digital assets with ease. History TrustSwap came into existence when an investor wanted to exchange a large amount of Ethereum in a project. Both the investor and founder wanted to make sure they'd get what they were promised and the project wanted to release 10% of tokens per month to the investor. The only way to do this was to involve a middleman who will take 5 to 10%. “A Venture Capital firm wanted to invest $50,000 into project tokens at a discount. Our company wanted to make sure that once the tokens were sent, they wouldn’t sell them all at once and crash the token price. The only way to ensure this was to hire a lawyer to act as a middleman, who would send fractional amounts of the tokens to the VC firm over time, for a 5-10% fee. Absolute insanity. I figured there had to be something already created that implemented this service in a smart-contract, for a fraction of the cost. There wasn’t. Infact, there was nothing that allowed for time-based payments at all. No trustless escrow for institutions, no trustless team-token lockups, no automated employee payments... nothing. That realization happened on June 19th 2020.”- Jeff Kirdeikis, CEO Team TrustSwap was founded by an experienced team with roots in other projects from Uptrend to Bravocoin. | Name | Position | | ---- | -------- | | Jeff kirdeikis | Founder and CEO | | Adam Barlam | CTO | | Joaquim Miro | CGO | Trustswap is backed by a notable and experienced team of advisors from the crypto ecosystem. | Name | Company | | ---- | ------- | | Michael Gu | @Boxmining | | Ivan Lilejeqvist | Tech Academy | | Mauvis Ledford | Former CTO Coin MarketCap | | Michael "MafiaBoy" Calce | President - Optimal Secure | Services TrustSwap is a go-to DeFi (Decentralized Finance) solution for automated smart-escrows, smart-swaps, and smart-locks, allowing for people and organizations to easily execute smart contract-based agreements at minimum costs. TrustSwap offers an easy way for anyone in the world to make safe cryptocurrency transactions together. TrustSwap offers infinite use cases like: automated employee payments time-locked tokens instant will execution monthly/weekly subscriptions using cryptocurrency Instant gifts and payments. Tokenomics The TrustSwap token (SWAP) has many unique features. Governance Stakers of SWAP tokens are the voters for platform governance decisions Staking Rewards Every transaction paid in SWAP rewards stakers and liquidity providers with 80% of the transaction fee. 10% is burned, and 10% goes to the foundation Longevity and Stability Committing to stake your SWAP for longer creates a multiplier on your SWAP staking rewards from all TrustSwap network transactions Deflationary 10% of SWAP used as transaction fees for services offered by TrustSwap will be burned. This decreases the total supply of SWAP, thus increasing the value of each SWAP token Reduced fees TrustSwap fees are reduced by 50% when using SWAP tokens Social Media TrustSwap is active on Twitter , Telegram , and Discord <br

dentacoin

Dentacoin is an open-source, public, Ethereum-based, ERC-20 token, blockchain platform, governed by smart contracts.

Dentacoin is an open-source, public, Ethereum-based, ERC-20 token, blockchain platform, governed by smart contracts, developed by the Dentacoin Foundation. The purpose of the platform is to support the dental community, by developing solutions, aimed at improving the quality of dental services, throughout the world. The Dentacoin Foundation encompasses roughly 20 core team members and was founded by Prof. Dr. Dimitar Dimitrakiev, Philipp Grenzebach (Business Developer), and Jeremias Grenzebach (Core Developer) in February 2017, in the Netherlands. Overview The goal of the foundation and its product is the development of relevant tools for each market participant of the dental industry - from patient and dentist to laboratories and manufacturers. Entities using and implementing these tools are rewarded for their contribution with Dentacoin tokens, which can be later used for dental treatment payments, or purchase of dental products. Trusted Review Platform A blockchain review platform for dental practices that aims at providing more transparency for the patient, as well as providing dentists with market research data and feedback. The underlying mechanisms in the self-executing Ethereum smart contracts prevent tampering with the posted reviews. The mutual responsibility of dentists and patients is supported by the incentive structure, behind Dentacoin. Dentacare - Health Training mobile app A mobile app, aimed at creating dental care habits, by applying a gamified experience to a 3-month program. Users are educated on possibilities to improve their oral hygiene and form habits, by means of relevant tutorials, voice assistance, push notifications, as well as reminders. DentaVox A platform for customer intelligence, that rewards the opinions of users on topics relevant to oral health and at the same time aggregates market research data for dentists, suppliers and manufacturers. The data is collected, by means of questionnaires on topics of variable length - from the initial 8-question survey to more comprehensive ones with 100. Completing these surveys rewards the user with the corresponding amount of DCN, in accordance with the length of the questionnaire and their efforts. Dental Assurance Concept A digital healthcare record database, built using blockchain technology. The concept aims at utilizing the advantages of blockchain technology, to provide a secure and reliable exchange of lifetime patient medical records across the healthcare provider spectrum. Listed Exchanges Cryptopia MercatoX, CoinExchange, IDEX, EtherDelta, HitBTC, Changelly, UPCoin, CoinFalcon.

coinbase-nft

Coinbase NFT is a digital marketplace where users can mint, collect, find, and display their NFTs in one convenient location.

Coinbase NFT is a digital marketplace where users can mint, collect, find, and display their Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in one convenient location. Overview Coinbase NFT is also a peer-to-peer marketplace that will make minting, purchasing, showcasing, and discovering NFTs easier than ever. Coinbase NFTs are more accessible by building user-friendly interfaces that put the complexity behind the scenes. As a peer-to-peer marketplace, Coinbase NFT empowers the imagination with an intuitive design that is built on top of a decentralized marketplace, Coinbase NFT puts the art and artist’s experience at the forefront. All Coinbase NFTs are on-chain. The initial launch supported Ethereum-based ERC-721 and ERC-1155 standards with multi-chain support planned soon after. Coinbase NFT allows everyone to benefit from their creative spark; to contribute to a future where the “creator economy” isn’t a small subset of the “real” economy, but a central driver. Coinbase NFT has core features which are buying and selling of Non-fungible tokens. By fostering connections, Coinbase NFT helps creators, collectors, and fans to build community. Partnership & Trends Since its October launch, Coinbase has received over 2.5 million emails from people wanting to sign up for the platform. According to data tracker DappRadar, "the largest extant NFT marketplace, OpenSea, had around 236,000 unique user addresses connected with it in the last 30 days. OpenSea is backed by Coinbase". To increase predictability, Coinbase has been working to diversify its revenue by courting institutional traders, and offering and looking to offer other services, of which NFT trading is just one. Coinbase NFT will allow its users to mint, collect and trade NFTs. A waitlist is currently available for early access to the platform.

pudgy-penguin-6873

Pudgy Penguin #6873 was minted on July 23rd, 2021, along with all 8887 other penguins.

Pudgy Penguin 6873 was minted on July 23rd, 2021, along with all 8887 other penguins. Due to its rare traits, it is the most valuable non-fungible token (NFT) Pudgy Penguin in the collection. Traits The penguins’ traits are broken into 5 categories. They are the NFT’s background, body, head, face, and skin. Pudgy Penguin 6873 is the rarest in the collection because all its features apart from its head are unique. It is the only penguin with a green background, the only one with black skin, and the only penguin with a mirrored body and face, making it the only left-facing penguin. Sales History The Pudgy Penguin 6873 was first sold on August 10th, 2021 for 150 ETH. On September 2021, Pudgy Penguin 6873 was sold for a higher price of 225 ETH. On August 23rd, 2022, Pudgy Penguin 6873 was bought by FUDrick Douglas for 400 ETH, just under $650,000 at the time of sale, making it the highest-valued NFT in the Pudgy Penguin project. FUDrick Douglas’ purchase marked the comeback of the project after controversies involving its founders, showing faith in the new CEO Luca Netz. “I put my money where my mouth is. I’m just 1000% bullish on the @pudgypenguins and @LucaNetz. That’s what it is, and that’s what it will be.”

augur

Augur is a protocol for cryptocurrency users to create their own prediction markets.

Augur is a prediction market that is built as a decentralized oracle and peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol. The firm has its very own token, Reputation (REP), which is used for staking on the platform. Augur is a trustless, decentralized platform for prediction markets. Augur is an Ethereum-based decentralized prediction market that leverages the wisdom of the crowds to create a search engine for the future that runs on its token, REP. Augur allows users to create their markets for specific questions they may have and to profit from the trading buys while allowing users to buy positive or negative shares regarding the outcome of a future event. Markets on Augur are created by individual users of the Augur protocol, and users who do create markets using the Augur protocol must ensure they comply with all their local jurisdictional laws, rules, and regulations. After Augur v1 came Augur v2 which was launched on July 28th, 2020. History The idea for Augur was initially conceived in 2014 by co-founders Jack Peterson, Joey Krug, and Jeremy Gardner. As described in their White paper, Peterson and Krug sought to create the first decentralized, open-source platform for prediction markets. Augur (v1) was launched in 2018, showing great potential for blockchains to get involved in prediction markets. The introduction of the combination of prediction markets and cryptocurrency came with great speculation from market regulators. Additionally, the platform saw a lot of potential legal issues, with some users creating assassination markets that many feared could incentivize the real killings of celebrities and others. Shortly after its launch, these potential legal issues caused the site's growth quickly declined within a few months. Its second version, known as Augur v2, was launched on Ethereum Mainnet on August 1, 2020. The update introduced a scam filter that removes potentially fraudulent markets to an area that is harder for users to access. Also with the implementation of 0x open source software, Augur v2 uses free peer-to-peer bets instead of a system that charged users fees to make bets. Users can now bet DAI instead of Ether. Jack-Peterson, Joey Krug, and Jeremy Gardner. As described in their White paper, Peterson and Krug sought to create the first decentralized, open-source platform for prediction markets. Augur (v1) was launched in 2018, showing great potential for blockchains to get involved in prediction markets. The introduction of the combination of prediction markets and crypto came with great speculation from market regulators. Additionally, the platform saw a lot of potential legal issues, with some users creating assassination markets that many feared could incentivize the real killings of celebrities and others. Shortly after its launch, these potential legal issues caused the site's growth quickly declined within a few months. Its second version, known as Augur v2, was launched on Ethereum Mainnet on August 1, 2020. The update introduced a scam filter that removes potentially fraudulent markets to an area that is harder for users to access. Also with the implementation of 0x open source software, Augur v2 uses free peer-to-peer bets instead of a system that charged users fees to make bets. Users can now bet DAI instead of Ether. Tech Augur is both a decentralized oracle and peer to peer protocol. Its 'Oracle & Market Resolution System' was introduced with Augur v2. One of its key improvements is speed within the system. With the implementation of an oracle, the oracle can tell the blockchain what the given outcome was in a prediction, and how a market should resolve with the given outcome. Augur has two tokens on its platform: Reputation (REP) and (REPv2), which are both cryptocurrencies used by reporters during the 'market dispute phases' of the platform. Token holders put the coin towards staking on an outcome. If a user predicts the correct outcome, they receive a share of the market's settlement fees.' If the prediction is incorrect, the user loses their staked tokens. Wallets that can hold REP include Bitcoin Wallet, Citowise, Edge, Exodus, and Jaxx Liberty. Catnip Based on Augur and Balancer, Catnip is a decentralized, open-source prediction market. Catnip uses a Balancer pool composed of Dai and wrapped outcome shares. Users of the interface can then swap any three of the cryptocurrencies against the other. The Balancer pool contract then determines the price. Those that own wrapped shares may wrap and unwrap their assets as they please. Services Based on the ideas of game theory and the wisdom of the crowd, prediction markets achieve greater forecasting accuracy than any individual experts can. However, the problem with previously existing prediction markets is that they were all centralized. Centralization has a few drawbacks in this scenario: Centralized platforms have single points of failure, meaning that they can be shut down relatively easily compared to a decentralized system. Somebody has to report the actual outcome of the events that have been bet on. In centralized markets, this requires trusting an individual to report honestly and correctly every time. By providing a decentralized solution, Augur allows people from anywhere in the world to ask a question about the outcome of a future event and buy and sell shares on the outcome of any market they wish to participate in. Moreover, it allows thousands of users to report on outcomes, thus removing the need to trust an individual reporter. All of the money that’s collected for a particular event is stored in a smart contract. When reporting on the event ends, the smart contract self-executes and redistributes the money appropriately based on the results. Reputation (REPv2 Token) REP is an ERC-20 token that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. It is used by reporters during market dispute phases of Augur. REF can also be staked by its holders to correct outcomes and receive a portion of the market's settlement fees and If they report incorrectly, they lose your REP. It has a total supply of 11,000,000 REP and can be traded on exchanges like Binance, OKX, CoinW, CoinTiger, and AAX. Augur DAO Augur aims to create a decentralized financial system, thereby creating a DAO. It has created are secur-chain oracles designed to economically secure real-world outcomes on a blockchain that has been time and trial-tested. Millions of dollars in user money have been accurately, verifiably resolved, and allocated. The DAO is run by its community members who have been involved through all stages and multiple years of Augur’s development; they understand the ins and outs of the protocol’s history and design and demonstrate that no one is better qualified to govern the protocol than those who use it. The DAO will be established using a DXdao Guild an is the ERC-20 governance structure. Since the REPv2 was not initially conceived of as a governance token, the DXdao Guild contracts have been customized to work with Augur’s REPv2 and have been designed to allow for upgradability that will let the DAO vote on how to follow REPv2 forks during the Augur oracle resolution process. Team Augur has assembled an experienced team of developers, led by co-founders Jack Peterson, Joey Krug, and Jeremy Gardner. Peterson is a former National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. Krug is one of the 2016 Thiel Fellows, which allowed him to take a leave of absence from Pomona College to work in Augur full-time. Before joining Augur, Gardner founded the College Cryptocurrency Network. Augur additionally has several notable advisors including the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, trading expert Ron Bernstein, economist Dr. Robin Hanson, CEO of EnlightedJoe Costello, and Lightning Network founder Elizabeth Stark, to name a few. <br

bithereum-network

Bithereum Network (BTH) Cryptocurrency aims to do what no other Hard Fork (Blockchain) has done by fusing...

Bithereum Network (BTH) Cryptocurrency aims to do what no other Hard Fork (Blockchain) has done, by fusing the visions of both Bitcoin and Ethereum, ultimately revolutionizing node incentives, improving scalability, and increasing network security. It has its own Blockchain. History BTH has an available supply of 30.9 million BTH. Bithereum attained its all time high price of $1.17 on Jan 24, 2019. It could be earned by following the procedure outlined in their Medium post to set up a running Node. Exchanges Bithereum network (BTH) can be traded in the following Exchange: -P2PB2B -STEX. Benefits of the Bithereum Network 1. Democratization: BTH began mining through an Equihash <144,5 Proof of WorkProof-of-work system, a democratized mining structure that brings mining back to GPU s. 2)Full Node Rewards via PoU: Though full nodes are crucial to a network, there are no rewards in place for those running them, aside from increased security. In the Bithereum Network, everyone who runs a full node is rewarded with BTH through our rewards initiative, PoU. 3. Improved Consensus: Blockchain is built behind the idea of a consensus network and the divide within Bitcoin(BTC) has hindered this. PoU prioritizes consensus in the Blockchain. 4)Segregated Witness: Increased block size as an on-chain scaling approach, using Scalability in creating for worldwide usage and growth. 5) Lightning Network: Moves transactions off-chain into channels which report back to the main chain. This process allows for a greater amount of data to be stored on each block, increasing transaction speed while lowering costs. 6)Replay Protection: A complete two-way replay protection mechanism is implemented to ensure that holders transact on the correct chain. Team Sachit Singh Founder, Head of Operations. Scott Wade Founder, Head of Communications. Sanjay Kripalani Partner, UAE Business Dev. Dondrey Taylor Core Developer. Samit Singh Lead Strategist.

upbit

Upbit is one of the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume across South Asian crypto markets.

Upbit is one of the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume in Asia. The platform was established in South Korea and is the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume in South Korea. Upbit allows users to purchase over 170 cryptocurrencies via fiat deposits, or trade their existing crypto assets. On March 22, 2018, Upbit launched its UBCI (Upbit Crypto Index), a standard index that measures market conditions by suggesting a standard on coin quotes with the aim to make it easy for investors to understand overall market trends. History In October 2017, Upbit was launched by Kakao in partnership with American exchange Bittrex to support stable Virtual currency trading. This allowed them to start trading with over 100 different altcoins. At the time of their launch, this was the largest number of cryptocurrencies offered by a Korean exchange. On March 22, 2018, it was announced that Upbit developed UBCI (Upbit Crypto Index), Korea's first cryptocurrency index. In December 2018, Upbit became the first cryptocurrency exchange in the world to receive certifications from the Korea Internet and Security Agency for Information Security Management System (ISMS) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for information security (ISO 27001), cloud security (ISO 27017) and cloud privacy (ISO 27018). In September 2018, the first Upbit Developer Conference (UDC) was held and hosted 600 companies and 7,000 attendees. Since then, this has been an annual event. On September 17, 2021, Upbit obtained the first virtual asset service provider (VASP) qualification. And as a result, a new customer verification system was implemented to comply with the Specific Financial Information Act. Features On Upbit, users are able to interact with the platform over their mobile devices; this is similar to how users interact with Kakao's stock trading app, Kakao Stock. On the Kakao Stock platform, Korean cryptocurrency owners can trade digital assets within Korea's Kakao Talk messenger app. In addition, Upbit also provides an internal BitGo wallet, as well as the option to use Kakao's Mobile payment solution KakaoPay for added security. Upbit is made available on both Desktop and mobile (iOS and Android) and it is accessible through any standard Web browser. Products Upbit Hot Wallet: The digital wallet is used to store digital assets and is compatible with the ecosystem of apps that comes from Kakao Corp. KakaoTalk: A messaging service with millions of active users, KakaoPay is the second-largest payment system in South Korea. This turns the leading exchange into a behemoth. The brand also has an open API service that can be used to get real-time information and study the cryptocurrency marketplace. Upbit Developer Conference(UDC) The Upbit Developer Conference (UDC) is the largest blockchain conference in Korea. The global blockchain conference is hosted by Dunamu Inc. and is designed to further facilitate and expand the blockchain ecosystem. Since its first conference held in 2018, the UDC has transformed from a developer-centered meeting into one of the most awaited international conferences for developers, industry professionals, experts, students, and enthusiasts interested in blockchain technology. Speaking about the conference, Travis Moore Co-founder of IQ.wiki (formerly Everipedia) said: Unlike a lot of traditional crypto conferences, UDC is actually focused on blockchain infrastructure which is something I think we really need. UDC 2018 ( September 12-14, 2018) Upbit Developer Conference 2018 lasted from September 13-14. 2018 in Jeju Island with the slogan "Proof of Developer," and was focused on promoting the latest blockchain technology. UDC 2019 ( September 4-5, 2019) Upbit Developer Conference 2019 (UDC 2019) was held on September 4-5, 2019 in South Korea’s Grand Hyatt Incheon with the theme ‘Proof of Services’. The event featured in-depth presentations on how various platforms, solutions, and services are bringing blockchain technology into the mainstream. UDC 2020 ( November 30-December 4, 2020) UDC 2020 was a five-day online-only event geared towards blockchain developers and was broadcasted via the official UDC YouTube channel. UDC 2020 was themed 'return blockchain future; (Solving the Future with Blockchain)’, with the coding term ‘return’ representing the conference’s focus on the value blockchain technology will bring in the future. UDC 2021 ( September 3-4, 2021) The 4th Upbit Developer Conference (UDC 2021) hosted by Dunamu Inc. was held in Seoul under the theme of ‘Welcome to the Blockchain World’. UDC 2021 was a two-day conference held online that covered the growing blockchain industry. The event received 8,000 preregistrations and around 65,000 total views. UDC 2022 ( September 22-23, 2021) UDC 2022, a two-day event hosted by Dunamu, the operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit, was held at the Busan Port International Exhibition ＆ Convention Center in person after two years of pandemic disruptions. The theme of the 2022 event was “Imaging Your Blockchain Life” and covered popular blockchain topics including non-fungible tokens, the metaverse, Web3, and smart contracts.

decentraland

Decentraland is a decentralized, virtual reality world where players own land and assets utilizing blockchain-based tokens stored on the Ethereum blockchain.

Decentraland is a Virtual World with limited space and Blockchain integrated into the virtual Real estate ownership. Land in Decentraland is permanently owned by the community, giving them full control over their creations. Users claim ownership of virtual land on a blockchain-based ledger of parcels. The MANA token can be used to purchase virtual land as well as other goods and services. Overview Decentraland is a decentralized, virtual reality world in which players own the actual land within the world. Each plot of land is represented by a provably rare, unique ERC721 LAND token stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The owner of the ERC721 LAND token owns the corresponding land within the virtual world and grants them the ability to build whatever they'd like. This concept is known as a Metaverse, “a collective virtual shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.” While this concept has been present in science fiction for quite some time, it is only now that the concept is coming to fruition. Within the Decentraland metaverse, users can navigate and interact with other people and entities within the world and claim ownership of virtual land. This land is finite and is identified by a series of coordinates within the virtual world. Developers and users can build anything they’d like on their claimed land, from 3D scenes to games. Because the platform is peer-to-peer, it is not susceptible to censorship by governments or other entities. The core ownership mechanism of Decentraland is an Ethereum smart contract that verifies the ownership of each parcel of land. Users can purchase any parcel of land in the world, so long as it is adjacent to another parcel of land. While LAND is a non-fungible asset within Decentraland, users can purchase LAND at a fixed cost of 1,000 MANA. MANA is a fungible ERC-20 token that was sold during the Decentraland ICO and has plans to continuously be sold to users in the near future. One unique mechanism of LAND registration is that the 1,000 MANA used to purchase the land are destroyed as a function of the LAND registry smart contract. In addition to being used for the purchase of LAND, MANA can be used to purchase services and items within the virtual world. Even though LAND is non-fungible, LAND will still be sellable and transferable much like real estate in the real world. Decentraland has partnered with district0x (cryptocurrency), to enable users to easily list, buy, and sell land on a decentralized marketplace (known as a district) through the district0x platform. Decentraland has been compared to Second Life, a popular, centralized virtual world in which players can own land. Initial Coin Offering On Thursday, August 17th of 2017, Decentraland will have an Initial coin offering raising up to $20 million. The sale of the coin is made so the early purchasers of the coin have a discount, averaging 5% per day for the first week. The name of the coin is MANA, which can be exchanged for virtual land. The Coin sale was scheduled to end one week after the launch unless the $20 million cap were to be reached sooner. The latter proved to be the case. When Decentraland's MANA coin had its Initial Coin Offering, MANA sold out within 35 seconds. The people who were able to execute the trade had smart contracts in place. The entire offering was controversial because the coins were all owned by less than 3,000 buyers who quickly bought all the coins with pool contracts. Many on Reddit and other similar Forums have expressed their discontent with the Initial Coin Offering. Decentraland's response was to reopen an offering at the original 40% discount at a future date. The users who would become eligible for purchasing the coin were signed up on Decentraland's whitelist. Whitepaper Decentraland attempts to create a virtual reality metaverse, with a shared virtual world. Users can build whatever they want on their 3D land parcels. Decentraland sells units of LAND and coins of MANA. The price of 1 parcel of LAND (100m2) is 1,000 MANA. There is no centralized owner of the land. Because of the limitations of the virtual world, users are encouraged to create districts or themed areas. Early contributors receive discounts when purchasing the MANA coins, starting at 40% discount on the first day. Roadmap Stone Age — June of 2015 The Stone Age was a 2D implementation of Decentraland which served as a proof-of-concept. It enabled users to buy unique pixels on a 2D grid, change the color of those pixels, and transfer ownership of those pixels to others. Bronze Age — Early 2017 The Bronze Age was a 3D implementation of Decentraland in which the blockchain stored the full content description of each parcel of land. A web demo is available that can be explored with or without a VR headset. The Iron Age — Q4 2017 / Early 2018 The Iron Age will build upon the foundation of the Bronze Age by implementing the following features: P2P network for user interaction A micropayment system for the in-world economy A land management interface to develop, buy, rent, and sell LAND parcels A scripting language for programming experiences within the world

simba-chain

SIMBA Chain (founded in 2017) is a cloud-based, Smart contract-as-a-service (SCaas) platform.

SIMBA Chain (founded 2017) is a cloud-based, Smart contract-as-a-service (SCaas) platform, that enables its users to implement Decentralized application through online mecanism. SIMBA Chain is the use of blockchain. The China supports Ethereum, Quorum, 'Bitcoin (BTC)-powered RSK', Stellar, and Hyperledger. Their clients include Boeing, Microsoft, United States Department of Energy, United States Navy, and the United States Department of Defense, among many others. Background HOSHOCON Interview with Joel Neidig, SIMBA Chain's CEO. Founded in 2017, SIMBA Chain was formed from a grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Indiana Technology and Manufacturing Companies (ITAMCO), and the Center for Research and Computing at the University of Notre Dame, for the development of a secure messaging and transaction platform for the United States Military. On February 6\, 2020\, the company announced a Phase III contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center in \[San Diego\]\(/wiki/lang\_en/San Diego\)\, California\. Phase III is to provide the modernization of NAVWAR's communication system Hardware and Software\, and would improve sustainment capabilities for land and sea assets\. It is to use the Blockchain Fabric\, and connecting it between the seadbed and space\. Valued at $9\.5 million\, this was one of the first and largest Small Business Innovation Research \(SBIR\) Phase III contracts in blockchain\. Around May 2020, the firm was awarded a contract to develop a blockchain-based system for the security of research & development data for the United States Department of Defense. The phase I contract of $200,000 consisted of the development of a single proof-of-concept blockchain-based system that would maintain the security and authenticity of 4.5 million documents for 4,000 users. The project is known as 'Authenticity Ledger for Auditable Military Enclaved Data Access' (ALAMEDA). It officially begun On June 1,2020, and is to end on September 30, 2020. Phase II is planned to focus on a way to commercialize the product created. On June 16, 2020, the company received a two-year, $1.5 million contract from the United States Air Force. The pay is to fund a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research project that will address "significant needs" of the United States Department of Defense. Additionally, the project plans to implement blockchain technology into the Air force cyber-security wing, logistics, and 'program training curriculum and research.' While discussing the implementation of blockchain, the firms CEO, Joel Neidig, stated, Within the military they're also thinking about how people are sharing data, where it is coming from, where else it is connected to. They think out all the things that can go wrong, and that's where blockchain can come in This would not be the first time the company collaborates with the USAF. In 2019, they also contracted SIMBA Chain to build a prototype that would prevent the altering of blueprints (for 3D printing) from hostile parties. This project is known as the 'Blockchain Approach for Supply Chain Additive Manufacturing Parts', or BASECAMP.

ripio-credit-network

Ripio Credit Network (RCN) is a global peer-to-peer credit network based on cosigned smart contracts that facilitates connect...

Ripio Credit Network (RCN) is a global peer-to-peer credit network based on cosigned smart contracts that facilitates connections between lenders and borrowers across the world, on any currency. It enables people across the globe to access credit, and to provide loans. The RCN token is a typical ERC20 token. This protocol has the smart contract technology embedded into the Ethereum blockchain which facilitates peer-to-peer lending without the hefty transaction fees that are charged in traditional banking processes. The protocol based on blockchain technology, facilitates connections among several agents like wallet providers, ID verifiers, scoring agents, cosigners and credit exchanges. Overview The RCN token functions at the core of the system. The inherent value of the token is directly correlated to the demand for its use in the network. The token is used to execute the smart contracts on the network by different participants in the Ripio Credit Network. Each of these nodes play a role to offer the lender better tools to manage capitals and reduce the intermediation costs between a lender and borrower. This also provides increased credit access to borrowers thus, making more projects viable. Ripio Credit Network is a protocol that uses smart contracts and blockchain technology together to build a framework with enhanced transparency and reliability in credit and lending. It is a powerful credit network and intends to become a go-to global solution for lending and borrowing. While RCN plans to evolve as a one-stop solution for lending, loaning and P2P borrowing activities, the developers behind the network and constantly trying to improve the protocols’ infrastructure and technology. Since RCN carries a vision of eliminating the inefficiencies of the current financial system, it is bound to grow and become popular with time. The vision, design and the implementation of the concept will put RCN as a strong financial influencer on the world map. Team The team members of Ripio consists; Sebastian Serrano - founder and CEO David Garcia - SVP & Board Member Eugenio Cocimano - Data Scientist Antonio Ceraso - CTO & Lead Blockchain developer Agustin Aguilar - Smart contracts Developer etc. Partnership & Investors By integrating the Decentralized Finance ecosystem’s top companies, the RCN network is able to deliver the highest performance to its users. The following are the companies in partnership with Ripio; Bancor network, Decentraland, Metamask, Kyber Network, Civic, Zeppelin, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

3landers

3Landers is a 10,000 collectible Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection.

3Landers is a 10,000 collectible Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection created by Thai digital artist Pom on the Ethereum blockchain. The project which was launched on February 19, 2022, is comprised of twelve different base DNAs, hundreds of unique traits, and eighteen legendary 3Landers NFTs. Holders of the 3Landers NFTs gain access to a world and community dedicated to fostering meaningful long-term relationships through collaboration, exploration, building, creating, and dreaming. Overview 3Landers is a collectible NFT project built on the Ethereum blockchain that centers around community, adventure, and collaboration. Each 3Lander NFT is uniquely generated from over 100+ possible traits, including accessories, head, body, mouth, DNA, DNA type, vision, minimon, and backgrounds. There are twelve different base DNAs and eighteen legendary 3Landers NFTs. The 3Landers are stored on the Ethereum blockchain as ERC-721 tokens and hosted on IPFS. The 3Landers NFTs were minted via a Dutch auction, and the lowest mint price was 0.15 ETH. Presale On February 19, 2022, at 9:00 am EST, the pre-sale took place. A total of 6,800 out of 10,000 NFTs were available for pre-sale at a mint price of 0.15 ETH which all sold out. Each allowlist spot enabled individuals to mint a maximum of 2 NFTs per wallet. Public Sale The public sale took place on February 20, 2022, at 10:00 am EST, an hour after the close of the presale. A total supply of 3000 NFTs was available for public sale at an initial mint price of 0.75 ETH. The descending Dutch auction was used for public sale. Starting at 0.75 ETH, the price dropped by 0.1 ETH every 20 minutes until it reached 0.15 ETH. Each user's wallet was allowed to mint a maximum of 5 NFTs. 200 NFTs were reserved for the team’s treasury. These will be used for community events, future plans, and their core/dev/mod teams. Global Reveal The global reveal for 3Landers took place 48 hours after the NFT project's public launch at 10:00 am EST. Traits The 3Landers collection is based on more than 100+ unique traits which include: Accessory (8) Background (24) Body (56) DNA (13) DAN Type (50) Head (59) Legendary (19) Minimon (31) Mouth (52) Vision (63) History 3Landers is an NFT project that was launched on 19th February 2022. With its core value centered on community growth, the project partnered with several NFT members from communities such as Doodles, Cool Cats, World of Women, and others which received presale mint access as a result of the collaboration. The community partnerships were key to the successful launch of the collection which has already amassed over 30K ETH in secondary sales volume on OpenSea. Charity Auction From March 11 to 14, 2022, the auction for 3Lander NFT token 1, “Moa” took place with the proceeds going to Women's Aid to promote awareness and combat domestic abuse. 3Landers earlier announced their partnership with Women's Aid which will see them host an NFT event and auction one of their 1/1 pieces. Pom said: The vision for token ID 1 will be attached to a non-profit auction. We will be holding a fundraising event to raise awareness for abuse, and will be collaborating with Women’s Aid to auction this NFT to the public and give all proceeds to the non-profit. 3Land Story The NFT project, which began as an imaginative concept with the tagline "Let's Go Dreamers" has taken off and is being termed "the next blue-chip on the blockchain" by crypto enthusiasts. According to the 3Landers creator: Our initial objective is to establish a gathering space for such a community. We have a lot of exciting plans for the future. We’re looking into the interaction of Web3 and the actual world, as well as the metaverse and other Web3 art endeavours. Speaking about the project's adventure roadmap, Pom said: As we set out on this adventure, we aim to create an exciting and engaging community full of depth and meaning! We are an art-focused and community-driven project, and we plan to retain this core identity while building! As we cover initial roadmap plans and context, we’ve chosen to articulate our efforts into 4 “lanes” which will all move together towards common goals in unity. These four lanes include: Community/Story/Worldbuilding. The long-term 3Land adventure. Metaverse integration. The intersection between the NFT space and the physical world. Notable Sales On March 2, 2022, 3Landers 9379 sold on OpenSea for 75 ETH ($221,000 as at the time of purchase). On February 26, 2022, 3Landers 6572 with reptile vision and Lfg Tee body sold for 22 ETH (or $61,167 at the time of purchase). On February 25, 2022, 3Landers 6643 which is among the eighteen legendary NFTs sold for 48.99 ETH. Also on that same day, 3Landers 3057 with bubble x vision, and lime bubble background sold for 36.66 ETH. On February 22, 2022, 3Landers 7893 sold on OpenSea for 35 ETH ($92,549 as at the time of purchase). Also on that same day, 3Landers 7462 which is also a legendary NFT sold for 34.99 ETH (or $92,331 at the time of purchase). On April 3, 2022, 3Landers 9602 sold for 39.95 ETH ($140,723.48 as of the time of purchase). 3Landers Natives In the 3Land world, there are twelve unique DNAs and eighteen legends under which all 3Landers NFTs are divided. Some of which include: Time Wizards The Time Wizard has no beginning and no end. The Time Wizard has the ability to rearrange the order in which events take place, but cannot stop events from happening altogether. Their life, their eternity, is making sure that catastrophe is not seen for many generations to come. Humans Humans have the biggest imagination of all DNAs, but require collaboration to bring their creativity to life, forming strong alliances with Golems throughout history. Humans are dreamers, inventors, and scientists at heart, who explore the furthest lengths to which they can push innovations in order to achieve their aspirations. Historically Humans were known explorers under “Rander the Invincible”. The name ‘Rander’ is referenced as their king over many lifetimes, which would typically be strange considering the average life expectancy of humans during such times. There is no name referenced before “Rander the Invincible” in human documents, perhaps wiped away by generations of voyaging. Devils The Devils are masters in forgery and refining fine metals, and are also known for being the only DNA with the ability to summon lost souls from ‘The Void’. The people of Heldion are quite devilish by nature, but inferno tends to keep his people in check. Prior to Inferno, the Devils were known to cause problems due to their infatuation with lost souls from the void. The Devils would summon whoever, and whatever they wanted for the sake of "fun". Skeletoons Skeletoon has always been known as Skeletoon, even before the event which caused his physical transformation. Some may call it destiny, or a simple miscalculation in the original portals which caused his name to Manifest into reality. By volunteering, Skeletoon helped Mēmo create the first functioning portals. Prior to these portals, all other portals were singular, meaning only one person could travel through them at a time. 3L-Bots 3L-Bots are a mystery to all other DNAs, but especially themselves. It is unclear who built the 3L-Bots, but what we do know is it was several years before “The Frost Wars” took place. 3L-Bots are incredible planners, and function at the highest levels of intelligence but lack the practical skills to actually create. They are in constant pursuit of creation and their creator, sometimes causing disasters in 3Land due to experimentation. The most notable disaster was what caused the "Frost Wars" in the days of "Ziom". Apes Apes are spontaneous and impulsive in nature. They are one of the strongest friendships to have within 3land due to their lack of regard for consequences in pursuit of something greater. Apes historically held the greatest armies known to the land because of their nature and quick comradery, crafting alliances with the first DNA that offered them treasures and visions of grandeur. Now these sound like bad things, they are quite the contrary. The ape Kings and Queens of old believed in one simple rule; "You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours" making them the most honorable of all nations, who would never fail on a commitment or duty. Aliens The Aliens are obsessed with creatures they deem "Adorable", and UFO-3 is just that. After spotting him on an interstellar mission, they immediately brought him home and began to worship the small bear. Building him a personal spaceship, and crowning him emperor of The Aliens. Mummyz Mummzy is the only known Legend to have been consumed to "The Void" and made it back with his mind fully intact and without any help from the Devils. According to Mummzy, he spent multiple eternities within The Void, before finding his way out. According to historical documents, however, Mummzy was only missing for several years. Meaning that time within the void is not entirely relevant to our understanding of time. Since returning from the void, Mummzy has hardly been seen. There are many stories from the Golems, claiming that a shrouded figure roams their deserts, keeping watch over the night. Sealanders The Sealanders are native to 3Land and have the most historically documented culture second to that of the Bubbles. W

bosslogic

BossLogic (Artist) is a graphic artist from Melbourne, Australia that has gained a lot of media attention due to his photo...

BossLogic (Artist) is a graphic artist from Melbourne, Australia that has gained a lot of media attention due to his photo manipulations, often creating fan casts of comic book characters or using actual casted actors/actresses in their roles. Education Kode Abdo attends RMIT University (A global university of technology, design, and enterprise and world leader in Art and Design; Architecture and the Built Environment; Engineering; Accounting and Finance; and Business and Management Studies) where he obtained his degree in photography from 2011 to 2012. Professional Life BossLogic started drawing when he was six years old, still has not taken the pen out of his hand. After transferring his skills to a digital platform Kode was able to expose his work to a wider audience a move that came with great success Kode is still learning new skills along the way and being taught many different styles from many talented teachers. Kode Has his own style of visual stories through his thirst for knowledge is something that never goes away so he keeps challenging himself and builds the building blocks to get where he needs to be. Kode love's doing collaborations with other talented people to learn their take on design and learn off that foundations to create a major outcome and to be remembered for what they have done. So he has come into this artist's battlefield armed with his sketchbook in one hand and his camera in the other, fighting to survive this colorful war. According to him: “Art in general is like poetry it may rhyme and flow all together or it may not rhyme but has a valid point, as a digital artist we are the new breed of artists and we are all trying to innervate our own style to be remembered and past on as a foundation you laid down that’s why knowledge should be an addiction with no cure you just keep wanting more and you do whatever it takes to get it” From January 2011, he was the lead artist at Shodowlogic in charge of all promo materials for events and media, ranging from prints all the way to promo trailers. According to BossLogic, "I love the world, I just need to add my touch to it. My theory is you start with everything and you choose to lose it along the way- creativity is what holds us all together. I first started drawing when I was 6 years old and I still haven’t taken the pen out of my hand. After transferring my skills to a digital platform I’m still here where I have been working for the past 8 years in my own company BossLogic Inc; born from me being a self made artist, a Graphic Designer" "My thirst for knowledge is something that never goes away and can never be quenched. Hence why I always love doing collaborations with other talented people to learn from their perspective on design, to develop upon the foundations I have already set- I want my work to mean something not only to me but to other people and to leave my mark on the world and to be remembered for my art- my passion". Social Media With over 1662188+ followers on Instagram, Bosslogic is deemed as one of the popular influencers in Australia. Bosslogic has set the username as @bosslogic on Instagram. Partnership Ethernity Chain, which is a community-oriented nonfungible token platform has partnered with graphic artist BossLogic to launch an exclusive line of tokenized art pieces for the community. With the new agreement standing firm, BossLogic has created 2,500 NFTs exclusively for the Ethernity Chain network. Each NFT will be priced at 0.299 Ether (ETH). The exclusive NFT auction is designed to reward the Ethernity Chain Community, the company told Cointelegraph: “Since our first announcement that launched Ethernity Chain we have witnessed our community grow almost overnight to a worldwide community. Since the demand has been so high for our whitelisting, we wanted to reward our community with access to the first official Ethernity Chain NFT”. The NFT market is on an exponential growth path as more users look to acquire digital collectibles. As Cointelegraph recently reported, NBA Top Shot has generated $230 million in sales, highlighting the growth of blockchain-based digital art.

james-eddington

James Eddington is an Australian Editor and Chief operating officer at Stability Labs.

James Eddington is an Australian Editor and Chief operating officer at Stability Labs, a software development company building mStable. Education James attended Geelong Grammar school from 2013 to 2016. He graduated with Bachelor Commerce (Finance) degree from the University of Melbourne in 2016. He then went to New York University to learn about Liberal Arts and Finance in 2016. Career He did summer internships at Toll Group and Deloitte, Australia, and then joined Deloitte as an Analyst Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory. He also served as Regional Director Australasia at College Cryptocurrency Network. He also helped spread blockchain awareness by working as a lead blockchain consultant at Distributed Technologies Institute Pty. Ltd. He is a partner at Typehuman, a blockchain studio in Melbourne, Australia. He currently works as a Chief operating officer at Stability Labs, a software development company building mStable. The developer team of stability labs is located in Berlin while the rest of the team is based in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. Other members of the team include James Simpson, Henrik Andersson, James Lefrere, and Alex Scott. He is also on the management board at web3 Australia organization, which provides community education on blockchain technologies that preserve data rights and data security. Personal Life He writes articles and uploads them to Medium (website). Some of his articles he has written have been about MTA staking, A Recap of MTA rewards, The mStable Native Interest Rate, and a Meta Genesis step-by-step guide where he wrote on how to participate in MTA open auction on Mesa at 14:00 UTC 18th July.

atomic-wallet-coin

Atomic Wallet Coin is a cryptocurrency token that was first issued by the Atomic Wallet.

Atomic Wallet Coin is a cryptocurrency token that was first issued by Atomic Wallet, a decentralized crypto-wallet for the Ethereum blockchain. Users of the token earn benefits such as discounts on exchanges, staking, and bounty rewards. Overview Atomic Wallet was founded in the early part of the year 2017 by Konstantin Gladych, who was also the former Chief Executive Officer of Changelly instant exchange. Atomic Wallet is a non-custodial decentralized wallet, which supports more than twenty blockchains and also over three hundred tokens. The body has been able to produce rapid growth and increase in just only a few months of its existence, being established also among the first set of companies that were able to effect cross-chain Atomic Swaps. The company is self-funded. The Atomic Wallet Token has established itself as one of the most popular tokens, since being created by the decentralized crypto wallet, Atomic Wallet. Launched in 2018, the value of the Atomic Coin Wallet has rapidly increased, recently hitting an all-time high price of $1.25, and has also recorded more than 100,000 token holders. The token has been found useful already on so many platforms from cashback to bounty programs, to affiliate/airdrop, and the most recently affected staking has about 23% yield per annum. The Atomic Wallet Token (AWC) was announced among the pioneer projects moved onto the Binance Chain. The Atomic Wallet token is listed among the trade tokens on Binance DEX, this allows full control by the user over funds in the entire process of exchange. This brings to the table improved security, a better rate of the transaction, and a more enjoyable trading experience in general. Atomic Wallet Business Model The Atomic Wallet has remained profitable against all odds with prolonged price declines, causing a price fall below 20%. Atomic raises its revenue from commission on exchange and also the service process of obtaining cryptocurrency with a bank card. The Atomic has continued to have a widespread move in about three years of existence moving from over 50,000 downloads in 2018 to about 150,000 downloads in 2019 and sits currently at more than 500,000 downloads on all platforms (mobile devices and desktops) as of September 2020. Founder At the helm of affairs in the team of experts steering the Atomic, Wallet Ship is Konstantin Gladych who is the Chief Executive Officer and also co-founder of Changelly.com (a reputable company that boasts of more than two million active users, producing a massive $0.5bln in revenue monthly. He has to his profile about thirteen years of experience in Information technology, blockchain and cryptocurrencies combined. The Team The team includes about 24 full-time employees (support staff, marketing staff, software developers) a team that presents expertise, experience, and efficiency to provide services uninterrupted for users. Atomic Wallet Token metrics Atomic Wallet is fueled with its underlying token, called AWC. | Total Supply(AWC) | Circulated Supply(AWC) | Locked AWC | | ----------------- | ---------------------- | ---------- | | 100.000.000 | 10.000.000 | 90.000.000 | 1. In its distribution, about 5.5 million AWC are shared among advisors, airdrop/affiliates, and investors and it has been discovered that a larger percentage of the token is owned by more than 30,000 smallholders. 2. The Atomic also plans distribution of less than 4.5million AWC in the next year for affiliate rewards and airdrops. 3. Until demand is made by a professional investor, the company seeks to keep 80% of its funds under lockup, with a release due after five years if there is still no such investor in view. 4. There has been a reservation of 10 million AWC equally dispersed in ERC20 and in BEP2 for swapping purposes. Buying Atomic Wallet Coin (AWC) – A Guide Outlined below are steps to follow to buy the Atomic Wallet Coin: 1. Purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin through exchanges using a Credit/debit card or bank transfer interface on platforms like Bitfinex, Kraken, Coinbase, or Bitstamp. 2. An account should be opened in an exchange that trades the Atomic Wallet Coin, any of the outlined can be used: Binance, DEX, MXC, IDEX. 3. Cryptocurrency purchased (Ethereum or Bitcoin) should be transferred to the created account in the exchange. 4. At the price of the user’s convenience, the BUY transaction can be enacted using a limit order. 5. The wallet that has compatibility with the Atomic Wallet Coin is to be set up. 6. Atomic Wallet Coin can now be transferred out of the exchange to the created wallet, ensuring the safety of private keys. Atomic Wallet Token utility value Atomic Wallet Coin is currently majorly used for community rewards. But work is ongoing in a bid to effect and establish the Atomic Wallet Coin into the wallet ecosystem, granting holders rewards for staking and also enjoyable discounts on services like purchasing cryptocurrency with a bank card, instant exchanges, etc Migration to the BNB (Binance Coin) Mainnet Atomic Wallet Coin started first on the Ethereum blockchain with a total supply of 100,000,000 tokens. Later on, in 2019, in April 50% of the total supply was burnt on the Ethereum and the equivalent value was minted on Binance Chain. Atomic Wallet Coin remains one of the most sought-after middle-of-the-road tokens on the Binance Chain having recorded so far more than 500,000 transactions. It currently has 50 million AWC on the Binance Mainnet and the remaining part of the supply total on the Ethereum blockchain. Binance DEX listing Atomic Wallet Coin became a pioneer member of the projects listed on the Binance DEX in May 2019, the platform provides Users with better security, saves time on transactions and trading, and also offers them a more customer-friendly experience. The tokens have been dispensed to seventy thousand user addresses already with about 15% of the users having an estimated $100 Atomic Wallet token worth. One of the first and even largest contests for the AWC was hosted on the 20th of June, 2019, the 400,000 Atomic Wallet Coin Binance DEX Trading competition lasted for 35 days and had over a thousand users in participation. The competition could indeed be said to be the biggest for Binance DEx so far, by an external body. The competition aimed to be partakers in the Binance Community listing campaign and the AWC did eventually come out as the winner, but they had what to rejoice about the publicity brought awareness to the Atomic Wallet Coin and in turn, a lot of new token holders joined up. Other than Binance, the Atomic Wallet Coin has also been listed on AtomicDEX and also on the HOO How to swap AWC from ERC20 to Binance Chain For user convenience and a better trading experience, the token swap has been arranged by the Atomic Wallet on ChangeNOW. The swap works from ERC-20 to BEP2 Atomic Wallet Coin. Staking Atomic Wallet Coin(AWC) The AWC token was implemented on the Atomic Wallet in June 2020 with an annual yield ranging between 17% and 23%. From the foundation pool of tokens rewards are given out on basis of allocation and reservations were made to act as incentives for the publicity of the token. The staked tokens on Binance Chain run on a special freeze platform, still availing customers with total control over their funds with the private keys granting them access to unfreeze tokens at convenient times. The rewards are later on calculated manually in proportion to staked balances before distribution is made with the multi-sender utility. Just about two months after its initial launching, an estimated 3,000,000 Atomic Wallet Coins (approximately more than USD 3 million) was staked by more than 3900 customers. Affiliate Airdrop Program The Atomic Wallet Coin token had its first usage on the Binance Coin mainnet on the platform of the affiliate project. The community was majorly sponsored by the revenue gotten from downloading the wallet, creating a user account for airdrop, and referrals. Incentives of 10 AWC are given for referrals and other rewards after signing up with vouchers later on. The project has now gained reputation and popularity among Users from writers to YouTubers to podcasters and even to influential users but has been put on temporary hold due to improper uses and illegitimate users, the team is currently working rigorously to improve the interface and to henceforth verify legitimate users.

contentos

Contentos is a blockchain-based decentralized digital content platform that aims to form the foundation for a decentralized...

Contentos is a blockchain-based decentralized digital content platform that aims to form the foundation for a decentralized digital content ecosystem that empowers all members, including creators, consumers, and advertisers, to earn fair compensation for their contributions. Contentos also intends to establish itself as the future Ethereum of digital content, accepting content DApps of all kinds. Contentos aims to build a decentralized, global digital content community that allows content to be freely produced, distributed, rewarded, and traded, while protecting author rights. Contentos incentivizes content creation and global diversity and return the rights and value of content to its users. Contentos is establishing itself as the future Ethereum of digital content, accepting content DApps of all kinds. Overview Contentos is run by a nonprofit foundation and its fundamental objective is to serve the public. This maximizes the value of content creators and system participants and allows all participants to benefit from the prosperity and growth of the ecosystem. The Contentos protocol aims to build a globally-distributed content incentive and distribution system through utilizing blockchain technology distributed storage capabilities. The protocol will enable content creators to earn revenue without depending on centralized platforms; instead, digital content can be freely produced, stored, and distributed to reach consumers and advertisers directly. This results in a situation where value is fairly measured, and prices are open and transparent. The Contentos ecosystem will include systems for content distribution, copyright registration, creator certification, along with social features such as likes, shares, and comments. Features of Contentos Peer-to-peer revenue distribution: Contentos provides open and transparent payment channels among content creators, advertisers, and audiences. The tokens as subscription fee, gifting, or sponsorship can be tracked on blockchain transactions. Contentos will also provide a smart contract template which automates content monetization. Decentralized traffic distribution: the Contentos blockchain is designed to facilitate content distribution free from platform control. The built-in ecological reward motivates content creators to improve their creations, audiences to interact with content they truly appreciate, and the community and dApp developers to design the best strategy to deliver favorable content to corresponding audience. Trackable copyright transaction: verification, trade, and storage of non-physical property rights through Contentos blockchain will enable quick and comprehensive access to copyright information. Trade flows and derivative works will be recorded permanently on the blockchain. Content creators will register their copyright and provide original content statements, authenticated and traced with time stamps. Immutable credit system: in the Contentos ecosystem, user interactions are tracked on the blockchain and cannot be tampered with. Users can improve their credit scores only through demonstrating positive and trustworthy behaviors, thereby becoming eligible for ecological rewards and increasing their credibility. In this way, the users collectively build a reliable, self-sustaining review system. Team A few of Contentos' current team members are; 1. Mick Tsai - Co-Founder CEO 2. Zac Nien – VP of product 3. Ava Wen – VP of Marketing 4. Peter Wei – VP of Engineering Partnership and Investors Contentos is funded by 17 investors and 25 partners. Some of the investors are: Binance, DHVC, NECO Eco Fund, OGC, NEO Global Capital, IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, Node Capital, Blockshine, Fulcrum Capital, DigiFinex Fund, YeeCall, Univalues Associates, Loopring etc.

cortex

Cortex (CTXC) cryptocurrency is a decentralized Artificial Intelligence blockchain system, the network’s main objective is to...

Cortex (CTXC) cryptocurrency is a decentralized Artificial Intelligence blockchain system, the network’s main objective is to make AI technology available for smart contracts. Using Cortex Smart AI Contracts, users can develop AI DApps (Artificial Intelligence Decentralized Applications) and also contribute towards other contracts. Cortex adds AI algorithms to support for smart contracts so that anyone can add AI to their smart contracts. Overview Furthermore, Cortex has a mechanism for collective collaboration that permits everyone to submit and optimize models in Cortex. Those users that will be contributing to the models will be rewarded for their work. Cortex has created and developed something that is known as Artificial General Intelligence, also known as AGI. Cortex also has an Intelligent Inference Framework through which blockchain researchers globally upload researched data models in the storage layer of the Cortex network. Then other users who want to use these AI models can inference the stored data at a price. By inferencing the AI models, it makes the work of the nodes quite easy when a smart contract transaction is initiated since the nodes only need to inference the AI instructions from the stored models and coming to a consensus on the results. This way smart contracts can be executed at full nodes on a normal computer CPU. Cortex main mission is to provide state-of-the-art machine-learning models on the blockchain in which users can infer using smart contracts on the Cortex Blockchain. Moreover, Cortex wants to implement a machine-learning platform that would allow users to post tasks on the platform and AI DApps. Cortex will provide a submission interface for training off-chain. At the same time, it will include the introduction-interpreting virtual machine for models. This will create a bridge between computing power and algorithm providers for trading and for collaborations. Cortex Features Cortex’s core features include: Smart AI Contracts: Cortex allows users to write machine learning programs on the blockchain, then submit interactions that are dependent upon other contracts. Cortex Virtual Machine: Cortex has its own virtual machine called the Cortex Virtual Machine, or CVM. The CVM instruction set is fully Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible and supports inference instructions. Cortex Inference Consensus: When a user initiates a transaction to a contract, the full node needs to execute the code of the smart contract. Cortex smart contracts differ from ordinary smart contracts because Cortex’s “intelligence contracts” can be equipped with inference instructions, and then all nodes need to agree on the result of this inference. This creates consensus. Model Submission Framework: Cortex also provides a submission interface for training off-chain, including submissions for virtual machines that interpret instructions for models. This creates a bridge between computing power providers and algorithm providers, allowing for trading and collaboration between participants in the Cortex ecosystem. Cortex Intelligence Inference Framework: Machine learning researchers around the world can upload well-trained corresponding data models to Cortex’s storage layer. Then, users who need these AI models can make inferences using models, then pay the providers. The Team Cortex is led by Ziqi Chen (CEO), who co-founded Waterhole.io with Cortex’s Chief Blockchain Engineer, Yang Yang. Other listed members of the team include Weiyang Wang (CTO), Xiao Yan (Chief Deep Learning Engineer), and Amy Chen (Operating Officer). Cortex has received investments from Bitmain, FBG Capital, ZhenFund, DFund, Connect Capital, Blockwater Capital, Nirvana Capital, and other companies (most investments occurred during a private token sale in February 2018). They’ve also partnered with Tsinghua University, the University of California Berkeley, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

nest-protocol

Nest Protocol is a decentralized oracle built on Ethereum and powered by the NEST token.

Nest Protocol is a decentralized oracle built on Ethereum and powered by the NEST token. The protocol is a distributed price oracle network that incentivizes users to bring off-chain data on-chain. Overview NEST 1.0 started in December 2018 as a lending protocol. NEST 2.0 changed to oracle and launched on November 30, 2019. In July 2020, NEXT 3.0 launched with multi-asset oracles. On May 18, 2020, Bibox listed Nest Protocol (NEST) with NEST/USDT and NEST/ETH trade pairs. On August 6, 2020, Huobi Global announced launching Nest Protocol on its platform. NEST/USDT, NEST/BTC and NEST/HT trading became available from 15:00, August 7, 2020. NESTCore The NESTCore team is anonymous. NESTCore is a small team that consists of one chief architect, one economist and several smart contract developers. There is little public information about the NESTCore team. Their philosophy is that a truly decentralized project is not about the team instead it is all about the community. See Also List of Oracle Coins

index-cooperative

Index Cooperative is a decentralized, autonomous asset manager that issues its own native token, $INDEX.

Index Cooperative (INDEX) is a community-led decentralized organization that focused on enabling the creation and adoption of crypto index products. As the first flagship product, Index created the DeFi Decentralized Pulse Index that provides broad DeFi (Decentralized Finance) exposure for its users by holding one token, to create more indices in the future. The Index Coop builds decentralized structured products that make crypto simple, accessible, and secure. $INDEX is the governance token that presides over the Index Cooperative. Overview INDEX is described to be a community-led decentralized organization focused on enabling the creation and adoption of crypto index products. The first primitive governed by the Index Coop is the DeFi Pulse Index which was jointly launched in September 2020 by DeFi Pulse and Set. As of October 7, 2020, the DeFi Pulse Index garnered $2 million in assets locked and 1,300 unique holders, demonstrating early product-market fit. Meta-Governance On November 18, 2020, Index Cooperative went live with its first meta-governance proposals. Meta-governance enabled INDEX token holders to vote on Index Cooperative’s snapshot page on how the Cooperative should vote in terms of the upcoming Aave Improvement Proposals (AIP). The voting period for meta-governance voters ended 24 hours before the underlying governance vote. In November 2020, Index Coop reported in a tweet that it was the 3rd largest voter on Aave AIP: $INDEX holders have signaled for the $AAVE in the DeFi Pulse Index $DPI to vote YES in @AaveAave AIP2 and AIP3 Rocket. Index Coop executed the on-chain votes via the meta-governance module and is the 3rd largest voter! INDEX Token INDEX is a governance token used to vote on changes to the Index Coop. INDEX holders may vote in smart contract upgrades to the Index Coop, vote in new Index Coop products, vote on the allocation of the Index Coop treasury, and more. There is a total supply of 10 million $INDEX tokens. 70% is allocated to the community across an initial distribution, liquidity mining program, index methodologist program, and community treasury. 30% is allocated to Set Labs and DeFi Pulse teams. User can use their $INDEX to govern Index Coop, by voting for and against proposals on Snapshot. Or buy and hold $INDEX as a long-term investment, because each $INDEX token represents a share of Index Coop’s future revenues and success. DeFi Pulse Index The DeFi Pulse Index is a capitalization-weighted index that tracks the performance of decentralized financial assets across the market. The DeFi Pulse Index has a collection of criteria composed of four dimensions. Two dimensions are used to evaluate the token’s characteristics, one dimension is used to assess the project’s characteristics, and one is used to evaluate the protocol’s characteristics. The inclusion criteria are the basis to select what tokens will be included in the index. Token Inclusion Criteria Token’s Descriptive Characteristics The token must be available on the Ethereum blockchain. The token must be associated with a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol or decentralized application (DApp) listed on DeFi Pulse. The token must not be considered a security by the corresponding authorities across different jurisdictions. The token must be a bearer instrument. None of the following will be included in the index: wrapped tokens, tokenized derivatives, synthetic assets, tokens that are tied to physical assets, and tokens that represent claims on other tokens. Token’s Supply Characteristics It must be possible to reasonably predict the token’s supply over the next five years. At least 5% of the five-year supply must be currently circulating. The token’s economics must not have locking, minting, or other patterns that would significantly disadvantage passive holders. Project’s Traction Characteristics The project must be widely considered to be building a useful protocol or product. Projects focused on competitive trading/holding, having Ponzi scheme characteristics, or projects that exist primarily for entertainment, will not be included. The project’s protocol must have significant usage. The protocol or product must have been launched at least 180 days before being able to qualify to be included in the index. The protocol or project must not be insolvent. Protocol’s User Safety Characteristics Security professionals must have reviewed the protocol to determine that security best practices have been followed to maintain user assets safe under different circumstances. Alternatively, the protocol must have been operating long enough to create a consensus about its safety in the decentralized finance community. In the event of a safety incident, the team must have responded promptly and addressed the incident responsibly in the aftermath, providing users of the protocol with a reliable solution and the decentralized finance community with adequate documentation to provide transparency about the incident. The selected tokens must have sufficient liquidity across a variety of trading platforms. Index Calculations The Index value is the spot value of the index. The circulating Supply is the number of tokens circulating the last time the circulating supply was determined. The first circulating supply was determined on September 8, 2020, using CoinGecko as a reference source. Price is the market price of the token in USD. Index Divisor is a constant that is adjusted on each rebalances. As of September 31, 2020, the Divisor was 44679560.64. Index Maintenance The index is maintained monthly in two phases: Determination Phase The determination phase takes place during the third week of the month. It is the phase when the changes needed for the next reconstitution are determined. Circulating Supply Determination: The DeFi Pulse Index currently references CoinGecko’s circulating supply number. The Circulating Supply is determined during the third week of the month and published before the monthly reconstitution. Additions and deletions: The tokens being added and deleted from the index calculation are determined during the third week of the month and published before monthly reconstitution. Reconstitution Phase The index components are adjusted, added, and deleted as per the instructions published after the end of the determination phase. New index weights, additions, and deletions are incorporated into the index during the monthly reconstitution, which will take place on the first business day of the month. As assets tracked by the index grow, the reconstitution window will expand to more than one day to lower the reconstitution’s market impact. Liquidity Mining Program 9% of all INDEX tokens have been allocated to a liquidity mining program. This program will run for 60 days (starting on October 7th, 2020), and INDEX tokens released under this program are not subject to vesting. Index Methodology Bounty 7.5% of all INDEX tokens have been allocated to an 18-month program (beginning at the end of the DPI liquidity mining period) to attract and reward index methodologists with a share of emitted tokens based on the success of their indices. Rewards are distributed pro-rata monthly based on the total fees contributed to the cooperative by the methodologists’ indices (counted every Ethereum block). Community Treasury 52.5% of all INDEX tokens have been allocated to a community treasury. 5% of these tokens are available starting October 6, 2020, with the remaining tokens (47.5%) being vested linearly at every Ethereum block over 3 years in line with the following schedule: Year 1: 50% of the treasury tokens vested (2.375 million tokens) Year 2: 30% of the treasury tokens vested (1.425 million tokens) Year 3: 20% of the treasury tokens vested (950,000 tokens) Team Allocation 28% of the total INDEX supply will be allocated to Set Labs Inc. (the company that builds Set Protocol and TokenSets) and 2% will be allocated to DeFi Pulse. These tokens will be vested linearly every Ethereum block over 3 years on the same schedule as the community treasury. DeFi Pulse Index Rebalance In November 2020, Index Coop executed it is first trustless rebalance for the DeFi Pulse Index (DPI). The rebalance was completed on November 3, 2020, at 07:45:26 AM UTC. The contracts that were used in this rebalance have been audited by ABDK Consulting. The rebalance process: DeFi Pulse published the new weights for the DPI off-chain The Index Coop community verified that the weights were accurate The community updated the Index Module execution parameters that were used to create the rebalance trades The Index Coop multisig then converted the weights to smart contract compatible units The compatible units were then submitted to the SingleIndexModule contract which started the rebalance The community executed the rebalance trades through the IndexModule The next rebalance for the DPI will be executed at the beginning of December.

stabilize

Stabilize (STBZ) is a cryptocurrency token issued by the Stabilize Protocol. Stabilize Protocol is described as a...

Stabilize (STBZ) is a cryptocurrency token issued by the Stabilize Protocol. Stabilize Protocol is described as a decentralized system that promotes the stability of major cryptocurrency stablecoins. Overview Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies, designed to be pegged to or float near fiat currencies. This gives traders and savers comfort knowing the value of these coins in the real world will be the same tomorrow as it is today. This is the goal of stablecoins which sometimes might not be the reality. In reality, stablecoins sometimes go off their peg for an extended period of time due to fluctuations in demand and supply issues, which can result in discomfort for crypto users who depends on its stability for everyday usage. The Stabilize protocol is designed to rewards depositors of stablecoins with its native token STBZ token. The yield of each stablecoin pool will change according to the stablecoin price of that pool. Depositors are encouraged to switch pools to earn higher yield and also help balance the prices of all stablecoins in the protocol. The Stabilize protocol will have four stablecoin pools on its platform, which includes, DAI, USDC, USDT, sUSD. Tokenomics Stabilize (STBZ) is a cryptocurrency token issued to operate within the Stabilize protocol. It is purposed to be a governance token that will be used for decisions within the Stabilize protocol. The token's ticker is denoted as STBZ and it has a total supply of 240,625 STBZ. Currently, the most active market trading STBZ is Uniswap (v2). STBZ holders can develop a system that rewards token holders for providing liquidity to new stablecoin projects, hence helping to further promote the usage of stablecoins. Token Usage The STBZ token is given to depositors utilizing the Stabilize Protocol. It is a governance token that will eventually be used to power the protocol. STBZ holders will be able to create and vote on proposals that can be implemented into the protocol. STBZ token will come also with actions such as adding or removing new pools, cutting the long term inflation rate and burning tokens. Further possibilities include creating vaults, pools, and mixers that can yield income for STBZ holders. Disclaimer Stabilize is currently an unaudited protocol, and its token STBZ has a zero real-world value. The platform, strongly advises that users should not deposit at the moment into the contracts more than what they are willing to lose and enjoys users to do their own research by evaluating the smart contracts before use

cartesi

Cartesi is a layer-2 infrastructure, which aims to enable complex and intensive computations to run in a Linux environment.

Cartesi (CTSI) is a layer-2 infrastructure, which aims to enable complex and intensive computations to run in a Linux environment, outside the blockchain, without compromising decentralization. Cartesi aims to make DApps significantly more powerful, easier to develop, and portable. Cartesi aims to bring mainstream scalability and convenience to developers and users of decentralized applications. Overview Cartesi was founded in 2018 by Erick de Moura, Augusto Teixeira, Diego Nehab and Colin Steil. The founding team initially got into blockchain as a result of one of the founders, Augusto Teixeira, being friends with Serguei Popov, the founder of IOTA. Serguei became one of Cartesi’s earliest investors and advisors. Development limitations on blockchain platforms can frustrate both developers and users, turning them away. Cartesi allows developers to build on well-established software they are familiar with and running them in a Linux environment. The project aims to bridge the gap between the centralized and decentralized worlds of application development. Some of its key highlights include: Scalability: Intensive computations on massive amounts of data are performed off-chain with the same security guarantees offered by the blockchain. Programmability: DApp logic runs under Linux, and is coded with a choice of thousands of open-source software components available for Linux. Ease of Adoption: Developers can work in a familiar environment with no artificial limitations and with access to all their favorite tools. Decentralization: Consensus is securely reached on-chain with no need for a reputation protocol, Trusted execution environment, or servers controlled by a single party. Portability: Cartesi aims to make DApps portable across the most important public blockchains that support smart contracts. Privacy: DApp states can be kept private among application participants. Cartesi aims to bring mainstream scalability and power to decentralized applications through a network of nodes. The CTSI token has been designed to incentivize Cartesi Node operators to engage with the system honestly and in an efficient way. Team Erick de Moura - Founder & Chief executive officer Colin Steil - Founder & Chief operating officer Augusto Teixeira, PhD - Founder & Chief Scientific Officer Diego Nehab, PhD – Chief technology officer Danilo Tuler - Head of Engineering Felipe Argento - Blockchain Engineer Gabriel Barros - Blockchain Engineer

barnbridge

BarnBridge (Founded in January 2019) is a cross-platform fluctuation derivatives protocol.

BarnBridge (Founded in January 2019) is a cross-platform fluctuation derivatives protocol. Days prior to its launch, the liquidity pool garnered the interest of yield farmers, bringing over $200 million to the pool. As of October 28th, 2020 the pool has amassed a Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $450 million. Overview BarnBridge as an idea and whitepaper was originally developed in Q2 2019. !1_dPFoLoTO0MWowFOQWiqFDgpng.pngYield Farming and LP Incentivization Launch Time-Line On September 10, 2020, BarnBridge announced the close of a $1 million seed round led by Fouth Revolution Capital and ParaFi. Other investors include Kain Warwick (Synthetix), Stani Kulechov (Aave), Andrew Keys (DARMA Capital), Centrality, and Dahret Group. BarnBridge aims to tokenize risk with fixed yield and volatility tranche products. This round of funding is meant to cover the development of BarnBridgeDAO and its core products like the Smart Yield Bond. The Smart Yield Bond is a protocol that mitigates interest rate volatility through debt-based derivatives. Pooled collateral is deposited into various protocols and bundles the yield derived from them into different tranches with different levels of risk exposure. For example, you could buy exposure to a tranche with a lower yield, but less risk and vice versa. On September 10, 2020, BarnBridge announced the close of a $1 million seed round led by Fouth Revolution Capital and ParaFi. This round of funding is meant to cover the development of BarnBridgeDAO and its core products like the Smart Yield Bond. On October 18, 2020, the first liquidity mining pool of BarnBridge launched with over $100 million in total value locked. The mining pool that consisted of deposits of USD Coin, DAI, and sUSD began to accumulate millions of dollars before its launch. Under 20 hours after the pool launched, there was $175 million locked in the contract. On October 25, 2020, BarnBridge's liquidity pool officially launched and received over $1 million in liquidity an hour after launch. Much of the growth was due to yield farming. Additionally, according to the firm, yield farmers had already staked over $200 million into the pool prior to the pool's official launch. As of October 26, 2020, the pool's TVL sits at over $300 million. BarnBridge NFT On October 5, 2020, BarnBridge announced the BarnBridge Non-Fungible Token (NFT), also taking the ticker for $BOND. The BarnBridge Non-Fungible Token is a collaborative created by around 20 artists. $BOND is a contract for 200 fully compliant ERC-721 tokens minted by InfiNFT and viewable on OpenSea. Every $BOND NFT is one of a kind. There may be similar ones in the collection but no 2 are exactly the same. Liquidity Mining Program !1_hUzMxy-2KhjOvMweKFXuIgpng.pngSpecs on the Liquidity Pool Incentivization initiative In September 2020, BarnBridge announced a two-phased liquidity mining program. They planned to release two sequential staking contracts with distinct specifications around $BOND token distribution - Yield Farming and Liquidity Pool Incentivization. Yield Farming Yield Farming staking contract will hold 8% of the total supply and will be distributed to community members who stake DAI, USDC, and sUSD. These three stable coins (DAI, USDC, sUSD) were chosen as they will serve as the initial set of yield-producing assets utilized in BarnBridge's first product, the SMART Yield BOND. Participants can harvest their yield at the conclusion of each epoch. Each epoch will last 1 week, and an equal number of $BOND tokens will be distributed during each epoch. The participants’ harvest will be based on the number of stable coins they have staked relative to the total amount staked in the pool. Any participant can add to the pool during the duration of an epoch and receive rewards proportional to the time they are staked, but the funds must stay staked through the end of the epoch to be able to harvest the rewards. Liquidity Pool Incentivization After the first epoch (1 week) of the Yield Farming program, Liquidity Pool Incentivization starts. The concept behind this initiative is to reward long-term liquidity providers. BarnBridge will be using the uniswapv2 BOND/USDC Liquidity Pool token (USDC\_BOND\_UNI\_LP) as a means to reward liquidity pool providers. The Liquidity Pool Incentivization initiative will run for 100 weeks and each epoch will last 1 week. At the end of the epoch, the user can harvest their $BOND. This initiative will be granted 2,000,000 $BOND tokens and each epoch will have 20,000 $BOND tokens to start. BarnBridge DAO The Founders, Seeders, and Advisors employed an Aragon DAO Company Template, which uses transferable tokens to represent ownership stake, starting with Launch DAO. Stake-weighted voting is used to make decisions. The Launch DAO's native token is $BBVOTE. Founders are paid 45 percent, Seeders (45 percent), and Advisors (10 percent). The minimal threshold is set at 62 percent, implying that a plan must receive at least 62 percent approval to pass. BarnBridge DAO The BarnBridge DAO is governed by the $BOND community. The BarnBridge DAO has complete control over the protocol and all of its features. The BarnBridge uses the Diamond Standard (EIP-2535), which allows users to upgrade the protocol without having all the members remove their tokens and switch to version 2 of the protocol that time arises. The BarnBridge DAO becomes the core component of the BarnBridge Platform because it can able to make decisions in a decentralized manner that can enforce the best actions for the wellness of the community. SMART Yield Bonds: The whole DAO setup is done to solidify the path towards SMART Yield Bonds. This is the first DeFi product of the BarnBridge Platform. The Voting DAO can be able to deploy pools that anyone to join if they want to take advantage of this core mechanic. SMART Alpha Bonds: Following the model of the SMART Yield Bonds, the DAO controls the setup and the parameters for SMART Alpha Bonds. Token - $BOND BOND is an ERC20 token. It is used to stake in the system, and as a governance token when the governance module is launched. As it conforms to the ERC-20 standard, the $BOND token is tradeable on any exchange and storable on any wallet allowing anyone in the world to access it. Fair Vesting The vesting schedule is set up in such a way that there isn't a huge cliff looming over users' heads at any moment. The tokens distributed to the Founders, Seed Investors, and Advisors are locked in a smart contract that releases them weekly over the course of two years. The vesting time begins when the Yield Farming method is activated. This breaks down as such Total amount of $BOND tokens: 10,000,000 Percent of $BOND tokens allocated to Founders, Seed Investors, & Advisors: 22% Total amount of $BOND tokens vested: 2,200,000 Length of vesting: 100 weeks Release schedule: 1 week Amount of $BOND tokens released each week: 22,000 Percent of $BOND tokens released each week: 0.22% BarnBridge Governance BarnBridge DAO lays the foundation for its products. It is governed by BOND ERC-20 tokens. The total supply of BOND tokens is a fixed amount of 10,000,000. There is no mint function in the token smart contract. The BarnBridge staking contract is called Barn, is built on the created by Nick Mudge. The voting on the DAO is performed with the non-tradable vBOND tokens. To get vBOND, users stake or lock their BOND tokens. Users lock BOND for a period of up to 1 year and get bonus vBOND. The bonus is linear - max 1 year, max 2x multiplier. Bonus has a linear decay relative to locking duration. Direct Deposit: DAO Staking Staking tokens in the DAO is the simplest way to get started with the BOND token. While the primary goal of staking is for users to gain voting power, on February 8th, 2021, a rewards pool was introduced. It was created as a bonus for DAO participants who signed up early. Users can propose and partake in votes on how to use community resources with voting power. The DAO pool was preloaded with 610,000 BOND tokens and the duration was set to 50 weeks. The current APR is about 50% but is subject to change. Providing Liquidity When it comes to supplying liquidity, BOND offers a plethora of options. A USDC/BOND Uniswap v2 pool is the most liquid and well-incentivized. It went live on October 26th, 2020. The idea of the effort is to reward long-term USDC/BOND pool liquidity providers with more control over the protocol as they continue to put their money into the BarnBridge vision. To start getting BOND rewards, users need to provide liquidity to the and stake USDC\_BOND\_UNI\_LP tokens in the on BarnBridge. How to Stake in the DAO The participant then has the option of leaving their BOND unlocked or locking it for up to a year. One unlocked BOND equals one vBOND voting share, while locking one BOND for a year equals two vBOND voting shares. This bonus decays linearly in relation to the lock's remaining time. If you lock for a year, only 50% of the bonus will remain after 6 months, 25% after 9 months, and your BOND staked and vBOND will be similar after a year. BarnBridge governance is structured around the BarnBridge DAO which is controlled by the BOND token holders. It has full control over the protocol and the features that are built into it. The $BOND token serves as the system's governance token, giving $BOND holders the ability to vote on platform improvements. BOND acts as a means of aligning the many players in the system by combining governance systems and incentive holders. $BOND is also used to control security and policies. A DeFi protocol's success depends on decentralize

fvckrender

Fvckrender is a Futuristic tech-Digital Artist, he is a self-taught creative working out of Montreal..

Fvckrender is a Futuristic tech-Digital Artist, he is a self-taught creative working out of Montreal. He has worked for clients like Supreme, Softest Hard, Columbia Records, Lil Nas X, Epic Records, New Retrowave Records, Puma, Spotify, Instagram, Panic! at the Disco. Early Life Fvckrender was born as Frederic Duquette in Montreal, Canada. There is currently no information on his parents or whether he has any siblings or not. Growing up, he had always had a talent for art and painting right from a young age. In 2016, he sustained severe injuries from a bicycle accident that resulted in losing all sensation on the left side of his body. He couldn’t practice cycling anymore, which had been a major part of his lifestyle. Instead, he decided to stimulate his brain with 3D artworks while working at a Montreal restaurant. “Why I really got into 3D has a bit more tragic background: I had a severe bike accident that left my complete left side numb from face to toe. I couldn’t practice cycling anymore, which was a pretty big part of my life back then. I had two choices: either go full-on depressed and do nothing - or get get my brain active instead. So I chose to stimulate my brain and got extremely passionate about 3D work. This is how fvckrender started. I was working at a restaurant in Montreal, the work was really painful for my body and therefore emotionally draining. What kept me going was to learn how to do 3D by myself - I would bring my computer to work and just sit at the bar figuring out 3D stuff: before and after EVERY shift. That’s how determined I was - and I still am.” Personal Life !C9F66DFC-B203-46D7-AFC1-5796080EC8D6jpeg.jpegHe currently resides in Montreal, Canada. He is fluent in two languages, French and English. He his currently in a relationship with a woman whose name is not known. He plans to move to Los Angeles, California and seek a full time job there. Education He never completed his high school education, he dropped out of high school when he was 17 years old. He learned how to use the wide range of tools found within Cinema 4D software — heralded as the industry standard for 3D modeling — to create futuristic landscapes, crystalline arrangements and all sorts of hallucinatory renderings. “I don’t really have any background or education in that field. I’ve always been interested in computer graphics and never really wanted to be an artist. But one day I was working in a restaurant and wanted to learn something different so I decided to learn 3D. I’ve always been interested in digital art, but I always thought you had to have a talent to do this kind of stuff.” I was working in a restaurant in Montreal, and I worked there for five maybe six years. I was kind of bored, and I wanted to do something else and learn something. At first I wasn’t planning to work in another field, my goal was to open a restaurant and work in this industry for awhile, but I’d always wanted to learn digital art and 3D. I’d never really been an artist before so I was just scared to try and learn. I quit school when I was 17. I don’t have any degree. I’d tried to apply to school, but they refused me because I didn’t have the grades. So I started to do one artwork every day to get better, and after three months I started to get work. It was very quick. I realised I could do this for a living, so I was like, ‘Oh shit, I can leave the restaurant and do art to pay my bills.” Career He began working at a restaurant in Montreal, Canada. He eventually left the job and became a Freelance artist in August 2015. In December 2016, he began working as a 3D Generalist for Dpt. in Montreal, Canada. He created assets for interactive games. !C878A1DC-9D03-4818-9B70-12D8410C11F6jpeg.jpegHe worked there for over 3 months and left in February 2017. In March 2017, he began working as a Creative Designer for Silent Partners Studio, located in Montreal, Canada. He had the opportunity to work on project for celebrities like, Calvin Harris, Backstreet Boys, Pink (singer), Galantis and Katy Perry live shows. He worked there for over 6 months then left the job in August 2017. He has worked with clients like ILOVEMAKONNEN, Tokimonsta, RL GRIME, Jai wolf, Redbull, Primitive skateboard, Machinedrum, MTV, IHEARTRADIO, Swarovski, 88GLAM, Lilskies, Roy woods, Northlane, HighKlassified, Damian Lazarus, Zach Krane, Allie, Le Cirque du Soleil, Lebron James, Pbdy, The Holy, Flying Lotus, Supreme, Softest Hard, Columbia Records, Lil Nas X, Epic Records, Harpers Bazaar China, TOKiMONSTA, New Retrowave Records, High Snobiety, Puma, Spotify, Instagram, Wieden + Kennedy, and more. Fvckrender Digital Art and NFTs Fvckrender gained popularity when he sold a piece of art for 25 ETH. He’s been featured on Nifty Gateway and SuperRare. !F3D1871C-E07B-41AF-A017-6B25406154F4jpeg_thumb.webp Nifty Gateway recently released digital sculptures by Matt Gondek, they teamed with artist, FVCKRENDER to launch a massive experience complete with NFT artworks. Nifty Gateway previously collaborated with the artist in December 2020 to release a collection of digital art featuring FVCKRENDER’s dynamic compositions of shiny crystalline arrangements and surrealist landscapes. The duo is set to launch a new collection that will be set in an unseen virtual atmosphere created by the artist. “I created a digital world very true to myself for people to experience and immerse themselves in my mind and world. This will also be a way for people to view the NFTs I’m dropping on February 11 on Nifty Gateway. My last drop was a very good success, and my work went from $150 USD to $2,500 USD in the secondary market which people made a 200% profit on my work.” The FVCKRENDER experience was set to launch on Nifty Gateway this February 11, 2021. YOP x Fvckrender YOP, Yield Optimization Platform is a platform that makes it easy for everyone to access yield markets, giving you custody, insights and customization in one single application. YOP has collaborated with the MEME team to offer a new staking pool with brand new, unique NFTs ready to farm. These NFTs have special utility: they act as lottery tickets on the YOP platform and give the owner a chance to win exclusive NFTs from acclaimed artist FVCKRENDER. There will be 3 types of YOP NFT tickets available to claim on the MEME platform. The max supply of the FVCKRENDER NFTs will be a total of 36. With 6 held back for the YOP treasury to award to strategic partners. For each lot of 88 $YOP tokens you stake you will earn 1 Pineapple each day. Pineapples allow you to redeem the YOP NFT tickets which you require to enter the FVCKRENDER NFT lottery draw. There is no minimum stake, but you may want to stake more YOP to get more tickets for the rarest NFT. The more YOP you stake, the more Pineapples you earn, the more tickets you can buy, meaning more chances to win. Zedd x Fvckrender Fvckrender collaborated with Zedd and Gabe Damast on ANTIPODE, an NFT collection. Zedd unveiled the last two pieces of his 6 parts collection ANTIPODE together with fvckrender and Gabe Damast that will be available as an NFT via Nifty Gateway. ANTIPODE is Zedd‘s new creation together with digital artists fvckrender and Gabe Damast. Announced on the 30th of March, the ANTIPODE collection is composed of six reclusive songs produced by Zedd himself paired with visual content specifically created for the music. Zedd explained that, ANTIPODE means “the direct opposite to something” and the idea was for both pieces to live in the same universe but to be directly opposing.” Broken Beauty !BrokenBeauty-1080x1080.pngA reflective porcelain sculpture has flaws in Broken Beauty, which will be released on November 3, 2020, as flowers protrude from its inside to catch the light. Collectors of digital art should keep a watch on this one as well because it is Fvckrender's second token on SuperRare and, based on the description, a private one. Created this piece after a burnout, i was working about 80h a week always accepting work. and this burnout made me realise what was important and it was creating more art less client work. This piece for my recovery. Track by The Holy Highest Sales The Nft artist has made a lot of top selling non-fungible tokens , from Pressure Stone which sold for 22,000USDC to Power selling off for a whooping 20.69 WETH . His highest valued artwork is the EXISTENCE which last sold on December 7th , 2021 for 32.2245 WETH . The artwork comes with a physical gift attached to it . Projects Everyday Render, Aug 2015 - Present 730 DAYS OF CREATIONS, Oct 2017 - Present Publications BROWN, YouTube Cover art for Louis Futon, Billboard Magazine · Jul 2016 Tokimonsta - Wound Up, HYPEBEAST Video interview with vice, VICE · Dec 2017 project creator, CHROMATIC 2017 · May 2017 Article in Sid Lee Collective, Sid Lee · Jun 2017 Article in Ton Barbier, Ton Barbier · Jun 2017 Article in Small World, Small World · Mar 2017 Interview with HyperBeast !21D0BDE1-65CE-4032-A503-47A2CA46B25Djpeg.jpegFrom alien-like subjects to geometric forms, the visuals in your work are diverse. Where do you get inspiration for these subjects? “To be honest, I have no idea. i just like to explore and I don’t like to stick with one concept and one theme. I like to reinvent myself everyday, so I guess my inspiration isn’t tied to a specific thing.” Any artists that you admire? “There’s so many artists that I admire. I’m surrounded by many talented friends like Victor Mosquera, my girlfriend BAEIGE, and Aeforia to name a few, but I don’t like being inspired by other artists because I have the fear of doing

1world

1World is a cryptocurrency token that functions on the Ethereum platform. It was launched in 2017.

1World (1WO) (Pronounced as one-world) is a cryptocurrency token that functions on the Ethereum platform. 1World serves as an intelligent layer that connects Blockchain-authenticated users with various services offered through smart contracts and offers a business model via commission on such services delivered using 1World widgets. Company 1World Online is a company headquartered in Silicon Valley and has been operating in San Jose, California since 2012 with a mission to build a global software platform to supplement online content with interactive tools (such as Polls, Surveys, Quizzes, Insights pages, Interactive Maps, and other formats). This is done using contextual, relevant, organic, and highly engaging data collection with analytical insights on-site and across networks of participating sites. 1World has built and delivered a robust and comprehensive interactive platform that includes front-end tools, a back-end dashboard of analytics, and a network of participating publishers around the world. In addition, various organizations and brands are using 1World tools for interactive campaigns as well as ongoing audience engagements. Overview 1World's Interactive Platform allows publishers and brands to hear consumers' voices through interaction and engagement tools including in-context Polls, Quizzes, Debates, Trivia, Insights, and Interactive Maps and offers embedded advertising, commercial data collection, and State of the art analytics. Today thousands of sites use our platform, and millions of people participate & vote. 1World(1WO) automatically produces Smart Content (such as Insights pages that include interactive maps and other analytics) that are linked to the modules (widgets) installed on partner sites. This content increases sharing over social networks, improves relevancy, and draws in new reader-with the core benefits of an increasing audience and reach. 1World Economy 1World Decentralized economy is already developed and is built around the concept of connecting audiences on a variety of websites with services from various providers, including, but not limited to: Advertising- (programmatic ads and direct deals) Research- (Through Commercial Polls and “Mini-Surveys” ) Traffic- (a 1World tools for generating traffic to and from other sites) Data exchange- (passing information to third party analytics systems, such as Data management platform (DMP)) TBD- (future services that also can be routed using 1World widgets). Tokenomics !download (1).jpg1World (1WO) is a crypto-token created on the Ethereum platform and it is an internal cryptocurrency circulated inside the 1World-created-ecosystem. 1World cryptocurrency also known as Media coins was created in this ecosystem and has continued to grow in it. Its ticker is symbolized as 1WO and it is used for all payments inside its ecosystem. The total supply of 1WO is 37,219,453 1WO and it is actively traded on Liquid Dex. Reader's Use Cases These tokens may be acquired by site visitors by accumulating points for participation and contributions. First, these profits are shown in the form of points, which are a common feature that already exists in the 1World Platform and reflects the volume of user activity. As soon as the user registers and establishes a wallet, these points will be converted into 1WO Tokens after they reach a certain level.For each site, a COT (Coefficient of Transformation) will be used to determine how points are converted to tokens. It will depend on the popularity of the site, the amount of visitors, and other variables. The 1World Team will build COT initially with the assistance of an advisory board made up of leading media figures. Then, in accordance with the 1Word Roadmap, an algorithm will be created to automate and balance such computations and changes. Use Cases for Publishers A publisher's decision to accept 1World Tokens (coins) will be based on the reasons and tenets listed below: Sell remaining stuff for tokens (since else there would be no money made from it) Allowing readers to earn and spend tokens will greatly improve retention rates. Moreover, readers will have the option of keeping 10% of the Ads money generated by the 1World service, and 1World will match it (subject to permission). In addition to this, publishers will gain access to all of the standard advantages of using 1World's platform, including a rise in user engagement, an increase in important metrics like time spent on the site and the number of pages visited. Smart Content (such as poll results with Interactive Maps, Infographics, and other automatically generated Insights), and advertising revenue. Use Cases of Advertisers According to the following guidelines, advertisers will pay for conducting ad campaigns with fiat (such as US dollars) or 1World Tokens (coins): Receive discounts when using 1WO Tokens instead of money or other alternatives. Have access to the 1World network of websites (clusters) that support 1W widgets. Possess the capacity to profile their audience, which improves targeting effectiveness. Possess the ability to inquire and get feedback throughout the campaign Integration with Algorand and Investment from Borderless Capital According to a statement made by 1World Online, Borderless Capital will invest in it in the future and the company has decided to develop on Algorand. For publishers, businesses, and consumers, 1World Online is an engagement and monetization platform driven by blockchain.Algorand is a platform for digital money and transactions that is scalable, safe, and decentralized. Algorand will serve as the core infrastructure layer for 1World Online and its affiliates, taking use of its tokenization capabilities. Investments by Borderless Capital are made in market-leading companies that contribute to the global economy. With the funding, 1World will be able to reward every member of its ecosystem, including Publishers, their audiences, and Advertisers, for engagement, content production, research, and advertising use cases. 1World Launches on Sapien !1_Jv1yL0N9R-ATzXsKJYusoQ.png1World Widgets will be included by Sapien into a number of different categories. Users will be able to participate in quizzes, polls, and other forms of custom content. Users will earn loyalty points as they interact with widgets. Through Pillar or Liquid, these points may be exchanged into 1WO tokens or paid out in fiat or Bitcoin.

hard-fork

A hard fork is a permanent divergence in the blockchain of a cryptocurrency, resulting in two separate branches or chains.

A hard fork is a permanent divergence in the blockchain of a cryptocurrency, resulting in two separate branches or chains. A hard fork occurs when a single cryptocurrency splits in two. A hard fork results in the creation of a new branch of the blockchain with different rules. This means that after the hard fork, nodes running the new branch will no longer recognize the old branch and vice versa. Overview In the world of cryptocurrency, a hard fork is a permanent change in the underlying protocol of a blockchain network. A hard fork is a type of software upgrade that requires all participants in the network to upgrade their software in order to continue to use the network. Hard forks typically occur when the existing code of a blockchain is changed or updated, leading to two versions of the existing blockchain. The existing blockchain is referred to as the legacy chain, and the new blockchain is referred to as the forked chain. Hard forks can have a number of different implications for the users of a cryptocurrency. For example, if a hard fork is not accepted by a majority of the users, it can lead to two separate currencies, each with its own set of rules and regulations. Additionally, hard forks can also lead to disputes between users who support different versions of the cryptocurrency. This can lead to a lack of consensus among users, which can have a negative impact on the overall value of the cryptocurrency.

the-wicked-craniums

The Wicked Craniums are the pictorial representation of the 10,762 Craniums that belong to the island of Osseous.

The Wicked Craniums are the pictorial representation of the 10,762 Craniums that belong to the island of Osseous. Each digital collectible combines various traits including clothes, body, and headgear. Overview The Wicked Craniums, an Ethereum-based, algorithmically-generated NFT project, launched on June 20 and all 10,762 pieces were sold out within the first 30 minutes. The NFTs were available to the mint for 0.06 ETH, bringing the total raised by the project to 645 ETH worth $1.3M. The Wicked Cranium NFT project has emerged as the new buzz in the marketplace. This project had 10,762 portraits that delineate the craniums from the Islands of Osseous. The portraits became the cynosure of the NFT enthusiasts. In less than 48 hours, the project has gained remarkable traction and is currently ranked No. 2 on OpenSea. With 2,428 holders at the time of writing, it has already surpassed Larva Labs’ CryptoPunks. Currently, The Wicked Craniums sits right below Bored Apes, an NFT project, which is just two months, now commands a floor price of 3.3 ETH, 41 times their mint price of 0.08 ETH. The Craniums Legend has it that there is an island called Osseous that is cloaked in mystery and hides a wicked secret. Deep into the island's center, past the ship-wrecked beaches, beyond the noose-filled jungle, is a tomb. !unnamed (1).png Time has worn it down, and it now emits emerald rays from its chamber door. The Chief Cranium's Mausoleum. The ancient ruler who wielded Fumus' power. An all-powerful force that is thought to punish selfish souls with a cruel fate. Considered by any sane man to be nothing but myth, yet no soul that has ventured in search of Osseous has ever returned. For hundreds of years, brave men from nations far and wide have searched in vain. Vikings, Russians, Sikhs, and Monarchs all have tried, and none have returned. The Cradle The Cradle is a social platform that enables members to connect and interact with each other. The portal will allow every Cranium to share an introduction, their social media handles, and an image. The Wicked Craniums revolve around their tribal values and we hope that you align with them too. Activations 20% Sold: A Wicked Cranium Merchandise Store will be kicked off 40% Sold: 10 Cranium Sculptures will be mailed to random owners 60% Sold: A Theme Song will be released 80% Sold: Limited collection of trading cards will be dropped 100% Sold: We will bring the Chief Cranium to life through an interactive Augmented Reality mobile app + Wicked Cranium Liquidity pool

uwucrew

Uwucrew is a generative collection of 9670 avatars inspired by anime and pop culture, aiming to be both inclusive.

Uwucrew is a generative collection of 9670 avatars inspired by anime and pop culture, aiming to be both inclusive and expressive. Every uwucrew NFT is completely unique and features up to 9 traits with 120+ assets. Overview uwucrew is a generative collection of 9670 avatars inspired by Anime and Pop culture, aiming to be both inclusive and expressive. Every uwucrew NFT is completely unique and features up to 9 traits with 140+ assets. An interesting property of uwucrew is the teams unique asset generation which involves over 25 layers of hand-drawn art! In order to support various kinds of outfits and expressions, the uwucrew collection also supports multiple arm poses (even with sleeved clothes) to let them incorporate several kinds of hand accessories! uwucrew launched on September 5th 2021 5:30 PM EST at the cost of 0.06 ETH each, featuring a re-imagined minting process which aims to prevent gas wars and make minting a painless and accessible experience. uwucrew holders are free to do anything with their uwus under a non-exclusive license. uwucrew Primary Sale Split Team: 50% of sales will be split among the uwuLabs team Future Development: 27.5% will be used to fund future roadmap development, collaborations, and future drops DAO Treasury: 15% will be used for community grants and any future investments voted on by the community Charity: 7.5% will be donated to a charity voted on by the community Secondary Fees: Secondary fee on OpenSea will be set at 2.5% and will be split between the above categories. Roadmap uwucrew Official Merch Shop for WET Additional Prizes in Waifusion Dungeon Built-in HODL stats for uwucrew NFT s (future rewards for longest holders!) Metaverse Future Drops Mixed type drops (including airdrops) for Waifusion holders, uwucrew holders, biggest holders, burn Semi-realistic 1/1 Art drops by Laur Generative Art Collection(s) by Kiwi Various Artist Collaborations planned uwuLoot Team Members Laur (Artist ) Laur (@fungibleartist) is an amazing female artist behind all of the uwucrew designs and art! She specializes in character concept design and Digital illustration, and plans to drop semi-realistic 1/1 derivatives based on uwucrew at least once a month, along with other personal artwork. Kiwi (Solidity Dev) Kiwi is a long time Crypto developer who has been involved in ETH 2.0, NFTX (NFTX) and several other projects. He’s recently taken an interest in collecting and creating generative art and plans on starting his own generative collection to reward our holders. Morello Defi, shitcoin, NFT enthusiast (gambler) and collector of anime-inspired art. Doesn't really have a real role but helps out with art, task planning, socials, and shitposting for uwucrew. Chase (Front End Dev eloper) Chase is a Front End Web3 dev who has a passion for Defi and NFT s. He developed the original Waifusion Dungeon, the new Waifusion site, and the uwucrew site. CatInKleins (R&D) ETH maxi and NFT gambler, he's generally happy to get paid for looking at anime cleavages all day. Cat helps with art, socials and uwuniverse creation. 0xWave (Math-wiz, waifu sommelier ) Software engineer and data wizard pretending to not be as degenerate as your average jpeg collector. Community builder deeply interested in Defi, NFT s, and their intersection.

alameda-research

Alameda Research was a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm and liquidity provider.

Alameda Research was a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm and liquidity provider. On November 11, 2022, the firm announced that it would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. History Founded in 2017, Alameda Research was a financial services company that focuses on providing liquidity and managing digital assets. The company was originally founded in Hong Kong but has expanded to the United States and Japan. Alameda Research was founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, who had previously worked at Jane Street, a global proprietary trading firm. Bankruptcy In November 2022, Bankman-Fried announced that Alameda Research and FTX had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy along with other companies related to FTX. The founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigned from his position as CEO, with John J. Ray III succeeding him. Websites for Alameda Research and the company’s venture capital arm, FTX Ventures, were offline and made private, while both FTX’s main site and FTX US’ website remain accessible. According to a recent report by The Wall Street Journal, the reason for the crisis was that the exchange provided up to $10 billion in loans using money that customers had deposited. Since FTX had $16 billion in customer assets, the exchange had lent more than half of its customer funds. Aside from FTX, Alameda had to take out additional loans from other financial firms too, which totals $1.5 billion, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

incognito

Incognito  is a collection consisting of 10,000 randomly generated and unique characters living on Ethereum.

Incognito is a collection consists of 10,000 randomly generated and unique characters living on the Ethereum blockchain as ERC-721 tokens. Overview The Incognito (ICON) project was created by NFT collectors, artists, and professionals with the goal of bringing something unique and special to the NFT Community. Ownership includes full commercial and creative rights to ICONs, as well as access to our exclusive merch, community events, future mobile app, and much more. This collection consists of 10,000 unique “Incognitos,” randomly combined from tens of thousands of different possibilities. These NFTs live on the Ethereum blockchain as ERC-721 tokens. All 10,000 NFTs are available for purchase, thereby expanding the opportunity to join the "Incognito NFT" community. All 10,000 NFTs are designed and created by Leonardo Fonseca, our Art Director & 3D artist. All physical rewards are created by the mentioned artists or companies. Technology Incognito is an NFT collection issued on the Ethereum blockchain network. The technology is ERC721 Standard, and MetaMask & Wallet connect protocol support. The minting process work by using any web browser with Metamask wallet or through any wallet that implements the wallet connect protocol (Trust Wallet, Exodus, Argent, Rainbow, etc) Provenance Hash For each Incognito image, content is hashed using SHA-256 algorithm. A combined string is obtained by concatenating SHA-256 of each one in a specific order. The final proof is obtained by SHA-256 hashing this combined string, finally, this is the provenance record stored on the smart contract. Each Incognito token ID is assigned to an artwork image from the initial sequence. IPFS for metadata storage IPFS stands for Interplanetary File System, a decentralized File Storage solution Once a file is stored in the IPFS it cannot be changed/altered/ destroyed/by anyone, not even the creator. 3D Designs & Artwork All incognitos were designed by Nuxer.inc led by Nuxer, a self-taught 3D Artist and creative junkie with tremendous skills and passion. If there is one thing users will be amazed by the collection, it's the amazing 3D models created by Leo. !download-9jpg.jpeg Over 500+ hours and two months of work went into the creation of all Incognito NFT artwork. The final result is an amazing combination of quality, attractiveness, and overall amazing 3D models. Notable Sales !3.pngThe community of Incognito NFTs have made several distinct sales with the quality and rarity of art presented in the NFT market. The Incognito 761 stands out as the current most notable , selling out for 42.788025 WETH ($57,215.72) on the 4th of September 2021 on Opensea marketplace. Roadmap August 2021 Discord & Twitter Sales bot launch, Discord Community & Website Rarity tool introduced, Floor buy-back - Incognito Community Vault filled up, $25,000 ETH PFP Giveaway! (Once sell out), Website Gallery & Details page launch, OpenSea connection with a website to view floor prices and other details, Both hoodie and hat rewards will be sent to NFT holders, New York City surprise!, Metaverse plans will be revealed and work on a few secret projects will start, Go Incognito Profile Portal page will launch + 6k resolution images will be available for download, 3D Interactive and Animations will be announced and a few will be made available., Season 1 - Vol 1. Merch announcement, and $10k Community giveaway/event September 2021 Metaverse announcements, airdrops, reveals, meetups, and much more, Custom Pendant Giveaway!, All 3D Interactive & Animated files will be available for download, Female Companions, $10k Community giveaway/event. Vol 1. Merch Release. (Incognito Members Only - Limited Editions). Official Professional Print service available for the community, Liquidity pool announcement, Real-world meetup!, All sculptures and paintings to be distributed, and First professional metal prints giveaway October 2021 Space launch! (Yes, real launch to space), 3D Printing files will be available for all Incognito holders, Vol 2. Merch Release. (Incognito Members Only - Limited Editions), Unexpected New Friends, $10k Community giveaway/event, Second professional metal prints giveaway, and Possible mobile app announcement. November 2021 Physical Collectibles - Future partnership. Vol. 3 Merch Release. (Some Members Only & Public Merch), $10k Community giveaway/event, Possible partnerships with big-name companies, Possible mobile app launch or beta testing, More coming soon...

kryll

Kyril is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Cryptocurrency token based on the Ethereum blockchain.

Kryll is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Cryptocurrency token based on the Ethereum blockchain. Kryll was founded by a team based in France. Kryll is a crypto traders community that is an automated strategies building platform which requires zero dev skills. Kryll.io is the first and foremost intuitive platform to define powerful crypto trading strategies using a simple drag’n’drop editor. Overview Kryll offers logical operators, market indicators, value triggers, enhanced technical analysis, media opinion mining, and deep-learning predictions; to create automated winning strategies. Kryll provides intuitive ways to create your one's trading strategies that can be set to execute automatically. Kryll uses the ticker symbol KRL. Kryll is supported in major exchanges like Bittrex, Poloniex, GDAX, YoBit.net, Binance, HitBTC, Bitstamp, among others. Kryll was founded by Luce Benevolo in 2018. Tokenomic Kryll has a circulating supply of 14 Million coins and a maximum supply of 49.4 Million coins. Kryll has a Market cap of $1,270,492 USD. Social Media | S/N | Social Media | Followers | | --- | ------------ | --------- | | 1 | Facebook | 5.8k | | 2 | Twitter | 7.5k | Team Kryll (KRL) is made up of innovative individuals that are passion-driven, who work together for the collective goal of Kryll. Some of them are: Luce Benevolo - Chief Executive Officer and founder. Philippe Longere - CTO and founder. Paul Collorafi - Chief Marketing Officer Strategist. Francis Prat - Artistic Director. Jeremy Blot - Community Manager. Jay Salvat - Front-end Expert. Fabien Mabon - Back-end Expert. Partnership Kryll announced a partnership with Spectre.ai Dividend Token (SXDT) cryptocurrency in March 2018. In 2019 Kryll announced a partnership with Daneel artificial intelligence.

chris-derose

Chris Derose is a bitcoin evangelist, public speaker, podcaster, and journalist.

Chris Derose is a bitcoin evangelist, public speaker, podcaster, and journalist. He is the lead organizer of the South Florida Bitcoin group, and a prolific YouTuber at his channel, Bitcoin Uncensored. He is also the Community Director at the Counterparty Foundation and writes regularly for publications such as Bitcoin Magazine. Career Chris Derose is the Counterparty Community Director and a writer at American Banker. DeRose’s articles at American Banker highlight Bitcoin’s advantages over private blockchains, and how Bitcoin and blockchain technology is set to change finance. Articles GENECOIN: DNA FOR THE BLOCKCHAIN While it’s a common refrain in the Bitcoin universe that the Blockchain will have countless uses for the storage and management of scarcity in our lives, it’s still a field that’s just starting to deliver on this promise. COUNTERPARTY AND THE ASSET REVOLUTION How many of you heard of Counterparty (github)? Awesome, wonderful, that’s encouraging sign. How many of you have a Counterparty asset (counterwallet github)? Oh wow, I am in a good audience here. I thought it was more of a introductory course, but good.

maofan-ted-yin

Maofan Ted Yin is the Co-founder and Chief Protocol Architect (System) at AVA Labs.

Maofan Ted Yin is the Co-founder and Chief Protocol System Architect of Avalanche. Led by Emin Gün Sirer (CEO) alongside Kevin Sekniqi (COO), Avalanche is a decentralized, open-source proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. Early Life & Education Ted Yin participated in a summer program at Cornell University in June 2015, during which he co-created the Research Trends website over the course of two weeks, starting with no background in Flask, Weaver, and HypderDex. His main interest in research is to build provably correct and practically effective systems. He Is passionate about research collaboration and often seeks out promising interns. Ted Yin majored in Computer Science during his undergrad at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. In 2019, he received his MSc. in Computer Science from Cornell University. In 2021, he received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell University, co-advised by Prof. Emin Gün Sirer and Prof. Robbert van Renesse. Career 2018 Maofan Ted Yin was a Research Intern at VMware where he worked on the theory and implementation of a new BFT consensus protocol, HotStuff, with Dr. Dahlia Malkhi and Prof. Michael K. Reiter. 2019 In 2019, Ted Yin co-founded AVA Labs and started working there as the Chief Protocol Architect (System). Crypto Career Maofan Ted Yin's career in crypto started in 2016 after he transitioned into blockchain from Artificial Intelligence. According to him, he wasn't that obsessed with calculus or continuous math as required in AI and so he started with Systems research with the help of Emin Gun Sirer. In the beginning, he was skeptical about cryptocurrency and blockchain because it felt "scammy". In 2016 I thought cryptocurrency is about you know some cool hackers and like some Russian mafia, good enough to make a Hollywood film but too far away from me" His first blockchain project was to work on the consensus mechanism of a blockchain infrastructure which was in line with the core research program he was interested in at the time. At Avalanche he worked closely with Kevin Sekniqi as a generator to generate new protocol specs while Kevin would try his best to attack the protocol until he found a protocol that stuck. Demos & Talks Scaling the Infrastructure of Practical Blockchain Systems (dissertation defense) Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus (HotStuff) (Data Skeptic) podcast] [ Sync HotStuff (S&P 2020) The Infrastructure for Blockchain 3.0 (Upbit Developer Conference 2019) Snowball BFT Consensus Visualization HotStuff Slides (PODC 2019) HotStuff Slides (2018 Xi'an International Workshop on Blockchain)

gnosis

Gnosis is a prediction forecast platform that allows users to buy shares in the outcome of events. It was founded in 2015.

Gnosis is a prediction market forecasting platform that allows users to buy shares in the outcome of events. These shares are purchased in the form of WIZ tokens, an abbreviation for wisdom, which is received in exchange for GNO tokens. Overview "Gnosis" is a word with Greek roots that means knowledge. In particular, a sort of personal, spiritual knowledge, rather than general intelligence. Gnosis is a prediction market that allows users to make wages on events that are yet to happen. It's a platform where people can be rewarded for their knowledge. The market runs on conditional tokens that represent a guaranteed payout of a collateral token only if one or more pre-determined conditions are met. The prediction platform employs a dual token structure which is Gnosis (GNO) and OWL. The GNO are ERC-20 tokens that were sold by the team during their Initial Coin Offering (ICO). OWL tokens are earned by staking GNO. The amount of OWL received is dependent on the length of the lock period as well as the total supply of OWL tokens in the market. Gnosis adds to the cryptocurrency ecosystem by allowing users to trade for the outcomes of certain events. These can range from predicting the price of a certain asset to betting on the outcome of elections. Team Gnosis is led by Martin Köeppelmann (CEO), Stefan George (CTO), and Dr. Friederike Ernst (COO). $OWL Tokens OWL tokens are used to pay fees on the Gnosis prediction market platform. OWL tokens are pegged to the US dollar so that every OWL token is worth $1. Gnosis adjusts the OWL token distribution to maintain its peg. GNO Token The Gnosis cryptocurrency, GNO, is an Ethereum-based token sold during the Gnosis Initial Coin Offering (ICO). The primary use case of GNO is for generating OWL tokens via staking. Users can lock GNO for a certain amount of time (up to one year) to earn rewards. The amount of OWL received is calculated based on the length of the staking period. The total supply of GNO is fixed at 10 million tokens, meaning GNO tokens may hold value for anyone looking to enter Gnosis markets. Note that both GNO and OWL tokens derive value from their roles in facilitating the operation of the decentralized Gnosis network. How Gnosis works Gnosis is comprised of three separate platforms: Apollo, DutchX, and Gnosis Safe. Apollo: A prediction market platform where users can create their tokens (tokens that represent information, incentives) DutchX: A Decentralized Exchange (DEX) where users can trade and auction off their tokens. Gnosis Safe: A cryptocurrency wallet and a browser that interacts with Ethereum apps.

oasis

Built on the Ethereum blockchain, Oasis is a liquidity pool and decentralized exchange (DEX) platform.

Oasis (launched in October 2019) is a liquidity pool and decentralized exchange (DEX) platform built on the Ethereum blockchain. It was developed by the creators of the Maker Protocol generally known as MakerDAO. It offers trading of ETH and ERC20 tokens, earning interest on Dai and also borrowing Dai in the Ethereum DeFi (Decentralized Finance) ecosystem. Company Oasis is a product of MakerDAO. Maker is a Decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain founded in 2014 by Rune Christensen. Rune Christensen is also the CEO of the company while Bartek Kiepuszewski is Head of the Oasis project. Maker DAO issues two cryptocurrency tokens, Maker (MKR) - a governance token for Maker platform and the world's first decentralized stablecoin, Dai created on Ethereum, which eliminates volatility through a system of smart contracts. MakerDAO is a growing ecosystem with over 400 apps and services integrating Dai, including cryptocurrency wallets, DeFi platforms, games, and more. Fundraising MakerDAO raised a total of $27 million USD in funding over 5 rounds with the latest round being held on Dec 19, 2019. It is funded by some of the well-known investors that include Andreessen Horowitz, Walden Bridge Capital, and Polychain Capital. Overview Oasis is a decentralized exchange (DEX) where the users can exchange ERC20 tokens, borrow Dai and earn savings. It is termed the New Oasis as it is an advanced version of OasisDEX.com and Oasis.Direct, which were introduced in 2018-19. Using Oasis.Direct, users were able to transfer ETH for the Dai stablecoin, as well as MKR instantly, with no account needed and zero fees. The New Oasis portal brought exchange and also earnings to Dai Saving under one portal with the new Dai Saving Rate (DSR) feature. Users can trade Multi-Collateral Dai and the multitude of collateral assets backing Dai, including security tokens, while also conveniently accessing Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) features for all of these assets. It is also made with a vision to pursue a new solution that complies fully with applicable global regulations. Features The New Oasis enables users to take advantage of exchange and also borrowing services. Once a user logs in with any wallet it shows the Dashboard with cryptocurrencies and tokens in the wallet. Oasis Trade Oasis Trade UI Oasis Trade is an advanced version of Oasis DEX. It is a decentralized, permissionless, open-source protocol, and anyone can develop a project on top of it and contribute to the liquidity in the DeFi ecosystem. On the Oasis app, a user can trade Ethereum, Dai, and other ERC20 tokens. The user can place a limit order or they can also use instant exchange order to get their desired cryptocurrency instantly. These digital assets are paired with Dai and WETH both, stablecoins like USDC, PAX, and TUSD are only paired with DAI. Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) is an ERC20 compatible version of ETH and represents 1:1 Ethereum. The list of сryptocurrencies and ERC20 tokens available to trade are tabularized below. Eventually, it will support a multitude of collateral assets backing the DAI token. | Cryptocurrency | Ticker Symbol | | -------------- | ------------- | | Wrapped Ethereum | WETH | | DAI | Dai | | Augur | REP | | 0x | ZRX | | Basic Attention Token | BAT | | Chainlink | LINK | | Wrapped Bitcoin | WBTC | | Compound | COMP | | Kyber Network | KNC | | Decentraland | MANA | | Paxos Standard | PAX | | USD Coin | USDC | | TrueUSD | TUSD | Multiply Trade In May 2020, the developers added a new feature - Multiply. Users can now use ETH as collateral to borrow Dai, which can then be used to buy more ETH, and so on, creating multiples of up to 2x. It is built on top of the Maker Protocol and allows users to borrow Dai and create Multiplied Positions, similar to leveraged or margin positions but without the need to borrow funds from a counterparty. For example, if a user creates 1.5X multiple trade with ETH/Dai pair, they can start with either WETH or Dai. So if the user deposits 10,000 Dai into their Multiply Account, they can then place a Buy Order for 15 ETH (assuming the price of ETH is \~ 1000 Dai), which would sell the 10,000 Dai for 10 ETH, lock the 10 ETH into their Multiply Position, and draw 5,000 Dai against it, which is then sold for an additional 5 ETH. The user now has a 1.5x multiple of their initial investment. The user can also use 10 ETH, depositing it into their Multiply Account, and using it to lock into their Multiply Position, drawing 5,000 Dai as before and then selling this for ETH. Both of these methods will involve just two transactions, depositing and then placing the Buy Order, taking them to the 1.5x multiple. This can be simplified in a tabular form below (assuming ETH Price is 1000 DAI). | Initial Deposit | Buy Order | Sell Order | ETH Remained for Locking | Dai Allowed to Draw Against Lock | | --------------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------- | | 10000 DAI | 15 ETH | 10 ETH for 10000 Dai | 5 ETH | 5000 DAI | | 10 ETH | | | 10 ETH | 5000 DAI = 5 ETH (Total 15 ETH = 1.5x of Initial Deposit) | Oasis Borrow Collateral Options This is a section where users can mint the stablecoin, Dai, by locking collateral supported by Multi-Collateral Dai in Vaults. Each collateral asset deposited has its own Vault and the users will be able to open and manage multiple Vaults from the Borrow dashboard quickly and easily. It currently supports Ether (ETH) and Basic Attention Token (BAT), 0x (ZRX), Chainlink (LINK ), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), Compound (COMP ), Kyber Network (KNC), Decentraland (MANA ), USD Coin (USDC) , TrueUSD (TUSD), Balancer (BAL), renBTC (RENBTC), Aave (AAVE), Gemini dollar (GUSD), Uniswap (UNI), and yEarn (YFI). These cryptocurrency collaterals are categorized as A and B, and each collateral type has its own risk parameters. Typically, these two types differ on the basis of stability fee and liquidation ratio. The users need to take the following parameters into account while borrowing DAI. | Stability Fee | Liquidation Ratio | Liquidation Fee | Available DAI for Particular Type | | ------------- | ----------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------- | | Range: 0% to 50% | Range :101% to 175% | 13% | Depends on the liquidity | Oasis Save Oasis Save Dashboard Example Oasis Save is home to the Dai Savings Rate where the user can earn an annualized interest from locking Dai via Maker smart contracts. A user inputs the amount of Dai and then presses “Deposit”. This will pop up a transaction that the user needs to sign in order to process. Once it approves, their balance gets updated and the user starts earning interest on deposited Dai. The deposited Dai and interest earned can be withdrawn at any time. Oasis Save is integrated directly in the New Oasis version dashboard and users can start depositing Dai from there. Oasis Tutorial How to use Oasis Features To use any Oasis feature, the user needs to sign in with any Ethereum wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallets, Trezor, Ledger or they can use the WalletConnect interface to connect with any mobile wallet. Recently, Oasis added login via email address as well. If a user is new and wants to buy Dai, it also supports the purchase of Dai from over 100 countries around the world, including Europe, the US, and parts of Latin America through connections with various partners. Oasis has partnered with three registered third-party providers - Latamex, Wyre, and MoonPay to facilitate user purchases of Dai using a range of debit or credit cards or bank transfers. Fees Oasis is free to use, however, the user will need to pay transaction fees (gas) to the Ethereum network and fees such as stability fee and exchange fees associated with Maker and other protocols that depend on the particular feature. If a user is going to buy DAI with third-party providers, there can be additional fees. Deposit Methods Oasis Exchange does not – like all (or at least close to all) other DEXs – accept any deposits of fiat currency. This means that crypto investors without any previous crypto holdings can’t trade at this trading platform. In order to purchase your first cryptos, you need a so called entry-level exchange, which is an exchange accepting deposits of fiat currency.

dao

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is an organization represented by rules encoded as a computer program.

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO), sometimes labeled decentralized autonomous corporations (DAC), are organizations represented by rules encoded as a computer program that is transparent, controlled by token holders and not influenced by a central government. A DAO's financial transaction record and program rules are maintained on a blockchain. The precise legal status of this type of business organization is unclear. A well-known example, intended for venture capital funding, was The DAO, which launched with $150 million in crowdfunding in June 2016, and was immediately hacked and drained of US$50 million in cryptocurrency. This hack was reversed in the following weeks, and the money was restored, via a hard fork of the Ethereum blockchain. This bailout was made possible by the Ethereum miners and clients switching to the new fork. In July 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a report, which determined that The DAO sold securities in the form of tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, violating portions of US securities law. Background Decentralized autonomous organizations are typified by the use of blockchain technology to provide a secure digital ledger to track financial interactions across the internet, hardened against forgery by trusted timestamping and dissemination of a distributed database. This approach eliminates the need to involve a mutually acceptable trusted third party in a financial transaction, thus simplifying the transaction. The costs of a blockchain-enabled transaction and of the associated data reporting may be substantially offset by the elimination of both the trusted third party and the need for the repetitive recording of contract exchanges in different records. For example, the blockchain data could, in principle and if regulatory structures permit it, replace public documents such as deeds and titles. In theory, a blockchain approach allows multiple cloud computing users to enter a loosely coupled peer-to-peer smart contract collaboration. Daniel Larimer first proposed the concept of a "Decentralized Organized Company" in an article published on September 7, 2013, and implemented in Bitshares in 2014, and EcoinOS in 2018. Vitalik Buterin proposed that after a DAO was launched, it might be organized to run without human managerial interactivity, provided the smart contracts were supported by a Turing complete platform. Ethereum, built on a blockchain and launched in 2015, has been described as meeting that Turing threshold, thus enabling such DAOs. Decentralized autonomous organizations aim to be open platforms where individuals control their identities and their personal data. Benefits of a DAO A DAO's main advantage is its decentralization, an essential characteristic. According to their basic design principles, DAOs aim to achieve the maximum level of decentralization. The concept of complete decentralization generally loses value in other endeavors. Decentralized organizations have the advantage of allowing members to decide the future of the organization. DAOs, or Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, offer communities around the world the opportunity to connect and work together on a promising future of the organization. A sense of ownership is another characteristic of decentralized autonomous organizations. This can encourage members to innovate and establish new standards for receiving compensation in exchange for participation as a result. Each member of a DAO has the power for influencing the organization's future. All stakeholders of a DAO are able to provide proposals for protocol updates and improvements. DAOs don't limit decision-making to the c-level boardrooms which is a crucial benefit of a DAO. Thus, DAOs can provide innovative ideas to the organization by having encouraged stakeholders and numerous participants from all over the world. How does a DAO work? A DAO is an organization where decisions are made from the bottom up; a collective of members owns the organization. There are many ways to take part in a DAO, it is usually through the ownership of a token. DAOs operate using smart contracts, which are bits of code that execute automatically whenever some criteria are met. Smart contracts are released on numerous blockchains nowadays, but Ethereum was the first to use them. These smart contracts establish the DAO’s rules. Individuals with a stake in a DAO get voting rights and have an influence on how the organization operates by deciding on or creating new governance proposals. This method helps prevent DAOs from being spammed with proposals: A proposal will only pass if a majority of stakeholders approve it. How that majority is determined varies from DAO to DAO. DAOs are fully autonomous and nonambiguous. As they are built on open-source blockchains, anyone can view their code. Launching a DAO Smart contract creation: Firstly, a developer or group of developers will have to create the smart contract behind the DAO. After launch, they can't change the rules set by these contracts, unless through the governance system. Funding: After the creation of the smart contracts, the DAO needs to determine a way to receive funding and how to enact governance. Most of the time, tokens are sold to raise funds; these tokens give holders voting rights. Deployment: Once everything has been set up, the DAO will then be deployed on the blockchain. From here on out, stakeholders decide on the future of the organization. The organization’s creators will no longer influence the project any more than other stakeholders. Issues Social Shareholder participation in DAOs can be problematic. For example, BitShares has seen a lack of voting participation, because it takes time and energy to consider proposals. Legal liability The precise legal status of this type of business organization is unclear; some similar approaches have been regarded by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as illegal offers of unregistered securities. Although unclear, a DAO may functionally be a corporation without legal status as a corporation: a general partnership. This means potentially unlimited legal liability for participants, even if the smart contract code or the DAO's promoters say otherwise. Known participants, or those at the interface between a DAO and regulated financial systems, may be targets for regulatory enforcement or civil actions. Security The code of a given DAO will be difficult to alter once the system is up and running, including bug fixes that would be otherwise trivial in centralized code. Corrections for a DAO would require writing new code and an agreement to migrate all the funds. Although the code is visible to all, it is hard to repair, thus leaving known security holes open to exploitation unless a moratorium is called to enable bug fixing. In 2016, a specific DAO, "The DAO", set a record for the largest crowdfunding campaign to date. Researchers pointed out multiple issues in the code of The DAO. The operational procedure for The DAO allowed investors to withdraw at will any money that had not yet been committed to a project; the funds could thus deplete quickly. Although safeguards aimed to prevent gaming the voting of shareholders to win investments, there were a "number of security vulnerabilities". These enabled an attempted large withdrawal of funds from The DAO to be initiated in mid-June 2016. On the 20th of July 2016, the Ethereum blockchain was forked to bail out the original contract. Organizational Frameworks There are several projects that pioneering further tooling and frameworks in this space, to eliminate problems thus far encountered. Examples are DaoStack, Aragon, Colony and the Economic Space Agency.

badger-dao

Badger DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization built with the purpose of building the infrastructure and products...

Barger DAO (BADGER)is a decentralized autonomous organization built with the purpose of building the infrastructure and products required to fast-track Bitcoin as collateral across other blockchains. Badger DAO Brings DeFi to Bitcoin - DAO Rush Week Presentation + Q&AIn February 2021, Badger DAO and yEarn announced a partnership designed to bring yEarn’s vault expertise to Badger. Overview Badger is intended to be an ecosystem where projects and people from across DeFi can come together to collaborate and build the products that the crypto space needs. Shared ownership in the DAO allows developers to have aligned incentives while decentralized governance can ensure those incentives remain fair to all parties. The idea is less competing and more collaborating. Badger DAO is a community-led initiative and all decisions are made through a governed vote including what, how, and when Badger DAO products are created. Equally important is ensuring there is a fair distribution of BADGER, the Badger DAO native coin, to give all participants the opportunity to get involved and benefit. Badger community members can propose new product ideas to the DAO, pitch the proposal to the greater community over video and finally take the proposal if it passes these stages to an official vote for approval. Once approvedб the Badger DAO ops team will collaborate with them to build it, fund itб and market it. Tokenomics BADGER is the Badger DAO's native token that governs the DAO. Like yEarn’s YFI token, BADGER will be launched with fair liquidity mining. That means no centralized control of the protocol upon launch, no raising VC funds, and no anonymous team that could incite fears of a potential rug pull. The community will decide how to distribute portions of the token supply after 35% of the tokens go to the Badger DAO for maintenance. Funds could be released for things like operations, partnership incentives, additional liquidity mining, and more, but only after the community votes. According to the team, they will allocate 10% of the total supply (2,100,000 BADGER) to founder rewards and distribute them incrementally to public wallets. The remaining 90% will go to the community. To prevent any rug pulls, founder rewards will have a 1-year time lock on the wallet to release tokens evenly every week across 12 months. Products SETT Real badgers build their homes out of leaves and grass. These homes, or Setts, are so fortified that they can last for centuries, providing a home for generations of badgers. Badger DAO wants to do the same for its crypto holders using SETT as its automated DeFi (Decentralized Finance) aggregator. Since Badger DAO exists to create Bitcoin (BTC) focused products, SETT models yEarn vaults but focused strictly on tokenized BTC assets. SETT will also be the only way for members to earn BADGER tokens. Users will deposit assets to earn yield, while smart contracts will execute various strategies to put the assets to work across multiple DeFi protocols. Thus, users can optimize yield without all the hard work and mental effort required for executing the typical yield farming strategy. For a limited time, users who deposit funds to SETTS will receive yield plus BADGER. The protocol will apply a multiplier effect to rewards for users who stake for more extended periods. There is a 0.5% withdrawal fee, but users can withdraw their assets at any time. There will be an additional 4.5% fee on any profits. These fees will cover gas and transaction costs. SETT is still in its early stages. However, five SETTS ready for launch will be four Compounding Strategies: Curve – SBTC, Curve – RENBTC, Curve TBTC, and Badger – WBTC. With one SETT put aside for those wishing to stake BADGER to earn more BADGER. BADGER Distribution Liquidity Mining: 4,830,000 BADGER. Developer mining: 3,150,000 BADGER - Developers that build products and Sett vault strategies will earn BADGER. DAO treasury: 7,350,000 BADGER. Gitcoin: 420,000 BADGER - Badger rewards anyone that donated to Gitcoin since inception. Airdrop: 3,150,000 BADGER. Team: 2,100,000 BADGER - The founding team will be rewarded BADGER at every block that it’s mined through the liquidity mining event. All the tokens will be in a time-locked contract and will be linearly released every month for 1 year. DIGG Along with the BADGER token, the team also launched its community-owned product called DIGG. This product adds to the list of existing Bitcoin (BTC) synthetics, but it is non-custodial. DIGG is an elastic supply cryptocurrency that’s pegged to Bitcoin’s price. The supply of DIGG automatically adjusts each day across all wallets. And these adjustments are based on DIGG’s USD value vs. BTC. So, if DIGG’s price rises higher than BTC, the wallet balance increases. Likewise, if DIGG’s price drops, wallet balances decrease. At the same time, each day, the system summons a price oracle to determine whether to increase or decrease the supply of DIGG to drive the buy or sell pressure accordingly. The goal of the team and their product is to remove centralized control and custody over synthetic BTC and instead deploy elastic parameters to maintain the peg. DIGG went live on January 22, 2021. DIGG Distribution 40% Badger DAO Treasury 40% Liquidity Mining (over 22 weeks) 5% Founding Team (vested over 1 year) 15% Airdrop (600 immediately available) Partnerships Ren In October 2020, Badger collaborated with Ren to explore different products and infrastructure Ren can participate in building ob Badger alongside the other community builders. At the forefront of Ren’s product suite is renBTC (RENBTC), a tokenized form of Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum blockchain managed by a decentralized network of dark nodes. Harvest Finance In October 2020, Badger collaborated with Harvest Finance to build collaborative yield-optimizing products for both communities. In partnership with Harvest, Badger DAO launched their interpretation of vault strategies, called Setts. MEME In October 2020, Badger partnered with Meme to launch their special Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collaboration called the Honey Badger Pot. The Honey Badger Pot is a challenge focused on yield farming. In November, Meme and Badger launched a limited edition collection of NFTs. Each one had a clue that helped the community locate the Honey Badger Pot, a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) treasure with a lot of BADGER rewards. All NFTs needed to be collected to claim the pot rewards. Pickle Finance In October 2020, Badger partnered with Pickle Finance to create better yields for tokenized BTC primarily through the Sett product, Badger’s yield aggregator. Prior to the collaboration, the Pickle team entered the tokenized Bitcoin yield space with pars, allowing users to deposit tokens from liquidity pools such as Uniswap or Curve Finance, and then execute strategies that maximize the returns of the depositor. Enoki In October 2020, Badger announced the partnership with Enoki DeFi Club to collaborate on Non-Fungible Token (NFT) initiatives and integrating them with yield-reward systems in the near future. This includes using tokenized Bitcoin (BTC) as part of Enoki’s missions and their unique NFT’s as a part of the Honey Badger Pot. Keep Network In November 2020, Keep Network, a project building infrastructure for autonomous private data on public blockchains, decentralized applications (DApps), and DAOs, joined the Badger builders group. The partnership will involve collaborating to accelerate tBTC in Badger's existing products and future apps. Kyber Network In November 2020, Badger DAO announced the induction of KyberSwap as their newest Badger builder. KyberSwap is a DEX platform that offers secure, non-custodial swaps of Ethereum-based tokens. It also offers non-custodial limit orders and reserve-based trade execution. Kyber Swap will be working alongside Badger to drive the trading velocity of tokenized Bitcoin (BTC) on their decentralized exchange (DEX). At launch, KyberSwap is going to be a key partner in giving access to those wanting to trade BADGER and offering additional incentives for those that trade Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) or renBTC (RENBTC). yEarn On February 10, 2021, Badger DAO and yEarn announced a partnership designed to bring yEarn’s vault expertise to Badger. Badger will migrate their current synthetic Bitcoin (BTC) vault balance to yEarn’s, and the yEarn vault will display in Badger’s app. Additionally, the two protocols will work together to build a new Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) vault. The fees from the vaults will be shared between the Badger and yEarn protocols. In their announcement post, Badger DAO noted that partnering with yEarn will enable them to construct high-yield vaults even without the distribution of governance tokens. In return, yEarn vault strategists will receive an additional reward on top of their normal vault performance fee from Badger’s “developer mining program,” a $258 million dollar fund dedicated to incentivizing developers to build with Badger. Fireblocks In April 2021, Badger DAO announced a forthcoming integration with Fireblocks, a digital asset storage, management, and DeFi on-ramp for institutional investors. BadgerDAO founder Chris Spadafora said that the integration will help make Badger’s vaults and products more accessible to institutional investors, and not just the retail DeFi crowd: “Our intention is to further help onboard institutional Bitcoin holders to defi. With Badger smart contracts being easily integrated by anyone/company without our permission, we anticipate many more centralized businesses servicing the institutional marke

unfederalreserve

unFederalReserve is a blockchain-based software development company for banking products

UnFederalReserve is a safe harbor where sophisticated parties are the "pricing oracles" and ordinary people can participate alongside a reduced chance of being gamed by experts. Overview Since the founding of UnFederalReserve, it has been known for quality services, exceptional efficiency, and the highest level of professionalism. !1 iebwLQe2-JLiY_Kd9LUIKA.png Merchant Bankers, staked to the eRSDL ecosystem, have the access to the capital they need and have a ready marketplace in which to lend their excess. Their merchant banking counterparties measure and price risk for short-term loans between the parties. Ordinary eRSDL holders then participate safely at market rates. Participation is democratized, but the risk doesn't have to be. Vision UnFederalReserve is designed for small and medium-sized lenders looking to achieve positive Roi when moving to a blockchain-powered model. ERSDL Token The eRSDL token provides many privileges, including the limited ability to participate in the development and implementation of the Residual business plan, regardless of the number of tokens it holds. In addition, a certain amount of aggregation (“Minimum”) grants certain privileges; namely, when combined with the Residual permission, Minimum allows access to the Residual Token, Inc. Team 1. Howard Krieger (Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder): He is a Managing Director in CBIZ Valuation Group, LLC (“CBIZ”). He specializes in the valuation of complex financial instruments including cryptocurrency loans, interest rate swaps, agency and non-agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). 2. Ryan Medlin (Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder): He is a seasoned entrepreneur and technologist from Silicon Valley. His most recent exit was the sale to Datasnap.io in 2015 to proximity tracking and measurement company Neustar, where he then led a team of engineers to implement Neustar's Identity IoT initiatives. This included a product for the Internet IoT, which was an improvement over conventional PKI, enabling cryptography-based policy enforcement and identity management in a highly distributed architecture.

offshift

Offshift is the native cryptocurrency of the DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol, Offshift.

Offshift is the native cryptocurrency of the DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol, Offshift. It is a cryptographically private offshore storage protocol created on Ethereum, and claims to be first dual-sided public/private protocol to be built entirely on a public blockchain. Developers Offshift is developed by a private team of blockchain developers. It seems, they want to keep identities private although they mentioned (in an AMA) that team currently consists of total six members, including Johnny (project lead), Paul (tech lead), Imhotep (community manager), two core developers (in addition to Paul) and a web and graphic designer. | Team Member | Designation | | ----------- | ----------- | | Johnny | Core Developer and Project Lead | | Paul | Tech Lead | | Imhotep | Community Manager | In one of the AMA Session, this is what team member answered to the' Why is the team anonymous? question from one of the participants. To kind of paraphrase Ed Snowden, “who we are” doesn’t really matter. We feel like if that’s what people are focused on, they’re missing the point. The Offshift project isn’t about Johnny, Paul, or anyone else who works on it. It’s about empowering people to take their financial privacy into their own hands if they choose to. Frankly, it’s something much larger than any of us. That being said, we realise our anonymity puts the burden on us to remove the need for trust wherever and whenever possible. We’ll continue to do that through things like the liquidity lock and team token lock (which we’ll deploy soon) whenever the community asks us to, and whenever we’re able. Overview Offshift is a decentralized protocol that enables cryptographically private, asset-pegged stable value “offshore” storage with staking interest on Ethereum. It uses a dual token model to drive the adoption of cryptocurrency and particularly DeFi by providing stable value without altering its speculative aspect. Cryptocurrencies have observed great volatility, but these are still not accepted as a 'consumer currency' in current retail systems. Volatility is important as it provides incentives, but to become consumer currency, its value need to be stable. To solve this dilemma, Offshift is designed to adequately incentivize both speculation and use as a currency. To achieve that it uses the dual token model. XFT token, incentivizes investing and trading, while private Stablecoin zkUSD, zkETH and zkBTC promotes use as currency for storage and spending. Technology As mentioned above, Offshift uses dual token model to fulfill speculative and stability aspects at the same time. XFT is represents public chain and volatile cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Litecoin, EOS and others and zkassets provide the private, stable-valued side of the Offshift ecosystem. Offshift uses two way bridge architecture to connect public and private side of the ecosystem, allowing value to flow between them using mint and burn mechanism. XFT token The XFT token is the utility token of Offishift ecosystem that enables use of the Offshift protocol, and the potentially volatile side of the ecosystem. Its value is determined by the market. Like every other ERC20 token, price will likely be driven by perceived utility and speculation. As it is included in DeFi ecosystem, liquidity is paramount XFT is easily listed on DEXs, centralized exchanges, and easily integrated into any Ethereum token supported wallet apps. XFT is convertible into zkUSD using a 'mint-and-burn' mechanism. This is made possible by deploying Ethereum smart contract. zkAssets Offshift’s zkAssets (zk stands for Zero-knowledge ) are the private, stable-valued side of the ecosystem. These are the first cryptographically private stablecoins on any protocol. The value of assets like zkUSD, zkETH, and zkBTC are pegged to the USD, ETH and BTC, respectively. These have advantages like privacy, value stability and interest over XFT and also provides staking incentives which attracts the conversion of XFT to zkAssets. zkAssets are an implementation of EIP 1724, “zkERC20: Confidential Token Standard.” 17 Offshift uses Zero-knowledge proofs to keep ownership values and the values of transfers encrypted and confidential. Mint and Burn Offshift users are able to shift back and forth between XFT tokens and zkAssets using Mint and Burn mechanism. This is created with the use of two Ethereum smart contracts, a mint contract and a burn contract. These contracts communicate and interact in a way that results in an equivalent value in one token being minted when another token is burned. Through a mint-and-burn mechanism, zkAssets can only be created when XFT are burned. For every 1 USD in XFT sent to the burn address, 1 zkUSD is minted and sent to an output address provided by the sender. XFT per zkUSD, zkETH and zkBTC conversion rate is determined via decentralized price oracle. The pegged zkAsset are supported by their ability and at any time, can be redeemed for their equivalent value in XFT through mint-and-burn. Additionally, the pegs are supported by the existence of a liquid XFT market in each pair, so that converting from (e.g zkETH to XFT, then selling XFT to ETH is practically easier. To discourage the misuse of mint-and-burn as a tool for switching coins with the intent of obtaining more of either coin (and thus increasing supply), a dynamic bridge fee is imposed on zkAsset-to-XFT conversion. The bridge fee diminishes to zero over a period of about seven days, after which zkUSD can be staked. Dynamic Bridge Fee A one-way dynamic bridge fee is imposed on newly minted zkAssets crossing back to the public side (re-minting XFT from a zkAsset) to eliminate the potential for the bridge to be gamed for profit. The bridge fee diminishes to zero over a period of 40,320 blocks, or about seven days, after which zkAssets can be staked. Bridge fees are entirely distributed to incentivize the stakers. How Stability of zkAssets achieved? Offshift uses a semi-decentralized network of oracles to maintain stability of zkassets. A distributed network of oracles is constructed to provide a continuous stream of price data, aggregate the data, and determine the current price of assets to be pegged. These oracles are run on distributed nodes placed across the globe and collect data from various sources like CoinMarketCap and exchanges, and submit that into fast key-value database. Offshift mint and-burn contracts only accept an asset value if, at the time of the mint-and-burn contract execution, all nodes agree on the data that’s been collected. In the event the nodes can’t agree, the contract uses a moving average of the most recent agreed and accepted data to get fair value. Flow Chart showing Data Movement to and from Oracle The price data used in the Offshift oracle nodes is also subject to public scrutiny. Each node is assigned an InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)-based address. Price data collected by each node is automatically updated once in every 24 hours and made available for download and so for the independent verification. This cannot be subject to manipulation as files containing the same contents will always have the same IPFS hash. Development Whitepaper & Roadmap The Offshift released a whitepaper in early in July, 2020, and rodmap was released in August 2020. XFT Token contract deployment and DEX listing is completed in Q3,2020 as scheduled. Oracles integration is currently in progress. The Roadmap suggests mainnet contracts starting from zkBTC & zkXAU and also the first shifts, XFT to zkAsset and zkAsset to XFT to be launched on Ethereum in Q1, 2021 and then other zkAssets will follow it. Mobile wallet and staking is expected to release in Q3,2020. Token Sale & Liquidity locking The team conducted token sale in early August 2020. To fund DEX liquidity and project development, team conducted a XFT token sale. It was started on August 1st, 2020 and was completed when the sale capital was met before scheduled closing time on August 2, 2020. A total of $200,000 was raised over two rounds, including seed and presale. 500,000 XFT (5% of initial total supply) were sold at a rate of $0.10 per token and The equivalent of $50,000 USD was raised in the seed round from the early supporters of the project. 1,000,000 XFT (10% of initial total supply) were sold at a rate of $0.15 USD per token. Both sales were subject to the individual 5,000 USDT/15 ETH limit and Interest from investment funds and venture capitals was politely declined by the team. It was listed on Uniswap DEX after token sale competition. Team locked around $100,000 in ETH and XFT liquidity on Uniswap for 90 days, and it will re-lock liquidity every quarter going forward. Testnet How to perform Offshift Testnet using Metamask Public Testnet will be conducted in three phases including <strongPhase 1</strong: Simple 1:1 shifts between two ERC20 assets . <strongPhase 2</strong: Price-pegged shifts between two ERC20 assets using an oracle . <strongPhase 3</strong: Price-pegged shifts between an ERC20 asset and a zkERC20 asset using an oracle. Phase one with Bug Bounty program completed in September, 2020 and phase two started in early October and is still going on. In this phase, team has integrated ChainLink’s market-leading decentralized oracle network to get reliable price and data feed. Anyone can participate in testnet by creating wallet using Metamask and using Ethereum’s Proof-of-authority blockchain, Rinkeby Testnet network and then following the below steps. (See Image). | Sr No | Steps | | | ----- | ----- | --- | | 1 | Create wallet on Metamask and select Rinkeby Testnet network. | | | 2 | Use ETH wallet address to get testnet ETH from Rinkeby Fa

looksrare

LooksRare is a community-first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace

LooksRare is a community-first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace that rewards traders, collectors, and creators for participating. Users can buy NFTs and sell them for rewards. Within just three days after its launch, the NFT marketplace has recorded a sales volume of $394 million, a report by CoinTelegraph said. It has also beaten OpenSea's daily record volume of $324 million when it recorded $578 million worth of ETH on January 17th, 2022. Overview LooksRare is a community-first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) marketplace, that rewards and gives back to the platform's users and creators. Users that buy or sell NFTs from eligible collections on the platform can earn $LOOKS tokens. 100% of trading fees are earned by $LOOKS stakers and creators get royalty payments at the moment of sale. The platform has a 2% standard fee on all NFT trades that goes to LOOKS token stakers, this fee is lower than OpenSea's 2.5%. Users can also trade NFTs with Ether or wrapped ether (WETH). The team has indexed all NFT collections that are on the Ethereum blockchain. This means users can trade all the Ethereum NFTs that are available on OpenSea and some that aren't. It was created by two anonymous co-founders, known as Zodd and Guts, with the motto “By NFT People, for NFT People". The platform went live on January 10th, 2022 with a token airdrop. CoinTelegraph stated in a report: "Within just three days, the NFT marketplace has recorded a sales volume of $394 million". The top NFTs that stirred interest among buyers on LooksRare are the Meebits collection, which comes from Larva Labs, the same creators behind Cryptopunks and Autoglyphs. Other popular projects include Loot (for Adventurers), Purrnelopes Country Club and Parallel Alpha. On January 10, 2022, The LooksRare site was down for a few hours, this caused some users to experience difficulties while connecting their wallets and completing listings. According to the project's Discord, the site was under a distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS), which means that its network was overwhelmed with malicious traffic. Within just three days after its launch, the NFT marketplace has recorded a sales volume of $394 million, a report by CoinTelegraph said. It has also beaten OpenSea's daily record volume of $324 million when it recorded $578 million worth of ETH on January 17th, 2022. Tokenomics $LOOK Token The $LOOK Token is the native coin of LooksRare, its main utility is staking, liquidity pools, and buying and selling NFTs. There is a total supply of 1,000,000,000 $LOOKS. | | Percentage of Supply | Total | | --- | -------------------- | ----- | | Airdrop | 12% | 120,000,000 | | Strategic Sales | 3.3% | 33,083,003 | | Liquidity Management | 1.7% | 16,916,977 | | Volume Rewards | 44.1% | 441,000,000 | | Staking Rewards | 18.9% | 189,000,000 | | Founding Team | 10% | 100,000,000 | | Treasury | 10% | 100,000,000 | | Total Supply | 100% | 1,000,000,000 | Staking $LOOKS LOOKS token stakers earn 100% of the trading fees on LooksRare. The platform collects a basic sales fee of 2% (in WETH) on all NFT sales excluding private sales. All the WETH collected from these fees are consolidated at the end of each recurring 6,500 Ethereum block period (roughly 24 hours) and then distributed to LOOKS stakers over the next 6,500 block period. !Screenshot-2022-04-27-at-12.21.49-PM.png $LOOKS can remain staked and will continue to accumulate even it isn't claimed every day. Users can wait until gas fees are low before claiming. Active stakers are the majority of stakers, whose staked $LOOKS tokens are fully unlocked. Passive stakers are stakers whose $LOOKS tokens are locked for trading but unlocked for staking: namely Team, Treasury, and Strategic sale tokens. $LOOKS here do not earn additional $LOOKS while staked.

grayscale

Grayscale Investments is a cryptocurrency investment firm based in New York City founded in 2013 by the Digital Currency Group.

Grayscale Investments is a cryptocurrency investment firm based in New York City founded in 2013 by the Digital Currency Group. The firm provides investment exposure to the developing digital currency asset class. Around early August 2020, they launched one of the biggest advertising campaigns within the cryptocurrency space, airing thirty-second ads on various major networks. As of mid-November, 2020, Grayscale has over $10.4 billion in assets under management. Grayscale is a subsidiary of CoinDesk's parent company Digital Currency Group. Background In January 2019, Grayscale launched "Stellar Lumens Trust," the ninth such investment trust that Grayscale offers. The XLM trust joins those for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic, Horizen, Litecoin, XRP, and Zcash. According to the company's research published on December 3, 2018, the total Bitcoin holdings for Grayscale as of December was 203,000 Bitcoins and when compared to the 17.4 million BTCs in circulation it controls over 1.16% of the total Bitcoins. As of September 30th, 2020, Grayscale holds over $5.9 billion in assets under its management platform. On October 14, 2020, Grayscale announced its best quarter to date, with over $1 billion raised. They have raised a total of $2.4 billion since the beginning of the year. Investment Products With over $5.9 billion in assets under Grayscale's management, the company has a variety of investment products. Single Asset Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust Grayscale Ethereum Trust Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust Grayscale Horizen Trust Grayscale Litcoin Trust Grayscale Stellar Lumens Trust Grayscale XRP Trust Grayscale Zcash Trust Diversified Products Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund Advertising To legitimize the cryptocurrency space to the masses, Grayscale launched one of the industry's most prominent advertising campaigns. The ad campaign consists of commercials airing on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, and Fox Business within the US. The company's first ad began to air on August 10, 2020. The thirty-second commercial shows how currency has evolved throughout the thousands of years that currency has existed, starting with 'shells and metals to eventually paper money. The commercial makes the point that it is time for digital currency to step in, and begin using alternatives to paper money. The commercial is close by listening to the firm's nine cryptocurrencies that it supports, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Stellar, Ethereum Classic, Zcash, and Horizen. GBTC Lawsuit Grayscale Bitcoin trust, under the ticker GBTC, is the world's biggest publicly traded bitcoin fund. On June 29, 2022, senior Legal Strategist, former U.S. Solicitor General, and partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., filed a petition for review with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of Grayscale, challenging the decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deny conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (BTC) (OTCQX: GBTC) to a spot Bitcoin ETF. The SEC rejected Grayscale's application, citing concerns about market manipulation, the role of Tether in the broader bitcoin ecosystem, and the lack of a surveillance-sharing agreement between a "regulated market of significant size" and a regulated exchange, echoing concerns the regulator has expressed for years in rejecting other spot bitcoin ETF applications.

pundi-x

Pundi X is a payments solution company that operates in the Fintech sector.

Pundi X is a payments solution company that operates in the Fintech sector. It is a leading developer of Blockchain-powered devices, including the world’s first point-of-sale solution, the XPOS, and an XPass smart card where users can buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies with a swipe. It also enables merchants and consumers to do transactions on the Blockchain in physical stores. About The NPXS is designed to give people across borders more access to digital currencies and further increase their utility around the globe.” To accomplish this, Pundi X has built an ecosystem including hardware equipment and software products to help physical retail stores to buy, sell, and accept cryptocurrency. The primary hardware product is the Pundi XPOS, a Blockchain-enabled point of sale (PoS) device for merchants that can facilitate crypto payments and transactions through mobile wallets. In addition to processing transactions, Pundi XPOS has its own app store where developers can create applications (such as wallets, insurance services, loyalty programs, retail intelligence, order management, and inventory management systems) for retailers to grow their businesses. NPXS tokens are required to publish an app on the Pundi XPOS app store. The Pundi X team has also created XPass, a “smart card” where users can buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies with a swipe. With XPass, users can also make purchases at retailers that have the Pundi XPOS system. The team plans on incentivizing participation in the Pundi X network by offering free XPOS systems to retail stores in select countries. The company plans on rolling out a minimum of 100,000 XPOS units to the global retail market by February 2021. According to the company, the PoS device has already been shipped to over 30 countries including Australia, Colombia, France, Korea, Switzerland, South Africa, Taiwan, United States, and Uganda. Functionality PundiX allows users to send and receive cryptocurrencies through digital applications and hardware devices. They have a device that facilitates cryptocurrency payments through a card similar to a magnetic credit card. Their goal is to make the purchase of cryptocurrency as easy as purchasing water bottles. Bitcoin, Qtum, Litecoin, Ethereum, Zcash, Stellar Lumen, and Binance Coin can all be purchased on the application. Tokenomics Pundi X (NPXS) is the native utility Token that powers the Pundi X platform. According to the website, the mission of NPXS is to enable digital currencies to be more accessible to more people across the borders and further increase the utility of digital currencies.” To accomplish this, Pundi X has built an ecosystem including hardware equipment and software products to help physical retail stores to buy, sell, and accept cryptocurrency. Pundi X is traded on top exchanges like Binance, Bithumb, and Bkex. Pundi X had an all-time high of $0.019830 over 2 years ago. Management Team Zac Cheah CEO and co-founder. A former W3C Chair of HTML5 Interest Group. He was a scholarship recipient at Sweden KTH (M.Sc Computing) and Norway NTNU (M.Sc Security). Zac spent 12 years in tech in the browser and mobile gaming market. Pitt Huang CTO and co-founder. An entrepreneur who sold his first Groupon-like company at the age of 25. He has started and sold several successful startups. Pitt studied a B.Sc Engineering at Xi’An Polytechnic University. He is a gadget lover. Constantin Papadimitriou (Kiki) President. 17 years experience as founding CEO of two Indonesian fintech companies - Infinetworks and E2Pay; He has an M.Sc in Computer Science (Purdue University) and B.Sc in Computer Science (University of Tulsa). Danny Lim CFO and co-founder. An APAC financing expert who has product design experience with Baidu and Lenovo. Danny is a PhD Law scholar from Tsinghua University and holds ACMA and CGMA accounting qualifications. David Ben Kay Chief Legal Counsel. Has over thirty years of legal and tech experience. Prior to Pundi X, he was Ethereum Foundation's governing board member, General Counsel of Microsoft China, and Managing Partner of Denton Hall. David graduated JD from UCLA. Peko Wan Chief Ecosystem Officer. Has over 15 years of experience in the IT industry. Before joining Pundi X, she worked for Opera Software and Ogilvy & Mather. Peko received her MBA from the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Languages and Literature from National Sun Yat-sen University.

nem

NEM is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and blockchain platform launched on March 31, 2015.

NEM is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and blockchain platform launched on March 31, 2015. Written in Java, with a C++ version in the works, NEM has a stated goal of a wide distribution model and has introduced new features to blockchain technology such as its proof-of-importance (POI) algorithm, multisignature accounts, encrypted messaging, and an Eigentrust++ reputation system . NEM technology allows multiple ledgers to coexist on one blockchain. NEM Smart Assets allows users to create mosaics which can represent any asset (e.g. currency). All transactions in NEM have transaction fee associated with them and denomination used to pay for transactions is mosaic named 'XEM' . In July 2018 the NEM Foundation opened a Blockchain center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to serve as an incubator, accelerator, co-working space as well as Southeast Asian regional headquarters for NEM in the region. It is considered the largest blockchain centre in the Southeast Asian Region at 11,000 square feet. History NEM was started by a Bitcoin Talk forum user called UtopianFuture who was inspired by Nxt. The initial plan for NEM was to create a fork of NXT, but this was eventually dismissed in favor of a completely new codebase. Starting on January 19, 2014, an open call for participation began on the Bitcointalk forum. The goal of the call was to create a community-oriented cryptocurrency from the ground up. NEM Foundation; created in 2016, \~2 years after the Public Chain launch. It was funded from one of the reserved pools. It is a Company Limited by Guarantee in Singapore. Its early focus was on brand awareness, marketing, training and partnerships. In late 2018 the first council’s term came to an end and a new council was elected by members. Hacking attack On 26 January 2018, Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was the victim of a massive hack resulting in a loss of 523 million XEM coins, the native token of NEM, worth approximately $400 million. The NEM team created an automated tagging system. This automated system followed the money and tagged any account that received tainted money. The result of these actions was that NEM stopped tracking the stolen coins approximately mid-March 2018, after concluding that enough data was provided to the law enforcement authorities. Real-world Application In July 2018, the Ukraine Central Election Commission began investigating the use of blockchain technology in elections using the NEM platform. The tests were performed in a test environment with 28 nodes, using test coins provided by the NEM Foundation. The commission estimated that a cost of a node would be approximately $1,227, which was described as a “small” price to pay for the technology. The test proved NEM’s potential utility in voting. In November 2018, Malaysia’s Ministry of Education formed a consortium of universities to use NEM’s blockchain technology to authenticate academic certificates. The consortium was created to combat the rise of fraudulent fake degree certificates and to optimize certificate authentication. The ministry stated that NEM was chosen because of its “unique features in managing traceability and authentication requirements”. Architecture NEM's design architecture consists of two components. One is the node or NEM Infrastructure Server (NIS). The second is the client used for interacting with the nodes. Its cryptocurrency wallet is the NanoWallet built with HTML and Javascript. Another client was the NEM Community Client (NCC). The NIS is connected to the P2P network and acts as a gateway for the NCC. The NCC is client software that includes a wallet. The NCC has since been deprecated in favor of the NanoWallet. Both NCC and the NanoWallet can be run isolated from the internet, providing security through an airgap. Features Namespaces Namespaces allows users to own domain names on the NEM blockchain just like a person or an organization owns an Internet domain name. Just like on the internet, a domain can have a sub-domain, namespaces can have sub-namespaces. And it is possible to create multiple sub-namespaces with the same name (example: “foo.bar” and “foo2.bar”, “bar” is the sub-namespace/sub-domain). A namespace and a domain name is the same in this document and shall be used interchangeably. Namespaces can have up to 3 levels, a namespace and its two levels of sub-namespace domains. Reputation and harvesting NEM network implements a modified version of Eigentrust++ to identify and minimize the impact of malicious nodes. Eigentrust++ is a security clustering algorithm which monitors past behavior of nodes in the network and enables nodes to give reputation to their neighbors in clusters. In proof-of-work, the amount of work a node does is used as a measure for its ability to protect the network. But, with Eigentrust++, it is the quality of work that is important. This adds to the NEM network's ability to be run and maintained efficiently. NEM uses a "proof of importance" (POI) to score how people can harvest XEM; a person has to have 10,000 XEM in their balance to be scored, and the number of transactions they have with others, to time stamp transactions. This was designed to encourage users of NEM to not simply hold XEM but instead actively carry out transactions. Multisignature transactions NEM's multi-signature contracts are universal, meaning they are built into the blockchain, not on top of the blockchain as in third-party reliant software. This unlocks various advantages and interesting possibilities for the user. The contract enables several people to administrate the activity of an account, control assets such as XEM from one account, other mosaics, or create additional contracts such as creating a new token. <br

biblepay

BiblePay (ticker symbol: BBP) is a decentralized autonomous christian cryptocurrency that gives 10% to orphan-charity.

BiblePay (ticker symbol: BBP) is a decentralized autonomous christian cryptocurrency that gives 10% to orphan-charity (with Sanctuary governance). Overview BiblePay (BBP) serves both as a decentralized autonomous charity, and as an investment. It combines many of the features of other cryptocurrencies such as Dash and Bitcoin with unique community-building features and a revolutionary approach to avoiding the irresponsible waste associated with typical heat mining. So much more than simple wealth generation, BBP endeavors to create a better world and show God's love to others via revolutionary technology. BiblePay utilizes a new proof-of-work algorithm based on the King James Bible, called Proof-Of-Bible-Hash (POBH). It is unique in that every miner has the entire KJV Bible integrated, making it virtually impossible to port to GPU or ASIC mining, another key aspect of mining is Proof-of-Distributed-Computing (PODC), which is a greener alternative to traditional POW and is the primary consensus algorithm. BiblePay has built-in features that enable it to be self-funding and self-governing, based on the Dash masternode strategy, and had no ICO or pre-mine. Full accountability is built into the wallet itself – and 10% of every block can be seen to go to highly-efficient charities supported by the community. BiblePay goal is to provide a hedge against hyperinflation, while helping orphans and making mining accessible to everyone at the same time. It also desires to reduce heat generation by using the Bible Hashing Algorithm in place of proof-of-work , and to make heat generation more effective and positive via significant community contributions in Proof-Of-Distributed-Computing. BiblePay is not a token, but a clear cryptocurrency. While the coin itself has many of the same properties as other cryptocurrencies, and is intended to be utilized for payments and exchange. The BiblePay network is self-regulated by a series of masternodes known as Sanctuaries. These masternodes enable the PrivateSend and InstantSend capabilities, as well as serve as a Decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), collectively. They vote on proposals and on distribution requests, and with the high-stake requirement, help to ensure the security of the overall network. Team Robert Andrews – Founder Javier Ortiz - SR Mobile Developer Togo Shigekata - Director Public relations

pirate-chain

Pirate Chain is a comprehensive privacy-centered cryptocurrency.

Pirate Chain is a comprehensive privacy-centered cryptocurrency. It uses a privacy protocol that cannot be compromised by other users on the network. Pirate Chain uses ZK-Snarks to shield 100% of the peer-to-peer transactions on the blockchain making for highly anonymous and private transactions. Overview On 29 August 2018, several developers from the Komodo community piloted an independent asset chain with the technology offered by Komodo Platform. Pirate Chain harnesses Delayed Proof-of-work (dPoW) from Komodo, zero-knowledge proof (zk-SNARKs) transactions from Zcash, and the rule of enforced private-only transactions by Monero. Pirate (ARRR) projects itself as a 100% private send cryptocurrency, as well as the first 'z transaction-only' chain. ZK-Snarks technology (zero-knowledge cryptography) is utilized to shield peer to peer transactions. Pirate is protected from 51% attacks by utilizing Komodo’s dPoW, this reveals that its blocks are notarized onto both Komodo and Bitcoin blockchains. Attempts to mount a Sybil attack against Pirate would have to overcome the combined hashrates of Bitcoin, Komodo (Cryptocurrency), and Pirate. This is an astronomical cost that would deter malicious actors. Pirate started with a fair launch - no ICO, premine, and 0 dev fees. Features Pirate Chain is feature complete and ready for further community development . Some of its unique features include: Independent technology Ready to use private transactions total anonymity ( TOR (anonymity network) supported) Future proof The developers who created zcash, which Pirate Chain is based on, are of the opinion that: the best use of the protocol is a chain that requires private sends only. Delayed Proof of Work (dPoW) protects Pirate’s blockchain from damage against double spends and 51% attacks by attaching a backup of the ARRR chain to the Bitcoin Blockchain. In order have a 51% attack on Pirate, you would have to first 51% attack Bitcoin. This makes security against double spends and hostile takeovers nearly impossible if not impossible altogether.

kadena

Kadena is a permissioned smart contract platform, featuring the only sharded and scalable layer-1 Proof-of-Work public network.

Kadena is a permissioned smart contract platform, featuring the only sharded and scalable layer-1 Proof-of-Work public network. Kadena is the first blockchain technology company to come out of J.P. Morgan's Blockchain Center for Excellence. In November 2020, Kadena partnered with stablecoin maker Terra with the aim of expanding its DeFi platform. Kadena said it will add Terra’s luna stablecoin to its decentralized exchange (DEX) Kadenaswap in 2021. Overview Kadena is the first blockchain technology company to come out of J.P. Morgan's Blockchain Center for Excellence. Kadena raised $15 million in a 2018 funding round joined by Multicoin Capital and the venture arm of the owners of Fidelity Investments. !Kadena.jpg In April 2019, Kadena passed 10,000 blocks on Kadena Testnet. They also added support for integrated trustless SPV proofs for cross-chain interactions. Additionally, they released full Formal Verification coverage of Pact smart contract guards and capabilities. During Consensus in May, Kadena announced a partnership with $3 billion fund USCF, a leading asset manager in alternative investments. In addition to presenting at Consensus, Kadena Head of Research and Networks Monica Quaintance also spoke on stage at MIT Technology Review's Business of Blockchain conference the same month. During the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers European Symposium on Security and Privacy in Stockholm in June 2019, Kadena’s Monica Quaintance and Gauntlet Networks Founder & CEO Tarun Chitra presented peer-reviewed research that used agent-based simulations to validate that Kadena’s braided Proof-of-Work chains scale securely. On the product side, the company released Simple Payment Verification (SPV) support and updated Pact to version 3.0 with modular governance and other features. In November 2019, Kadena team announced that Kadena's mainnet became fully accessible for public mining. People could also watch the mining of the parallel chains through Kadena's Block Explorer, a tool that allows for tracking in real-time. Kadena network is built on the Proof-of-Work and the Pact smart contract language. To encourage the steady growth of the network, Kadena's public blockchain continues to use Blake2s as its primary hash function and supports CPU mining. In November 2019, Kadena signed an agreement with Web3 Foundation to explore the implementation of Pact on Polkadot. Kadena also announced a collaboration with interoperable blockchain network Cosmos. Kadena is also providing an enterprise-grade solution as a Blockchain-as-a-Service offering on the AWS Marketplace and Azure Marketplace. In November 2019, the Kadena team also shared the release schedule for Kadena 1.1, which enabled coin transfers on the Kadena public blockchain. After the initial release, the transition from version 1.0.5 to 1.1 took place over three stages from December 17, 2019, followed by a ramp-up period of transfer volume. In December 2019, Kadena announced a strategic partnership with Rymedi, providers of a data platform healthcare supply chains. Rymedi’s integration with Kadena’s blockchain provides immutable supply genealogy and multi-partner data access, extending existing client capabilities, ranging from tracking pharmaceutical supply chain in developing countries such as Mongolia and Kenya to assisting hemp/CBD growers and extractors looking to bring the safest products to market. In December, Kadena announced that tokens earned by miners became transferable from and to other people (peer-to-peer). Since the team announced mining to the community on October 30, the network experienced significant growth. As of December 17, they saw over 1,000,000 blocks mined by more than 10,000 GPUs (at an average hash rate between 10–15 TH/second). In May 2020, Kadena started working with ChainLink to integrate Chainlink’s market-leading decentralized oracle network to Kadena’s scalable layer-1 Proof-of-Work public blockchain. This is an industry first in deploying oracles to a public/private hybrid blockchain platform. Enterprises and entrepreneurs in the Kadena ecosystem can utilize Chainlink oracles to create end-to-end Pact smart contracts using Chainlink’s large collection of pre-made inputs and outputs. Kadena developers can benefit from Chainlink’s high-quality data by building Price Reference Contracts for market prices and leveraging its external adapter technology for off-chain access to credentialed APIs and legacy systems. In June 2020, Kadena collaborated with Coinbase's Rosetta. In July 2020, Kadena had the first official listing of its KDA token on Bittrex. The initial KDA trading pairs on Bittrex Global are with Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether (USDT). In November 2020, Kadena partnered with stablecoin maker Terra with the aim of expanding its DeFi platform. Kadena said it will add Terra’s luna stablecoin to its decentralized exchange (DEX) Kadenaswap, which was announced earlier in September and is expected to roll out at the end of the year. Using its hybrid blockchain as the selling point for its DeFi offering, Kadena hopes to draw businesses and users looking to get away from the congestion on Ethereum-based platforms. The first stage of moving Terra and other coins in and out from one network to another via Kadenaswap will take place in 2021. Users of Kadenaswap will benefit from Terra stablecoins that are backed in fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar, Korean won, and Phillippine peso. KDA Token The majority of the coins in the Kadena economy are mining rewards because the network relies on decentralized mining for functionality and growth. Miners receive block rewards for the validation/production of blocks. The block reward is in the platform’s native cryptocurrency, Kadena (KDA). Miners are also able to receive KDA as transaction fees or gas payments for the execution of smart contracts. The minimum fractional unit of KDA is a “Hop,” a trillionth, named after computer programming pioneer, Grace Hopper. Kadena Token Offering Kadena's token sale went live on CoinList starting November 5th, 2019 at 12:00 PM PST. Chainweaver In January 2020, Kadena announced the integration of its digital wallet Chainweaver onto the Cosmos network. Chainweaver is a multi-blockchain interoperable wallet that also functions as a development environment for smart contracts. The integration of Chainweaver onto the Cosmos ecosystem was completed by the end of Q1 2020. Chainweaver supports development in the Pact smart contract language, which is available in the Cosmos ecosystem as Kadenamint. With Chainweaver, developers can write smart contracts for both Cosmos and Kadena from the same interface, giving developers access to market-leading features such as Formal Verification and Capabilities-based security. Crypto Gas Station In August 2020, Kadena implemented the world’s first crypto gas station on its blockchain. To implement the project, Kadena floated two types of gas stations through an open-source for the community to review. The first is a ‘gas guard type’ which are gas stations where the limit of gas used in a transaction lies within a threshold. The other is dubbed ‘gas payer’ where only approved accounts are allowed, or certain functions are used. The gas guard concept was used to facilitate transactions on ZelCore multi-currency crypto wallet. The flexible and user-friendly nature of the gas payer type of gas station displays the power of blockchain. Pact Core and KadenaDOT As part of the ongoing work with the Polkadot team, Kadena's lead language engineer Emily Pillmore developed an exciting long-term approach to extend the benefits of Pact to the Polkadot community while also furthering Pact as the standard for smart contracts: Pact Core. As an alternative to Pact Core, and a potentially faster integration with Polkadot, Kadena's permissioned blockchain technology Kuro can be adapted to operate as a Polkadot parachain in a design called KadenaDOT. Kuro is an evolution of J.P. Morgan's Juno blockchain which was successfully deployed internally for the first generation of JPMCoin by Kadena’s founders. Kuro is one of the fastest enterprise-grade blockchains ever created with the built-in capacity to run Pact smart contracts. KadenaDOT acts as a bridge technology between the Polkadot and Kadena ecosystems, offering the power of Pact smart contracts to parachain operators, while the Core Pact RFC will bring about the final goal of running Pact anywhere in the entire Polkadot network. Team Founders 1. Will Martino (Founder and CEO) 2. Stuart Popejoy (Founder & President) Business 1. Monica Quaintance 2. Anastasia Bez 3. Jeffrey Ou 4. Leah Bingham Marketing 1. Tony Pham 2. Miguel Romero Product 1. Taylor Rolfe Engineering 1. Doug Beardsley 2. Lars Khutz 3. Emily Pillmore 4. Linda Ortega 5. Hee Kyun Yun Advisors 1. Stuart Haber, Cryptography 2. Wayne Martino, Legal 3. Alex Pinchev, Marketing

primal-cypher

Primal Cypher is a gifted Cryptocurrency artist, designer, oil painter, writer.

Primal Cypher is a gifted Cryptocurrency artist, designer, oil painter, writer and consultant with a distinct and individual design. His animated, comic-like bits of futuristic characters painted with neon-heavy color choices are available on sites like SuperRare, Known Origin, and MakersPlace. Education In Innsbruck and Vienna, PR1MAL CYPHER studied Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychoanalysis, and Poetry. Primal Cypher name; Origin and Significance In response to a question about the origins of his name, the artist said that the name PRIMAL CYPHER was born out of necessity when he wanted to enter the CryptoArt scene. He was quickly taken with the tone. In terms of its significance, Cypher found two fundamental components during the course of his research. As he comes from the Visionary Art scene, philosophy, and the concept of the larger picture are very important to him. PRIMAL CYPHER stands for the "primal" term or "primordial light"; the eternal cipher and the development of life on the one side. On the other hand, he has always had a strong interest in cultural criticism and thoughts on man and the oppressive institutions he has developed. Strength, manipulation, sovereignty and human rights, democracy, and the fight for a freer and healthier world are all topics that he considers important. PRIMAL CYPHER is a term used to describe rebel groups and organizations that advocate for the welfare of the people through their politics. He has also expressed his admiration for the Cypherpunks or Anonymous, which is evident in some of his works. Being action-oriented would be essential in the future. Career He started out in his artistic endeavors with works mostly in the realm of oil painting. He reinvented himself at the beginning of 2020, forcing himself into the digital world, especially the Crypto Art and NFT scene, where he rapidly flourished and acquired wider recognition. The PR1MAL CYPHER was developed. His work is heavily influenced by Vaporwave and Outrun art, as CYBERPUNK has been his obsession since he was a child.He sees more than just a graceful aesthetic in it. Cyberpunk is even more – it's a link between the present and its technological advances and goals, as well as various scenarios of humanity's future, which will be heavily affected by technology. Cyberpunk, he believes, is a melting pot with a variety of socially important subjects. Cyberpunk is socially critical, political, and rebellious. His works specifically embody and are crucially important references to the Cypherpunk, Anonymous, and Blockchain movements. Involvement with the Crypto-space Cypher's friendship with the cryptocurrency universe began in 2017, when he purchased his first coins just before the major run. It was obvious to him right away that Bitcoin (BTC) has a bright future ahead of it, and that its core philosophy reflects a significant breakthrough that has the potential to upend old corrupt regimes. However, he was also interested in Ethereum (ETH) as a potential addition. There weren't many ventures that persuaded him as he went down the "rabbit hole" of the blockchain universe, but a few of them piqued his interest. The artist claims to have been deeply involved in Cryptocurrency ventures, especially in the areas of marketing and media, much of which took place before the present time and under various pseudonyms. Primal Cypher on NFT Primal Cyphers artworks convey a multifaceted area that encompasses benevolent social criticism as well as epistemological, psychoanalytical,metaphysical, and theological approaches at a time where the borders of art appear to be blurring more and more. He incorporates emerging developments into his work after being inspired by new methods of communicating art. "The desire for the inner self," "the pleasure of the artistic process," and the unspoken responsibility of human society's view not to stop at the obvious" are at the core of his work. The symbolism, theme, and mantras of Primal Cyphers encapsulate the cryptoculture. Economic inequality, elitism, and oppressive institutions are all topics that appear often in his writing. As people become more mindful of their past and what they have been led to believe, centralized authority is under pressure. Crypto-art is one way to articulate this consciousness, and Primal Cyphers' work brilliantly captures the movement. An incredible, insightful artist whose talent will be remembered for generations. Choose your pill, Primal's First artwork published on SuperRare Choose Your Pill was created with the intention of being used as a poster. The animation is kept deliberately simple and includes certain parallels to his work that are really significant to me. He wanted to include the crucial scene between Morpheus and Neo, as well as the pill option, because he is a major fan of the cyberpunk genre, especially the Matrix trilogy. Morpheus, the god of visions, wore a Guy Fawkes mask and attempted to awaken the counterpart from the illusion of the patriarchal financial system as an unknown leader of the Cypherpunk revolution. His red pill: Bitcoin (BTC), and with it, a measure of autonomy. Other Works Some of his other works are briefly spoken about in the session below; The Great Satoshi (unique Satoshi Tribute Edition) THE GREAT DESIRE was released as a programmable art piece on ASYNCart, and an animated series was also in the works. The first one-of-a-kind item was given away at the auction. This is the Satoshi Tribute Edition, which is one-of-a-kind. On Medium, you can read more about this piece The Great Desire is a tribute to the entire blockchain scene, with all of its metaphors and memes, with Bitcoin and Satoshi as avant-garde features in the foreground, as well as Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of the Ethereum Blockchain. “The Great Need” depicts a mass movement in which “the hope for liberation and independence” and “the need to become wealthy and financially independent” are keeping each other in check and are in sight, in remembrance of the great mania of the ICO bubble of 2017 and with a glimpse into the future to future highs yet to come. Herein lies, and always lies, pleasure and unhappiness, for one person's benefit is another's loss. And if this work contains a little wit and humour, it is also meant to draw attention to some sensitive topics, which, in addition to the positive aspects of blockchain technology, still examines the negative aspects. Despite the fact that the digital transition has increased people's confidence, anonymity, protection against coercion, and even decentralization, it has also posed a challenge that can be viewed as another factor in the base for a future "1984." To be profitable, speculative transactions are needed. The aim of cryptonauts is to travel to the moon and beyond. However, the mentioned possibility of a "brave new future" will easily bring people back to earth. In the year 2020, and in light of the global pandemic scare, a cashless world, which has been a long-held aspiration of some interest groups, seems to be within control. The individual, the user, and the voter on the blockchain; digital identification procedures; “certified” identity. And what point will the general public be exposed? To what point would there be a sense of lack of privacy, given that there used to be a chance of regaining it? (Minimization of trust) There is light brings about shadows, but it is unclear how far the shadow can rise over the people. One thing is certain: dreams must be carefully directed because they will come true, but not necessarily in the manner that people have hoped. But we must put an end to these dystopian visions and avoid looking into the future. And this is just a portion of the project. It's still about passion, the pleasure of being artistic, culture, and what people can achieve together if they have the same fundamental interests. Silver NFT coins In June 2021, Primal collaborated with Crypto Imperator to release NFT pure Silver coins. They created only 200 pieces and it represented NFTcoin and CryptoArt in a physical form. These coins were auctioned on bitcointalk forum with a starting bid of 0.01 BTC. Encode Graphics He is founder of Encode Graphics, a web3 company that publishes comics about depths of cryptocurrencies and cryptoArt, It is committed to consistency and sustainability, conveying the myths of the crypto world and the metaverse in the story form and various artistic illustrations. Encode Graphics launched in April 2021. COVID the end ? A Whisper of Death (Creators: José Delbo and PRIMAL CYPHER) Description For many years, it has seemed as though there is a crackling in the breeze, a sense that something is going to happen that will enrage the global community. 2020 and the Coronavirus appears to be the end of this operation. The world community's perspective has shifted. The finiteness and fragility of human life have become much more apparent as a result of multiple crises, especially the danger of a pandemic. DEATH - as the catalyst for a variety of events that have profoundly moved and set the human race in motion. Human independence has been restricted, whether as a result of social exclusion and mobility limitations, or as a result of increased monitoring and surveillance. All indications suggest that this ban would be enforced in a variety of ways, ostensibly for the sake of defense. Many citizens would reject this and they will not embrace the dishonest side of this manufactured defense in an insecure world. They value freedom too highly and human life, like love, can only be fully lived in freedom (even if it bows to necessity). What will be consi

ian-balina

Ian Balina is a Cryptocurrency Investor and Blockchain Enthusiast based in Washington DC.

Ian Balina is a Cryptocurrency Investor and Blockchain Enthusiast based in Washington DC. Balina has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Street, Inc Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine. Early Life and Education Ian Balina was born in Kampala, Uganda, and immigrated to the United States when he was eight-years-old. Ian Balina is one of four children. In the United States, Ian Balina stayed in Maryland and Virginia. He would earn a scholarship to attend George Washington University and attained a BS and MS in Computer Engineering. Career Ian Balina speaking at an event Balina worked at IBM in sales as a Tech Evangelist and in 2015 was a Hundred Percent Club Awardee, being recognized as one of IBM's best 500 employees. He previously worked at Deloitte as a Systems Integration Consultant. In 2015, Balina founded the "Uber for freelancers" marketplace, Peer Hustle. He previously founded the social dictionary app Leximo. Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Token Metrics \- Making Crypto Investing Easier \| Crypto Investment Research Platform Balina left the corporate world to pursue becoming a crypto-influencer. He had been considerably successful in investing in Cryptocurrency as a side hobby but started Diary of a Made Man in February 2017 in order to focus on creating financial content full-time. Balina became famous for posting his Blockfolio on his Instagram. Balina is currently an advisor to Pareto Networks, GoNetwork, and Nucleus Vision. As of April 2018, Balina had more than 142k followers on Twitter, 117k subscribers on YouTube, and 42.5k followers on Instagram. Hack In April 15th, 2018 while Balina was doing a Livestream reviewing Initial Coin Offering (ICOs), a viewer informed him that his wallet addresses were hacked out of $2 million worth of crypto. Balina continued on with his review, but the live feed went down 14 minutes later. He would continue the review a few hours later but noticed that he was signed out of his Google Sheets profile. Balina later went on Twitter and wrote in his Telegram group that he had been hacked and asking for help to find the perpetrators. He believes the hackers were able to access his wallets through his old college email account.

bounce-finance

Bounce Finance is a decentralized auction platform, incorporating liquidity mining, and staking mechanisms.

Bounce Finance (founded in 2020) is a decentralized auction platform, incorporating liquidity mining, decentralized governance and staking mechanisms. The first principle of Bounce is the scarcity of resources, which creates a competitive swap environment. Overview Bounce provides a competitive environment, for a limited supply of tokens or other assets like NFTs. The assets can be auctioned off in various ways, such as: Various types of auctions where a limited amount of tokens are auctioned off with different auction principles and time limits, such as fixed price (fixed swap auction), decreasing price (Dutch auction) or hidden price (sealed-bid auction). NFTs are auctioned off with similar auction principles as token sales. However, there is usually a lower number of NFTs (or only a unique piece) for sale. Features Multi wallet support The Bounce platform works with the most commonly used cryptocurrency wallets, such as MetaMask, Binance Chain wallet, WalletConnect, Coinbase Wallet, Ledger and Trezor. Multi-chain support The is available for Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain-based assets. Once connected to your wallet, you can toggle between the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain mainnet networks. Bounce Products The Bounce economy is built with core products that contribute to its existence in the world of DeFi, DAO, and Meta-projects. Bounce's Products include the following: Bounce Decentralized As a protocol arched with decentralization at its core, the protocol launched its app called Bounce Decentralized. It's an interface and extension of Bounce.Finance, where users stand the chance to find auctions using its all-inclusive platform. There are three types of auctions-- 1. Fixed swap auction: This type of auction involves the auctioneers and the participants, while they agree and execute a deal based on a set price. Thsi swap feature is available for ERC20 tokens and BEP20-based assets. 2. Sealed-bid auction: Bounce provides a sealed-bid auction on the blockchain, with some differences from the traditional sealed-bid auction. The Bounce.Finance's sealed-bid auction allows the final result of a sealed-bid auction is revealed when the pool time runs out. 3. Dutch auction: In the Bounce Dutch auction, the worth of the digital assets begins at an initial price (this price is often at the topmost price) and eentually drops by a fixed amount periodically (eg., 0.1 ETH every 10 minutes) till every asset are completely sold off. Bounce Fangible The ecosystem's go-to spot for everything on NFT is regarded as "the Bounce Fangible". Here, you get a peek into new drops (tagged ACTIVE DROPS) and you could hover to its marketplace which is composable and neatly fixed onto the interface. From the welcome dashboard, you would be able to connect your Web3 wallet and search for any NFT of your choice with the provided search bar. Metalents Metalent is a means by which Bounce finance links digital freelance supply and demand. As a protocol that believes that in addition to traditional forms of linking NFTs such as traditional paintings and electronic posters, any customized, non-standard delivery, and electronically delivered works can be linked to the world of NFTs. Using NFTs as delivery credentials and the immutable record function of the blockchain decentralized network, the author, buyer, transaction time, and work URL will be permanently traced and recorded. Tokenomics The current native and utility token of the Bounce Finance ecosystem is $AUCTION. $AUCTION is the governance token of the ecosystem and was formed after a migration of the ecosystem's previous token known as $BOT. The BOT token used to have a supply capped at 100,000 BOT toens before its migration to $AUCTION. Users were issued AUCTION tokens equivalent to their worth in BOT. The total supply of $AUCTION is capped at 10,000,000 tokens, and it is available for trading on diverse centralized exchanges including: Binance Gate.io Coinbase Huobi Global Okx. Bounce Governance Forum The Bounce governance forum is a place to discuss proposals, amendments and desired upgrades to the Bounce platform . This includes but is not limited to: Governance Frameworks Proposal Discussions Auction types BOT token economics and token metrics Proposals in the governance forum can be made by anyone; however, not all proposals submitted to the forum will (or should) go to the on-chain voting process. Only proposals which are put to (and pass) an on-chain vote will be ratified.

ethernity

Ethernity is a blockchain-based platform that produces Authenticated Non-Fungible Tokens (ANFTs).

Ethernity (ERN) is a blockchain-based platform that produces Authenticated Non-Fungible Tokens (ANFTs). Furthermore, Ethernity Chain aims to use NFTs for social good and explore the opportunities they provide in philanthropy. Ethernity has already created several Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) collections in collaboration with prominent figures, such as BossLogic, Nicky Romero, and Tony Hawk, and also released several collections commemorating Muhammad Ali, Pelé, and Marilyn Monroe. The latest Ethernity Chain NFT drop is a partnership with the United States Space Force, called "Armstrong Satellite NFT Launch with Space Force". The NFT collection features augmented reality tokens depicting satellites, mission badges, and coins. Overview Ethernity Chain is a community-oriented platform that produces limited edition authenticated NFTs and trading cards created by many talented artists and endorsed by notable figures. Built on Ethereum, it aims to build the biggest A-NFT library, reward its creators and raise funds for charitable causes. Ethernity Chain IDO In February 2021, Ethernity announced the public sale of the $ERN token on Polkastarter. The Ethernity Chain initial DEX offering (IDO) launched on the Polkastarter on March 8th, 2021. The amount raised during the IDO was around $275,000. Ethernity Packs Ethernity Packs are a major part of the Ethernity Chain ecosystem. These packs are priced between $50-$300 USD based on rarity and purchasable in ERN, enabling any retail investor to participate in this community NFT lottery model. Within these packs, users will find aNFTs collectibles curated by the Ethernity Chain creative team. Some of these packs will have randomly inserted incredibly valuable & rare NFTs. Collectors will not know what is in each pack, and there will always be a chance for them to acquire an Ethernity Pack with scarce & exclusive NFTs from authenticated, licensed notable figures or Ethernity Genesis NFTs. Selected packs will also be purchasable with STONES. Tokenomics The Ethernity Chain token known as ERN is built on Ethereum. The token provides liquidity to ERN pools. The token enables participants to farm unique Authenticated Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) which can be traded like any other cryptocurrency. Users can also use the token to participate in staking and earn interest. Moreover, the ERN token allows users to participate and make key proposals and changes to the platform. The community can also provide liquidity in ERN pools to farm unique NFT editions which can otherwise only be bought in the public market. The top exchanges for trading in Ethernity Chain are currently Uniswap, Gate.io, Hoo, and 1INCH. When Ethernity Chain receives ERN tokens as payment for NFTs (this includes NFT auctions, direct sales of NFTs and NFT packs), it locks 75% of the collected ERN tokens in the Ethernity Chain Reserve smart contract for two years. After two years the team periodically unlock tokens and refuel the Staking & Rewards Pool for Liquidity providers. The cycle creates organic scarcity as the more NFTs sold, the fewer tokens are in circulation. Ethernity Stones In March 2021, Ethernity Chain introduced the Ethernity STONES to its community. STONES can be used to redeem curated and selected Ethernity NFTs that will only be available to STONES holders via the Ethernity Chain platform. Users can earn STONES by using ERN tokens to farm stones. The yield for the STONES will be calculated depending on how many ERN tokens are locked into the farming contract. For each ERN token that is locked into the farming contract, users will earn 1000 stones per 24 hours. So there will be no fractional STONES, and the staking yields are non-divisible and will be stored on the farming contract in units of 1000. If users remove their ERN tokens halfway through the 24-hour cycle, they will receive 0 stones. Stones will be held in the farming contract and locked into the address that users used to farm STONES. Users can not withdraw stones to another wallet, STONES are non-transferable and have no monetary value, and users can not redeem STONES for ETH or ERN. So stones will be strictly redeemable for curated and specific NTFs available on the Ethernity Chain platform only. Ethernity NFT Drops Winklevoss Brothers NFTs In March 2021, Ethernity Chain announced the release of the first authenticated “Crypto Legends” NFT issued by Olympic Rowing Pair and Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. The Winklevoss NFT on Ethernity Chain is a three-card collection commemorating the twins and their role in bringing Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies to the masses. The drop was released on May 29, 2021. Ethernity Chain and the Winklevoss twins donated 90% of the profits from this auction to Row New York, an NYC-based non-profit committed to expanding access to rowing throughout the NYC area. Three series of NFTs, "Legendary," "Epic" and "Common," were created in a collaboration between Ethernity Chain and Visual Labs, a team of digital artists. More than 100 cards out of 350 released initially have been sold in the first two days after release. BossLogic NFTs - Community Drop In March 2021, Ethernity announces a collaboration with top-selling NFT artist BossLogic. The artist created 2501 NFTs that are exclusive to Ethernity Chain Community. The official Ethernity Chain x Bosslogic Collection was released on March 7th, 2021. The Authentic Ethernity Chain NFT Collection was minted to and sold on OpenSea. To participate in the competition, users had to t follow Ethernity Chain and BossLogic on Twitter and join the Ethernity Chain Telegram and ANN channels. Users also had to retweet the BossLogic announcement, tag two friends, and use the following hashtags: "$ERN," "Bosslogic," "EthernityChain" and "NFT." An entry form was also be provided for users to fill out. Jason Heuser NFTs In April 2021, Ethernity partnered with Jason Heuser to release the "Welcome to the Internet" NFT collection, an ode to creators, crypto, memes, NFTs, and the very internet itself. The 1/1 Welcome to the Internet 3D Legendary Edition NFT was sold for $162,000 (5100 ERN). 5% of the sale was donated to Global Wildlife Conservation. Fernando Tatis Jr. NFTs In April 2021, Ethernity Chain announced the first baseball authenticated NFT to the community with San Diego Padres Shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr., and Ethernity's first real-world collectibles offering. Fernando Tatis Jr. dropped his first official, licensed aNFT on the Ethernity Chain Platform on April 26, 2021. The drop also featured Ethernity’s first real-world collectibles - a custom-made and licensed baseball bat by Victus that buyers of the Limited Editions were sent following the drop. Plus, a signed baseball, cleats, and in-game experience to see Fernando Tatis Jr. play with the San Diego Padres. 2.5% of Ethernity’s proceeds were donated to the Blockchain Charity Foundation for projects to help environmental and wildlife protection. Pelé NFTs In April 2021, Ethernity Chain announced the official licensed Pelé collection of authenticated non-fungible tokens (aNFTs) honoring the legacy of iconic Brazilian Soccer player Pelé. The collection of 3–6 pieces dropped on Ethernity Chain on May 2, 2021. Created by Australian concept artist Kingsletter and Visual Lab, the collection marked the first time Pele trading cards have ever been released digitally. 90% of Pelé NFT sales benefited the Pelé Foundation, a charity that empowers and educates children battling poverty around the world. The first in a series of Pelé NFTs will be followed by another batch due for release later in 2021. Muhammad Ali NFTs On May 1, 2021, Ethernity and Muhammad Ali Enterprises (MAE) announced “The Muhammad Ali Collection” in partnership with Raf Grassetti, one of the foremost digital sculptors in the NFT community. The auction began on May 1, exclusively at www.ali.com (powered by Ethernity), and a portion of the proceeds was donated to The Muhammad Ali Center. “The Ali Collection” was designed to celebrate the boxer’s life and legacy, featuring famous photographs of Ali taken in 1971 by Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer. The Muhammad Collection is comprised of four pieces: Float, Sting, G.O.A.T, and Wings. Additionally, one of the NFTs came with a physical pair of boxing gloves signed by Muhammad Ali and an Infinite Objects frame. Nick Rose, the founder, and CEO at Ethernity Chain, said: “We are thrilled to partner with Muhammad Ali Enterprises and Raf Grassetti on The Muhammad Ali Collection. He had a lifelong mission to help those in need, and our mission at Ethernity is to focus on charitable causes with our groundbreaking projects, making this partnership a natural fit.” Tony Hawk NFTs In 2021, Ethernity partnered with Tony Hawk to create an NFT collection that will launch on May 12, 2021, be available for 24 hours. Hawk recently performed what he insists will be his last-ever 540-degree “Ollie” skate trick, and the moment in time will be preserved for Eternity as an authenticated NFT (aNFT). The winning bidder will also receive the actual skateboard and shoes used in the final trick. The legendary skater’s last-ever 540 constitutes just part of a coveted collection co-created by influential digital artist Ondrej Zunka, a boyhood fan of Hawk. Hawk will also provide one of his own skateboards, modeled after the inverted handstand and represented as an aNFT. Ethernity also raffled the skateboard randomly to a buyer of the aNFT. The collection is completed by Graffiti Wall, a colorful artwork fe

double-spending-problem

Double spending problem is a phenomenon in which a single unit of currency is spent simultaneously more than once. This creates a disparity between the spending...

Double spending problem is a phenomenon in which a single unit of currency is spent simultaneously more than once. This creates a disparity between the spending record and the amount of that currency available. Double spending is most commonly associated with Bitcoin because digital information can be manipulated or reproduced more easily by skilled programmers familiar with how the blockchain protocol works. Bitcoin is also a target for thieves to double spend because Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer medium of exchange that doesn’t pass through any intermediaries or institutions. Overview For example, if someone walks into a clothing store with only $10 and buys a $10 shirt, then buys another $10 shirt with the same $10 already paid to the cashier. While this is difficult to do with physical money, in part because recent transactions and current owners can be easily verified in real-time, there’s more opportunity to do it with digital currency. Bitcoin’s completely digital currency network is decentralized which means it has no central authority, regulators, or governing bodies to police thieves and hackers. Though traditional security entities don’t monitor the Bitcoin network for double spending, other network defenses have been implemented to combat attacks that would otherwise threaten the network’s consensus mechanism and ledger of transactions, providing confidence to those who invest in Bitcoin. How does Bitcoin Double-Spending work? Fundamentally, a double spend consists of a bad actor sending a copy of one transaction to make the copy appear legitimate while retaining the original, or erasing the first transaction altogether. This is possible and dangerous for Bitcoin or any digital currency because digital information is more easily duplicated. There are a few different situations where criminals attempt to double-spend Bitcoin. Simultaneously sending the same Bitcoin amount twice or more An attacker will simultaneously send the same bitcoin to two (or more) different addresses. This type of attack attempts to exploit the Bitcoin network’s slow 10-minute block time, in which transactions are sent to the network and queued to be confirmed and verified by miners to be added to the blockchain. In sneaking an extra transaction onto the blockchain, thieves can give the illusion that the original bitcoin amount hasn’t been spent already, or manipulate the existing blockchain and laboriously re-mine blocks with fake transaction histories to support the desired future double spend. Reverse an already-sent transaction The attacker sends multiple packets (units of data) to the network to reverse the transactions, to give the illusion they never happened. With this way, the attacker attempts a Bitcoin double spend by reversing a transaction after receiving the counterparty’s assets or services, thus keeping both the received goods and the sent bitcoin. 51% Attack When a group of miners controls over 50% of the network’s hash rate, they launch a 51% attack against a cryptocurrency blockchain. Having control of 51% of the network’s nodes provides the governing parties with the ability to change the blockchain. Payments between a few or all users might be stopped if the attackers were able to stop fresh transactions from receiving confirmations. The ability to undo decisions taken when they were in charge would likewise be available to them. One of the problems that consensus systems like proof-of-work were designed to avoid is that by reversing transactions, users might double spend coins. On a coin with a high participation rate, a 51% assault is an extremely demanding and difficult undertaking. The majority of the time, the group of attackers would have to be able to command the required 51% and have a backup blockchain ready to be injected when the opportunity arises. The main network would then have to be out-hashed. One of the biggest obstacles against a 51% attack is the expense of doing so. For instance, the Bitmain S19 XP Hydro is the most sophisticated Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) miner. It boasts 255 TH/s (tera hashes per second) of hash rate and costs more than $19,800. FoundryUSA, with 54.42 EH/s (exahashes per second), accounts for 23.75% of the entire Bitcoin network hash rate, followed by AntPool at 41.49 EH/s, 18.12%, and Binance Pool at 34.48 EH/s, 15.06%. Finney Attack The Finney attack is named after Hal Finney, who happened to be the first recipient of a Bitcoin transaction, and the first person to comment on the release of the Bitcoin source code. It is a double spending attack with the following features: It only works if the merchant accepts unconfirmed transactions. It still works, however, if the merchant waits a few seconds to verify that everyone in the network agrees he was paid. It requires the attacker to be mining and controlling the content of his blocks; however, he can in theory do this with any hashrate, in particular significantly less than 50% of the network hashrate. It proceeds as follows: The attacker mines blocks normally. In the block he/she is trying to find, he includes a transaction which sends some of his/her coins back to himself/herself, without broadcasting this transaction. When he/she finds a block, he/she does not broadcast it; instead, he/she sends the same coins to a merchant for some goods or service. After the merchant accepts the payment and irreversibly provides the service, the attacker broadcasts his/her block. The transaction that sends the coins to himself/herself which is included in this block, will override the unconfirmed payment to the merchant. If the time from finding the block until the attacker sends payment and the merchant accepts it is 't', and the average time to find a block is 'T', there is a probability of t/T that another block will be found on the network in this time. In this case the attack will fail, and the attacker will lose the block reward of B. This means that the average cost of attempting the attack is about (t/T) \ B. As a rule of thumb, the merchant should wait at least t=V\T/B (V is the value of the transaction) to make sure that trying to carry out this attack against him isn't profitable. This may not be sufficient though, as a nimble attacker can use the same block for multiple attacks, potentially gaining the total of their value. The lower the attacker's hashrate, the less opportunities he/she has to carry out the attack. If the attack is for obtaining some illiquid good, it is difficult to make the need for this good coincide with finding a block. If the attack is for obtaining something liquid (e.g. exchanging bitcoins for other money), an opportunity is ever-present but the merchant is likely to require a few confirmations. This makes the attack difficult to use in practice. Race Attack The Race Attack is a particular kind of a Double-Spending attempt which is a malicious activity when two transactions are created at the same time using the same funds to spend them twice. It requires the recipient to accept payment for unconfirmed transactions. The attacker sends the victim an unconfirmed transaction. Meanwhile, they broadcast to the network a conflicting transaction. Since the victim observed their own transaction first, they believe they will be paid. However, since the rest of the network saw the double-spend first, it’s likely that the victim will not get the money. Such an attack is significantly easier to carry out when the attacker has a direct connection to the victim's node and deposits the conflicting transaction directly to the miners. How Double Spending Problem prevented A timestamp server was suggested as a solution to the double spending issue in Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper. A block of transactions is hashed by this server, which then broadcasts the hash to every node in the bitcoin network. This timestamp demonstrates that none of the information in the hash could have been produced following the publication of the hash. This creates an immutable (unchangeable) log of the sequence in which transactions occurred since each timestamp contains the preceding timestamp in its hash. Each timestamp builds on the ones that came before it. In conclusion, the blockchain stops double spending by broadcasting groups of transactions to all nodes in the bitcoin network and timestamping them. Transactions are irreversible and hard to tamper with since they are timestamped on the blockchain and quantitatively tied to earlier ones. Bitcoin Since the first bitcoin client was delivered in 2009, the blockchain of bitcoin has preserved an exhaustive record of all transactions ever done in order to properly comprehend how the blockchain avoids double spending. No one can alter the record since every transaction is cryptographically hashed to the preceding blocks. This database is referred to as a blockchain because a fresh batch of transactions, known as a block, is added to it every ten minutes. Ethereum Avoiding double spending means to stop using the same amount twice. If the nonce is set to the same only one of the transactions will be mined and most of the time that can be the one with higher gas price, but however no double spend will happen as only one transaction will take place at the end in either case. There are two types of nonce used in Ethereum. Account nonce It's simply the transaction count of an account. This prevents replay attacks where a transaction sending, for example, 20 coins from A to B can be replayed by B over and over to continually drain A's balance. Proof of work nonce The random value in a block that was used get the proof of work satisfied (depending on the difficulty at the time). Proof of work nonce is a me

celsius-network

Celsius Network is an American and British cryptocurrency financial and loans platform that connects holders of crypto-assets.

Celsius Network is an American and British cryptocurrency financial and loans platform that connects holders of crypto-assets with borrowers. The platform allows crypto-holders to earn interest on their assets in the form of coins, or get a cash loan against their cryptocurrency, using the company's CEL token. On August 27, 2020, Celsius Network officially closed the equity crowdfunding round with $20.17 million from over 1,000 investors. Background Founded in London, England, Celsius aims to be the most reputable Cryptocurrency P2P lending and borrowing platform. The team consists of Alex Mashinsky as CEO; S. Daniel Leon as COO; Keith Baumwald as CMO; and Nuke Goldstein as the CTO. The team also has headquarters in New York, New York. The company has decided to go with the ERC20 Token on the Ethereum Blockchain to build their platform. The goal is to provide a wallet for exchanges. Celsius Network aims to replace big banks and futures exchanges, like the CME and CBOE, with coin holders who will earn returns by lending. Through the Celsius Wallet, Celsius Members will be able to lend and borrow coins at signifiçantly reduced rates compared to traditional financial institutions and earn interest on coins lent. Celsius Network was created with the goal of helping the cryptocurrency community reap the benefits of the futures market and màrgin lending with lower costs than traditional financial institutions. Celsius Network, allows its token holders to borrow cash against cryptocurrency collateral as well as earn regúlar interest on their deposits. They are trying to build a community that replaces Wall Street with blockchain and shares the profits amongst its members. For example, the Celsius platform aims to allow members to lend their funds and eårn higher interest rates than they would usually get from a deposit in a bank. On the othèr side, borrowers pay löwer interest rates than they would pay if they took out a bank loan. CEL Token CEL token is a token that gives Celsius members access to the company's financial services. The company first introdúced its very own tóken, CEL, in 2018, via a token sale that took place throughout 2018. The startup raised over $50 million worth of crypto in May 2018. Celsius Loyalty Rewards: Its Loyalty Rewards system has four tiers that are based on the percentage of CEL tokens in a user's wallet. This can fluctuate as the market changes, or as the user makes new purchases using the wallet their CEL tokens are held in. As one moves up from bronze to platinum, both their bonus interest and loan interest discounts increase. At the platinum level, bonus interest is capped at 35% and the loan interest discount rate is capped at 30%. CEL Token Utilities Holding CEL allows you to use the Celsius app with five utilities, including being able to skip the line of users waiting to take dollar loans out. The system puts those with the highest CEL balance and HODL ratio at the highest priority (HODL ratio meaning the amount of CEL contained in a Celsius wallet and the amount withdrawn from the same wallet). There are also lower interest rate loans for holders who can receive up to 30% discounted on all interest payments, and lower interest rates on coin loans. Users who choose to obtain their weekly interest in CEL can also earn higher interest rates of up to 35%. Lastly, holding substantial amounts of CEL comes with many benefits. If a user is one of the top 100 holders, they receive a designated hotline, invitations to events, meet-and-greets with the Celsius team, and exclusive events for their " top CEL HODLer community". Utility Celsius enables the ability to deposit your cryptocurrencies in the Celsius wallet, the ability to pay interest on these loans at a discount, the ability to apply for dollar loans with cryptocurrencies as collateral, the ability to become a member of the Celsius platform and community It also allows members to lend cryptocurrencies in order to gain interest and achieve seniority in the platform which will impact the interest rate gained. Equity Offering In June of 2020, Celsius Network publicly launched a $15 million equity offering through BnkToTheFuture. The network achieved their investment goal of $10.5 million in under 6 hours from thirty-nine investors. The minimum investment in the equity fundraising round is $1,000. The offering will see 10% of Celsius Network’s equity distributed in the form of Preferred A shares. CEO Alex Mashinsky said about it: "You helped build brands by using them, but if you wanted to own equity in them, that was reserved for the few mega VC’s who funded Uber Facebook LinkedIn. You only got to buy them full price when they IPO. CelsiusNetwork opened it’s A round to you" On August 27, 2020, Celsius Network officially closed the equity crowdfunding round with $20.17 million from over 1,000 investors. This round exceeded its goal of $17 million, which was an increased goal from its initial $10 million targets.

felix-xu

Felix Xu is a co-founder and CEO of ARPA Chain.

Felix Xu is a co-founder and CEO of ARPA Chain. He majored in finance and information systems at New York University Stern School of Business. Previously, at Fosun Group. Education He attended New York University Stern School of Business and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance & Information Systems. He also went to Brandeis University where he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Career He worked with Fosun Group as a Venture Investor where he had more than 5 years of experience in Venture Capital before he founded the ARPA Chain network community in April 2018. Felix Xu is Co-Founder and CEO of ARPA, Bella Protocol. He graduated with Finance, and Information Systems degrees from New York University, which is known for its Computer Science and AI research. For the past 6 years, Felix has been working on venture capital investment in Fintech, big data, and AI startups. Most recently, he led blockchain sector research and early-stage investment at Fosun Group, one of the largest conglomerates in China.

humaniq

Humaniq is a banking application based on blockchain technology, available to both Android and iOS users.

Humaniq is a banking application based on blockchain technology, available to both Android and iOS users. Its blockchain and biometric recognition-based mobile application is aimed at opening the banking world to a whole new generation of the unbanked population. Functioning on the Ethereum blockchain, it offers core banking operations along with third party service availability. These services are offered in the form of peer-to-peer lending, data security, loans, and more. Overview Humaniq was founded in 2016 by Alex Fork and globally marketed in 2017. The design of the application is based on the idea of poverty upliftment and the emergence of a global economy. Furthering the agenda, Humaniq aims to target an audience of billions of unbanked individuals around the globe. It wants to help those who do not have access to even a bank account, let alone sophisticated investment and financial services, due to lack of stable income, funds and relevant. Humaniq utilises the fourth generation Ethereum blockchain to be able to function as a mobile bank. It has been partially modelled around PayPal’s growth concept. It pays the users for signing in, completing tasks and utilising the tokens to undertake complex trading activities and financial services like peer-to-peer trading, insurance purchase, lending, etc. The hybrid blockchain technology provides a financial infrastructure to the unbanked and underprivileged masses. The HMQ application is centred around an Ethereum blockchain protocol that provides added security and reduces the risk of criminal breach to the servers. It follows a decentralized mechanism to further disallow corruption and data theft. These features allow the independent flow of funds and act as an accelerator of inclusive growth. The platform has its focus on developing and underdeveloped nations as its target audience. It has received recognition from the UN for adopting such humanitarian grounds for business. One of the most prominent distinguishing features of the platform is its egalitarian emission mechanism. Humaniq allows each individual to mint only a limited number of coins. It boasts itself over a fair cryptocurrency platform. Team Alex Fork - Founder, CEO Serafima Semkina – CAO Javed Khattak – CFO Anton Mozgovoy – CTO Segrey Blinov - SMM, CSS Andriy Schechenko - Forum Administrator

blackmoon

Blackmoon (BMC) (announced August 9, 2017) is a cryptocurrency that functions on the Ethereum platform.

Blackmoon (BMC) (announced August 9, 2017) is a cryptocurrency that functions on the Ethereum platform. The Blackmoon cryptocurrency offers a vision for a new standard for tokenized investment vehicles that will bridge the gap between the world of fiat and cryptocurrencies. History Blackmoon Financial Group is a financial technology and investment management company incorporated in Ireland that has been operational since August 2014, having its roots in venture capital investments in financial technology since 2012. The company is lead by Oleg Seydak who is an entrepreneur, financial technology investor, founder of Blackmoon Financial Group, and former co-founding partner of Flint Capital. Overview Blackmoon (BMC) cryptocurrency had rightly described itself as the connecting link between the fiat money and cryptocurrency. Blackmoon (BMC) development team is located in Cyprus. The Blackmoon (BMC) aims at creating and maintaining the world's best framework for tokenized funds and to deliver investment opportunities in both the real world and crypto economies. Tokenomics Blackmoon (BMC) is an ERC20 token created on the Ethereum platform. The ticker symbol of Blackmoon cryptocurrency is BMC and it has a maximum supply of 60 Million coins. HitBTC is the current most active market trading it. Latest Development Blackmoon (BMC) cryptocurrency had suspended operations for seemingly technical reasons. Blackmoon CEO Oleg Seydak told CoinDesk that high regulatory compliance costs were the reason for the exchange’s closure. “After in-depth analysis, we concluded that running a crypto exchange in compliance with all modern [European Union] regulation including the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and licensing requirements (that are constantly changing unpredictably and unfavorably) is not competitive to unregulated alternatives that are available in the market at the moment,” - Oleg Seydak (CEO Blackmoon) It was reportedly stated that the exchange platform was suspended and a crypto converter was made available for Blackmoon (BMC) token holders in a bid to convert their BMC tokens to USDC stablecoins. Anticipations: Dream Blackmoon Crypto, registered in the Cayman Islands was initially a marketplace for Ethereum tokens backed by shares in mainstream companies like Lyft. Previously, Blackmoon cryptocurrency boasted a modest 3,800 users before its suspension. But hopes were high as Blackmoon (BMC) was set to boost this number dramatically with a unique offer: as soon as Telegram’s TON blockchain launched, Blackmoon planned to become the first official marketplace for its tokens, called grams. The exchange partnered with Gram Vault, a Swiss custodian founded especially for holding yet-to-be-issued grams, and that it had some big investors in Telegram’s TON $1.7 billion token sales as clients. Another recent development has begun to make Blackmoon's hope on the $GRAM a dream as Telegram's TON is also suspended. After years of drama with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Telegram is calling it quits on its crypto-focused subsidiary, Telegram Open Network (TON). Founder and CEO of Telegram wrote: “Telegram’s active involvement with TON is over,”- Pavel Durov He stated this in an announcement on his channel. Pavel Durov also warned that: “You may see – or may have already seen – sites using my name or the Telegram brand or the ‘TON’ abbreviation to promote their projects. Don’t trust them with your money or data.” Durov spoke out against the ruling in his announcement, arguing that American courts shouldn’t have the power to stop the sale of cryptocurrency beyond US borders, and he urged others to take up the decentralization fight in Telegram’s stead. “This battle may well be the most important battle of our generation,” he wrote. “We hope that you succeed where we have failed.”

measurable-data-token

Measurable Data Token aims to provide a blockchain-based data economy.

Measurable Data Token aims to provide a blockchain-based data economy, where data providers and data buyers can exchange data securely and anonymously. Overview The MDT team are based in Hong Kong and have been working together for over 10 years. MDT's first project Talkbox starred in 2010 was adapted into a TV show and novel called "Entrepreneurial Age". Since the launch of MDT project in 2017, the team has been dedicated to making MDT the new standard for data sharing. MyMDT Wallet MyMDT is a Decentralized application (DApp) based on Ethereum which allows users to get rewarded for sharing anonymous data points. Users can join the MDT ecosystem through the MyMDT Dapp. MyMDT supports three features: It allows users to opt in the MDT ecosystem to share anonymous data points for MDT rewards It allocates and deposit the MDT rewards for users It allows users to earn more rewards by finishing specific tasks. Asides the main feature of allowing users to opt in and share anonymous data points, in this version users can also earn rewards by finishing tasks. These tasks are often tailored made for the third-party applications that embeds MyMDT so that users can get more familiar with both the MyMDT dapp and the ecosystem of the third-party application. Tokeneconomics Measurable Data Token (MDT) aims to provide a decentralized data economy, where data providers and data buyers can exchange data securely and anonymously. MyMDT is a Decentralized application (DApp) based on Ethereum that allows users to get rewards for sharing anonymous data points. The application has been integrated in the following apps: MailTime, Magic Crystal and Email Messenger. The project also aims to provide accurate, real-time and actionable consumer insights to businesses through Measurable AI. The MDT token is an Ethereum ERC-20 token, used as the medium of payment for data purchases and user reward programs. Social Media Measurable Data Token has active accounts on GitHub, Telegram, Twitter, and Reddit.

kyberswap

Decentralized Exchange (DEX) platform KyberSwap was established in 2017 and is based on the Ethereum Network.

KyberSwap (founded 2017) is a Decentralized Exchange (DEX) platform based on the Ethereum Network. The app offers cryptocurrency alerts and a safe and secure way to buy, trade, and transfer over 70 different cryptocurrencies. It has facilitated over 827,000 ETH worth of trades, powered token swaps for over 55 applications, supported over 70 ERC20 tokens, and has more than 24 different reserves contributing liquidity to the network. History KyberSwap was founded by Loi Luu in 2017 in Singapore and was launched on the Ethereum mainnet in 2018. Loi Luu explained that CEO and Co-founder, Loi Luu "Building Kyber’s liquidity protocol took my team and me many months of hard-work, but it was extremely rewarding and laid the strong technical foundations for Kyber to emerge. We launched our in-house token swap service KyberSwap on the Ethereum mainnet on February, 2018, and since then our protocol has facilitated over 827,000 ETH worth of trades, powering token swaps for over 55 applications, supporting over 70 ERC20 tokens, and has more than 24 different reserves contributing liquidity to the network." Since its launch, Kyber Network has pushed to provide immediate value to the crypto space by developing KyberSwap — a fast, simple, and secure token swap platform. Currently, KyberSwap is one of the most popular Ethereum DApps to swap ERC20 tokens such as , (WBTC), ETH, DAI, TUSD, and others. KyberSwap is the fastest and easiest way to buy and sell tokens in a decentralized manner. Token exchange happens fully on-chain, which means KyberSwap never holds users' funds, and trades are always transparent on the blockchain. Kyber Backstory From an interview with the founder Loi Luu, he explained the inspiration behind Kyber. "My co-founders and I were initially motivated to improve the 3 foundational pillars of the blockchain world, namely decentralization, scalability and security. On security, we built Oyente, which was the first automated smart contract verification framework and one of the most used open-source auditing tools by security experts today (e.g. Melonport, Quantstamp). " "On decentralization, our work on Smartpool was focused on preventing over-centralization of mining pools, which made the underlying blockchain networks more secure and censorship-resistant. On scalability, our work on Elastico was the first proposed sharding solution for public blockchains and directly inspired the design of Zilliqa, currently one of the most promising scalable blockchain projects." "Over time, we wanted to work on a platform that would allow us to bring the benefits of decentralized technologies to a much bigger audience and facilitate many other real-world use cases. The key moment happened for us when a project approached us to discuss if it is possible to accept a different token in addition to Ethereum, with the intention to have common token-holders and community with another token ecosystem.It turned out that no existing solution then addressed the problem in a practical way. The more we worked on the problem, the more we realized the potential impact of solving it." "Besides removing key hurdles that hinder the adoption of decentralized technologies, it would give equal access to services and platforms to token holders regardless of which token they hold.Since then, we sought to facilitate seamless decentralized token exchange between different projects and ecosystems. That we thought, might eventually lead to equalizing access to everyone, regardless of origin, location, power or background." How It Works Create an Etheruem Wallet Create a New Wallet with Torus Users are to go to Kyberswap.com and if they have an existing Ethereum wallet, they can login using Metamask, Ledger, Trezor, Coinbase Link, Wallet Connect, or other common options. If not, users can just click on the ‘Torus’ button. Choose the preferred social media login method. Currently, 5 options are available; Gmail, Facebook, Reddit, Twitch, and Discord. Each social media login type is linked to a different Ethereum address, after selection, the address will be created. Create a new wallet with Metamask Install the MetaMask browser extension, and create a wallet on Metamask by following their instructions below. Create a new wallet on the KyberSwap Mobile App Download the KyberSwap app available for both Android and iOS (Testflight) devices, and create a new wallet there fast. 2 Buy Ether with Fiat The new wallet will be empty, so the next step is to buy some Ether/ ETH, the native digital currency of Ethereum. On KyberSwap.com, click ‘BUY ETH’ on the menu bar and a simple drop-down list with MoonPay and Wyre fiat to crypto options will appear. MoonPay or Wyre can be used directly on the KyberSwap.com site to easily purchase ETH with fiat currency (Visa/Mastercard credit or debit cards, or apple pay). It is a very simple process and users can enjoy multiple fiats to crypto on-ramp options. For other options like Simplex and Ramp Network, head to app.tor.us. Alternatively, there are also in-person or peer-2-peer options such as LocalEthereum where you can find offers from other people. 3 Swap ETH for KNC or other ERC20 tokens After buying ETH and receiving it in the wallet, users are to connect their wallets and use KyberSwap to easily trade more than 70 other tokens including Stablecoins DAI, USDC, TUSD, USDT, digital gold DGX, as well as MKR, LINK, KNC, SNX, and WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin). Features Detailed below are some of the key features on KyberSwap: Simple Swaps: On KyberSwap, fast, simple, secure token swaps is done in just a few clicks. Kyber never holds your funds, you’re always in control. Limit Orders: KyberSwap allows you to set non-custodial limit orders. You don’t have to monitor volatile crypto markets 24x7 as you can place orders to buy/sell tokens at your desired rate — no time wasted depositing and withdrawing tokens to an exchange account! No Trading Limits: There are no trading limits, and Know your customer required. Enjoy NO restriction to your trading amount. Liquidity is subject to Reserve capacity. Price Alerts: Price Alerts can be set so as to get notified whenever the token price hits your target alert level. Price Trend Notifications: Powerful notifications that let traders know when their token price is moving. Portfolio Dashboard: Track your performance, your transaction history, and portfolio token distribution over time. Troubleshoot transaction issues easily: Simply paste your transaction hash on our Kyber debugger tool.

lido-dao

The Lido DAO (LDO) is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that decides on the key parameters of liquid staking protocols through the voting power of governa...

The Lido DAO (LDO) is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) that enables users to stake their ETH without locking assets or maintaining infrastructure. It provides liquidity for staked proof-of-stake tokens by issuing 1:1 tokenized versions of staked assets to users. Lido Staked Ethereum (stETH) is an example of a token that represents staked Ethereum in Lido, combining the value of the initial deposit and staking rewards. Lido supports Ethereum and other layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchains, such as Solana, Polygon, Polkadot, and Kusama. Its voting power is determined by governance token (LDO), which is used to decide on the key parameters of liquid staking protocols. By participating in other DeFi on-chain activities, users can compound their staking rewards on Lido for additional yields. History Lido launched in December 2020, shortly after the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain went live. Staking on the Ethereum blockchain presented challenges, including only allowing multiples of 32 ETH and requiring technical expertise to stake. Additionally, staked ETH were locked during the initial phase of ETH 2.0, preventing them from being used in other protocols. Lido offers non-custodial staking services as a potential solution to capital inefficiency issues, allowing users to tokenize their staked ETH as stETH and utilize it across other protocols. Lido's focus was initially only on Ethereum but it has expanded to other blockchains: Lido on Solana launched in September 2021, on Polygon in November 2021, on Polkadot in May 2022, and on Kusama in February 2022. Stakers of Solana's native SOL asset receive a derivative token; bSOL, Polygon stakers receive stMATIC, Polkadot stakers receive stDOT, and Kusama stakers receive stKSM. Lido Technology Users can deposit ether into the Lido smart contract, running on Ethereum 1.0, to receive stETH in return. stETH tokens can be used to participate in other decentralized protocols, such as lending. stETH tokens are minted upon deposit and burned when withdrawn. When deposited, ether is distributed among node operators chosen by the Lido DAO and is locked into the Ethereum proof-of-stake deposit contract. Oracles are utilized to facilitate communication between the beacon chain and the Ethereum 1.0 chain. Specifically, the oracles monitor the balances of validators on the beacon chain, transmitting this information to Lido's Ethereum 1.0 smart contract on a daily basis. The balance of validators may fluctuate due to rewards, slashing, and staking penalties. The oracle updates the stETH token ratio, with staking rewards exceeding slashing penalties resulting in a profit. The stETH balance increases accordingly and a 10% fee is applied to the staking rewards, with half allocated to node operators as per their stake value and the other half sent to the Lido treasury. Tokenomics Lido has two tokens: Liquid stETH token; a tokenized version of staked Ethereum and LDO; a token granting governance rights in the Lido DAO. stETH token stETH is a token that represents staked ether in Lido, combining the value of initial deposit + staking rewards - penalties. stETH tokens are minted upon deposit and burned when redeemed. stETH token balances are pegged 1:1 to the ETH that is staked using Lido. stETH token balances are updated when the oracle reports changes in total stake every day. stETH tokens can be used as one would use ETH, allowing users to earn ETH 2.0 staking rewards whilst benefiting from, among other things, yields across decentralized finance products. The stETH token is a tokenized version of staked ether. When a user sends ether into the Lido liquid staking smart contract, the user receives the corresponding amount of stETH tokens. The stETH token represents Lido users’ deposits and the corresponding staking rewards and slashing penalties. The stETH token is a liquid alternative for the staked ether: it could be transferred, traded, or used in DeFi applications. Lido makes the stETH token balance track a balance of the corresponding balance of beacon chain ether. A user’s balance of stETH tokens corresponds 1 to 1 to the amount of ether a user could receive if withdrawals were enabled and instant. LDO token LDO is an Ethereum token granting governance rights in the Lido DAO. The Lido DAO governs a set of liquid staking protocols, decides on key parameters (e.g., fees), and executes protocol upgrades to ensure efficiency and stability. By holding the LDO token, voting right is granted within the Lido DAO. The more LDO locked in a user’s voting contract, the greater the decision-making power the voter gets. Launch & Initial Token Distribution 1 billion LDO tokens were minted during the LDO launch in December 2020. The token allocation was as follows: DAO Treasury: 36.32% Investors: 22.18% Initial developers: 20% Founders and future employees: 15% Validators and withdrawal key signers: 6.5% The tokens have a one-year lock-up which is followed by a one-year vesting period with the exception of the DAO Treasury. Utility The LDO token grants voting rights in the Lido DAO, with voting weight proportional to the amount of LDO tokens staked in the voting contract. The Lido DAO is responsible for upgrades, node operators, fee structures, and oracles. Users receive a tokenized version of their staked assets. When staking on the Ethereum blockchain via Lido, users receive stETH in return (stMATIC for staking on the Polygon blockchain, and stSOL for staking on the Solana blockchain, etc.). These tokenized assets can be used in other decentralized protocols (e.g. lending). Governance Proposals are submitted for discussion to the governance platform for the Lido DAO, including Lido Improvement Proposals (LIPs) for core protocol updates. A proposal must meet documentation and format requirements before submission and will be manually reviewed by an editor. The community then has the chance to discuss the LIP on the forum. Once deemed sufficiently mature, the proposal will be added to a governance call where it can be discussed for inclusion in a future platform upgrade. Lido also uses a Snapshot forum for off-chain voting which is intended as a signaling platform to determine proposal sentiment prior to launching on-chain votes. Lido V2 On February 7, 2023, the Lido team released a proposal for an upgrade to the Lido protocol. The two major focal points of the upgrade are: Staking Router Lido's Staking Router is a major protocol upgrade that moves the operator registry to a modular and more composable architecture. The Staking Router will act as the nucleus of the Lido vision: a platform where stakers, developers, and node operators can collaborate without friction and drive the future of a decentralized Ethereum together. Stakers will benefit from a more diverse and secure Node Operator set, as their deposits will be distributed over a much greater number of independent entities, mitigating network-downtime risk and improving Ethereum’s resiliency. Node Operators benefit through the new modules, additional types of Node Operators such as solo stakers, small groups, DAOs, and professional node operators can increase their avenues of participating in the Lido protocol. For developers, users can propose and implement modules using different node operator compositions and with a variety of competitive characteristics (such as cover options and fee structures) and apply for inclusion into the Staking Router’s module set. Withdrawals Withdrawals enable users to unstake their stETH and, in return, receive ETH at a 1:1 ratio for their staked ETH. The withdrawal mechanism added to Lido’s protocol design includes two modes: Turbo and Bunker mode: Turbo Mode This is the default mode used unless there is a catastrophic event or unforeseen scenario affecting the Ethereum network. In Turbo Mode, withdrawal requests are fulfilled quickly, using all available ETH from user deposits and rewards. The length of time to exit the network is uncertain; however, in the best case, withdrawal requests can be processed within hours without requiring a validator exit. Bunker Mode Bunker Mode is proposed to orderly process withdrawals under catastrophic scenarios. Its purpose is to prevent sophisticated actors from gaining an unfair advantage against other stakers by delaying withdrawals in the whole protocol and socializing the negative impact.

matrix

Matrix AI Network also known as Matrix (MAN) is a next generation open-source Blockchain that leverages...

Matrix AI Network also known as Matrix (MAN) is a next generation open-source Blockchain that leverages Artificial intelligence to support more secure and easier to use Smart contracts and increased transaction speeds. Innovational Approaches Intelligent Contracts The Matrix AI Network has an integrated AI which allows the system to convert language into code. This means that a user with very limited programming skills will be able to write a smart contract and the AI will translate that into useable code. Aegis The AI built within the Matrix Network will help to protect Digital assets from malicious attack by constantly monitoring the network's code for loopholes that could potentially be exploited. This security feature will consist of four different components: a rule-based semantic and syntactic analysis engine for smart contracts a formal verification toolkit to prove the security properties of smart contracts an AI-based detection engine for transaction model identification and security checking a deep learning based platform for dynamic security verification and enhancement . Wormhole Network The Network claims that their blockchain will be able to handle 1 million transactions per second, making it even faster than Visa. They aim to enable high-speed transactions by generating a hierarchy in the blockchain network. Nodes are clustered into disparate groups and a delegate is voted for in each group with an evaluation function considering both fairness and randomness. This should ultimately ensure that any device on the Matrix Network is managed efficiently and any spare resources are put to good use on other projects. One such example is an application that has been developed to assist in cancer diagnoses. It is already under development together with the Beijing Cancer Hospital and other large hospitals in the area. Darwinian evolution The AI element of the network is designed to ensure that the software can evolve and adapt as market demand changes without the need for a hard fork. The Matrix Team 1. Owen Tao (CEO) 2. Steve Deng (Chief AI Scientist) 3. Tim Chi (Chief Chip Scientist) 4. John Zhu (Senior VP): 5. Bill Li (Chief Network Architect) 6. Dr. Donglin Wang(Advisor) 7. Tony Surtees (Advisor): Current Partnerships Matrix AI Network Lab SmartMesh Blockchain Expo Coingogo Block Show China Youth Credit Ge Cheng & Co

paxos

Paxos is a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, building a new, open financial system.

Paxos is a regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, building a new, open financial system. Paxos is a blockchain ecosystem hosting a variety of fully regulated cryptocurrency products for individual traders, and institutional and enterprise customers seeking safer, less-volatile exposure to crypto markets. Overview As one of the only fully regulated blockchain ecosystems, Paxos is an umbrella platform hosting both the Pax Dollar stablecoin and the Pax Gold token. Paxos offers full transparency and security surrounding the assets that back its USDP stablecoin, and Paxos aims to provide a global payments system that serves to minimize the risks associated with market exposure using its know-how in both payments infrastructure and government regulations to help a growing list of companies add digital assets to their repertoires. Paxos is a top-funded blockchain company with more than $500 million in total funding from leading investors like OakHC/FT, Declaration Partners, Mithril Capital, Koch, Bank of America, Binance, Nomura, Societe Generale and PayPal Ventures. Paxos spent years building out its payments and regulatory infrastructure, including getting chartered as a New York trust company in 2015 and securing a digital payments license in Singapore earlier 2022. History 2012-2015 In 2012, Paxos launched the first regulated crypto exchange, itBit. In 2015, Paxos became the first company to secure a New York State Department of Financial Services Trust Charter for Digital Assets. 2018-2021 In 2018, Paxos issued the world’s first regulated stablecoin, PAX (now rebranded as USDP). In 2019, Paxos Issued the world’s first regulated gold-backed token, PAX Gold. Paxos became the first & only company to receive SEC permission to pilot using blockchain technology to settle stock trades. In 2021, Paxos became the first crypto-native company to receive preliminary approval for a de novo national Trust Bank charter. 2022 - In October 2022, in partnership with Paxos, Mastercard’s financial institution partners gained access to a comprehensive suite of buy, hold and sell services for selecting crypto assets, augmented with proven identity, cyber, security and advisory services. This Crypto Source offering was complemented by Mastercard Crypto SecureTM to bring additional security to the crypto ecosystem and support card issuers in their compliance with complex regulations. In February 2023, Paxos announced it is launching an engineering research & development center of security and cryptography excellence in Israel. Paxos plans to expand its Israel engineering center with senior, staff and principal engineers with specialized skills in enterprise-grade security, applied cryptography and blockchain technology given the strong tech talent pool in Israel. Paxos intends for this center of excellence to become an incubation hub for cryptography researchers, and security experts to build, maintain and rigorously assess secure solutions on top of blockchain, including multiparty computation. Products Crypto Brokerage Paxos Crypto Brokerage is a new solution that enables companies to offer cryptocurrency buying, selling, holding and sending capabilities within their own applications. It is a turnkey, API-based solution that eliminates technical and regulatory complexity. Customers can tailor the solution to their unique product needs and brand experience, while Paxos manages regulatory oversight and supplies a liquid marketplace for users. Stablecoin and Payment USDP USDP gives customers the ability to store and send US Dollars with freedom, unrestricted by the limits of traditional banking. Convert USDP to equivalent US Dollars at any time. Paxos' USDP is backed one-to-one by the dollar. USDP is subject to strict regulatory oversight by the New York State Department of Financial Services, meeting the highest standards of consumer protection. USDP reserves are held in cash and cash equivalents to keep customer funds safe and available for redemption. In January 2023, Paxos proposed paying a steady fee to decentralized finance giant MakerDAO for holding up to $1.5 billion Pax USD (USDP) stablecoin among its reserves. According to a proposal posted in Maker’s governance forum, Paxos solicited MakerDAO to increase the maximum amount, also known as a debt ceiling, of USDP to $1.5 billion from the current $450 million in Peg Stability Module reserve system that backs the value of Maker’s DAI stablecoin. In exchange, Paxos would pay a daily “marketing fee” anchored to 45% of the Effective Federal Funds Rate (EFFR), which stood at an annual 4.3% at the time of publication. Paxos would only pay the fee if the debt ceiling is at $1.5 billion or higher on any given day. The maximum threshold would increase to $2 billion of USDP in 2024, per the proposal. Paxos estimated that the facility would generate some $29 million of extra income annually for Maker if used at full capacity. The MakerDAO community will first discuss the proposal then put it to a vote. The proposal is part of MakerDAO’s twin effort to reduce its heavy reliance on Circle’s USDC stablecoin while boosting the protocol’s income by investing in government bonds and different investment strategies to generate steady yield on a $7 billion pile of digital assets in its reserve.[3] BUSD BUSD is a Binance branded stablecoin issued by Paxos Trust Company. BUSD can be used to trade crypto on Binance. BUSD gets 1:1 for U.S. dollars or USDP with Paxos. BUSD hedges against the volatility of crypto-assets by holding in BUSD, as stable as the dollar. And BUSD can be used wherever ERC-20 tokens are accepted for commerce, loans, payments, etc. BUSD is approved and regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services. BUSD is 100% backed by reserves held in either or both fiat cash in dedicated omnibus accounts at insured U.S. banks and/or U.S. Treasury bills. PAXG Pax Gold (PAXG) is a cost-effective way to own investment-grade physical gold with all the benefits of the blockchain. Each PAXG token is backed by one fine troy ounce of gold, stored in LBMA vaults in London. If users own PAXG, they own the underlying physical gold, held in custody by Paxos Trust Company. PAXG can be owned at a lower cost structure than that of other gold tokens, gold ETFs and LBMA 400 t oz bars, with a low minimum purchase amount and zero storage fees. The allocated gold that backs PAXG is custodied in LBMA vaults and audited monthly. Purchasing PAXG is free from settlement and credit risk, with near instantaneous settlement in addition to T+2 (versus only T+2 for Gold ETFs and LBMA bars). PAXG is the only gold token users can redeem for LBMA-accredited Good Delivery gold bullion bars. Institutional customers can also redeem for unallocated Loco London Gold. Redeem for USD at current gold market prices at any time. itBit Exchange itBit is the world's first regulated digital asset platform, built for institutional investors as the most reliable, secure and efficient way to hold and trade crypto assets. itBit offers fiat to crypto trading, escrow, custody and OTC solutions for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Stellar Lumens and more. The itBit exchange and OTC desk offer competitive trading fees and deep liquidity, while the company’s escrow and custody solutions utilize best-of-breed security and storage protocols. As a trust, itBit is a fiduciary and qualified custodian of client assets, operating with the highest degree of regulation and therefore the highest level of consumer protection. USD deposits are held in FDIC-insured, US-based banks, and both crypto and fiat are backed by mandatory capital reserves. itBit operates globally with offices in New York, London and Singapore, offering 24/7 customer support. Settlement Services Paxos Settlement Service is a post-trade settlement platform for U.S. securities that enables existing market participants to settle trades between themselves. Paxos Settlement Service is connected to participants on a private, permissioned blockchain network and is owned and operated by Paxos Trust Company. It has the ability to interoperate with existing financial market infrastructure, including the DTC and the U.S. banking system, making it a compelling alternative to legacy settlement systems. Security Settlement This service is a settlement platform utilizing a unique hybrid settlement model, improved margin, real time multilateral netting and innovative scalable technology. This settlement service is to increases efficiency, saves capital and shapes the market infrastructure. Security settlement service shapes the market infrastructure of the future with a real time clearing platform built with a blockchain core. Leverage real time multilateral netting and settle when it suits you (from T+2 to T+0). Security settlement service enjoys the same netting efficiencies as a central counterparty model with the capital benefits of a bilateral model. The Paxos settlement model brings simultaneous delivery versus payment and is interoperable with the DTC as depository. Security settlement service saves capital with efficient margins delivered from our hybrid settlement model. Commodities Settlement This service delivers fully automated management of user's entire post-trade lifecycle including multilateral payment netting and simultaneous settlement for the OTC commodities market, increasing efficiency and reducing counterparty risk. Entire Post-trade Li

xrp

XRP is a cryptocurrency used to facilitate transactions on the Ripple network, created by Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, and David Schwartz.

XRP is the cryptocurrency of the Ledger XRP blockchain which was developed by Ripple Labs. XRP is used to instantly make and receive payments from anywhere in the world. XRP is accepted on some e-commerce sites. XRP is also used in Ripple products to facilitate quick conversion between different currencies. XRP Ledger is a platform created to help banks and companies carry out fast and cheap transactions. Overview XRP is the native cryptocurrency on the Ripple network, and it consistently ranks among the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. XRP is a cryptocurrency that runs on the XRP Ledger, a blockchain engineered by Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto and David Schwartz. McCaleb and Britto would go on to found Ripple and use XRP to facilitate transactions on the network. Ripple Labs was rebranded to Ripple in October 2015. Since then, the interchangeability in the terminology used to describe the company, the network, the XRP Ledger, and XRP itself has caused confusion to those new and old in the cryptocurrency space. History 2011 Jed McCaleb started developing a digital currency system (XRP Ledger) together with David Schwartz and Arthur Britto. They sought to create a more sustainable system for sending value. 2012 XRP Ledger launched its native currency, XRP. By June, Schwartz, McCaleb and Britto finished code development, and the Ledger was complete. Once the XRP Ledger was live, 80% of the XRP was gifted to a new company that was set out to build use cases for the digital asset - initially called NewCoin and renamed quickly to OpenCoin. 2013 XRP was created in January 2013 by OpenCoin Inc. 2016 Ripple Labs and Jed Mccaleb reached an agreement to prevent dumping of McCaleb's XRP and subject his resales with multiple restrictions. 2017 In May 2017, Ripple committed to replacing 55 billion XRP in a secured escrow account to create certainty of XRP supply at any given time. In December 2017, Ripple confirmed that this lockup was completed. Ripple stated: “This move underscores Ripple’s commitment to building XRP liquidity and a healthy and trusted market. Long term, the value of digital assets will be determined by their utility. XRP has emerged as the only digital asset with a clear institutional use case designed to solve a multi-trillion dollar problem – the global payment and liquidity challenge that banks, payment providers, and corporates face.” 2020 XRP Ledger (XRPL) Foundation was established in September 2020 and raised $5.5 million from Ripple, Coil, and GateHub. XRPL Foundation is an independent and nonprofit entity with a mission to accelerate the development and adoption of the decentralized XRP Ledger. Bharath Chari foundation consultant of XRP Ledger said: “The Foundation is extremely happy to work with stakeholders in the ecosystem for further innovation and use of XRP Ledger. We are committed to providing full support to growing the developer ecosystem." 2021 In Q4 2021, three billion XRP were released out of escrow (one billion each month) in line with prior quarters and the official escrow arrangement. In total, 2.4 billion XRP was returned and subsequently put into new escrow contracts throughout the quarter. Architecture XRP’s blockchain operates a little differently than most other cryptocurrencies. Other cryptocurrencies open their transaction ledgers and verification processes to anyone who can solve complex equations quickly. But transactions are secure as the majority of ledger holders must agree with the verification for them to be added. XRP’s Ripple network somewhat centralizes things and uses a consensus protocol - while anyone can download its validation software, it maintains unique node lists that users can select to verify their transactions based on which participants they think are least likely to defraud them. As new transactions come in, the validators update their ledgers every three to five seconds and make sure they match the other ledgers. If there’s a mismatch, they stop to figure out what went wrong. This allows the network to securely and efficiently validate transactions, which gives it an edge over other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Mining XRP - Premining No one can mine Ripple and the only option is to mine other cryptocurrencies first and then look for exchanges that convert BTC to XRP. XRP was "pre-mined", meaning the XRP Ledger created 100 billion units that are then periodically released publicly. Ripple owns a portion of XRP in circulation, and that is an incentive for it helps the cryptocurrency grows and be successful over time. Another portion of XRPs is held in reserve for regular release into the market through sales. This led to concerns that a lot of XRP could be released at once, diluting the value of other XRP already in circulation because part of what gives any currency its value is its comparative scarcity. Tokenomics On December 7, 2017, Ripple Labs completed lockup of 55 billion XRP in its escrow accounts on the XRP Ledger (XRP's native blockchain). Since then, a comprehensive strategy has been employed in order to increase the circulation supply while maintaining and increasing liquidity carefully. Creation of XRP On June 2, 2012, Arthur Britto, one of the original three developers of the XRP Ledger, brought to existence 100 billion XRP. 20% was allocated to its founders. In 2017, Ripple locked 55 million XRP into a series of escrows that release a 1 billion XRP each month to the company to provide additional predictability to the XRP supply. At the end of the month, a new escrow is made for the remaining XRP, and a new month is added to the release schedule. Deflation of XRP As a mechanism to protect the XRP Ledger from spam attacks, every transaction carries a small transaction cost, which is then burned. So, XRP is slightly deflationary. This transaction cost varies depending on the load the transaction puts on the system, or the type of transaction. However, these costs remain very insignificant as the typical payment costs just fractions of a penny, or 0.0004 XRP Projections show that it will take up to 70,000 years before the XRP supply runs out. Use cases XRP can be used like any other digital currency, either for transactions or as a potential investment. The RippleNet can also be used to process other types of transactions, like exchanging currencies. An alternative to exchanging U.S. dollars for euros through a bank or money-changing exchange is to first exchange U.S. dollars for XRP on the Ripple network, and then use those to buy euros. This can be a faster and cheaper approach, with lower fees than those charged by banks and money remittance organizations. Moneygram International Inc. is a US-based remittance company, the biggest name in the list of Ripple's partnerships. This financial service company used Ripple's products for its cross-border transaction before their partnership ended in March 2021. In 2017, Ripple signed with 10 new banks including Axis Bank and Yes Bank in India, Akbank in Turkey, and BBVA bank in Spain. 47-bank consortium from Japan joined Ripple and other 57 big customers from America and other regions joined the platform. Ripple also received a boost from Kraken adding four different XRP trading pairs, including XRP/CAD, XRP/JPY, XRP/EUR, and XRP/USD.