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justin-aversano

Justin Aversano is an artist and curator, co-founder and creative director of SaveArtSpace.

Justin Aversano is an artist and curator, co-founder and creative director of SaveArtSpace, a nonprofit bringing art to public spaces, especially billboards. Justin Aversano works within the New York and Los Angeles art scene and has organized a number of shows in New York, as well as public art exhibitions around the country. Career Justin Aversano is the co-founder and creative director of SaveArtSpace, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing community art to public spaces and Quantum Art. A humanist and a social entrepreneur, Justin connects his art with the world around him through capturing moments, faces, and communities that surround him, bringing them together through the lens of his camera. “I was the first NFT portrait photographer ever on the Blockchain. I was like, ’I’m putting my art on the Blockchain because this is a tool,' since it allows artists to tokenize, own and profit from their pieces. Why wouldn’t any artists want to be on this?” Aversano said. Aversano, known for his portrait photography, was able to sell all 100 portraits in his "Twin Flames" collection as Non-Fungible Token (NFT) in February 2021, earning him more than $130,000 in around five months, he tells CNBC Make It. For the series, Aversano photographed 100 sets of twins in honor of his fraternal twin. Twin Flames Justin began "Twin Flames" in 2017 in honor of his twin, who had passed away. He wanted “to go on a healing journey through art to build connections and find peace within myself.” He traveled to Peru, New York, California, London, and other cities across the globe to capture the essence of being a twin. The production process went on from May 31, 2017, to July 18, 2018, where he took his final photos in London. !fetched-img-22ed67667ee49000jpg.jpeg Aversano learned about NFTs in 2021 after speaking to a notable collector in the space. He messaged the collector after noticing he bought a Cryptopunks NFT for six figures. Aversano hoped to pitch him to buy all the physical portraits in the "Twin Flames" collection. “I reached out like, ‘Hey man, if you bought the Cryptopunks for that, would you want to buy 100 [physical] pictures for $100,000? You just spent more on a JPEG,’” Aversano said. Instead, the collector recommended Aversano keep his physical "Twin Flames" collection rather than sell it. Aversano may be able to sell the entire collection to an institution, later on, he said, but in the meantime, he could sell digital versions of his photography as NFTs. Justin Aversano x CryptoPunks community In 2021, Justin connected with GmoneyNFT and some people involved in the Cryptopunks movement, and they encouraged him to let go of the attachment to the project as one whole. Justin says that he realized he could allow the project to "exist centralized in the physical world, decentralized in the digital world." And thus, the plan to mint the images as separate NFTs was born. The project went live on OpenSea on Valentine's Day in 2021 and sold out in a few days. Many of the buyers were members of the Punks community, photographers, and even some whales in the NFT space. Aversano has also collected a few NFTs himself. In May 2021, he spent over $43,730 to buy Cryptopunks. The community of Cryptopunks collectors has been supportive of his work, Aversano said and he, in turn, wanted to purchase Cryptopunks to support them too. “I was like, ’OK, I’m gonna buy this and really represent the Cryptopunks community because they’ve been the ones that supported me, trusted me and believed in me, so I want to show them that I believe in, support and trust this community, too,” he says. “I’m willing to spend half my money to be part of that.” NFT Projects Twin Flames !fetched-img-e5114dff329f4000jpg.jpeg Twin Flames is a collection of 100 double portraits of identical and fraternal siblings, that was inspired by a personal loss and a deep desire to explore the world the way twins experience it. In February 2021, Aversano reinvented Twin Flames as a series of NFTs, which launched a whole new chapter in his creative journey and community engagement. Aversano photographed 100 sets of twins in honor of his fraternal twin, aiming to create a body of work focused on the existence of multiple births and the phenomena of twindom through an immersive portrait survey. !fetched-img-c3da3ea0a2210000jpg.jpeg Aversano won the community choice entry for Sotheby’s ‘Natively Digital’ auction and donated all of the $35,000 sale’s proceeds to the Sevens Genesis Grant charity. Additionally, he teamed up with GMoney to help produce the Cryptopunks billboards that have appeared in Miami, NYC, and London. Smokes and Mirrors !fetched-img-8de49f955a08000jpg.jpeg For "Smoke and Mirrors", Aversano photographed 78 sets of artists, astrologers, psychics, tarot readers, and other forms of mystics from all around the world. Aversano converted the black and white photographs into colorful silkscreen paintings by using three film formats; Polaroid, 35mm, and 4x5 combining the elements of the real (photographic) and the surreal (painting) to facilitate a broad & reflexive mixed-media dialogue that discerns the characters, their powers, and the significance of their presence in this natural world. Cognition !unnamed (1).jpgThis is a Collection of 364 Paintings that was created after his mother passed away, the artist created this year-long mixed-media project to experiment with free association and layering methods. This project was designed to defy his everyday preconceptions of the act of creation by expanding the definition of painting and redefining the composition of a frame. Notable Sale "Twin Flames" According to data from the NFT platform OpenSea, as of July 9, 2021, the total sales (including resale value) of "Twin Flames" exceeded $565,000. At the Sotheby’s auction on June 10, 20212, he sold his last "Twin Flame" portrait as an NFT for $35,280. He said that instead of retaining profits, he donated all the proceeds to the NFT community through the Sevens Foundation. In addition, on October 4, 2021, Twin Flames 21 (Evie and Ellie Houston) was resold at 110 ETH.

fluf-world

FLUF World is a collection of 10,000 unique 3D animated, programmatically generated Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). 

FLUF World is a collection of 10,000 unique 3D animated, programmatically generated Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Within 40 minutes of the public launch, they were completely sold out. Overview FLUF World is a collection of 10,000 unique 3D animated rabbits living as NFTs on the blockchain. FLUFs have been programmatically generated from 270 attributes across 14 categories to be entirely unique by at least three degrees of separation. This also excludes their expression, dance, scene, and soundtrack. FLUFs are stored as ERC721 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Owners can download their FLUF in MP4, GIF, and PNG formats, with 3D models coming soon. They were crafted in Blender and randomly compiled using a Python script and a logic table to determine trait compatibility and rarity. FLUF World is a project by Non-Fungible Labs, with the support of Centrality. Launch Initially, FLUFs were set to launch on August 5, 2021, on the same day as the EIP1559 update to the Ethereum blockchain, and due to some issues with gas spikes on the network, the team let the community vote on whether to delay the launch for 2 days or not - and the community voted in discord to delay the drop. Within 40 minutes of the public launch, they were completely sold out. Price All FLUF NFTs are priced at 0.09 ETH + gas. Membership to FLUF World is granted for as long as a user holds their NFT. As long as all 10,000 NFTs have been sold, the price is dictated by the market on third-party platforms such as OpenSea. Partnerships FLUF partnered with Outline Ventures in September 2021. The Outline Ventures team believe that FLUFs is what comes next after Axies: a next generation P2E (Play-to-Earn) economy that goes well beyond the PFP people see today. One that creates a more complex and immersive universe of physi-digital content and experiences across the Metaverse.

web3

Web3 (also known as Web 3, Web 3.0) is the next generation of Internet technology that mainly relies on machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and bloc...

Web3 (also known as Web 3, Web 3.0) is the next generation of Internet technology that mainly relies on machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain technology. Web3 represents a serverless internet architecture, generally called a decentralized web, that aims to provide individuals control over data access and management rights rather than any centralized authority. According to Web3 Foundation: Web 3 is the vision of the serverless internet, the decentralized web. An internet where users are in control of their own data, identity, and destiny. Trivia The premise of 'Web 3.0' was coined by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood shortly after Ethereum launched in 2014. Web 3.0 is built upon the core concepts of decentralization, openness, and greater user utility. On Web3, users will have ownership of their data instead of central entities. A majority of Internet platforms in 2022 are controlled by only a handful of powerful companies, which profit from the data users generate. Top blockchain projects and services that employ the use of Web3 include Uniswap, Polygon, Axie Infinity, Frax Finance, Polkadot, and IQ.wiki. Overview In 2014, shortly after Ethereum's launch, Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, came up with the concept of "Web 3.0". Gavin presented a solution to a concern shared by many early cryptocurrency adopters: the Web demanded too much trust. That is, most of the Web people know and use today relies on trusting a handful of private companies to act in the public's best interests. Web 3.0 aims to offer users control over the content they access online and also to create a semantic web. Web3 is powered by technologies and concepts such as blockchain, self-sovereign identity, and decentralized storage systems, transforming the traditional concept of data ownership and giving authority to the users. Applications and solutions built on the web3 ecosystem are truly decentralized with features integrated such as enhanced security, functionality, no censorship, and data authenticity. Tech Web 3.0 is driven by four new layers of technological innovation: 1. Edge Computing: Web 3.0 pushes the data center out to the edge (i.e., edge computing) and into its users' hands, unlike web 2.0, which altered present commoditized personal computer technology in data centers. 2. Decentralized Data Network: On web 3.0, users will own their data because it is decentralized. Using decentralized data networks, many data producers can sell or share their data without giving up ownership or depending on intermediaries. 3. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Algorithms for artificial intelligence and machine learning have developed to the point where they can now make predictions and take actions that are helpful and occasionally life-saving. 4. Blockchain: Blockchain is a decentralized technology that uses smart contracts to execute transactions. These smart contracts define the semantics of a web 3.0 application. These smart contracts specify how a web 3.0 application should operate. As a result, the shared state machine is required for anyone who wants to create a dApp. History Web 1.0: Read-Only (1990-2004) In 1990, Berners-Lee pioneered the early development of the internet as a computer scientist at European researcher CERN.2. As of October 1990, Berners-Lee had written the three fundamental technologies that became the foundation of the web, including the very first webpage editor/browser (WorldWideWeb.app): HTML: HyperText Markup Language, the markup or formatting language of the web URI or URL: Uniform Resource Identifier or Locator, a unique address used to identify each resource on the web HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol, which allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the web3 The debut of web browsers like Netscape Navigator in the middle of the 1990s marked the beginning of the Web 1.0 era. Most internet users at that time were delighted by the novelty of features such as email and real-time news retrieval. Content creation was still in its inception, and users had little opportunity for interactive applications. Web 2.0: Read-Write (2004-2022) Web 2.0 highlights a paradigm shift in how people utilize the internet since 2004. The monotonous web pages of Web 1.0 have been totally overtaken by Web 2.0's interactivity, social connection, and user-generated content over the last 15 to 20 years. Web 2.0 makes it possible for user-generated content to be viewed by millions of people around the world virtually in an instant; this sort of content has accelerated in recent years due to its unrivaled reach. Instead of a read-only, the web evolved to be read-write. Instead of companies providing content to users, they also began to provide platforms to share user-generated content and engage in user-to-user interactions. As more people came online, a number of top companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google, and Meta began to control a disproportionate amount of the traffic and value generated on the web. Web3 also created a revenue model based on advertising. While users could create content, they didn't own it or benefit from its monetization. Web 3.0: Read-Write-Own (2014-2022) Web 3.0 seeks to decentralize and open up the Internet. Users of the internet in 2022 are dependent on network and cellular service providers who monitor the data passing through their systems. With blockchain technology, users can take ownership of their data. Web 3.0 represents the next phase of the web and the internet, and has the potential to usher in a significant paradigm shift as Web 2.0 did. The fundamental ideas of decentralization, openness and increased consumer usefulness form the foundation of Web 3.0. Features While web3 has several advantages over web2, it also includes the following key features that have the potential to transform how the current state of the web: Decentralized Web3 represents a decentralized ecosystem powered by blockchain technology. Applications and solutions built on the web3 ecosystem are truly decentralized with capabilities such as increased security, functionality, no censorship, and data authenticity incorporated, applications and solutions created on the web3 ecosystem are genuinely decentralized. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning Web 3.0 makes it possible for machines to interpret information similarly to humans with the aid of the Semantic Web and technologies based on natural language processing. The web3's capacity to make internet data machine-readable is referred to as the semantic web. The concept of a semantic web also aims to make cross-chain data sharing possible between various applications and businesses. The semantic web distributes content, user data, and related information in this manner effortlessly. In addition, machine learning—a branch of artificial intelligence (AI) that uses data and algorithms to simulate human learning and steadily increase accuracy—is incorporated into Web 3.0. Connectivity With Web3, content and information are now easier to access across applications, and with a rising number of everyday gadgets connected to the internet thanks to Web 3.0. The Internet of Things is one such example. Metaverse capabilities The web3 ecosystem supports hyper-realistic 3D spaces and graphical interfaces, helping Web 3 projects offer a more natural and vivid navigation user experience. Leveraging Web 3.0’s metaverse and 3D capabilities, immersive games, e-commerce shops, and NFT marketplaces can be designed based on enterprise demand. Web3 Applications Blockchain technology is used by decentralized applications, which are not owned or managed by a centralized authority. Web3 supports development that is advanced both in terms of features and usability. Web3 dApps include those for metaverse, DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and gaming. dApps designed for web3 projects are truly decentralized and interoperable. However, dApps for the blockchain ecosystem do not necessarily need to be interoperable unless the project demands so. With blockchain at its core, Web 3.0 enables a wide range of new apps and services, including the ones listed below: NFTs: Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are tokens that are individually unique and are kept in a blockchain with a cryptographic hash. Some of the top Web3 NFT apps include Axie Marketplace, Decentraland, and OpenSea. DeFi: Decentralized finance (DeFi) utilizes decentralized blockchain technology as its foundation, a new use case for Web 3.0 that allows for the provision of financial services beyond the constraints of conventional centralized banking infrastructure. Examples of Web3 DeFi apps include Uniswap, Frax Finance, The Graph, and Chainlink. Cryptocurrency: A new universe of money that strives to be distinct from the traditional world of fiat cash is being created through Web 3.0 apps like cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Theta, Filecoin, and IQ token. dApp: Decentralized applications (dApps) are programs that run programmatically and are logged in an immutable ledger. They are built on top of the blockchain and use smart contracts to facilitate service delivery. Examples include MetaMask, Brave, Livepeer, and Magic. Chain-crossing bridges: In the Web 3.0 age, there are numerous blockchains and cross-chain bridges that provide some kind of connectivity between them such as Polkadot, Blocknet, Cosmos, and Wanchain. DAOs: DAOs are poised to potentially take on the role of Web 3.0's governing bodies, offering some structure and decentrali

paid-network

PAID N is a decentralized DApp offering users easy-to-use web and mobile apps, enabling them to do business with anyone anywhere

PAID is a decentralized DApp offering users easy-to-use web and mobile apps, enabling them to do business with anyone anywhere, without the need for expensive legal services. Overview With PAID's proprietary smart agreement templates, users can quickly fill in terms and execute simplified business contracts from their laptop or mobile phone. Throughout the lifecycle of the agreement the platform provides users an easy and quick way to manage their agreements and communicate with each other. The PAID platform removes the unnecessary complexity of creating and executing documents, as well as breaking down the borders that complicate arbitration. Through the community-governed arbitration system, disputing an agreement has never been easier or more efficient. To support this new system, the PAID platform will introduce a suite of new DeFi tools including staking, insurance, and escrow, allowing users to complete the business agreement process from beginning to end through the platform. These DeFi tools will also create opportunities for the PAID community, enabling them to securely participate in lucrative business sectors which have historically been inaccessible to all but the largest worldwide institutions. The PAID marketplace will allow businesses and business professionals to post offers or requests for various types of business agreements. After an expression of interest in an offer or a request, community members can engage in negotiations or finalize the existing agreement offer and move forward. This will foster a more robust economy, further driving value to community members by creating increased business opportunities, as well as driving more demand for agreements as these business relationships formalize. PAID's community driven DeFi economy will require a system to determine the risk associated with these services. To provide comprehensive infrastructure, the platform will feature a reputation-based scoring system composed of feedback from the business interactions happening within the PAID economy. Users will submit feedback about their business experiences with others through a publicly available, peer-to-peer rating and comment system. Event-released escrow to secure project funding as projects produce scheduled deliverables, as well as the self-governing arbitration system will help PAID redefine the way blockchain projects engage in token sale agreements with their communities, increasing project accountability and minimizing risk for token sale participants. By doing so, PAID will further legitimize the blockchain industry through our decentralized, autonomous ICO (DAICO) token sale platform. This platform will include token sale requirements, posted by up-and-coming crypto projects. To ensure that the community receives the value they anticipate, these projects will be held accountable to their timelines and deliverables, with the funds raised via the community token sale being released to developing projects in tranches based on their progress. The community of token sale participants can intervene at any time if they feel the company is not delivering as promised and request a vote to cease the release of funds. If the vote to cease funding passes, the remaining funds will be distributed back to these participants proportionally, according to the percentage of their original contributions. Smart Agreements In today's world, drafting, executing, and enforcing legal contracts requires expensive and complicated procedures, caused by unnecessarily complex Language and clauses. PAID simplifies this process using smart agreements. SMART Agreements are simplified contract templates designed to focus on the specific deliverables associated with business agreements. PAID removes all the unnecessary wording that confuses people and forces them to pay a lawyer and rely on Legal, counsel. These smart contract-based agreements are accessible via PAID apps and will be available for most legal scenarios. This method makes it considerably less expensive for parties to make agreements as they eliminate the third-party legal services that are required in the existing system. Arbitration PAID's smart agreements are written in a simplified way for two reasons. The first reason, mentioned above, is for parties to clearly understand the agreement terms without the need for legal counsel. The second reason is that in the event of a dispute, the agreement can be easily interpreted by anyone to render a judgement. This simplification creates an opportunity to decrease the costs of enforcing agreements, eliminating the need for a formal judiciary system and to expend the required resources involved with the conventional arbitration process. Disputes relating to these smart agreements are arbitrated by community members who have a significant stake in the PAID platform. These arbitrators will collect a fee for each dispute arbitrated, further incentivizing them to act in the best interest of the platform’s users, thereby maintaining the integrity of the system. For every dispute, three arbitrators will be chosen at random from the PAID network via a random number generator, The judgment will require a majority vote, meaning that when two of the three arbitrators rule in favor of the same party, a judgment will be made and the dispute will be settled. If an arbitrator is found to have a consistently dissenting opinion with the other two arbitrators, they will be revoked of their arbitrator status and marked as ineligible to be an arbitrator in the future. Reputation Scoring PAID makes use of decentralized identifiers (DID) for its on-chain reputation scoring system. Once a user creates a PAID profile and the system verifies their identity, they will be assigned a reputation score starting at zero. This reputation score will increase, or decrease based on feedback from people with whom they do business. To ensure that individuals are unable to create a new user profile if they receive negative feedback on an existing profile, PAID profiles will require digital identity verification on the platform. Users who faithfully and consistently adhere to terms in their business agreements will accrue a positive reputation over time, gained by the positive feedback from their business transactions. This allows other users to clearly evaluate the trustworthiness and integrity of their prospective business contacts. Conversely, if a user consistently violates the terms of their agreements and is frequently embroiled in contract disputes, their digital reputation score will decrease. This will make user behavior transparent to the rest of the community, thereby allowing users to accurately assess the trustworthiness of potential business contacts, reducing their risk. To ensure users cannot simply create a new profile if they receive negative feedback, PAID profiles will require biometric authentication to ensure the integrity of the reputation system. Duplicate biometric signatures will be identified and blocked from creating new profiles. Escrow & Lending Counter parties entering into agreements on PAID have the option of offering and requiring escrow, to insure and provide guarantees for payments. This escrow can be funded by parties taking part in the agreement or could be borrowed from token holders within the PAID ecosystem. Escrow funding requirements will be based on the reputation score of the borrower involved in the agreement. Lenders will set the APY and will also have the option to require collateral on the loan if they wish to decrease their risk. Escrow borrowing and lending will take place via a decentralized p2p marketplace within the PAID platform. Lenders can promote loan offers, while borrowers can submit requests to the community based on their needs or interests. Parties can either accept payment and interest terms or move into a negotiation phase. These escrow service contracts will offer guaranteed payments for payees who complete their responsibilities and will earn lenders attractive annual percentage yields from the payer, who will complete repayment according to the loan terms. Invoice factoring will be another component of our escrow borrowing/ lending services. Individuals or companies which have accounts receivable that are scheduled to be collected in the future will be able to borrow against or sell their interest in that receivables account, via our P2P DeFi marketplace. PAID's reputation-scoring system will provide an accurate assessment of borrower integrity to minimize the risk exposure to the Lender. Governance For PAID to offer the features described above, the platform requires a complex technical design composed of contracts to work smoothly. However, certain parameters and assumptions made within these contracts may not hold true at varying points of time. This necessitates the formation of a system of governance administered by the biggest stakeholders within the ecosystem, the PAID token holders and stakers. The governance system will allow stakeholders to submit proposals that would be voted on by other stakeholders within the PAID platform. Proposals would require both a minimum number of supporters and voting weight to pass. Those who stake larger numbers of PAID tokens will be granted a greater weight in their voting, therefore increasing the power of their vote. This proposal process will ultimately lead to constant upgrades and feature modifications which would be in the best interests of PAID ecosystem stakeholders. For example, it may be determined by PAID token holders and stakers that arbitration fees may be set too low, based on the existing fee structure and overall arbitration demand. Token holders may submit and pass a proposal to increase the arbitr

winklevoss-capital-management

Winklevoss Capital is a family office founded in 2012 by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss

Winklevoss Capital Management is a family office founded in 2012 by Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss. The firm invests across multiple asset classes with an emphasis on providing seed funding and infrastructure to early-stage startups. The company is headquartered in New York’s Flatiron District. Cryptocurrencies On April 11, 2012, Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss revealed ownership of approximately 1% of bitcoins in circulation, worth about $11 million, via Winklevoss Capital. The brothers began buying bitcoin when the value of a single coin was in the single digits. <br On July 1, 2013, Digital Asset Services, LLC (wholly owned by Winklevoss Capital) filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, an exchange-traded fund for bitcoin. In 2013, Winklevoss also lead a funding round for BitInstant, a bitcoin exchange start-up based in New York City. Winklevoss Capital, along with other investors, raised $1.5 million in seed funding to help BitInstant increase its staff and scale up its product. Medical cannabis In 2017, Winklevoss was expected to buy up to $500,000 worth of shares in Eaze, a cannabis delivery startup. After a new Eaze CEO was named, the firm backed out of the deal and in May 2016 was sued in Delaware court for reneging on the deal. Winklevoss is also an investor in Eaze and participated in its series B financing round in 2016. <br

andreessen-horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a private American venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.

Andreessen Horowitz (also called a16z) is a private American venture capital firm, founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Andreessen Horowitz invests both in early-stage start-ups, which may raise just $50,000, and established growth companies, which often raise tens of millions of dollars. Andreessen Horowitz's investments span the mobile, gaming, social, e-commerce, education, and enterprise IT (including cloud computing, security, and software as a service) industries. Founding and partnering Between 2006 and 2010, Andreessen and Horowitz were active investors in technology companies. Separately, and together, they invested $80 million in 45 start-ups such as Twitter. During that time, the two became well known as super angel investors. On July 6, 2009, Andreessen and Horowitz launched their venture capital fund with an initial capitalization of $300 million. In November 2010, the company raised another $650 million for a second venture fund, at a time when the field of venture capitalism was contracting. In less than two years, the firm had a total of $1.2 billion under management in two funds. In May 2011, Andreessen Horowitz ranked as the number 1 venture capital firm by Investor Rank, based on the firm’s networks and level of syndication with other venture firms. Andreessen ranked number 10 on the 2011 Forbes Midas List of Tech’s Top Investors while he and Horowitz ranked number 6 on Vanity Fair’s 2011 New Establishment List and number 1 on CNET’s 2011 most influential investors list. As of March 27, 2014, the firm managed $4 billion in assets with the closing of its fourth fund at $1.5 billion. In addition to Andreessen and Horowitz, the firm’s general partners include John O’Farrell, Scott Weiss, Jeff Jordan, Peter Levine, Chris Dixon, Vijay Pande, Alex Rampell, Martin Casado and Andrew Chen. Investments 2009 In 2009, Andreessen Horowitz made its two first investments: one in business management SaaS developer Apptio and the other in Skype stock. The investment was largely seen as risky because many believed Skype would be crippled by intellectual property litigation (initiated by Skype’s founders) and direct competitive attacks from Google and Apple. "When we bought the company from eBay, many thought that Skype, like so many acquired technology companies, had lost its technical talent," Horowitz told The Wall Street Journal . "Through our research, we found that Skype had a core group of engineers who were completely dedicated to the mission. They stayed through the eBay acquisition and were hugely determined to make Skype the communications company of the future." The gambit paid off when Skype was sold to Microsoft in May 2011 for $8.5 billion. 2010 In 2010, Andreessen Horowitz invested $10 million in cloud company Okta while leading its Series A Round. 2011 In 2011, Andreessen Horowitz invested $80 million in Twitter, becoming the first venture firm that held stock in all four of the highest-valued, privately held social media companies at the time: Facebook, Groupon, Twitter, and Zynga. Andreessen Horowitz has also invested in Airbnb, Lytro, Jawbone, Belly, Foursquare and other high-tech companies. 2012 In 2012, Andreessen Horowitz invested in 156 companies, which included its own portfolio of 90 companies and 66 start-ups through its funding of Y Combinator's Start Fund. They invested $100 million in GitHub, which netted over $1 billion for the fund when GitHub was acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. 2013 In 2013, Andreessen Horowitz invested in Clinkle, Coinbase, Lyft, Oculus VR, PagerDuty, Pixlee, Ripple, Soylent, Swiftype and uBiome. 2014 In 2014, the firm led a $57 million Series B round in the A/B testing startup Optimizely, invested $90 million in company Tanium, invested $50 million in BuzzFeed, and led an $11.1 million Series A round in intent-based networking startup Forward Networks. 2015 In 2015, the firm invested $40 million in Stack Exchange, $2.8 million in Distelli, $80 million in cloud-based CAD software company Onshape, $57 million in blogging platform Medium, $20 million in Improbable, $15 million in Honor, Inc., $1 million in a blockchain startup OpenBazaar, and $2 million in nootropics and biohacking company Nootrobox. 2016 In 2016, the firm led an $8.1 million Series A round in Everlaw, a legal technology company, and led a $3.5 million Series Seed round in RapidAPI, an API connection platform for developers. The firm also invested $2 million in Cardiogram, a digital health company. 2017 In 2017, the firm invested in Sigma, Health IQ, Asimov and Cadre. 2018 In 2018, the firm invested in Imply, PeerStreet, CryptoKitties and Dfinity. In August 2018, Very Good Security received $8.5 million from Andreessen. Structure The firm is structured differently from most other venture capital firms in several ways. Instead of having general partners who specialize in a specific industry, each Andreessen Horowitz partner works on behalf of all its portfolio companies, an approach modeled after the Hollywood talent agency Creative Artists Agency. Andreessen Horowitz helps start-ups it invests in with everything from recruiting to public relations. Margit Wennmachers, a marketing veteran who joined Andreessen Horowitz in 2010, is among the few venture capital marketing executives at the partner level. The firm has developed a database of top designers, coders, and executives and uses it to help fill positions at its start-ups. Andreessen Horowitz has 11 staff members (as of September 2011) dedicated to recruiting, which is unusual for a venture capital firm. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers became a special advisor to Andreessen Horowitz in June 2011. Summers works with the firm’s portfolio companies that are seeking existing market restructuring and global expansion. In September 2012, former Washington D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty was appointed Andreessen Horowitz’s second special advisor. Fenty advises the firm’s portfolio companies on working with local, state, and federal governments.

kevin-wang

Kevin Wang (Chinese name Wang Zhongxian) is a Chinese entrepreneur who serves as IQ.wiki's Director of Business Development in China.

Kevin Wang (Chinese name Wang Zhongxian) is a Chinese entrepreneur who serves as IQ.wiki's Director of Business Development in China. He was previously the Vice President of Shenzhen Uninet Technology Co., LTD., and is also the third-largest shareholder of the company. Education Kevin studied in Wuxue Jiefang Primary School from 1994 to 2000 and studied in Experimental Middle school and Yucai High School from 2000 to 2006. Kevin graduated from Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2010, majoring in telecommunications and Japanese. Career After graduating from Wuhan Institute of Technology in 2010, Kevin had a short internship in STMicroelectronics N.V., a semiconductor company in Europe. Later, he joined a Mobile Virtual Network operator in the UK and worked as a network operation engineer. In December 2011, Wang Chongxian joined Shenzhen Uninet Technology Co., Ltd. and started his 7-year long career. He was a communications engineer at first, and 2 years later, he became the Vice-President of the company and the third-largest shareholder of Uninet. At the end of August 2018, Kevin quit Uninet and started investing in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. In September 2018, Kevin joined IQ.wiki known as Everipedia at the time, as their Director of Business Development in China and working to expand the company's presence in the Chinese market.

alien-worlds

Alien Worlds is a decentralised metaverse running on the Ethereum, WAX and Binance Smart Chain blockchains.

Alien Worlds is a decentralized metaverse (i.e. extensible platform) running on the Ethereum, WAX, and Binance Smart Chain blockchains. The metaverse currency - Trilium (token symbol TLM) - incentivizes explorers to play games and must be staked by users to participate in governance. Planets within the metaverse are decentralized autonomous organizations that receive daily Trilium from the central metaverse smart contracts. Explorers engage through mining, acquiring and renting land, voting for Planetary governance to impact Trilium and NFT (Non-Fungible Token) payouts and other strategic actions which are likely to proliferate over time as Planets offer their own games and NFTs. Explorers accumulate and use rare and unique NFTs in their quest to earn more of the native token of the game, Trilium, and grow their influence. More Planets can be created; this is intended to be done in a manner so as not to penalize existing Planets. Planets are the means by which blockchain communities can onboard onto Alien Worlds, get their own token and DAO, offer games and services into the ecosystem, and trade NFTs. Blockchain Alien Worlds runs on the Ethereum, WAX, and Binance Smart Chain (BSC) blockchains. Ethereum is a useful blockchain for storing and accessing Trilium, whilst WAX is a game and NFT-focused blockchain. BSC is an attractive consumer-centric chain with a growing user base and inexpensive transactions. On-chain components include: Trilium token All Non-fungible tokens All core gameplay including the mining game, fighting game, and further game actions such as quests DAO governance and voting including staking Database of Planets Off-chain elements include: Graphical elements including NFTs (avatars and other gameplay modifying NFTs) User interfaces (Pack opening & DAO management interface) Mining and fighting game interfaces Additional games and activities that are not part of the core distribution of TLM and/or NFTs Integration with Coinbase Wallet In August 2022, Alien Worlds announced its integration with Coinbase Wallet. Alien Worlds players can now use Coinbase wallet as a non-custodial wallet to hold the Trilium and NFTs they receive from going on Missions. More players can now enter the Alien Worlds gaming metaverse through this Coinbase Wallet integration. Lore It’s 2055 — some of Earth’s inhabitants have discovered a way to escape the raging pandemics on Earth. The most advanced bitcoin mining community — the Federation — noticed a pattern in its algorithmic solutions. An advanced Alien race was sending messages through bitcoin mining algorithms, and the messages led to a big discovery. A wormhole that allowed humans to travel to far-flung exoPlanets…. Metaverse Elements Planets Planets are the main locus of activity within Alien Worlds - they are where mining and gameplay occur, and where governance happens. Each Planet sets its own resource strategy and games, and players vote for their own Planetary government with the power of their staked Trilium. At inception, there are 6 Planets. A Planet is represented by a WAX account and its corresponding smart contract. New Planets can be created by the Federation. The terms and conditions of the Planet award will be negotiated between the community and the Federation. This may include, but will not be limited to, Planetary (DAO) Tokens, Land, and other NFTs. The Federation will also provide the Planets with smart contracts to run their mining and fighting games. Planets receive a daily flow of Trilium from the Federation which the Planets’ Custodians choose how to allocate down to users. Planets within Alien Worlds are Decentralised Autonomous Communities (DAOs). Each Planet is a tokenized DAO with a dedicated member client portal for Planet token holders to vote for their Governors and allocate Trilium and NFT flows. Federation Comprised of Founding Team (Dacoco) Permissions NFTs and approves new Planets in the Federation. Can remove Planets from Federation in order to comply with legal/regulatory Counts each Planet’s staked Trilium daily and allocates Trilium to Planets Runs and upkeeps game front-end Core NFTs Core NFTs are the NFTs created by the Federation (Alien Worlds’ creators) at inception. 1\. The Core NFTs within Alien Worlds are: Land Avatars Artifacts Tools Weapons Minions Missions 2\. The Core NFTs within Alien Worlds are: Its name. Its attributes (including its visual representations and powers). Who owns it? Its history of ownership. 3\. NFTs in Alien Worlds are depicted as trading cards; these elements are described in the UI codebase\. Pack opening Assets are created (ie created on the blockchain and attributed to an account) at the point at which the user opens the pack within which the assets are contained. The user opens a pack of NFTs by calling the on-chain action "open". When the user opens the pack, the NFTs in the packs are created (sometimes called "minted"). Trilium (TLM) Trilium is the native token of Alien Worlds and is used to stake to Planets and participate in core games. It exists on the Ethereum, WAX, and BSC blockchains so that users can store Trilium on either chain subject to their preference and use it for the games constructed on WAX and BSC. Trilium is the cross-chain ERC-20 / BEP-20 / WAX fungible token that connects the Metaverse and allows for the transfer of value and voting in Planet DAOs. Alien Worlds players can earn Trilium in the mining game and stake Trilium to a Planet DAO to vote in that Planet’s elections. Amount of Trilium There is a finite supply of Trilium at 5 billion Trilium with inflation at 9% of supply in year 1, 7.64% in year 2, and declining year on year Inflation funds the Daily Trilium Allocation to Planets and the Daily Trilium Allocation to Landowners Uses of Trilium Trilium must be staked by users to receive Planetary DAO tokens and participate in Planet governance. Trilium can be used to acquire NFTs. The Federation (and if they chose, Planets) charges Trilium fees for gameplay such as the fighting game. Trilium is burned (that is, NFTs sent to explorers for mining on the Planet or fighting on behalf of the Planet) when users shine NFTs. Trilium is required to participate in Nebula Events whereby users can obtain Legendary and Mythical items. Trilium fees go to Treasury and a proportion or all may be burned. Trilium is required to participate in Quests. Core Games Mining Game The mining game is a set of smart contracts available to Planets that they can offer to their explorers. It allows explorers to mine for Trilium and NFTs on Land on a Planet. Each time the explorer calls the mining action, the explorer receives a Trilium payout. Additionally, sometimes, an NFT is paid out. The amount of Trilium and NFTs paid out depends on: First: How much Trilium is in the Planet’s (where the Land is located) Current Mining Pot at the time of mine (described below under "The Planet’s Mining Pots")? Then, a formula that considers the type of Land and Tools being used (described under "Amount of Trilium Paid Out"). Finally, unless the miner is mining on Land he/she owns, a Trilium commission is paid to the Landowner, and the rest is kept by the miner (described below under "Commission to Landowner"). All NFTs are kept by the miner. Additionally, there is a minimum time between mines which is a function of the Land and Tools being used (described below under "Land and Tool Attributes - Impacts on Mining Frequency and Rewards"). Missions Game A missions game will be available on BSC whereby users can send spacecraft on missions of varying durations and receive a TLM and NFT reward. The number of TLM offered as a reward for a given mission will depend on the number of other spacecraft going on the mission. One NFT will be awarded per spacecraft per mission to a maximum of 5 NFTs per account per mission. Mission durations will be 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months. During this time the TLM fee is locked and inaccessible to the user. Sending a spacecraft on a mission incurs a TLM fee which is returned at the mission end. Mission rewards must be actively claimed by the user when the mission has ended.

adex

Ambire (ADX) is a native token previously known as AdEx Network,

Ambire AdEx (ADX), previously known as AdEx Network, is the traditional cryptocurrency of the AdEx network. AdEx-advertising exchange is a network platform that provides the decentralized solution for digital advertising thereby improving transparency and protecting the user's privacy. Overview Ambire (Adex) token Network is a digital advertising marketplace that connects publishers and advertisers directly so that they can trade online advertising inventory. AdEx is described as a new-generation solution aiming to address and correct some of the most prominent inefficiencies of the online advertising industry: user privacy misuse, ad fraud, lack of transparency in reporting, etc. The underlying technology on the AdEx platform is called the AdEx protocol, which facilitates the trading of advertising space/time, as well as the subsequent verification and proof that it actually occurred. Essentially, it covers all interactions between publishers, advertisers, and end-users. The protocol combines traditional peer-to-peer technology, cryptography, and blockchain-based payment channels. Ambire Ambire is a tech innovator founded in 2017. The parent company of Ambire AdEx created blockchain and web3 solutions in crypto asset management and host the largest payments channels network on Ethereum. The ecosystem deployed Ambire AdEx as its first open-source decentralized ad platform built to serve both user privacy and transparency. Ambire's AdEx introduced OUTPACE, the first Ethereum payment channels network able to process millions of micropayments. Features The following are the key features of the AdEx (ADX) network platform: Privacy-preserving targeting The AdEx platform is built to value the privacy of individuals. No end-user data will ever be uploaded to AdEx servers and paired with data from other sources. Payment channels The AdEx platform allows for Scaling transaction volume, which is not an issue for its Network. Its payment channels solution allows for small payments for each individual impression - a unique benefit for advertisers and publishers on the platform. Crypto volatility solved The AdEx platform runs using two cryptocurrencies - the ADX token and the DAI Stablecoin. Frequent price fluctuations are a concern for using cryptocurrencies for standard business payments, so the AdEx Network has implemented the DAI Stablecoin as a payment method between advertisers and publishers on the platform. The ADX token is vital for running validator nodes on the AdEx network. ADX Roles The ADX token is used for staking, the process of locking a certain amount of ADX in order to increase the trustworthiness of the validators in the platform by ensuring they have skin in the game. Validators are essential for the proper functioning of the Ambire AdEx's ecosystem in general. A validator is appointed for each side of the advertising campaign and they are responsible for processing micropayments per impression on the platform. Misbehaving validators are subject to economic penalties (slashing) and thus have an incentive to ensure they run uninterruptedly. The more tokens are staked, the stronger the reliability guarantees of the validator network. Effectively, staking allows for Ambire AdEx users to have governance over validators and enables better transparency, reliability and decentralization of the entire process. Tokenomics AdEx (ADX) is a cryptocurrency token built on the Ethereum blockchain to connect publishers and advertisers without intermediaries on a decentralized ad exchange. Its ticker symbol is ADX and it has a total supply of 113,994,991 ADX and a maximum supply of 150,000,000 ADX. The AdEx (ADX) is currently mostly traded on Binance. Other crypto exchanges where $ADX is being traded include-- Huobi Global Kucoin Gate.io Kraken Uniswap.

pnetwork

pNetwork is a decentralized ecosystem backing the cross-chain pTokens solution.

pNetwork is a decentralized ecosystem backing the cross-chain pTokens solution. The pTokens solution enables the free movement of crypto assets across a variety of blockchain networks. As an initial incentive for boosting engagement, a 42% reward is granted to DAO members who actively contribute to its governance. pTokens and PNT pTokens Project Launches pNetwork DAO With Staking Rewards of 42% APR pTokens are cross-chain compatible tokens that allow seamless exchanges between many popular cryptocurrency assets. The goal of pTokens is to connect any token with any blockchain. Each pToken is pegged to its corresponding token, such as pBTC and pEOS. One pEOS is the equivalent worth of one EOS, and so on with other crypto assets such as Bitcoin (pBTC). PNT is the pNetwork governance token that is generated on the pNetwork DAPP. Any holder can become a pNetwork Validator if they stake the appropriate amount of PNT within the DAO. The token is used for community governance within the pNetwork. pTokens System Overview PNT Token \|\| 42% APR \|\| Next Level DAO The pTokens system is aimed to connect a variety of blockchain protocols, for any crypto asset to be moved cross-chain. The first pTokens bridge (pBTC on ETH) had a successful mainnet launch on March 5th, 2020, with a number of integrations live, including industry-leading liquidity providers Kyber Network and Bancor Network. Other platforms have performed seamless integrations so that peg-ins and peg-outs can be made straight from their interface. Examples include (but are not limited to) DMex and Eidoo. Another pTokens bridge (pBTC on EOS) was released to enable the connection of the Bitcoin and EOS networks. pTokens BTC was adopted by the industry-leading Equilibrium framework as collateral for the EOSDT decentralized stablecoin. Multiple pTokens bridges are already in the works and released on testnet. Examples include a pTokens bridge between Litecoin and Ethereum (pLTC on ETH) as well as the connection of the current two major DeFi (Decentralized Finance) networks, Ethereum and EOS (pEOS on ETH and pETH on EOS). The pTokens system will undergo a series of upgrades to achieve a fully decentralized network of validators, the pNetwork, where multiple operators (validators) will ensure there is no central point of failure. pTokens System Development The pTokens system is currently in Phase Zero. In its initial stages, the pTokens system is operated by a single validator. Phase One A first upgrade of the pTokens system (Phase One) is aimed to introduce a network of validators that will cooperate in the automated verification of each peg-in and peg-out procedure. The pTokens system will continue to be underpinned by Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) who act as validators (nodes) in the network. These enclaves are encrypted hardware ensuring the integrity of the node, and guarantee a secure and fully auditable execution of all minting and redeeming processes. According to the Roadmap, Phase One will start in Q3 2020. Phase Two Further upgrades (Phase Two) aim to achieve full decentralization, making the pTokens system an open network that anyone can be part of. It’s a permissionless network where a Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) algorithm is jointly used by validators to reach consensus, power its computations and perform all peg-in and peg-out procedures. pNetwork DAO The pNetwork is home to a Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO) that governs the network itself, along with the pTokens bridges and their dynamics. Members of the DAO will initiate voting processes to influence the development and future of the pTokens system. pNetwork DAO was launched on July 31, 2020, giving holders of the governance token PNT the opportunity to help govern and influence the future of the DeFi cross-chain solution. Active voters receive competitive interest rates for their participation, receiving 42% APR interest on their stake during the first year, and 21% APR interest the following year. This reward incentive is designed to give back to the founding community and help the pNetwork grow while in its initial stages. Up to 28,350,000 $PNT tokens are dedicated to this initiative, which are generated through an inflation mechanism. Steroids !c1baafc1-ecd7-4549-99f8-84b7fa9512aajpeg.jpegpNetwork Steroids program Along with pNetwork DAO, pNetwork team launched the yield farming program, Steroids. The program is created to run for a period of one month and award Uniswap liquidity providers with up to 10% monthly interest, distributed in pNetwork Token (PNT). The Steroids program incentivizes users to add liquidity to Uniswap’s pool for PNT, the first token to go on Steroids, as well as multiple pTokenised assets in future. Up to 200,000 PNT tokens are dedicated to the interest rewards. The more liquidity users provide, and the longer it is staked for, the higher the reward is. All PNT token holders can receive rewards by adding liquidity to the Uniswap V2 PNT/USDT liquidity pool. By providing this liquidity, token holders will receive “UniV2” pool tokens in return, which act as a receipt for one’s contribution and represents their share within the liquidity pool. Additionally, Steroids functions as an app within the pNetwork DAO. This component enables the UniV2 PNT/USDT pool tokens to be staked directly within the DAO. This makes it possible to combine both Steroids rewards with pNetwork DAO voting rights, which unlocks 42% APR rewards. Token Economics Since 2017, the EDO token has been at the centre of the Eidoo ecosystem. In 2020, Eidoo worked with their sister company, Provable Things, to upgrade EDO into a new token to enhance its utility and functionality. This upgrade resulted in EDO being relabelled as PNT. The pNetwork token (PNT) is the native token of pNetwork. It serves as an instrument of governance and incentive for the users in the network for carrying out their specific roles. The PNT is leveraged internally by the pTokens system to enable operations for both validators and DAO members. The pNetwork Token (PNT) will initially be issued as an Ethereum token, following the ERC-777 token standard (backwards compatible with ERC20). Prospective validators need to stake a minimum amount of PNT tokens (200K PNT), which is then used to show their commitment and serves as a bond. During the initial stages of the project, an additional economic incentive is introduced to the system to encourage active participation within the DAO while the system gains organic traction. While at stake, PNT tokens mature with an overall 63% interest over two years. Team Thomas Bertani - Project Lead Alice Corsini - Operations Jelena Keatley - Communications Savannah Lee - Communications Robin Whitley - Communications Greg Kapka - Software Developer Mauro Piazza - Software Developer Bogdan Arabadzhi - Software Developer Marco Roccon - Devops Alle Manfredi - Software Developer

stepn

STEPN is the world's first move2earn NFT game for mobile phones. To get tokens, gamers must go outdoors and walk...

STEPN is the world's first move2earn NFT game for mobile phones. To get tokens, gamers must go outdoors and walk, jog, or run while wearing an NFT Sneaker. The game has a dual token system, a Game Token (GST), and a Governance Token (GMT). Overview STEPN is a Solana -powered move-to-earn non-fungible token (NFT) game that began private beta testing on November 3, 2021. It launched in December 2021 and is now accessible to play on iOS and Android. The program is set up in a way that users may put on an NFT shoe and then earn tokens by walking or running. To avoid exploitation, the game has a built-in wallet with a swap, cross-chain conversion feature, and a thorough anti-cheating system. The NFT Sneakers collection will be airdropped to community contributors during the first season. Bug catchers in private beta and the most active community members will receive limited edition NFT shoes. STEPN is the first move2earn NFT mobile game in the world, with the goal of persuading millions of people to adopt healthier habits. Unique features that make STEPN a standout game include accessibility and a zero-entry barrier. Everyone can participate in STEPN's earning process. STEPN employs a method known as move2earn, which the great majority of people can understand. Players do not need to hold Non-Fungible Token (NFT) assets to play STEPN because it has a zero-entry barrier. Instead, they can borrow them for free from other players in order to begin moving2earn, with the earnings divided afterward. Gameplay The mobile game rewards players with game tokens for every step they take; game tokens may be won passively or actively, and governance tokens can be gained after the player has reached the maximum level. An NFT shoe, which may be purchased or rented for free, is required to play the game. Burning game tokens and/or governance tokens allows players to level up, add jewels, and create new NFT footwear in the game. Players may compete in an online Marathon for top leaderboard positions and awards, or they can use their energy to undertake a power run for not just game/governance tokens, but also accomplishments and Non-Fungible Token (NFT) badges. Certain NFT badges grant players special advantages in-game. Game Modes Solo Mode Players can earn tokens by moving in Solo Mode. Their profits are determined by two factors: their degree of physical activity and the rarity/aspects of the Sneakers they possess. To begin Solo Mode, players must simply hit the START button and move. If they haven't already done so, the system will choose a Sneaker for them; otherwise, they may manually select a Sneaker by pressing the shoe symbol on the screen. In Solo Mode, GST is collected according to the players' walking/running pace and the level/attributes of the Sneakers they are wearing. Solo Mode stops earning GST after Energy is exhausted, although players can continue walking/running without earning. Otherwise, players can manually exit Solo Mode. GMT When a player's Sneakers reach the maximum level, they begin to earn Governance Tokens. Because the total amount of Governance Tokens earned each year is predetermined, participants' earnings will be pro-rata. The GMT earning rate is 10% of the player's GST earning rate; for example, for every 10 GST earned, the player would receive 1 GMT. Marathon Mode Players must register for the Online Marathon under the Marathon Tab under Marathon Mode. Weekly and monthly Marathons are available, and participants must register for each one separately 24 hours prior to the start of the Online Marathon. The Weekly Marathon takes place once a week and lasts throughout the whole week. The 2km, 5km, and 10km Marathons are available to participants. At any one moment, players can only take part in one Marathon. The monthly Marathon takes place once a month and lasts the full month, regardless of how many days there are in that month. Participants can select between the 21-kilometer and 42-kilometer marathons. Players must register for monthly marathons through their favorite/local running club. Background Mode With at least one Sneaker in their inventory, players may earn GST without ever opening the app or paying repair charges. The Background Mode collects the step count straight from the mobile device's Health Data while the STEPN app is turned off. Sneaker Durability is not affected by steps taken in Background Mode (walking, Jogging, or Running). Background Mode earning is capped at 3,000 steps, and it is in addition to players' Daily Token Caps in Solo Mode. The earning in Background Mode has been rectified, and it will have no effect on Sneaker Quality or NFT Badges. NFTs The STEPN NFT packs come as sneakers and also as shoe boxes. !Screenshot-2022-04-28-at-11.02.48.png Sneaker Attributes Efficiency (GST/GMT Earning) Determines how much additional GST/GMT players may earn over and above the Sneaker's base return in Solo Mode. The more efficient a GST/GMT player is, the more money he or she may make per unit of energy expended. In Marathon Mode, Sneakers with a greater Efficiency will accrue more points, allowing players to climb the Leader Board faster. If players wish to initiate Solo and Marathon Mode on their own, efficiency is a great trait to have. Luck (Mystery Box) In Solo Mode, the frequency with which a Mystery Box appears in players' chest slots is determined by luck. Sneaker owners can also earn Mystery Boxes by leasing their Sneakers to other players. For players who want to lease the majority of their Sneakers to the market, Luck is an excellent Attribute. Comfortability (Buff) Comfortability controls how often players may earn a Short/Long Buff in Solo Mode. In Solo Mode, a Short Buff is a 1-5 minute earning/energy boost that occurs at random while players are moving. Short Buffs can appear on any Sneaker between Lv1 and Lv30, and they can stack. A Long Buff is a 24-72 hour boost that can occur within or outside of Solo Mode. Long Buffs improve events outside of Solo Mode, such as lower Shoe-Minting expenses, point bonuses for Marathons, or a greater chance to lease a Sneaker. Long Buffs can appear on any Sneaker between levels 20 and 30, and they DO NOT stack; the new Long Buff replaces the old Long Buff. Comfortability is an Attribute that may be used to improve gameplay in a strategic way. When used correctly, it can help players advance faster than others. Resilience (Durability/Repair) In Solo Mode, Resilience determines the Sneaker's Durability\. Higher Resilience equals more Durability, which implies fewer repairs. If players want to fix their Sneakers, the repair charges will be lower. In Marathon Mode, High Resilience allows players to run faster and longer without fear of getting a "wore-out" penalty if the Sneaker's Durability falls below 50%. When a Sneaker's Durability falls below 50% and 20%, respectively, the Sneaker gets a "worn-out" penalty, which decreases the Sneaker's Efficiency to 90% and 10% of its full value, respectively. The following factors influence the pace at which Durability degrades: Movement Speed Sneaker Resilience Resilience is a valuable Attribute for lowering maintenance expenses, especially for marathon players. Sneaker Types There are four main varieties of Sneakers, each suited for a specific workout intensity and/or fitness level. The four kinds are listed below in order of their classifications: | Type | Optimal Speed (km/hr) | Base Return at Optimal Speed | | ---- | --------------------- | ---------------------------- | | Walker | 1-4 | 4 GST / 1 Energy spent | | Jogger | 5-8 | 5 GST / 1 Energy spent | | Runner | 9+ | 6 GST / 1 Energy spent | | Trainer | Any speed | 4 - 5 GST / 1 Energy spent | Quality There are five different types of sneaker qualities. When a Sneaker is minted, all four Attributes are chosen at random from the Quality's min/max values. This means that due to shoe-minting variety, even high-quality sneakers might have drastically varying attributes. The Qualities are also distinguished by distinct colors: Common (grey), Uncommon (green), Rare (blue), Epic (purple), and Legendary (purple) (orange). Level Players may level up their Sneakers from Lv 1 to Lv 28 by burning GST. As the level develops, the quantity of tokens necessary to level climbs exponentially. Each level improvement takes time to complete, yet the time spent leveling up can be avoided by burning more GST. To level up a Sneaker from Lv28 to Lv30, a player must expend both GMT and GST. Players may enhance the NFT Sneaker by adding one point to each of its four attributes, and once the NFT Sneaker reaches a particular level, they will earn a bonus. At Level 30, the user can alter the Sneaker's name by burning GMT Tokens. The name of each Sneaker is one-of-a-kind and cannot be reproduced. Gem and Socket Gems improve a player's Sneaker's Attributes. This is accomplished by placing Gems in the appropriate Socket. Sockets of high grade can improve Gems' Attributes even more. There are four different varieties of Gems, each of which represents a different Attribute and color: Blue: Efficiency Yellow: Luck Green: Comfortability Red: Resilience Gems may be upgraded by combining three of the same level and type Gems. Players may use GST to convert these three Gems into one higher-level Gem in the Upgrade tab. A Sneaker contains four distinct Sockets, each of which is designated by a color that corresponds to a Gem kind. Players may increase the Sneaker's attributes by inserting Gems into the Socket. Each time the Sneake

galaxy-fight-club

Galaxy Fight Club is a collection of 9,994 Galaxy Fighters with a dedicated cross-brand, cross-platform PvP fighting game.

Galaxy Fight Club is a collection of 9,994 Galaxy Fighters with a dedicated cross-brand, cross-platform (PC + Mobile) PvP fighting game where players can battle, win and earn Ethereum. Overview The Galaxy Fight Club (GFC) is more than just an avatar project; it's a real-time PvP game that integrates all of the other NFT collections on a single platform, allowing users to 'log in' with a character they have already purchased and combat with them. Galaxy Fight Club's vision is to create a fun-to-play game where players can battle with their favorite NFTs and make a living through play P2E mechanics. Gameplay <strongParticipation</strong: The GFC is made up of 9,994 Galaxy Fighters in addition to the game. Users must own at least one Galaxy Fighter in order to participate in the game's major modes (Team Tournament and Battle Royale), which allows players to battle as the Galaxy Fighter or use avatars from other collections in your wallet. <strongFighters</strong: Userbase and monthly active users (MAU) are important metrics that should be increasing over time for a healthy game and our system is set up to achieve this goal while ensuring the value given to the original Galaxy Fighters also increases over time. While all major NFT collections will be integrated into Galaxy Fight Club, there is an original 10,129 Galaxy Fighter collection. Each Galaxy Fighter also comes with its own weapon, similar to the fighters themselves, the strength of the weapon is correlated with their rarity and tier which will be common, uncommon, rare, and exotic. Players can be able to access the base weapon that comes with their Galaxy Fighter in the game. They also have the ability to swap them out for other weapons which are individual NFTs, so far these are the OG Boxing Gloves and the Doctore's Crossbow. Game Modes The primary game style is 3v3, in which participants may either join as a pre-made team or are randomly paired with other players. The sole difference between playing in this mode as a Galaxy Fighter, an avatar from another collection, or even an F2P player without an avatar is the kind of loot box keys players can get as prizes at the conclusion of a round. Tournaments Team tournaments use a 3v3 structure, and participants may only enter a tournament with pre-made teams; they cannot locate teammates through online matching. Teams are available on Discord, or you may search for friends and family members who might be interested in joining. Only Galaxy Fighters are eligible to compete in competitions (Genesis or 2nd generation). A match is ended when either side scores 20 points (1 point = 1 kill), and the victor advances to the next round of the competition and the championship game. The $ETH or $GCOIN reward, which will be divided among the three team members, will go to the winning team in the final. 1v1 Players will enter the combat arena in this traditional death match mode, and the player who scores 10 points (1 kill = 1 point) first will win the match. In this mode, there are no bonuses. Battle Royale A traditional Battle Royale mode in which ten players enter a single battle arena and the victor is the last one remaining. The fighting area will gradually get smaller as a death ring appears on the map's edges. The Battle Royale mode's awards are still to be decided. Mechanics (A real-time NFT PvP game) The NFT PvP game is a 3D hyper-casual styled fighting game that is similar to Brawl Stars, fighters will be able to engage in both melee or ranged attacks depending on the weapon that they have selected with a movement system that allows them to move up, move down, left, right as well as the ability to engage with a number of obstacles and objects scattered across the map. There are 2 main factors that determine the outcome of a battle in equal measures: The overall strength of user Fighter is decided by their traits (namely base race, armour, and weapon) Users gameplay performance <strongGame Modes</strong: The game has three unique modes. Holding a Galaxy Fighter in any wallet is a requirement to participate in the Team Tournaments and Battle Royale modes. P2E The P2E game format presents , two ways of earning to users: Gold key fragments Silver key fragments Gold key Fragments Players using any of the following resources while playing, gold key pieces are automatically chosen as qualifying rewards: Galaxy Fighters from Generations 1 and 2. One energy is lost for each of these assets that is choosen and used in fight, and the player is then automatically qualified to get gold key pieces for winning the encounter. Be aware that this is not a guarantee; the chance of winning a fragment will rely on luck. Additionally, players may raise their luck by climbing the ranks and accumulating additional awards. Silver key Fragments If players are not using any of the Genesis weapons or the Genesis/Gen 2 Fighters during gaming, silver key pieces are chosen as the default prize. When using partnered project characters or the free-to-play (F2P) basic character when playing without one, players can receive silver key pieces as prizes. When using a partnered project character rather than an F2P base character, their chances of obtaining silver key pieces will be increased. Play To Earn There are a few ways users can play to earn in Galaxy Fight Club: 1. Collecting $GCOIN from Fighters: Owners of Galaxy Fighters will be able to earn between 5-15 $GCOIN passively 2. Win $GCOIN and weapons from Deathmatches\\ Winning the 1v1 deathmatches will reward a fixed amount of $GCOIN and weapons, the $GCOIN can be sold on the secondary market and the weapon can also be sold as a unique NFT on OpenSea 3. Win $ETH from Team Tournaments Up to 2 $ETH is available from our weekly tournaments, these can be won and will be shared between the 3 members of the winning team 4. Forging weapons and selling them Weaker weapons can be forged together to create stronger weapons, while the forging process itself will cost $GCOIN the resulting weapon might be able to be resold on the secondary market at a greater price than the price you spent acquiring the materials 5. Renting out fighters Collaborations Metasports Partners with Galaxy Fight Club The GFC Qualifier Cup, the first-ever competition for Galaxy Fight Club, is presented by Metasports and Galaxy Fight Club (GFC). It will take place on May 21. The kick-off competition, which offers many Genesis Galaxy Fighters, limited edition cosmetic items, and $10,000 USD in ETH as prizes, will also choose the top two teams that will compete in the GFC Open Championship, the main event in June with a prize pool of over $300,000 USD. Galaxy Fight Club x SupDucks The website disclosed a collaboration with SupDucks. All SupSucks NFT owners will have access to the game's special 3D models, be able to play, and be able to level up their own characters.

instadapp

InstaDApp is a DeFi Application that seeks to provide a simple-to-use layer in order to interact with other DeFi protocols.

InstaDApp (launched in 2018) is a decentralized finance Application that seeks to provide a simple-to-use layer to interact with other DeFi protocols. It is a smart wallet with an intuitive interface built on top of popular DeFi projects like MakerDAO, Compound, Uniswap, etc. for managing assets. It’s optimized for users lacking advanced technical or accounting experience. InstaDApp allows users to perform complex actions like leveraging or saving by buying or selling collateral in a single transaction. In 2019, InstaDapp raised $2.4 million in a seed round held from entrepreneur investors, such as Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan, and institutions like Pantera Capital and Coinbase. In June 2021, InstaDApp raised $10 million in its latest funding round from Standard Crypto, a venture capital firm, and strategic partners such as Andre Cronje, founder of Yearn, DeFi Alliance, and Longhash Ventures. Overview InstaDApp was founded at ETHIndia in August 2018 by Sowmay Jain and Samyak Jain, InstaDApp launched on the Ethereum mainnet in December 2018. The platform released its v2 update in April 2019 which started as a cool interface built on top of Maker at the ETHIndia hackathon. Sowmay and Samyak’s winning submission extended into an open innovation grant offered by Kyber Network to “build whatever service they felt was needed in the space". The team plans to add tie-ins with other protocols and additional features as it continues toward its goal of becoming a decentralized bank and driving mainstream adoption of DeFi. At this point, both of the brothers dropped out of school to go full-time DeFi. After accepting the innovation grant, they continued their core philosophy of simplifying DeFi with minimalistic interfaces. Eventually, they shifted their focus to building their smart contracts which allowed them to simplify complex transactions for users, and begin the “smart wallet” layer for their project. “We realized that the traditional finance systems we were studying in school were slow to innovate, extremely restrictive, tightly controlled by financial giants, and bound by geographical constraints. With DeFi, though, we realized that we can not only participate but are] also able to innovate globally from day one.” [ InstaDApp is a DApp built on the Ethereum network that integrates DeFi protocols into one platform for easy asset monitoring and management. Funding InstaDapp conducted a successful seed round in October 2019 led by Pantera Capital and raised $2.4 million to build out their project’s vision. The round included several other notable investors like Coinbase Ventures, Kyber Network’s Loi Luu, and even Naval Ravikant. Paul Veradittakit of Pantera Capital said: “We are impressed by InstaDapp’s laser focus on aggregating and simplifying DeFi and their growth has been a testament to their ability to execute successfully. InstaDapp stands out from everything else we have seen in the space so far. We believe they’re the right team to push the future of DeFi forward and help the next wave of users to onboard to the open financial ecosystem.” Tech DeFi is one of the fastest-growing verticals in technology today; new developments in blockchain architectures, consensus protocols, and economic paradigms have created a variety of products for lending, borrowing, swapping, and trading cryptocurrency assets. But, the major drawback of DeFi is that a variety of financial actions like lending and trading are distributed among various products (i.e. Compound, MakerDAO, etc.). It’s hard to keep tabs on what assets in each of these platforms are doing, and even harder to move them between platforms to optimize returns. InstaDApp is a user interface that allows individuals to track their blockchain assets distributed over a breadth of products and move them around based on financial paradigms and real-time market data. It integrates with a variety of DeFi protocols to allow users to visualize the position of their assets at any time in a comprehensible dashboard and make informed decisions about where to move their assets. This makes it easier for users to move assets and set up financial paradigms to maximize returns. InstaDApp significantly simplifies the experience of asset management in the decentralized finance world. It preserves the benefits of decentralization by operating as non-custodial and leveraging smart contracts to ensure that users always have 100% control and ownership of their assets. The convenience added by InstaDApp is critical in advancing decentralized finance. Though decentralization is valuable, it inherently has some friction with onboarding new users because there is no central entity through which a user can control all of their positions and assets. InstaDApp makes it much easier for new users to engage with the decentralized space, creating a promising future for the product, but also the ecosystem of DeFi itself. Four main activities that can be performed on InstaDApp The main activities that can be performed on the InstaDApp platform include: 1. Lending – Deposit crypto and earn interest on it 2. Borrowing – Borrow crypto directly from the InstaDApp dashboard 3. Leverage – The process of Increasing the capital one can be able to trade with 4. Swap – Instant exchange of tokens from one's Web 3.0 wallet How It Works InstaDApp links its product to users’ holdings in various DeFi platforms and constantly pulls data to display on its dashboards. Before InstaDApp, users would have to manually keep tabs on each platform to identify optimal interest rates, collateral, etc. !5e52fd2933d368d7fa3c10e2_InstaDApp_Dashboard.pngInstaDApp summarizes all this information in one view, drastically reducing the effort necessary to manage one’s assets well. InstaDapp leverages the power of smart contracts to translate simple instructions from a user on where to move their assets into the series of complicated steps necessary to move them; it then executes those steps, making the experience of managing assets significantly easier for users. They take no fees for any of these executions; the user only needs to supply the funds to pay the gas price for moving assets. Supported Platforms Currently, InstaDApp allows users to interface with Compound (an algorithmic lending tool), MakerDAO (collateralized loans), and UniSwap (a liquidity reserve). The bridge between MakerDAO and Compound is considered to be one of the biggest use cases because it allows users to easily view the advantages of either protocol and make informed, easily-executable decisions on where to move their funds. INST Token INST is the governance token of the protocol. It was launched on the Ethereum blockchain and has a total supply of 100,000,000 million INST. Instadapp’s governance token INST fulfills the tenet of decentralization. The INST token will align incentives with users, developers, and businesses to provide stewardship of Instadapp's future. The INST token holders will determine the evolution and direction of the Instadapp platform. INST Allocation The allocation will be as follows: 55% to Instadapp community members. 23.79% to current team members with 4-year vesting. 12.07% to investors with 4-year vesting. 7.85% for future team members and ecosystem partnership. 1.27% to advisors with 4-year vesting.

worldwide-webb

Worldwide Webb is a pixel art MMORPG Metaverse game that provides utility for popular NFT projects.

Worldwide Webb is a pixel art MMORPG Metaverse game that provides utility for popular Non-Fungible Token (NFT) projects. The game uses NFTs for in-game avatars, pets, lands, items, and quests. Overview Worldwide Webb is an MMORPG Metaverse game that uses NFTs for in-game avatars, pets, lands, items and even quests. It is heavily inspired by Ready Player One. !WorldwideWebbUniversal.webp "Our vision is to create a template for metaverses with the core values to keep the space open to all, and to incorporate other NFT projects into the world, giving them tools to build and create their own communities inside our world. " They have partnered with large organizations like Ponderware (MoonCats) and the Forgotten Runes Wizards Cult. The team plans to make Worldwide Webb a fully interoperable Metaverse game with a flourishing play-to-earn & create-to-earn economy for players, creators, and collectors alike. Worldwide Webb Lands In Worldwide Webb, users can buy lands and equip them with various NFTs. Lands are in-game spaces owned by the respective NFT token holder and is an integral part of the Worldwide Webb ecosystem. These in-game spaces can be used to house social events, pets, avatars, and games. A quest builder allows the users to incorporate custom smart contracts and sell their arts. Avatars and Pets Worldwide Webb also enables users the ability to use profile pictures and avatar NFTs from their favourite projects on OpenSea. They have integrated with Cryptopunks, KaijuKingz, CyberKongz, and more as avatars, and PunkCats, Cypher City Pets, Neko, and more as pets. Team This project was developed by a group of crypto-native game developers, artists, coders, and marketers. Founder: Thomas Webb Thomas Webb is a game developer, hacker and artist, he has won numerous awards for his AI art installations. His works exhibited by Saatchi & Saatchi, Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, and the FROST Museum of Science in Miami. He has given a TED talks on AI and Hacking. He has also been featured in Forbes, Wired, and DappRadar. More information about him can be seen on his website, www.webb.site Twitter: @WebbEmotional CTO: Yuan Gao Yuan Gao also known as “Meseta” is an experienced tech entrepreneur, and was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for his work with AI and satellite imaging. He has lead several technology startups as CTO, and has built drones, autonomous fruit-picking robots, and terrabyte-scale data processing platforms. He also has a game development hobby. Twitter: @mesetatron Lead Artist: Gutty Kreum Gutty is an pixel artist whose work is heavily influenced by urban and rural Japan. He previously worked on the art of the video game River City Girls (by WayForward), and his game art has been licensed for use in several other video games. Gutty has been featured in the book The Masters of Pixel Art. Twitter: @GuttyKreum

gmunk

GMUNK (Bradley G Munkowitz) is an American designer, director and photographer.

GMUNK whose original name is Bradley G Munkowitz is is an American designer, director and photographer. He is a visionary whose imagination and innovation span a wide variety of mediums, establishing himself as one of the world's best graphic design directors. Personal GMUNK was born on the 26th of November ,1975 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Canadian parents Alan Grosh and Rachel Owa having an elder brother. He spent a good part of his childhood in Minneapolis before moving to California when he was 18 years old.Though he was imaginative as a child, he first studied Oceanography at the University of Arizona. He received the latter part of his education at Humboldt State University in Arcata, where he studied Fine art and Filmmaking for six years while also developing extra dendrites in his brain. He moved to London after graduation to work in the interactive industry. He focused on interfaces, web design, and digital media for about three years after college, doing a lot of Flash work, and it was through his Blog gmunk.com that he gained a reputation for creating interactive environments. He eventually ended up in Los Angeles, where he worked his way into motion graphics and ad directing by working hard and knowing the right people. Relationship His fiancée is an Illustrator, a very creative illustrator with a strong work ethic. It's basically the only reason their friendship works and she's just as busy as he is and they collaborate. The duo turns on the music and disappears into their respective studios to dance together, and it's the most amazing thing ever. It's the most amazing thing ever. GMUNK has said that there is no way he will ever be with someone who does not appreciate the amount of effort that must be put in and the commitment to his art, and she understands that they're both chasing their dreams. Career In the early 2000s, he began his career in Flash Animation and Design, working with the freaks at Vir2L Studios in Rockville, Maryland and London, England. Before moving to San Francisco, California, he worked for the motion graphics companies BUCK, Prologue, and Digital Domain in Los Angeles, where he directed the User interface and holograms for films such as Tron:Legacy, Oblivion, and others. GMUNK began his career as a Design Director for Autofuss, a Bot & Dolly sister company specializing in robotics and projection mapping, where he directed the 'Box' short film demonstrating projection mapping's capabilities. GMUNK left Autofuss after it was purchased by Google and went into freelancing. He is currently represented by Tool of North America and has directed short films such as Chamber and automobile advertisements for clients such as Audi. Some of his favorite projects during his career were certainly the Design Direction for the Holograms and Opening Titles for the Feature Film Tron: Legacy, as well as working as the Design Director on the Projection Mapping film BOX, which blew up the Internets a few years back, as both projects taught him more than any of the others together. He is now a Director and Designer based in Hackney, London since moving from San Francisco.Over the past few years, GMUNK has mostly directed commercials and music videos; prior to that, he worked in the motion graphics business for the previous 10 years, freelancing and staffing as a Design Director for several of the world's leading motion studios whilst concurrently accumulating a wealth of expertise. One of the proudest thing I directed were many parts of animation, titles and UI in Tron Legacy. GMUNK is a visionary who has established himself as one of the world's best graphic design directors, with his talent and ingenuity across a wide variety of mediums. His signature look is enigmatic, atmospheric, and spiritual, much like the Munky himself, using a combination of psychedelic themes and richly textured palettes. His culture stems from his ability to understand while still being uncomfortable. He is still looking for innovative ways to adapt his architecture foundation to new mediums and collaborate with new people. He enjoys nothing more than collaborating with the people he cares about to see what their collective strengths can produce.Short films, installations, music videos, Television advertisement, fine art exhibits, title sequences, and other motion design technologies are also examples of the fruits of these labors. His dissertation also explores concepts of culture, the subconscious, and humanity's relationship with technology. GMUNK has agents in Europe and North America that demonstrate his work to agencies, brands, and other businesses, which has been very beneficial in getting commercial work started. Through this direction, the London-based designer hopes to establish a signature style and technique that distinguishes him from the competition, resulting in a distinct identity that elevates his work to the next level, making it something advertisers and agencies can search out as new and current. As a result of his tactics, he has been able to partner with impressive brands such as Audi and GoPro. When asked in an interview how he makes such incredible designs with computer graphics, GMUNK had this to say; There isn’t a path to follow other than just subscribing to an incredibly hard work ethic, and an unwavering thirst for learning, growing and experimenting within your own sensibilities. It’s easy to say don’t follow the money-earning potential and stay true to your own aesthetic, but we all have to pay the bills etc, it’s always a tough balance. Transition from interactive to motion graphics The artist claims that the transition was made due to the constraints of the immersive format, such as having to work with very limited file sizes in order for users to use it, and, of course, the slow playback problems that come with attempting to get so much data through. He decided to concentrate solely on the artistic side of things, knowing that he'd be making something that people might only watch and that would play flawlessly. He has, however, considered returning to immersive work now that it has evolved into topics like installation art and concert visuals. With holographic simulations, immersive sculpture, data visualization, and the maturation of mobile platforms, the stage is now set to combine motion graphics and a reliable experience of interactive aspects without having to think about the distribution channel. GMUNK's role in TRON:Legacy Bradley Munkowitz, best known as GMUNK, was the lead animated graphics designer on Disney's "TRON: Legacy." For director Joseph Kosinski and visual effects supervisor Eric Barba, he recruited and directed a team of GFX all-stars who conceived, planned, and animated nearly 10 minutes of UI sequences and Holograms at Digital Domain. Prominent graphics task encountered during Tron; Legacy Rectifier Extraction The Disc Rectifier extraction scene was one of the most visible graphics tasks. Clu gets his filthy hands on Flynn's disk and takes it into the rectifier to retrieve all of the data in one scene. The aim was to view the data as a messy assemblage at first, then organize it into concentric rings of decoded data later. Since Flynn, the developer of the TRON universe, wanted his disc defrag diagram to look like an otherworldly disc defrag data representation, GMUNK and his team mainly researched disc defragmentation diagrams and tried to modernize the aesthetic. They devised a visual language that was more realistic and incredibly informative. Even though the core framework is told by the disc defrag diagram, dlew flexed his moGraph muscles to the max, working with compositing supervisor Sonja Burchard to bloom the graphics with a beautiful shallow depth of field, making it sound even more extraordinary and realistic. Opening Title Sequence The opening title sequence, according to GMUNK, was the most difficult in terms of intensity. TRON's original title sequence is likely also one of his all-time favorite graphic title sequences. The series is an epitome of perfection, with a simplistic yet graphically dense style that is particularly appropriate for the time span. The team's first instinct was to cram as much detail as possible into their section of the OT series, resulting in the most epic city construct ever seen on television. Karsten Schmidt, a code artist, was brought in to assist with the previs on how the city will be built, with sliders to monitor their actions and how the lines will communicate with the houses. The level of complexity was driven even higher in the animation process, with the streets being filled with fascinating grid-based geometry patterns and the blocks eventually forming from these initial patterns. And for the homes, every single window was drawn as the structures took shape. The whole thing was animated by hand in Cinema 4D, with each keyframe carefully weighted to follow the VO and punctuate key phrases. The team was all set to put on a spectacular display of attention to detail. However, as the series progressed, it became increasingly simple, resulting in a rather tasteful, almost minimalist aesthetic. Joe is a minimalist at heart! Interview with GMUNK on TRON: Legacy Q: Can you talk a little about your background? I was born and raised in Minneapolis and moved out to California when I was 18. I attended Humboldt State University up in Arcata and I studied Fine Arts and Filmmaking there for 6 years while cultivating some extra dendrites in my brain. Upon graduation I moved to London to work in interactive. I worked on interfaces, web design and interactive media, doing a lot of Flash work for about 3 years after college, and that’s wh

pancakeswap

PancakeSwap (Symbol: CAKE) is an automated market maker and DEX that allows tokens to be exchanged on the Binance Smart Chain.

PancakeSwap (launched in September 2020) is an automated market maker (AMM) and Decentralized Exchange (DEX) built on the Binance Smart Chain, that allows users to swap tokens (Buy and Sell), earn passive income by providing liquidity to the platform, stake coins to earn rewards and also get a chance to win some $CAKE tokens through a lottery. PancakeSwap Offers Its users access to lotteries, Digital collectibles (NFTs), trading tournaments, and launch pads for ambitious developers. PancakeSwap has two native tokens which are, $CAKE and $SYRUP which are both BEP-20 standard tokens, the token model involves using CAKE as a utility cryptocurrency and SYRUP as an LP token which earns its users rewards for holding it. Since it runs on the binance Smart Chain, users enjoy a much lower transaction fee compared to Ethereum or Bitcoin. On February 17, 2021, PancakeSwap became the first billion-dollar project on the Binance Smart Chain. On the 6 of June 2022, Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, announced that it has invested in PancakeSwap’s utility and governance token ($CAKE), An investment, which is said to be part of Binance Labs’ mission to facilitate the next wave of global blockchain adoption by providing technology development, marketing, community support, and enterprise solutions for Web3 transformation. In August 2022, PancakeSwap announced some adjustments to the Syrup pools rewards proposal. The proposal is said to reduce CAKE emissions from the Syrup pools. Also, a total of 7,040,800 $CAKE (about $34 million) were burned from trading fees, gambling prediction, and lottery fees. As of October 2, 2022, PancakeSwap gained over 1.9 million monthly users with a $4.1 billion Total Value Locked. Background The platform was launched in September of 2020, by anonymous developers with an apparent passion for pancakes. This coincided with the peak of the DeFi market, which resulted in high gas prices and some congestion on the Ethereum network. The Ethereum network could barely keep up with the number of investors the market had attracted. !intro-header (1).pngTherefore, PancakeSwap entered the market during this tough period, offering lower swap fees at 0.25% as well as bridges to wrap non-Binance Smart Chain compatible tokens that are not BEP-20. Due to these additions and enhancements, PancakeSwap and the CAKE token swiftly established themselves as market leaders. It went live as an alternative to decentralized exchanges, like Uniswap and SushiSwap, native to the Ethereum ecosystem. The primary selling point of PancakeSwap is that it is a fully decentralized exchange where deals and orders are carried out automatically by smart contracts. Overview PancakeSwap is a Binance Smart Chain-based decentralized exchange (DEX) with an automated market maker (AMM) model for swapping BEP-20 tokens. It offers its users various features such as Liquidity Pools, Swapping, Yield Farming, Syrup Pools, Initial Farm Offering (IFO), and an NFT profile system. The decentralized exchange offers cheaper and faster trading without the involvement of a centralized authority. The trading platform eliminates order books and middlemen. To achieve this, the platform encourages users to add money to liquidity pools that other users can trade against using an AMM. Each liquidity provider (LP) gets rewarded in LP tokens, which can be obtained by using these tokens. it is made possible to transfer tokens from other platforms and "wrap" them as BEP-20 tokens for use on the DEX using Binance Bridge, PancakeSwap is used solely for BEP-20 tokens operating on Binance Smart Chain. Along with this, the exchange helps users make the most out of their crypto assets by trading, earning through yield farming, and winning via lottery, prediction, and NFT collectibles. PancakeSwap has been leading the development and mass adoption of BNB Chain it is the most widely used dApp and the DeFi project with the highest TVL and over 400,000. daily users on BNB Chain. According to Binance Labs, ever since it launched back in 2020, The exchange has been regularly audited by blockchain security companies, such as Slowmist and Certik. How it Works PancakeSwap utilizes user-generated liquidity pools to enable users to swap between cryptocurrency assets, much similar to the popular Uniswap DeFi AMM system that runs on Ethereum. It offers a diverse range of Defi farming alternatives for liquidity providers to construct said liquidity pools. The Exchange is decentralized as it does not require any form of KYC for users to begin trading. Trades that occur on the Exchange are done by liquidity pools filled by users who lock their tokens through smart contracts. A commission is required for each exchange a trader makes. A further amount is allocated to the project budget, CAKE buyback, and burn plans. A portion of the transaction fees paid by traders is given as an incentive to the liquidity providers. Depending on their portion of the overall liquidity placed in the pool, each liquidity provider is given a certain percentage. This percentage is given CAKE, the pancakeswap native currency. This governance utility, in particular, ensures that users can influence policy changes and developmental implementations. PancakeSwap works with multiple decentralized wallets, the most commonly used ones are MetaMask Wallet, Binance Smart Wallet, and Trust Wallet. Products Exchange Token swaps on PancakeSwap allow users to trade one BEP-20 token for another via automated liquidity pools. The liquidity provided to the exchange comes from Liquidity Providers (LPs) who stake their tokens in "Pools. In exchange, they get FLIP (PancakeSwap Liquidity Provider) tokens, which can also be staked to earn CAKE tokens in the "farm". When users make a successful token swap (trade) on the exchange they will pay a 0.2% trading fee, which is broken down as follows: 0.17% - Returned to liquidity pools in the form of a fee reward for liquidity providers. 0.03% - Sent to the PancakeSwap Treasury Yield Farming PancakSwap Yield Farms allow users to earn CAKE while supporting PancakeSwap by staking LP Tokens. On the farm, users can deposit their LP tokens, locking them up in a process that rewards the farmers with CAKE. In essence, farms are LP staking pools that let their members increase the interest they receive on their holdings. The Initial Liquidity Pools (LPs) for farming CAKE tokens included: CAKE-BNB BUSD-BNB ADA-BNB BAND-BNB DOT-BNB EOS-BNB LINK-BNB BAKERY LP BURGER-BNB Staking !607986f7fa1bca10e9df7e1f_pancakeswap+pools.pngSyrup Pools is one of the simplest ways to earn free tokens on PancakeSwap. Syrup Pools is a way a user can stake their CAKE tokens. To do this users need to deposit their CAKE token in a syrup pool to receive the project's BEP-20 token in return. The pool constitutes of two different options of staking, flexible staking, and fixed-term staking, and has a lock period of 1-52 weeks. Pools PancakeSwap pools allow users to provide liquidity by adding their tokens to liquidity pools or “LPs”. When users add their tokens to a liquidity pool (LP), they receive FLIP tokens (PancakeSwap’s version of liquidity provider tokens). As an example, if a user deposited $CAKE and $BNB into a liquidity pool, they would receive CAKE-BNB FLIP tokens. The number of FLIP tokens they receive represents their portion of the CAKE-BNB liquidity pool. They can also redeem their funds at any time by removing their liquidity. Providing liquidity is not without risk, as users may be exposed to impermanent loss. Liquidity providers will also be given a reward in the form of trading fees. Whenever someone trades PancakeSwap, the trader pays a 0.2% fee, of which 0.17% is added to the liquidity pool of the swap pair they traded on. Example There are 10 FLIP tokens representing 10 CAKE and 10 BNB tokens. 1 FLIP token = 1 CAKE + 1 BNB Someone trades 10 CAKE for 10 BNB. Someone else trades 10 BNB for 10 CAKE. The CAKE/BNB liquidity pool now has 10.017 CAKE and 10.017 BNB. Each FLIP token is now worth 1.00017 CAKE + 1.00017 BNB. Liquidity Providers can also put their FLIP tokens to work whipping up some fresh yield farming, while still earning their 0.17% trading fee reward. Lottery v2 PancakeSwap also offers its users the ability to play the lottery. Playing the PancakeSwap Lottery gives users a chance to win huge CAKE prizes, and unlimited entry tickets, so long as the user can afford the tickets. To play the lottery, the user needs to guess a winning six-digit combination made up of numbers between 0 and 9. Each Lottery ticket cost for 1 ticket is USD 5 in CAKE. !169b38c6f38e4bb2838c536a1a0c4c55.pngThe system will automatically produce a random combination for a user when they purchase a ticket. If their combination matches the winning ticket, they will be declared the winner at the end of the lottery session and receive 50% of the total prize money. However, even if the ticket does not match the winning tickets, the user may still be eligible for incentives if at least two of the winning numbers on their ticket match those on the losing ticket. They must, however, be placed in the same order as the winning combination's winning numbers. The Lottery uses Chainlink's implementation of VRF for true, secure randomness. NFT Marketplace !NFTs.png (1).webpNon-fungible tokens based on the BNB Chain can also be traded on PancakeSwap. Users can buy and Sell verified Non-Fungible tokens on the marketplace. Launched in 2021, THE marke

binance-labs

Binance Labs is a social impact fund established by Binance. It is an initiative to invest, incubate, and resource blockchain...

Binance Labs is a social impact fund established by Binance. It is an initiative to invest, incubate, and resource blockchain and cryptocurrency projects, entrepreneurs, and communities. Overview Binance Labs run the Incubation Program, a chain-agnostic program that aims to empower innovative projects to shape the future of Web3. As Binance’s venture capital and incubation arm, Binance Labs created the program to meet founder needs, using extensive resources across the entire Binance ecosystem and crypto industry. The Binance Labs Incubation Program is an 8-week curriculum designed for top-tier founders. Their investment focus includes: Public Blockchains Decentralized Exchanges (DEX) Wallets & Payments Stablecoins ATS/ Security Token Platforms Decentralized applications (dApps) Binance Labs provide an incubation program to support the best early-stage projects. The program provides a ten-week, on-site service intended to help teams deliver products or services with a market fit. They provide $500,000 in seed funding (10% equity), mentorship, networking, and support service. Projects that worked with Binance Labs include Coin98, Elrond, Kava, Moonbeam Network, Chiliz, Polygon, and more.

internxt

Internxt is an American company specializing in creating services and products for decentralized projects.

Internxt is an American company specializing in creating services and products for decentralized projects in a more secure Internet. The platform specializes in cloud computing and aims to outperform the technologies used in the Mass market and thereby disrupt various tech industries. Overview Internxt is an American company that allows all its users to store files & photos in a truly secure, private, and free, cloud. Get 10GB of highly secure cloud storage. With Internxt, user data is no longer stored in a central location, but instead client-side encrypted, fragmented, and then distributed amongst different servers all over the world. An Internxt user is the only one with access to his or her digital possessions. Initial Coin Offering In the month of September, 2017, Internxt held a regulated ICO where a total of 629,610 INXT were issued in a distributed crowdsale for the participants. The token is an ERC-20 Token Standard. <br

monolith

Monolith (formerly TokenCard) is a decentralized banking alternative and cryptocurrency that is powered by Ethereum.

Monolith (formerly TokenCard) is a decentralized banking alternative and cryptocurrency that is powered by Ethereum. Monolith provides a non-custodial contract wallet to store Ethereum-based tokens securely. The TKN token is the native token of the Monolith platform. Overview Monolith is a decentralized financial platform built on Ethereum. The concept of Monolith stemmed from Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the symbol of the monolith represents mankind transcending into a new era. As the Monolith team states, "To us, Ethereum is the real-life analogy to the Monolith and it alludes to transcendence in the world economy through the introduction of Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Our project, Monolith, brings Ethereum to life." On Monolith, users' funds are secure and cannot disappear. All contracts are open source and the contract wallet is triple-audited externally. Users can exchange TKN to fiat and load them onto a Monolith Visa debit card. The Contract Wallet is non-custodial, open-source, and decentralized while enforcing advanced security features that are designed to protect users' funds in the event of an attack. The Monolith Visa debit card is accepted globally and currently available for EEA residents (31 countries within Europe). Monolith was funded by an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of their TKN tokens that raised $16.9 million from retail investors in May 2017. The Monolith team turned the ICO proceeds into roughly $25 million worth of assets through timely sell-offs and collateralized debt positions (CDPs), using Ether as collateral to take loans denominated in dollar-pegged DAI tokens. Products Wallet Available on iOS and Android, Monolith wallet allows users to securely store ETH and ERC-20 tokens in their own decentralized contract wallet. They can then exchange them for fiat money and preload them to their Monolith Debit Card. Monolith Visa Debit Card The Monolith Card is available to residents of the United Kingdom, and across the European Economic Area (EEA). The Monolith Card is connected to a non-custodial Ethereum (ETH) contract wallet. The Monolith Card is issued by Contis Financial Services Ltd.,the same company that issues the Wirex Card. The Monolith Visa card can be used anywhere Visa cards are accepted. The card also supports both Apple Pay and Google Pay. TKN Token The TKN is the native token of Monolith. TKN is backed by a growing basket of ERC-20 tokens that are used by Monolith Visa Cardholders in a wide variety of transactions. When a Monolith card user tops up their Monolith Visa card with a token other than TKN, a 1% contribution is sent to the TKN Community Chest smart contract. Holders of TKN then have the option to burn their tokens for a pro-rated number of TKN from the Community Chest contract. By burning (destroying) the token, the TKN coins that remain in the contract will be valued at a larger pro-rated amount than before burning. The Community Chest asset contract shows full transparency of the contributions to the chest and the community actions within Monolith. Partnerships In August 2019, Monolith partnered with MakerDAO and Digix. It became available to top-up Monolith cards with MKR, DGX, and DGD, along with our original suite of tokens: DAI, ETH, and TKN. Team | Name | Position | | ---- | -------- | | Mel Gelderman | Founder and Chief Executive Officer | | David Hoggard | Founder and Strategy Director | | Vincent Choi | Head of Product | | Mischa Tuffield | Chief Technology Officer | | Lachian Cruickshank | KYC Officer | | Jeffrery Bolle | Senior Backend Engineer | | Daniel Smith | Head of Design | | Anthony Smee | Senior Product Manager | | Narman Xu | Frontend Engineer | | Mark Wubben | Principal Product Engineer | | Xavier Mitchell-Diggens | Customer Legend | | Mike Marciniak | Frontend Engineer | | Daniel Chmielewski | Blockchain Engineer | | Cesare Naldi | Senior Frontend Engineer | | William Ou | Chief Commercial Officer | | Ryan Collingham | Backend Engineer | | Brice Berdah | Community Manager | | Akeel Qureshi | Marketing Manager | | Wiktor Pinkwart | Compliance | | Oliver Morgans | Head of Compliance | | Bertie Stanley | Finance Officer | | Corinna Duszynski | Head of People | | Yannis Stamelakos | Blockchain Engineer | | Riccardo Persiani | Blockchain Engineer |

apis

APIS provides and consults an intuitive blockchain service.

APIS is an indexing and querying protocol for reading and writing to open networks. it provides and consults an intuitive blockchain service. APIS platform provides service to help effective node management and to deliver better access to blockchain incentive system. The APIS protocol provides extensive data analytics for digital assets across all public blockchains, both layer-one and layer-two scaling solutions. Overview With Blockchain financial service, effective decentralized economy system, dApp development, and blockchain technology consulting, APIS provides a platform service which is highly accessible on the end-user stage. We will provide an intuitive interface to all developers with Decentralized application (DApp) launch needs on APIS Core and users who use Blockchain financial service of APIS. APIS offers a new experience. The platform provides and consults the Blockchain technology that is friendly both to a developer and a user. APIS aims to build a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Crypto-economy which can link Blockchain system and real economy. We aim to prevent a monopoly in the Blockchain system obtaining process and foster an evolved business by applying Blockchain technology to various industry, to decrease an unreasonable reward structure originating from the imbalance of information. In December 2019, APIS induced an investment from Nova Club. Nova Club is a Capital Alliance that conducts project discovery, incubation, and investment. Capitals in Nova Club are all influential blockchain investment companies in China and they continue to drive growth in the blockchain industry by building a cooperative investment ecosystem with their members. Based on their strong belief that blockchain technology will change the world, they are investing in and incubating blockchain technology companies in China, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the United States, and Russia. Amino, Blucon, Everitoken, and Vodix are the representative cases. Through this investment, APIS Team will continue its active partnership with Nova Club, which will drive more aggressive entry into the global market. Features Data Querying: The APIS allows users to discover the latest trends, reveal transaction histories, and search across portfolio holdings of their and others’ wallet addresses. Customization: Users can Seamlessly create their own customized NFT drop calendar, market-data charts, and market-based notifications, enabling them to filter out irrelevant information and focus only on the opportunities that they deem the most valuable. Cross-chain: The APIS samples data across all prominent public blockchains, across all time series since inception. Its data is indexed so users can compare metrics from different blockchains and their native smart contracts, helping them decide which projects are most promising. User-friendly: APIS provides instant, understandable access to complex data. With only one click, A user can experience a rich gallery of interactive charts and graphs. With a few more clicks, they can create their own customized galleries, ones that would have taken weeks or months to build from scratch. Notifications: Receive instant Email, Twitter, Discorder, and Browser alerts on the mints, projects, and wallets a user follows. Team | Name | Position | | ---- | -------- | | Andrew Bakst | Co-Founder | | Martha Lee | Lead of Community | | Derek Dunn | CTO | | Maximilian Jungreis | Advisor | Backers 1. FBG Capital 2. OX21 Labs 3. AVstar Capital 4. EXNETWORK cAPITAL 5. Waterdrip Capital 6. SMO Capital 7. Master Ventures Roadmap Phase One — (Q1 2022) Initial data overview data dashboard of DeFi, NFT and GameFi. Interoperability Ethereum L2 solutions, Polkadot, and Solana. Security audits. $API (token) announcing and airdrops. Adv on the Coinmarketcap IDO page. LBP launch on mainstream launch platform. Liquidity Provision and Yield Farming on UniSwap V3. Building Customized NFT drop calendar. $API Marketplace Rewards Mining is Live. Curated NFT portfolio gallery dashboard. Building Community Phase Two — (Q2 2022) Instant alerts function on the mints, projects, and wallets. Building The APIS DAO Upgraded Liquidity Provision w/ Admin Tools Monthly product update report. Cross-chain Fractional NFT analyzing. Active Creators Fund for self-sustaining creators onboarding and marketing Liquidity Provision and Yield Farming on UniSwap V3. Releasing The APIS community membership NFT. Phase Three — (Q3 2022) Establishing and announcing partnerships with key projects. Launching marketplace for buyers and sellers. Developers’ Documentation for API access to marketplace Launching multiple collections with digital artists. Influencer marketing campaigns in conjunction with creator drops Referral programs to incentivize influencers. Monthly marketing contests, scouting for new NFT creators. Phase Four — (Q4 2022) Building a trading market in the metaverse. Media feeds and alerts service in the metaverse. Live streaming and Virtual Events. Additional NFT and APIS airdrops for active users. Establishing multichain public data analysis development stack Turning into community-driven comprehensive DAO organized ecosystem.

doxxing

Doxxing is the practice of gathering and releasing private or identifying information about someone without permission.

Doxxing is a term used to describe the practice of gathering and releasing private or identifying information about someone without their permission. It is primarily used online and is usually done to harass, intimidate, or embarrass the person whose information is being released. The term "doxxing" is derived from the word "documents", and is a portmanteau of the words "documents" and "dropping". It was first used in the 1990s, when hackers would release personal information about someone as a form of revenge or revenge trolling. Doxxing is often used as a form of cyberbullying, and it can have serious consequences for the victim. Doxxing can be done through a variety of methods, including searching through public records, searching through social media accounts, or using information that is publicly available on the internet. It can also be done by using online tools that help people find personal information about someone else. In recent years, doxxing has become a popular tool used by hackers and cybercriminals to target individuals, organizations, and companies. This has led to the creation of several anti-doxxing tools and services, designed to help protect people from doxxing. Doxxing is an unethical and often illegal practice.

nexo

Nexo is a European fintech company that provides instant dicryptocurrency-backed loans for digital asset owners.

Nexo is a European fintech company that provides instant dicryptocurrency-backed loans for digital asset owners. The Nexo platform is powered by a European fintech group that has been involved in online consumer lending since 2007. The Nexo platform launched in 2017 and is based in Zug, Switzerland. History Nexo was founded by Antoni Trenchev and Kosta Kantchev in 2017. The company has raised over $52.5 million in funding. Around early August 2020, Nexo announced that its token holders would be paid over $6.1 million in dividends on August 15, 2020. This is more than double what they paid out the year prior ($2.4 million). The payout consists of 30% of the company's net profits for the period between June 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020. In a statement, Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and managing partner of the company, explained, Our profit unequivocally showcases Nexo’s stellar development and staunch resilience to what are perhaps the toughest market conditions since the 2007 economic crisis, Overview The NEXO Token is backed by the underlying assets of Nexo’s loan portfolio. NEXO Tokens payout 30% in dividends from the company’s profits each month to NEXO Token Holders. The tokens also offer additional utility features such as discounted interest rates on crypto-backed loans and are accepted as collateral on the Nexo Platform. Notable Clients In April 2019, Brock Pierce used more than three million dollars in bitcoin as collateral to purchase a 1.2 million renovated chapel-turned-home in Amsterdam. This became Nexo's first-ever crypto-backed mortgage. Chainlink Collaboration In early July 2020, it was announced that Nexo and Chainlink were collaborating in an effort to continue and enhance the adoption of digital assets. Chainlink is joining with Nexo by incorporating their oracle system in Nexo's trading and lending procedures, in turn improving the efficiency and security of the platform. Nexo's platform will also benefit from the partnership with the increase of both greater loan volumes and custody of funds. On the collaboration, Nexo Co-founder Antoni Trenchev stated, “Nexo’s mission is to bridge the gap between digital and traditional finance and our developing collaboration with Chainlink brings us a step closer to achieving this. We are very much on the same page — both in terms of how our respective services currently align, and in terms of our shared vision for a digital, decentralized future of finance. We’re thrilled to have them on board.” Chainlink Co-founder Sergey Nazarov also commented on the benefits of the union of Nexo and Chainlink, stating, “We’re excited to bring Chainlink’s secure and reliable oracle solutions to Nexo’s popular lending platform to enable users to independently verify on-chain the interest and collateralization rates they should receive. This allows Nexo to provide additional trust and transparency to their large user base.”

crypto-space-commander

Crypto Space Commander (CSC) (founded 2015) is a space Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)...

Crypto Space Commander (CSC) (founded 2015) is a space Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) that is combining Diablo III gameplay style (with spaceship) and an Eve Online economy powered by Ethereum (ETH). Blockchain Game Crypto Space Commanders \| New Player Guide for Fast GRP\! The game provides players true ownership of their game items secured by the Blockchain. In CSC, players are able to mine, craft, hunt, and explore the EtherVerse. Overview CSC is a space massively multiplayer online game (MMOG)) with fast-paced combat, a robust player economy, and an uncapped crafting system. In the game, players can travel to different star systems, mine stellar bodies for resources, craft items and ships to sell, battle pirates, and other players while commanding their very own starship. !gaming_csc.jpg CSC is an open-world, sandbox-style space MMO that features a Play-to-Own Economy. Users can experience a free-market game economy for the first time with the ability to buy, sell, and trade without limits. Any items found, crafted, or earned in CSC can be moved freely both inside and outside of the game universe. In CSC, users are Commanders and as a Commander, they can own a fleet of starships, but can only command one at a time. Starships are specialized, and some are better suited to specific tasks than others. Users can battle pirates and hostile drones in the CSC Universe. Each starship in CSC can be endlessly customized with equipment modules, which add or upgrade weapons, shields, and nearly any ship stat. Users can also experience PvP battles with other commanders where their skills are put to the test through the threat of real asset loss. Space in CSC will be divided into two regions: Core Space and Fringe Space. Core Space allows players to explore with relative safety and will have limited PvP (Players vs Player) interaction. While Core Space offers players a safe zone for research and exploration; certain resources may be more difficult to find though. Fringe space is akin to the wild west, where laws are merely suggestions and players are at the mercy of local player-controlled governments. How to Play CSC starts players off in the home star system of Sol as newly-recruited commanders of the Galactic Federation. Users become commanders of their very own starship, they’ll undertake missions, discover resources, and regularly acquire new skills in quests to dominate the galactic frontier. Players can travel in a 50 light-ear radius from Sol to over 900 different star systems, mirroring our corner of the Milky Way. Each system is rich with its own resources and planets, some of which may contain hidden loot or technology blueprints. Players can own an unlimited amount starships in their fleet, but only one can be commanded at a time. Each starship can be modified by equipping various modules, such as upgraded weapons or shields. Each starship class provides a boost or buff to a distinct specialization, making some ships better suited for specific tasks. Modules can be acquired from other players in a system’s trading post or crafted using harvested resources. As the player base grows and players continue to mine new resources and craft them into modules, ships, and other items, the growth of the economy gradually shifts from the Galactic Federation into the players’ hands. Initial resource markets established in both Core and Fringe Space will be supplied by the Galactic Federation (GFI). As the player base grows, the GFI will reduce its production, allowing the community to take over and manage Core and Fringe economies. Players will transact in ETHER, the base currency and primary medium of exchange of the entire Federation. Crafting & Discovery In the CSC universe, almost anything can be crafted. At first, players will be limited to crafting modules, components, and starships. The team has future plans to add updates that will include the ability for players to craft space stations, resource harvesters, and more. !fetched-img-850496a75dc47000jpg.jpeg The crafting system gives players the ability to continually improve the quality of their crafted items. Specialization is encouraged and rewarded by the CSC crafting system, giving players the option to focus on a specific item or genre of items. By focusing their skills and efforts, players can create truly unique and valuable in-game items. The Galactic Federation exists to provide new technology, initial seed items. and the framework for improving and creating new items – the players themselves will dictate the course of the game by growing the economy and product base. Players can invest TIME to research higher tech levels of crafted items. Depending on a player’s skill set, different aspects of an item can be improved. The amount of crafting and research is dependant on the player’s access to workshops. Workshops can be on their ship or on a station. Ship workshops are free to use and have a limit on the amount of resources they can hold. Station workshops can be accessed remotely and have no storage limit, but they do charge a fee to use. One exciting feature of CSC’s crafting system is the built-in royalty option. If a player discovers, improves, or invents an item in the CSC universe, they can earn a royalty on future sales of that item. When a player crafts any item, that item is forever branded with that player’s signature. The player can choose to encode in their signature an ongoing royalty rate for that item. The royalty rate is a percentage of the item’s sale amount paid to the player anytime the item is sold. This royalty rate applies at any trading post in the game universe. Travel & Transportation In CSC, all starships come equipped with a base FTL (faster-than-light) drive, capable of traveling vast interstellar distances in a matter of hours (1 LPH = 1 light year per real-world hour). The average speed of the initial batch of starships will be 1 LPH with smaller ships being faster than larger, more massive ships. !fetched-img-9ffc7fc115743000png.png This base speed can be improved significantly with module upgrades and various crafted parts. To help facilitate early exploration, the GFRL will also provide transport vessels between major system hubs. These transportation ships will be available for a small fee but can transport your ships at 2-5 LPH (1 ly in 30 mins to 12 mins). The GFRL will also provide an instantaneous option via our Jump Gate Network (JGN). The JGN will instantly transport players and ships to any sister gate or jump beacon in the universe. While extremely fast, they will come with a high cost for a one-way journey depending on ship class. Players will also have the ability to create their own transportation networks. Hangar modules will be available for large and capital starships. Players who focus on transportation as a career path can train skills to boost their LPH speed far beyond what the GFRL can offer. Combined with the contracting skill, they will be able to create complex transportation networks that generate passive revenue. Ultimately, a player who acquires or creates a capital class ship with a jump module will become an economic powerhouse capable of moving ships, cargo, and players around the universe instantaneously without paying JGN fees. Mining & Resource Collecting Resources are spread throughout the CSC universe, primarily distributed throughout asteroid belts but also found in rings, gas clouds, and planets. Discovery of resources will be achieved using a scanning mechanic, and once a resource is discovered, players in properly equipped ships can mine it until it's depleted. !fetched-img-9779d1def6f58000jpg.jpeg Pools of resources will regenerate over time, and rare resources can be discovered as independent veins or inside common resource veins. Refining resources requires the use of a station workshop. Workshops refine resources for a fee or percentage of ore which funds the Galactic Federation. The cost and time requirement to refine raw ore is affected by the player’s skill level. Packaging resources are free, other than Ethereum (ETH) network gas costs. A packaged resource can be sold as a unit in the marketplace or traded with other players. Resource refining fees and ore percentages are values set by the station owner. Players have the opportunity to also become station owners and set their own ore and fee rates. Features Asteroids !fetched-img-8c6c91c389a51000jpg.jpeg New asteroid types have been added for users to mine. These new asteroids feature some alien vegetation and offer a peek into what harvesting will be like. Users can mine these for ore, but in the future, these will also offer some unknown organic materials that users will be able to harvest. These will need to be harvested first before being mined. Trying to mine them before harvesting will destroy the vegetation, making them unharvestable. TCF & Jumpgate TCF (Trilite Concentrate Fuel) functionality has also been integrated into the game and it is free to refuel at stations. It is temporarily free for now, when refining & crafting is introduced, users will refine their Trilite into Trilite shards and then craft it into fuel. TCF is the main fuel that powers FTL drives and is a necessity for interstellar travel. Users can use their TCF to FTL to other systems or take advantage of another new feature: the Jumpgate. Getting around the universe just got easier. If a user doesn't want to use too much of your TCF on traveling to a new system, they can use a Jumpgate instead. During this current early alpha, it’s free to use but will eventually require users to pay its toll with in-game currency. Original Score/Music The team has added the first few

arweave

Arweave is a decentralized data storage protocol that leverages blockchain technology storing it permanently.

Arweave is a decentralized data storage protocol that leverages blockchain technology to enable permanent and sustainable data storage through a serverless web. It is described as a global, permanent hard drive with a new type of storage that allows users and developers to truly store data securely forever. AR is a native cryptocurrency of the Arweave network and it is used to incentivize participants in the network. History Arweave was founded as a start-up Archana in early 2017 by Sam Williams and William Jones. The Archaic was rebranded as Arweave while completing the start-up acceleration and mentorship program conducted by Techstars Berlin Accelerators, Germany. In April of 2018, Arweave graduated from the program, weaving itself a network of advisors and collaborators. Company and Team Arweave is registered by the name, Minimum Spanning Technologies Limited in the United Kingdom. It has a headquarter located in London, UK, and currently has 11-50 employees. Founder Sam Williams is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He has done Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Kent and has worked as a Technical advisor at Minespider. William Jones was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) when Arweave was founded and he left in August 2018. Jesper Noehr joined Arweave as a new CTO in December 2019. The other notable team members include- | Name | Designation | Ref | | ---- | ----------- | --- | | Sam Williams | Co-Founder & CEO | | | William Jones | Co-Founder | | | Jesper Noehr | CTO | | | India Raybould | Chief Coordinating Officer (CCO) | | | Viktor Diordiiev | Chief commercial officer (CCO) | | | Sebastian Campos Groth | Chief operating officer (COO) | | | Kyle Beckles | Head of Product | | Fundraising Arweave has raised a total of USD 22 million over 6 funding rounds so far till date. It raised an undisclosed amount of funds in a couple of pre-seed rounds in Q4 2017 and Q1 2018. In June 2018, the team raised little more than USD 8,700,000 through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) round. The ICO round was backed by Arrington XRP Capital, 1kx, Benjamin Kong, and Coefficient Ventures Grand Renfield One. On November 6, 2019, Arweave secured USD 5M in a seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz and contributions from Union Square Ventures, Multicoin Capital, and a16z Crypto. In another seed round on March 5, 2019, led by Andreessen Horowitz and participation from Coinbase Ventures and a16z Crypto, they raised a total of l USD 8 million. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 1, 2020, from an ICO round backed by Karnika Yashwant. Initial coin offering Arweave ICO started on June 3, 2018, and within 4 days it raised a total of l USD 8,700,000. The AR token was priced at 0.73 USD and 20.6% of the total supply was available for the round. Before that, the team conducted a pre-sale in march 2018. Overview As mentioned in the introduction, Arweave is a decentralized data storage protocol built on the blockchain to enable permanent and sustainable data storage for everyone. It describes itself as a collectively owned hard drive that never forgets and It enables users to remember and securely preserve valuable information, apps, and history indefinitely. Preserving history, o prevents others from manipulating or rewriting it. Arweave learned a lesson from all of the knowledge lost in the burning Library of Alexandria. From Plato's writings which had to be rediscovered to the dreadful rewriting of history in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, Arweave is taking from the past to ensure that all of the recorded human knowledge is captured for posterity. By levleveragingecentralized and censorship-resistant technology susuchlockchain Arweave aims to protect data from this kind of unfortunate incidents and manipulations and preserve it permanently. It addresses problems such as faulty storage architectures and solutions, mishandling the data, maandmanipulatingg and rewriting the history associated with centralized storage solutions. It wants to protect and preserve the sum of human knowledge from the complications that occur from centralized power. Thbuiltlt-in redundancy removes the possibility of human error. It proposes several technical innovations, including BHL, WL, BlockWeave, Proof of Access, Wildfire, and Blocand shadows to not only efficiently store massive quantities of data as immutably but also address existing blockchain issues. In addition, it creates crypto-economic incentives for miners to replicate as much data as possible. Their storage costs are covered innovatively, with an up-front fee whose interest accrual perpetually covers the cost of storage over time. All the incentives and transactionstransactionid in native token AR. Arweave forms a network that connects those with disk space to spare with those who need permanent data storage. This system offers unparalleled levels of data replication and security for users, as well as financial incentives for those storing data, without a middleman. Through decentralization, It offers a new standard of data archiving and storage in which information is globally replicated on hundreds of machines, unaffected by fire, flood, or intentional damage. After conducting multiple testnets in Q1 2018, the first version of the mainnet was launched on June 8, 2018, with a select group of 1800 hand-picked participants across various countries. Technology Arweave is a complementary system to the Internet, using the blockchain approach to permanently store data, which cannot be changed, and using token incentives to achieve sustainability. To achieve its decentralized storage goal and also solve current blockchain problems such as scalability, slow performance, and high transaction fees, it introduced technologies including BlockWeave, Proof of Access, Wildfire, BHL, Welland, and Band lacks shadows. These innovations complement each other to the Arweave solution. Block weaves Block weaares is the core technology on which, Arweave is based. This differs in structure from standard blockchains like Bitcoin or Litecoin. In a typical blockchain network like bitcoin, a chain is formed by linking blocks linearly containing transactions while, a block weave is a set of blocks that contain data, linking to multiple previous blocks from the network. In this way, BlockWeave is more of a data structure than a chain. This data structure allows the network to force a criterion that miners provide a ‘Proof of Access’ (PoA) to old data to add new blocks. Doing this reduces miner costs and also allows more on-chain storage. In the Areweave network, each block is linked to two prior blocks: the previous block in the ’chain’(similar to blockchain) and a block from the previous history of the blockchain (the ’recall block’). So this doesn't form a linear chain like other blockchains but ins, head it forms a slightly more complex graph structure known as block weave. The 'recall block' selection depends on thethesh of the previous block and the previous block’s height. This results in a deterministic approach, but the unpredictable choice of the block from the weave’s block history. Proof of Access The Arweave network uses a Proof of Access (PoA) consensus mechanism to validate blocks before adding to the structure. Proof of Access is an enhancement of Proof-of-work (PoW). A typical PoW system generates the next block only based on the previous block, but the PoA algorithm combines the data of the previous block to randomly select a recall block. As mentioned earlier, It is determined by getting the hash value of the current block and calculating its modulus relative to the height of the current block, ”, which is to be merged into the next block. This gives miners an advantage that they don’t have to store all the blocks (forming a blockchain) which ultimately helps to use storage space efficiently. To achieve PoA, the miners need access to random blocks from the block weaves history to mine new blocks and so they are incentivized in the form of mining rewards to mine successfully. The PoA algorithm also rewards miners to store ‘rare’ blocks more than it incentivizes them to store well-replicated blocks. This is because when a 'rare block' is chosen, miners with access to it compete amongst a smaller number of miners in the PoW puzzle for the same level of reward. As a consequence of this, miners earn more for storing rare blocks on average compared to the t. Upgrade to SPoRA In a recent development, on February 24th, the Arweave network upgraded to use the Succinct Random Proofs of Access (SPoRA) consensus mechanism. It is a new type of consensus mechanism and until block 633720, Arweave was running Proof of Access (PoA). Block 633719 was the last PoA block on the Arweave network before the upgrade and The first SPoRA block mined is 633720. This upgrade will achieve two things, First, SPoRA will make data retrieval more competitive. It will achieve that by improving incentives for retrieval miners for replicating data more efficiently and more swiftly, ending the era of CPU domination. In simwordsorks, SPoRA will make block weave more decentralized and efficient by disincentivizing resource pooling among CPUs. Secondly, It will reduce the energy required to maintain the network. SPoRA’s architecture requires less energy to maintain, resulting not only in lower overhead for miners but in a cleaner and more efficient system overall. This architecture is a more elegant alignment between resource spending and utility. Black shadows Black shadows is a new approach to data distribution and it speed

tokenomics

Tokenomics is the study of how cryptocurrencies work within the broader ecosystem.

Tokenomics is the study of how cryptocurrencies work within the broader ecosystem. This includes token distribution as well as how they can be used to incentivize positive behavior in the network. Tokenomics is a portmanteau of the words token and economics. Tokenomics is the quality of a token that will convince users and investors to adopt it and help build the ecosystem around the underlying project of that token. Trivia Harvard University psychologist B. F. Skinner first propounded the idea of a token economy in 1972. Giving some unit of recognizable value would incentivize positive actions and vice versa. The term tokenomics is has yet to receive widespread recognition. The Oxford English Dictionary, widely accepted as the main authority on the English language, still doesn’t have an entry on tokenomics. Introduction Tokenomics essentially takes what central banks use as monetary policy and apply it in blockchain networks. Tokenomics is the science of the token economy. It covers all aspects involving a coin’s creation, management, and sometimes removal from a network. Token Distribution Projects need to be able to distribute coins out to prospective users. If not, the network can exist but no one will be able to use it. There are different ways this can be achieved. The networks reward validators, or miners, with newly minted coins. In 2017, projects sold a portion of the token supply to prospective users through Initial Coin Offering (ICOs). Other tokens distribute to users via certain actions and behaviors. For example, Augur rewards people for verifying facts on its betting network. Price Stability Cryptocurrencies are notorious for their volatility. This is a problem as fluctuations attract speculators (retail investors) who can stop the network from working properly by buying and selling en masse. Projects can combat this by ensuring there are enough coins to match the levels of supply. This helps to create a stable price for the coin, which encourages people to use the tokens for what they’re designed for. Governance The founding teams behind each project formulate the rules by how tokens are created, or ‘minted’, as well as how they are injected into, and taken out of, the network. Different projects take different approaches. Some projects can include tokens held in reserve which can be added into the ecosystem at a later point, as a way to promote growth or to pay for system maintenance. Ripple (payment protocol) is a good example of this. Other projects take a hands-off approach to how the network works. Augur's developers, for example, play no role in how the network runs, it merely maintains the infrastructure. Some networks, "burn" tokens to help regulate the coin's value in the marketplace. The act of burning happens when currency is sent to a wallet that no one knows the address. In 2020, Andre Cronje, the founder of yEarn Finance (YFI) made the fair launch concept popular among developers in the Ethereum community. Tokens as Governance Some networks, incentivize people to own, hold and use tokens as a way of preventing people from HODLing coins and preventing the network being used as it was designed. Proof-of-stake systems, which rely on validators to actually stake their own coins, helps ensure they act honestly and fairly. If they don’t play by the rules, their tokens can be forfeited. Future Adaption Most teams building a cryptocurrency network won’t go on to be its rulers. Developers of these protocols know that what they build now may not necessarily work in the future. The way in which tokens are governed may need to be altered as the network grows and matures. Some, but not all, have come up with provisions to how network users can effectively change the way tokens are managed within the ecosystem through consensus. Examples of Tokenomics Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto designed Bitcoin so that a steady stream of tokens can enter the network through block rewards. After a block has been successfully validated by a ‘miner’, they receive newly minted bitcoins. A further 101 blocks have to be confirmed before the miner has access to their reward; this incentivizes them to continue validating transactions. The amount of tokens rewarded for each validated block halves overtime, to stop too many bitcoins entering the network at any one time. Many cryptocurrency enthusiasts consider Bitcoin's inception as the first fair launch project. Ethereum Ethereum sold approximately 7 million Ether tokens during its ICO back in 2014 to help kick-start mainstream adoption. There is currently no hard cap on Ether, meaning that the token supply can continue to grow as the network expands. Importance of Tokenomics Blockchain technology enables projects to create micro-economies. To become self-sustaining, they need to figure out how tokens should work within their ecosystem. There can be "no one size fits all’ attitude when it comes to tokens. Blockchain has enabled a diverse range of use cases and implementations. Tokenomics enables teams to create a new or adapt an existing model that works with what the project wants to achieve. This can create a high-functioning and stable platform, if executed properly. There are plenty of models that won't work. These projects will fade away. But for the ones that do, will go on to inspire and guide new projects still to come. <br

popsicle-finance

Popsicle Finance is a cross-chain yield improvement platform that focuses on Automated Market-Making.

Popsicle Finance (PF) is a cross-chain yield improvement platform that focuses on Automated Market-Making (AMM) Liquidity Providers (LP) and is now available on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Fantom Opera. Overview Popsicle Finance manages the liquidity across multiple chains in order to increase capital efficiency and automatically provide its users with the highest possible yield on the assets they wish to deploy to liquidity pools. The live price of Popsicle Finance is $ 0.3966576 per (ICE / USD) today with a current market cap of $ 0 USD. 24-hour trading volume is $ 156,986.67 USD. ICE to USD price is updated in real-time. Popsicle Finance is +1.12% in the last 24 hours. It has a circulating supply of 0 USD.

aelf

Aelf is a customizable operating system (OS) specifically for blockchains. It was launched on 21 December 2017.

Aelf (ELF) (Founded in 2017) is a customizable operating system (OS) specifically for blockchains. Its ticker symbol is ELF, and was launched on 21 December 2017, on multiple exchanges in China without any ICO and instead got private investors on board. This ensured better compliance as KYC was done for all investors with most of them being accredited, with a good track record in token investment. Aelf uses the delegated-proof-of-stake (Dpos) consensus system and sidechains for a unique and adaptable governance system. It provides an efficient and optimized multi-chain parallel-processing system with cross-chain communication. Its delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) enables a consensus protocol that allows ELF token holders to decide which nodes become mining nodes. The nodes which have been voted for determine the distribution of mining bonuses to the rest of the nodes and token holders. Brief History Aelf was developed by Ma Haobao, who is also the CEO of Hoopox. The team is backed by a strong advisory board which includes Michael Arrington (CEO of TechCrunch and founding partner of FGB Capital). The team says it is working on unleashing the blockchain’s potential into mass applications and industries. aelf is now working with Innovation Alliance for increasing the acceptability of blockchain technology which will ultimately increase adoption of aelf’s blockchain. The team is focused to develop aelf to improve other chains in the ecosystem by providing a template and infrastructure for interaction between the sidechains. Overview Aelf has 2 main focuses and the two focuses are on primary innovations: Side chains and a Unique governance system. The project segregates resources and smart contracts through the use of side chains to improve scalability while utilizing a Delegated Proof-of-Stake consensus system for more adaptable governance. Aelf’s blockchain network runs as the main chain. So, businesses can develop their own dApp which will run as a sidechain and not on the mainchain. Individuals can have their custom blockchain and choose its privacy settings, updates, etc. as they have complete control. The mainchain is the backbone of the entire system and can interact with outside chains and the subchains as well. AELF Updates. Aelf ecosystem has been experiencing a shift and several upgrades in between Q1-Q3 2022. detailed below, are notable upgrades within its ecosystem. Technological Upgrades Aelfv1.2.1 has upgraded its naming policy of JSON response to UpperCamelCase. Specifically, this naming upgrade ensures the capitalization of the first letter of every key) and it is now consistent with earlier versions. aelf Explorer v1.2.0 Upgrade: This is the latest version of Aelf explorer and it has split the navigation bars, changed the website color scheme, removed the pop-up for wallet login, and simplified the contract management system. Ecopsystem upgrades In August 2022, aelf’s Testnet experienced five more projects completing their deployment, and they are EWELL, AwakenSwap, NFT Forest, Energy8, and Willow. $ELF Token ELF is currently an ERC-20 token. As such, it can be stored in any wallet with ERC-20 support like MyEtherWallet or Exodus. The Ledger Nano S is also a great option for additional security. When Aelf launches the main net, though, $ELF tokens will switch from Ethereum to the aelf main chain. This means that holders may have to switch which wallet they store funds in. Additionally, there may be extra steps needed in order to exchange ERC20 tokens for the ELF coins on the new blockchain. The total supply of aelf’s tokens is 1,000,000,000 ELF. The peak price so far was $2.71 on January 7, 2018. A private ICO token sale was held December 2017, at which time 250,000,000 ELF was distributed, representing 25 percent of the total supply. Initial investors were accredited venture capital firms like Alphabit, Blockchain Ventures, ChainFunder, Draper Dragon, and FGB Capital. Team Aelf was founded by Ma Haobo. Haobo was previously the founder/CEO of Hoopox as well as the CTO of GemPay and AllCoin. J. Michael Arrington, founder and CEO of TechCrunch, and Zhou Shouji, founding partner of FGB Capital, support the team as members of their advisory board. Partnership & Investors Some of Aelf investors include: FIBIG Capital, Node Capital, ChainFunder, Draper Dragon, Signum Capital, OJLAB, GBIC, Huobi Capital, Alphabit, Blockchain Ventures, CollinStar, Hashed, 1KX, LD Capital, ASYNC, BIXIN Capital, CGS, Galaxy, BlockTower, DHVC, HyperChain Capital, LINKVC, Happy East Capital, S-Capital, BITMAN.

opulous

Opulous is the only platform to mint Music Fungible Tokens (MFTs).

Opulous is a cryptocurrency-powered online platform that connects artists and investors like never before, leveraging future-proof blockchain and smart contract technology. Overview The global recorded music market increased by 8.2% to US$20.2 billion in 2019, marking the fifth consecutive year of growth. Despite this, the industry has a funding issue. Traditional banks refuse to lend to artists because their most valuable assets, the copyrights they own or share, are not accepted as security. The disconnect between the music industry and capital market investors is limiting the sector's growth potential over the next decade. Opulous is a one-of-a-kind tool for the music industry that recognizes the value of royalties rights and empowers entrepreneurs with the financial resources they need to succeed. The platform will leverage an otherwise illiquid asset through tokenization, providing artists and other industry organisations the clout they need to generate funds. The commercial model of recorded music in the twentieth century was driven by financing constraints. Labels would sign acts, give cash, and recoup their investment by taking a cut of the recording's copyright. The majority of musicians were reliant on this centralized setup since they had few other options for raising funds to record, invest in gear, or promote their work.They don't have to be that way any longer. Opulous will provide industry entities access to financial products such as loans and high-interest accounts that have hitherto been denied to them as the world's first peer-to-peer finance platform backed by real-world music copyright holdings. Opulous, a blockchain-based platform created by music industry experts, will connect investors with musicians in need of funding. Aside from the security and efficiency benefits, two key features make Opulous an excellent blockchain deployment: tokenization and smart contract utility. Working with digital assets like copyright has become considerably easier because to tokenization. Opulous can programmatically view the asset, as well as the ownership divides and revenue chain associated with it, in a way that banks have never been able to. Predictable royalty earnings serve as the foundation for making loans, with catalog ownership serving as security. It implies that artists who might have been disregarded in the past will now be eligible for loans, while also offering the strong security that investors seek. Loan terms can be written directly into smart contracts, a feature of blockchain that automates the execution of contractual obligations. The royalties generated by the staked copyright can be used to pay interest and monthly premiums right away. The copyright is immediately transferred back to the original owner after the loan is returned in full with interest, owing to the smart contract. The Opulous platform, a peer-to-peer DeFi solution created for musicians and artists on the Algorand blockchain system, was recently introduced by Ditto Music, a multinational music distribution firm located in Liverpool. With the support of this groundbreaking platform, hundreds of artists will gain access to funds outside of traditional finance, such as banks. Ditto Music helps over 250,000 independent artists and labels globally as one of the world's most important music distribution and record label services platforms. It distributes music to more than 160 music services, including Spotify, iTunes, Deezer, and Shazam .Their core services include chart eligibility, royalty collection, and web promotion, in addition to music distribution. The Algorand Foundation: A Short Overview A non-profit organization founded with the goal of creating a borderless, frictionless economy based on open-source, decentralized blockchain technology. The Algorand blockchain system was created by Silvio Micali and a group of smart scientists. To realize blockchain technology's future promises, the Algorand Foundation is founded on the blockchain protocol and open-source software. This pioneering platform has envisioned an inclusive ecosystem in a sustainable and environmentally responsible manner by applying the Proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Opulous: Bringing Music Assets Into DeFi Opulous is the first-ever DeFi (Decentralized Finance) (DeFi) system supported by music as an asset class for musicians. It functions as a loan pool from which artists can borrow as well as donate. With the copyright they own as collateral, artists can readily receive guaranteed low-interest loans based on their previous streaming profits. By contributing to Opulous' Music Copyright Pools, artists and other investors can bypass the inequitable traditional banking system. Meanwhile, they each receive a ten percent annual return on every dollar they contribute. The inspiration behind such an Open-source platform was none other than the 250,000 plus Ditto users who either were not eligible for financial support through traditional means of banking or who hold their streaming revenues in their accounts. Opulous emerged as a bold new venture for investors and also provided an option for financially supporting artists who fervently want to fund the future of their careers. The platform is not just for Ditto users but is open to anyone without restraints. A welcoming environment for investors Institutional investors have flocked to buy back libraries from industrial giants, but this benefits only the institutional participants on both sides of the transaction. The market for investing in copyright and royalty contracts will be blown wide open by adding a liquid layer to them, as Opulous will do. Opulous becomes a universal open platform in which any number of parties can participate by employing smart contract technology. Because there are fewer overheads with the peer-to-peer approach, more profit may be given out to investors. Opulous, unlike most DeFi (Decentralized Finance) platforms, is backed by real assets, ensuring that funds are safe.The platform's transactional operations will be driven by additional token capabilities, but the fundamental method is to visualize and represent an otherwise underserved asset. Returning control to the artists The music industry's lack of investment has perpetuated a power imbalance that has traditionally favored the bigger players. It has stifled creativity and denied creators with a track record of success and financial security the flexibility they would have in any other field. Artists will be able to respond more quickly in financial markets thanks to Opulous, which will provide them with entrepreneurial tools to help them advance their professions. The rewards could be greater than ever in a rising industry. Significant Features of Opulous Opulous leverages Algorand’s blockchain technology benefits and uses it to connect investors with artists who require a loan. Opulous allows investors to seamlessly share high earnings and diversify their portfolios with assets specifically available to music industry insiders. Monthly premiums and interest repayments are automated, and profits are directed straight to investors using Smart contracts. To provide complete backing, it also onboards staking from third-parties. “Musicians are typically largely disregarded when it comes to typical banking loans, or the terms are so unfavorable that it isn't worth their time,” said Lee Parsons, CEO of Ditto, on the introduction of Opulous. Opulous uses De-Fi to bypass traditional banking, giving musicians a platform with low interest rates and investors the opportunity to invest in one of the world's most fascinating and fastest-growing financial industries.” Opulous is built on Algorand's public blockchain technology, which makes it available to the general public while still ensuring transaction security. Ditto and Randlabs are presently working on it. Algorand Technology is the focus of this blockchain development lab. Borderless Capital, TrystVerse, Somesing, BASIC, and Kosmos Capital have already contributed $1.5 million to Opulous' seed round of funding. Elastos, an open-source blockchain network for digital assets, is its first and foremost staking partner. A Minimum viable product (MVP) is in the works, with a release date set for the end of March. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Borderless Capital, David Garcia, stated that: “Using blockchain technology to democratize the access to the music’s capital markets is really disruptive and unique. We are excited to back the Opulous platform and for the opportunities this is bringing to investors and music artists. By building on top of the Algorand Blockchain, the Opulous platform will perform as one of the first real-world DeFi (Decentralized Finance) applications.” Opulous, a DeFi platform based on Algorand's blockchain technology​, connects investors with artists in need of finance. It will continue to serve as a lending pool for prospective feature musicians in the future. Over the next decade, the industry's revenue is expected to quadruple as new and high-quality investments are made. It's also a significant step forward for decentralized blockchain technology. Uniqueness of the platform DeFi is one of the fastest-growing industries in the cryptocurrency world, with the potential to impact the future of finance. It has already begun to loosen banks' grip and cause consumers to reconsider the outdated practices set by traditional lenders. Existing systems have seen substantial growth, with over $37 billion in DeFi projects already in the works. Opulous will launch a new peer-to-peer service with a ground-breaking collateral method that captures the genuine value of real-world music assets. DeFi lets any borrower to g

hashmasks

The Hashmasks is an NFT collection of 16,384 unique digital portraits, created by over 70 artists globally.

The Hashmasks is a Non-Fungible Token collection of 16,384 unique digital portraits, created by over 70 artists globally. The project launched on the Ethereum blockchain on January 27, 2021. Overview Each Hashmasks NFT comes with explicit and implicit rarities. Explicit rarity is the set of traits serving as general guidance to the public. This includes the character type, mask, skin tone, background, and more. As for the implicit rarity, these are hidden traits of the artworks. For instance, 12.5% of all characters wear an animal mask and only 5.9% of them wear a pixel mask. Collectors may think that pixel masks are more exclusive. But in reality, there are only 13 Hashmasks (0.08%) wearing a unicorn mask. Thus, characters with unicorn masks are in fact, more unique than those wearing a pixel mask. By holding Hashmask portraits, owners accrue NCT (Name Change Token), the native token of Hashmasks artwork. NCT can only be used to change the names of the portraits, and this name is stored and visible publicly on the Ethereum blockchain. Every name is distinct and can only be associated with one NFT. NCTs Emission Rate Each Hashmask will accrue about 3,660 NCTs annually. To alter the name of a hashmask, a user needs 1,830 NCTs. Each participant got an extra 1,830 NCTs during the initial distribution period (14 days). According to the team, the production of new NCTs will stop after ten years. NCTs can only be burned from that point on until all NCTs have been destroyed and the hashmask names can no longer be changed. Once the last NCT token is burnt, the art piece will be complete. Creation The Hashmasks anonymous creator began working on the launch of a project involving NFTs in the fall of 2019, without a clear idea of what it would become. Later, another anonymous creator joined, and the team decided on creating 16,384 pieces of art. To build up the larger team that would help them create the collection, the two took to social media and tried getting the artwork done on Fiverr, where the artwork price starts as low as $5. But the results appeared to be poor and creators had to decline many artists to later found 70 people to work with. The two founders commissioned the artists to create specific parts of Hashmask collectibles like eye color, skin color, and the masks themselves. One of them told in their Decrypt interview: “In the end when we collected all of those artists, my partner and I created the whole piece - the masterpiece - of which most were made using an algorithm, and about 20% were made by hand.” Launch Sales The collection launched on January 27, 2021. One key element of the Hashmasks sale was a sliding scale of purchase prices. The earlier one bought them, the cheaper they were. They started as low as 0.1 ETH ($130 at the time) and rose up to 100 ETH ($130,000) at the time. 3,136 Hashmasks sold after the first 6 hrs 41 min. 12 hours later, that number had risen to 4,000 pieces that had been sold. The first collectible called Hashmask 1, which was originally sold for 0.1 ETH on January 28, made a 100,000% profit, going for $130,000. Others were trading for around 0.9 ETH ($1,600 at the time). In total, the Hashmask collection generated over $16 million in sales. Hidden Traits On January 31, before the initial Hashmask sale was even over, Twitter user Jon McIntosh realized that some collectibles, especially those with numbers belonging to the Fibonacci sequence, all shared hidden Fibonacci symbols. He posted: Found a pattern hidden within @TheHashmasks Hashmasks 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946 all contain fibonacci symbols, because they are all part of the fibonacci sequence. MyCrypto CMO Jordan Spence also figured out that different collectibles could be pieced together like a puzzle. Twitter user Tom Fields said he had gone through hundreds of Hashmasks, adjusting different properties to discover hidden content, and eventually found a dark figure on a yellow background, carrying Plato’s philosophical classic “Republic." Adjusting the levels in the image, Fields explored what appeared to be a QR code spread over the cover of the book. He then spent an hour running through multiple photo programs, until he was able to isolate the QR code and post the revised picture on his Twitter feed. Other Twitter users then realized it was a Rickroll, an Internet prank that directs users to the video of Rick Astley’s famous 1980s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." The Real and the Unreal In February 2021, Twitter user Trentelme identified two collectibles named The Real and The Unreal, which are clones of one another. Hashmask 3350 and Hashmask 9934 both contain a small Sanskrit message running vertically on the left-hand side of the artwork. According to his tweet, he spent more than 20 hours looking through the collectibles. MaskDAO The Hashmasks launched with no roadmap, no team, no marketing, and no secondary sales fee. In support of further developing and building the community, the founders funded numerous initiatives via grants. One such initiative was the formation of MaskDAO which would provide a structure for the most active members of the Hashmasks community to build and elevate the project. The first step toward making a community-led initiative a reality was instituting a 2.5% secondary sales charge where 100% of the revenue would go straight to the DAO. The DAO was formally financed on September 28th, 2021, when the first disbursement was received. A dedicated team was positioned to focus on growing the Hashmasks community. The DAO immediately got to work on developing governance, a marketing strategy, and a budget. They launched The Mask Museum, curated and displayed The Hashmasks at the SCOPE Art Show in Miami during Art Basel week, and brought the community together with weekly Twitter Spaces and Town Halls. Community Grants In February 2022, MaskDAO announced that their proposal system would be replaced with a streamlined two-week Community Grants process. Grant proposals must be well thought-out and can only be submitted by verified Hashmasks owners. The person or team submitting a Community Grant needs to be prepared to answer questions and respond to comments in both voice and written format. New Team In March 2022, a one-off voting process to select the Hashmasks Team took place. The members of the new team have access to treasury funds and the 2.5% sales fee that funded MaskDAO. The sales fee are be used for Hashmasks Team salaries, operational costs, and community grants. The elected Hashmasks team runs day-to-day operations. Word on the Street In September 2022, the inaugural Mask Museum exhibition Hashmasks: Word on the Street opened in the Cryptovoxels virtual world. The Word on the Street Relic is a limited-edition collection of 1,024 NFTs designed by professional 3D artist Greg Gainor. Notable Sales In February 2021, Hashmask 9939 "Sex" which was originally minted for 0.5 ETH, sold on Opensea for 420 ETH (around $636,000 at the time of the sale). The same user bought Hashmask 6718 "God of War" for 300 ETH (around $479,000 at the time of the sale).

bamboo-relay

Bamboo Relay is a relayer for decentralized protocols. Bamboo is powered by 0x protocol for trading

Bamboo Relay is a relayer for decentralized protocols. Bamboo is powered by 0x protocol for trading and bZx for margin and lending. Overview Bamboo Relay is a relayer built on the Ethereum blockchain that works as a decentralized exchange (DEX). Integrated with the 0x protocol and bZx, Bamboo Relay allows users to trade Ethereum-based tokens directly from their wallets. Bamboo Relay also gives users the ability to engage in margin trading and borrow and lend crypto assets. Bamboo Relay permits users to make deposits within the platform via credit card. This feature was made possible through an integration with Carbon, a digital manufacturing platform. In June 2020, Bamboo integrated Chainlink oracles for stop-loss order functionalities. A stop-loss order allows users to provide specific instructions about when to buy or sell cryptocurrency tokens. The tokens may be bought or sold when they reach a certain price, referred to as the “stop price.” If and when the stop price is reached, the stop order is converted into an actual market order and is executed as soon as possible. The Bamboo team noted: “Bamboo Relay is the first 0x relayer to add stop-loss functionality and bring it to the 0x ecosystem. While the initial integration will be limited to Bamboo Relay, future integrations will allow anyone on the 0x mesh framework to utilize Chainlink for this feature.” The market-making connector for Bamboo Relay uses Hummingbot, a software that allows users to create and run their own market-making bots with custom strategies. Connector Operating Modes The Bamboo Relay connector supports two modes of operation, open order book, and coordinated order book. By default, the open order book mode is on for maximum order visibility and network syndication. 1. Open Order Book: Open order book mode allows for off-chain orders to be submitted and any taker to fill these orders on-chain. Orders may only be canceled by submitting a transaction and paying gas network costs. Open orders are syndicated through the 0x Mesh Network as well as directly submitted to the 0x API. 2. Coordinated order book: The coordinated order book mode extends the open order book mode by adding the ability to soft-cancel orders and a selective delay on order fills while preserving network and contract fillable liquidity. This is achieved by the use of a coordinator server component and coordinator smart contracts. At this time coordinated orders are not supported through the 0x Mesh Network or 0x API. Trading Fees Every trade on Bamboo Relay occurs between two parties: 1. The maker, whose order exists on the order book prior to the trade. Makers are named so because their orders make the liquidity in a market. 2. The taker, who places the order that matches (or "takes") the maker’s order. Takers are the ones who remove this liquidity by matching makers’ orders with their own. Bamboo Relay's trading fee for takers is 0.2%, while makers trade for 0.1%.

gary-wang

Gary Wang is a co-founder and former CTO at FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange.

Gary Wang is an entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is known as the co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO) at FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange. He was a software engineer at Google prior to co-founding FTX with Sam Bankman Fried. Prior to the collapse of FTX in November 2022, Gary Wang was considered one of the richest and youngest self-made billionaires in the world. Education In 2011, Gary Wang attended MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where he studied mathematics and computer science, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in math and computer science, in 2015. During his undergraduate studies, he took part in a variety of technology projects, including coding his team's robot for MIT's Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition, and worked as an intern at Facebook. Career After he graduated from MIT in 2015, Wang worked for 2 years at Google as a software engineer. In 2017, Wang became bored working at Google and was persuaded to leave Google by his college friend Sam Bankman-Fried. They both worked at Alameda Research, a trading firm. Together with Bankman-Fried, Wang founded FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, and later relocated the company's headquarters from San Francisco to Hong Kong and then to the Bahamas, which has more favorable cryptocurrency regulations. He later cofounded FTX U.S, a sub-organization of the FTX company, which had a license to operate in the United States of America. Shortly after FTX was established, the company became successful and was worth 18 billion US dollars in 2021 and was worth 40 billion US dollars in 2022 before it collapsed in November 2022.

greg-mike

Greg Mike is a crossroads between civilizations. He is a studio artist who has received advanced training in graphic design.

Greg Mike ( born 1 May 1982) is a crossroads between civilizations. He is a studio artist who has received advanced training in graphic design, fashion design, street art, and industrial branding and packaging. Personal Greg started developing strong interest in arts in his early teens, after becoming fascinated with the boundless energy and crisp line work of classic American mid-century cartoons. !greg-mike.webp I painted graffiti all through high school and was introduced to graphic design during my senior year. I started making local skate zines by taping drawings and photos together, photocopying them and distributing them to local shops. Once I got my hands on an old computer, I started using the line and fill tools in Microsoft Paint to create digital pieces. Greg said. He was born and raised in Connecticut, childhood trips to NYC in the mid-’80s exposed "Greg Mike" Mensching to the creative potential of reinventing public spaces through art and design.He began painting on skateboards and walls when he was twelve years old, and he continued to do so throughout his adolescence. As a senior in high school, he refined his style by studying graphic design, which he introduced into his works. And this can still be reflected in his work today, whether it's on whole houses or massive walls (next up he wants to paint a commercial airplane). Education Florida State University, Design + MarketingField Of StudyDesign + Marketing (2000 – 2004) Florida State University, Fine/Studio Arts, General (2000 – 2004) Florida State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) (2000 – 2003) Career He has been known for works that integrate vibrant bursts of incandescent color filtered from a Surrealist Pop Art perspective, which are further influenced by his intense engagement with skate culture and his intersections with the fashion world. His universe is unsettling, mischievous, and uniquely captivating, with a cast of gleefully warped characters. !18FE5828-4F06-4B5A-8C09-29E3CD29040Ajpeg.jpeg His style evolves with time, but the central features, such as heavily pigmented shades, typography, retro characters, and animals, remain constant. To harness his imagination, the artist uses traditional spray paint as well as oil, acrylic, pen and pencil, computers and tablets, or, in his own words, "through any means possible." When these ingredients are mixed, the result is art that is "a little twisted, a little cheerful, a little dark and wild, but mostly optimistic." LARRY LOUDMOUF, a recurring character in his works, and as the name implies, loud by name, loud by default, as this character is a physical reflection of his inner thoughts and feelings. When asked about Who/what has had the biggest impact on his career, Greg said; There are a few things I feel have impacted my career. First, utilizing spray paint as a tool to create art. The speed of being able to paint goes well with my ADD personality and thought process. I am constantly thinking about how blessed we are to have that tool and the new technology with low-pressure paint and extensive color range availability. From a big picture creative standpoint, I think Walt Disney has inspired me to think larger than just the canvas. He founded ABV Gallery and Agency in Atlanta, GA in 2008, which exhibits international artists and partners with brands on commercial design projects. ABV serves as a forum for Atlanta innovators while also serving as a museum, showcasing new artists alongside well-known names from around the world.GM created OuterSpace Project in Atlanta, GA in 2015, an event series that combines public art, live music, architecture, action sports, and community. ABV is an Atlanta-based experiential marketing agency, production lab, and modern art gallery. We excel in turning our clients' dreams and aspirations into striking images, objects, and interactions as an artistic powerhouse. We produce one-of-a-kind and entertaining work that stands out from the crowd, from architecture to fabrication. The gallery space at ABV houses work by some of the world's best modern artists and designers. Exhibitions, as well as pop-up concepts and festivals, are held in the gallery room. Symbolism of Larry Loudmouf !COLORloudmoufmural_mwells_oneuseonlyjpg.jpeg It simply represented his voice and artistic thoughts at first. Although, thanks to the thousands of “Loudmouf Says” phrases submitted online over the years [where anybody can apply a catchphrase for Larry to “speak” that is then printed on billboards and merchandise], it has grown into a global art movement. Via Larry, the artist has gotten submissions from people all over the world expressing their opinions and beliefs. Exhibitions & Installations The renown artist has done quite a number of exhibitions and installations some of which are listed below: "Popstars and Cokeheads" - Installment 1 - Solo Exhibition Medicine Agency - San Francisco, CA. 2009 "Popstars and Cokeheads" - Installment 2 - Solo Exhibition - Kai Lin Art - Atlanta, GA 2009 "Popstars and Cokeheads" - Installment 3 - Solo Exhibition - Butter Gallery - Miami, FL. 2009 "The Tenderloin Project" - Installment 1 Medicine Agency - San Francisco, CA. 2010 "Awesome Number One Big Fun Group Show" Medicine Agency - San Francisco, CA. 2010 "Living Walls Exhibition - The City Speaks" Outdoor Mural Project - Atlanta, GA. 2010 "Supernatural Circus" ABV Gallery - Atlanta, GA. 2010 "Art Basel Showcase" Butter Gallery - Miami, FL. 2010 Tott Global Showcase - Art Basel Pop-Up Gallery - Miami, FL. 2010 "Bay to the A" - TOTT Global Showcase at ABV Gallery - Atlanta, 2010 Reebok Mural - Outdoor Mural, Atlanta, GA 2011 Da Playground - Installation, Atlanta, GA 2011 "Save the Day, Kill the Night" Group Show at ABV Gallery. Atlanta, GA 2011 Basel Castle / Tott Global Showcase - Art Basel Pop-Up Gallery - Miami, FL. 2011 Moxie Creative Agency - Shipping Container Installation. Atlanta, GA. 2011 "Text, Drugs and Rock + Roll" - Maxwell Colette Gallery - Chicago, IL. 2011 "Monsters" - Kai Lin Art Gallery - Atlanta, GA. 2011 Wynwood Arts District - Outdoor Mural, Miami, FL 2011 "Living Walls Exhibition - The City Speaks" Outdoor Mural Project - Atlanta, GA. 2011 Works Greg Mike's bright and bombastic exhibition The new exhibition includes 25 massive paintings on canvas that feature the artist's signature vivid, bombastic, and polished style, as well as photorealistic animals and his now-iconic character, Larry Loudmouf. !AFTERLIFE-2-CROPPED3jpg.jpeg Within Voices is Greg's first big solo exhibition in Los Angeles since 2014, after spending the previous four years painting murals around the country, including Bear Witness in Venice, CA.Greg declares Inside Voices to be his loudest and largest show to date, after a time of enormous artistic development, becoming a father, and a snowboarding accident that could have stopped him from ever painting again. !fetched-img-6f6b2e0c7814e000jpg.jpeg Greg declares Inside Voices to be his loudest and largest show to date, after a time of enormous artistic development, becoming a father, and a snowboarding accident that could have stopped him from ever painting again. "As a kid, adults always tell you to use your ‘inside voice’. Be quiet. Behave like an adult," Greg says. "There’s this belief our society keeps pushing that in order to grow up you have to give up your voice and stop expressing yourself. Inside Voices is a complete rejection of that. These new works leverage the style of my outdoor murals, but move inside of the gallery space — and inside of collectors homes — to explore visual representations of internal dialogues." Awards He has received several awards in his already industrious and illustrious career. Some of which are outlined below : Mike received the key to the city of Worcester, Massachusetts award from Mayor Joseph Petty in September 2016. Creative Loafing 2017's Most Known Visual Artist Notable Georgians Award 2017 Greg Mike; an Inspiration Tyler Marenyi aka NGHTMRE fell in love with Atlanta-based artist Greg Mike's art and style after coming across an art installation at Atlanta's Counterpoint Music Festival in 2012. Greg Mike has become known for works that combine vibrant flashes of incandescent color filtered from a Surrealist Pop Art perspective, which are further influenced by his intense engagement with skate culture and his encounters with the fashion world. With murals in Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and the Swiss Alps, to name a few, it was clear that his work would inspire a lot of other people. Greg Mike is the founder and artistic director of ABV AGENCY + GALLERY, a multi-platform creative studio that specializes in graphic design, street art, mural projects, art direction, and more. He is currently based in Atlanta. Fast forward nine years, and NGHTMRE's quest to stay creative has led him to rekindle some of these priceless moments of inspiration. NGHTMRE first came across Greg Mike's art in 2012 and continued to pursue him through the years, gradually becoming friends and partners. Finally, the two have revealed a special NFT Digital Art drop via Nifty Gateway, bringing the story full circle. Four animated works of digital art titled "GUD MORNING," "HIGH NOON," "NIGHT MODE," and "FUTURE FORECAST" will be up for sale today in an auction-style showcase. I’ve really loved Greg Mike’s work for so long it’s amazing to be able to collaborate on something as unique as this. I’ve always loved the idea of audio/visual collaborations and this is my first opportunity to be able to do it! – NGHTMRE

osinachi

Osinachi is a Nigerian digital artist of Igbo descent.

Osinachi (born October 24, 1991) is a Nigerian digital artist of Igbo descent, whose work explores personal experiences within a technological environment. Being the indigenous crypto artist in Africa, he saw the possibility with drawings using Microsoft Word, where he utilizes the basic limited design palette of the word processing software to create narrative illustrations. In March 2021, Osinachi sold $75,000 worth of crypto art over a ten-day period. In May 2021, Osinachi was featured in the Binance NFT ‘100 Creators’ campaign as one of those artists who will be able to sell their NFT artworks during the launch of the Binance exchange's upcoming NFT marketplace. Career Known as Africa's foremost crypto artist, Osinachi made a huge splash on the digital art scene over 2020. With an unmistakable style and a unique color palette inspired by Nigerian textiles, his work combats the negativity of his country’s vicious laws with stories of love and happiness. Having extended the tentacles of his work across varieties of artworks, he intentionally uses his work to confronts topics of environmentalism, racism, sexism, and single parenthood. The artist was able to find new ways of employing a seemingly common tool, i.e Microsoft Word, to create digital artworks that accentuate the important stories he wanted to tell. Speaking on how his interest was ignited, Osinachi said that he has been making art since his childhood. Initially, all he did with the computer was using the computer to type manuscripts of stories and poems he'd written. Aside from writing stories using Microsoft Word, he soon found out that he enjoyed playing around with the software and that was where it took actually for him. As he veered off utilizing Microsoft software, he didn’t take art-making seriously until 2014 when he was done with his undergraduate research project and needed something meaningful to fill his time with. After completing Nigeria’s compulsory National Youth Service Corps scheme and not finding work, sometime in the second half of 2016, Osinachi started emailing art galleries for a chance to display his drawings. The responses he got from these galleries were negative, except for only one. ARTOJA, an online art marketplace, helped to place his portfolio on their website. For some time, Osinachi worked at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (his alma mater) as an academic librarian, teaching and grading assignments by day and he resumed drawing by night. Speaking about his interception with the NFT crypto art space in 2017, Osinachi said he didn’t even fully understand the space before he went into it. In 2018, Osinachi became the first-ever Nigerian artist to showcase artworks at the Ethereal Summit, a conference that seeks to bridge the gap between technology and art through blockchain. He was also a finalist for the Bridgeman Studio Award 2019. In September 2021 , Osinachi's NFTs - 'Different Shades of Water' were auctioned in Christies First Open: Post-War and Contemporary Art Online. Five of his Artworks, which reinterpret (a 1972 swimming pool painting by David Hockney, had approximate value between £40,000 and £60,000 each in an online-only sale from October 5th to 19th. In September 2022, he along with other 8 artists collaborated with English songwriter and actor David Bowie's The Bowie Estate to create Bowie on the Blockchain NFT series. The sale was scheduled to happen on 13th September 2022, but it was postponed because of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. Art and Tools Osinachi uses the drawing tools in the Microsoft Word processor to sketch. After sketching, he adds colors and every other digital embellishment he thinks is required for the piece to reach or exceed the original vision he had. Once he is done with that, Osinachi proceeds to convert the file to PDF and make a JPG or PNG version of it. For material artworks, which are produced as limited edition prints, this is where the process of creating ends. However, if he needs to animate the work to tell a fuller story, he moves the file to Adobe After Effects. Vision Osinachi enshrined Africanism into the majority of his drawings. For Osinachi, the pride of being an African, and the uniqueness of his racial color had driven his interests and his area of influence by artists is his Africa-Verse. In his interviews, Osinachi spoke on the celebration of the African queer culture, sexuality, and blackness at the same time. Through his artistic work, Osinachi aims at informing citizens that sexual minorities exist and their demonization is not fair. In pursuance of gender and racial equality, Osinachi also designed a digital art with the tag ICannotBreathe inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. In May 2020, this artwork was has minted and sold for 7 ETH at SuperRare (about $1,703 at that time). Personal Life Osinachi's full name is Prince Jacon Osinachi Igwe and he lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He was born and raised in Aba, Nigeria. Social Media Osinachi has more than 8700 followers on Twitter and on Instagram, he is followed by more than 9200 followers. Exhibitions Osinachi's art exhibitions include the following: | Art-Tag Exhibit | Location | Year | | --------------- | -------- | ---- | | Existence as Protest | Zurich, Switzerland | 2020 (Solo) | | ETH Denver 2020 | Denver | 2020 (Group) | | Daydreaming | Lagos, Nigeria | 2019 (Group) | | iDesign Art V Affordable Art Sale | Lagos | 2019 (Group) | | Ethereal Summit Conference | New York, | 2018 (Group) |

robert-habermeier

Robert Habermeier is a Co-Founder of Polkadot, a network protocol enabling data and token transfers across blockchains and he's also a Partner at Hypersphere Ve...

Robert Habermeier is a Co-Founder of the Polkadot Network and Managing Partner at Hypersphere Ventures. Robert Habermeier is a blockchain entrepreneur and researcher with experience in cryptography, game theory, and distributed systems. Career Robert Habermeier was first introduced to bitcoin and blockchain in 2011. In 2013 he started working on the Rust programming language. In 2015, Robert became aware of Parity which was working on Ethereum in Rust, there he became an Ethereum core developer while working with the team at Parity. In 2016, he started working with Gavin Wood and Peter Czaban on the design of Polkadot's Parachains which are the fundamental scaling primitive of Polkadot. Polkadot Polkadot is a network protocol that enables the transfer of arbitrary data, including tokens, across blockchains. This allows for the possibility of cross-chain registries and cross-chain computation. It is capable of transferring data between public, open, permissionless, and private, permissioned blockchains. This makes it possible to develop applications that can use permissioned data from a private blockchain on a public blockchain. Robert Habermeier is an editor of Polkadot Network and Kusama\_Network where he creates content related to blockchains and Polkadot. When asked about what differentiates Polkadot from other blockchains, Robert answered; "First, we want to make it easy for people to write specialized purpose-built blockchains, to get security for those blockchains so that they don't have to worry about gathering a minor community which is another issue that we've seen is difficult because these things can be 51% attack and lastly to connect these blockchains so you can have use cases that are emergent among many specific utilities" In June 2018, Robert Habermeier was named a 2018 Thiel Fellow. As a Thiel Fellow, Robert received $100,000 over two years to further the development of the Polkadot project, as well as mentorship from the foundation’s large network of entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists. Robert is a thought leader in the cryptocurrency space, having authored numerous blog posts and articles and presented at conferences on topics related to blockchain technology. He is also a mentor for the Web3 Foundation, helping to cultivate the next generation of blockchain developers.

ethereum-classic

Ethereum Classic is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality.

Ethereum Classic is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. It is a hard fork of the original Ethereum blockchain with the same consensus rules. Ethereum Classic was created when the original Ethereum blockchain was hard-forked in 2016. Since then, Ethereum Classic has built a blockchain community of developers dedicated to its growth. The Ethereum Classic platform enables users to create and deploy decentralized applications, create and manage digital assets, and create smart contracts. The blockchain is also well known in the crypto community for frequent hacks on its system. History Ethereum Classic is the legacy chain of Ethereum — a blockchain network founded by Vitalik Buterin and Gavin Wood. However, its true supporters are members who maintained the immutability "code is law" stance i.e. non-supporters of the hard fork that took place after The DAO hack incident. Initially, the Ethereum blockchain was established as a single network that facilitates transactions using the cryptocurrency ether or ETH. It quickly gained popularity for initial coin offerings (ICOs), as numerous teams used the platform to launch tokens. One of the most successful ICOs was The DAO. The DAO The DAO was the first-ever decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), allowing many would-be investors and entrepreneurs a chance to pitch and back ideas, with all parties reaping the rewards if they were successful. It was essentially a decentralized Kickstarter that used the Ethereum blockchain and operated via a set of smart contracts. It raised over $150 million or 12.7 million Ether in April 2016, making it one of the largest crowdfunding campaigns in history. The DAO Hack On June 17, 2016, the DAO was hacked. The hack was caused when the 'Split Function', (which was a way for investors to withdraw their support from a project and get their Ether back) was triggered repeatedly to drain the DAO of 11.5 million ETH worth $50 million at the time. The amount taken represented about a third of the DAO’s Ether. The hackers found a loophole in the blockchain code that meant the network repeatedly refunded the same DAO tokens — without the transactions being registered on the public ledger. This happened because the coders of the DAO smart contract didn’t account for the possibility of a recursive call. The smart contract was also set up so that ETH would be refunded prior to the internal token balance being updated. Due to the scale of the hack, many investors proposed reversing the Ethereum blockchain to rescue the affected investors, while others argued that doing so would set the precedent for future bailouts. A poll was conducted, with 97% of the community voting to restore the funds through a hard fork (which occurs when the original codes of a blockchain are changed in such a way that the newly generated data no longer matches the old data). Ethereum Classic (ETC) As a result of the hard fork, the Ethereum blockchain split into two separate networks. The newer, forked network inherited the name Ethereum and uses ETH or ether as its cryptocurrency. The older, unforked one was named Ethereum Classic and it uses ETC. Tokenomics Ethereum Classic's token distribution follows the same pattern as Ethereum's, due to the fact that they both share a common history. Before the division caused by The DAO incident, ETH and ETC were the same assets (initially referred to as ETH). The original distribution event occurred through a public token sale managed by the Ethereum Foundation, which sold roughly 60 million ETH (80% of the initial 72 million ETH supply). The sale took place between Jul. 22, 2014, and Sep. 2, 2014. The remaining 12 million ETH (20% of the initial supply) were allocated to the Foundation and early contributors. Of the ether sent to the Foundation: 3 million were allocated to a long-term endowment 6 million were distributed among 85 developers who contributed prior to the crowdsale 3 million were designed as a “developer purchase program” that gave Ethereum developers the rights to purchase ETC at crowdsale prices Ethereum Classic uses a Proof-of-Work (PoW) mining algorithm where miners are rewarded with new coins for validating the blockchain in competition with each other. The Fork Distribution When Ethereum and Ethereum Classic split following the DAO fork (on July 20, 2016), holders of ETH received equivalent amounts of ETH and ETC. Following a contentious hard fork, users of the original chain may be able to claim the native asset issued on the new chain, if different. Since the Ethereum Foundation trademarked the name "Ethereum" and the "ETH" ticker, the legacy chain opted to rebrand itself to "Ethereum Classic" and use the ticker "ETC" for its native asset. ETC Usage ETC is a native token on Ethereum Classic and like ETH, its primary use is to pay for the decentralized computation when using the network. It is also a native token with a monetary policy that creates a predictable, disinflationary emission schedule with a fixed supply cap. These qualities aim to give ETC store of value (SoV) properties. It is used to pay for executing transactions and smart contracts functions commonly referred to as 'gas'. The asset also serves as a reward to miners for contributing resources to the network. Technology Ethereum Classic (ETC) is an account-based blockchain consisting of external accounts, which are controlled by a user's private keys, and contract accounts, managed by contract code. External contracts can create and sign messages to send to both types of accounts, while contract accounts can only execute transactions automatically in response to a message they have received. These contract accounts are referred to as smart contracts and can be used to enable the programmability of decentralized applications (dApps). Ethereum Classic utilizes the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), a Turing-complete virtual machine featuring the language “EVM bytecode”, which is typically written in a higher-level language such as Solidity or Vyper. Every operation on the EVM requires computational effort and memory, for which node operators and miners provide and are compensated with gas. A normal transaction on the network costs 21,000 gas but costs more if a user is trying to execute something more complex as that requires more computational power. Users can also speed up their transactions by raising the gas price since that will incentivize miners to include the transaction(s) in the next block to receive those fees. Governance The Ethereum Classic Improvement Proposal (ECIP) process is a standardized model for proposing changes to the Ethereum Classic ecosystem, allowing anyone to submit code changes. Proposals must pass through several stages before being implemented, beginning in the “Draft Stage” and progressing to the “Accepted Stage” upon passing by rough consensus. Client developers may add the submitted changes to their clients at their discretion, and there are no on-chain voting mechanisms used to make changes. Hacks The DAO fork replay attacks On 20 July 2016, a replay attack occurred due to reliance on the same clients when the DAO fork was created and broadcast on both the ETC and ETH networks. To address this issue, the Ethereum Classic network was updated on 13 January 2017 to resolve transaction replay attacks, thus separating the two networks. RHG sells stolen ETC On 10 August 2016, the Robin Hood Group transferred 2.9 million ETC to Poloniex in an attempt to sell ETC for ETH on the advice of Bitly SA. 14% of the ETC was successfully converted to ETH and other currencies, while 86% was frozen by Poloniex. On 30 August 2016, Poloniex returned the ETC funds to the RHG by setting up a refund contract on the ETC network. Classic Ether Wallet website attack On 29 June 2017, the Ethereum Classic Twitter account released a statement indicating a possible compromise of the website for Classic Ether Wallet. The statement was later confirmed by Threatpost. The Ethereum Classic team and Cloudflare collaborated to place a warning on the suspected domain to alert users of the phishing attack. 51% double spend attacks On January 7, 2019, ETC developers were alerted to a possible attack on the network by Chinese blockchain security firm SlowMist, which was relayed to the wider community via Twitter. A tweet from the ETC Twitter handle, which has since been deleted, suggested that testing of new 1,400/Mh ethash machines by ASIC manufacturer Linzhi may have been connected to the attack. ETC developers stated that the attack was “most likely selfish mining” and that no double spends had been detected at the time of the alert. Another 51% attack occurred on August 29, 2020, which caused the reorganization of over 7,000 blocks and this corresponds to approximately two days of mining. Twitter Account Change Since its inception in July 2016, the Ethereum Classic Twitter account had built up over 600,000 followers. Until September 15, 2022, it was primarily used to post about Ethereum Classic. On October 6, 2022, the 600k Twitter page was updated to support the Ergo Platform , a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain capable of facilitating smart contracts, similar to Ethereum, with links to Cardano. Bob Summerwill, the executive director of a public charity supporting Ethereum Classic, noted in a pinned thread that “6 years of community work has been erased.”

okcash

OKCash (founded November 24, 2014) is an open-source digital currency that enables its users to make transactions instantly.

OKCash is an open-source digital currency that enables its users to make transactions instantly. It boasts of a confirmation rate higher than most cryptocurrencies around. History OKCash started out in 2014 as Pimpcash and was rebranded in February 2015 to OKCash by the lead developer who calls himself OKToshi. He has a lot of experience in software development, he created ROKOS, a Linux-based OS for IoT devices like Raspberry Pi, which, incidentally, comes with a built-in wallet for OKCash as well as some other cryptocurrencies. OKCash prides on being open-source and completely decentralized, and absolutely anyone can contribute to the OKCash code. It has a huge community of creative developers meeting together to help develop the currency. OKCash was one of the earlier coins to use the Proof-of-stake technology, which requires much less energy to mine than Proof-of-work coins. During the first 15 days after its launch, it was based on a Proof-of-work system, and the mining lasted for this period without halving, so it was fair for all miners, even if they started mining late. It became fully Proof-of-Stake after this period, fulfilling its goal of hybrid initial distribution. Like Bitcoin, OKCash coins (OK) can be mined, but unlike Bitcoin, OKCash is based on the Proof-of-Stake consensus system. The circulating supply of OKCash is about 74.088 million OK coins, less than 75 % of the total 105 million coins. It has a market cap of 4.94 million USD with an individual price of about $ 0.0666 USD, as of July 2018. Aim The main mission of the Okcash project is to empower its users while being both energy-friendly and sustainable. They evolve with positive innovations, and decentralization to give the power to the user and help move crypto forward. The OK movement mission is to help change the world with positive innovation. These are some of the benefits of using Okcash includes: Multiplatform [Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, IoT devices] 100% upload time + Decentralized. Efficiency [5+ years tested chain] Availability worldwide [Network running 24/7] Transaction Speeds [Less than 72 seconds] Lowest Fees [ 0.0001 OK = 0.000005 USD aprox\] Constantly growing community/network [More services, users and developers joining and supporting Okcash and the OK movement] How to buy OKCash OKCash coins can be bought from about 10 exchanges with mainly Bitcoin, but Ether, Tether, Dogecoin, Litecoin, etc can be used. The exchanges include Upbit, YoBit, Bittrex, Cryptopia, and others. OK coins can also be bought using fiat currencies at a few exchanges, including LiteBit (Euro), Upbit (Korean Won), and YoBit (USD and RUR). OKCash has its own native wallets, which include a desktop OKCash wallet compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac OS and a mobile wallet compatible with Android and iOS. It also has a paper wallet, available on GitHub. In addition, OKCash coins can be stored on the Coinomi wallet. Trends so Far OKCash has had a fair share of volatility. Its value has ranged from its minimum of 0.000038 USD in March 2015 to a peak value of 0.76 USD in September 2017. Its price was 0.000217 USD when it was launched in December 2014, and it costs 0.0666 USD currently (as of July 2018). For all its volatility, however, the currency has never crossed the $1 boundary.

efforce

Efforce is the first blockchain-based energy-saving trading platform that allows anyone to participate.

Efforce (WOZX) is the first blockchain-based energy-saving trading platform that allows anyone to participate and benefit from tokenized energy savings generated by energy efficient projects worldwide. Overview Efforce acts as a digital marketplace where companies can use to raise funding for energy-efficiency projects. The platform works with energy service companies (ESCOs) to evaluate the investment needed for projects, calculate the anticipated savings, and come up with a contract that details the returns for the company and investors. The platform then lists the project for crowd contribution. Meaning, participants may buy into the project using fractional or whole WOZX tokens. Efforce then measures the energy savings from the project through smart meter s attached to the blockchain. The platform then logs them on the WOZX blockchain. Any savings data is loaded into the investor's profile as energy credits for use or sale by the investor. Energy credits are distributed in megawatts-hours. The energy savings generated becomes an asset to token holders, where they can decide to sell them or use them to reduce their electricity bills. History Efforce was started by co-founders Steve Wozniak, Jacopo Visetti, Jacopo Vanetti, Ken Hardesty, Stefano Scozzese, and Andrea Castiglione in January 2018. The platform was created to allow everyone to participate and benefit financially from global energy efficient projects, while also creating meaningful environmental change. On December 3, 2020, the platform launched their token, WOZX, which was named after Wozniak himself. The token reached a market cap of $950 million in the first 13 minutes after it launched. WOZX surged by 1,400 percent and the initial price of the digital currency rose from $0.1 to $1.41 since it started trading. WOZX Token Efforce's platform launched their own cryptocurrency under the ticker symbol, $WOZX, on December 3, 2020, on the HBTC exchange. WOZX is given to those who take part in the platform's energy-saving initiatives. Holders of the token can take part in decision-making involving the Efforce platform. Token Distribution The total WOZX token fixed supply is capped off at 1,000,000,000 WOZX and no new tokens will be created. The tokens are allocated as follows: 45% for Private Placement 20% for Efforce Ltd 20% for Incentive for mining 15% for Ecosystem and Consultants Purchasing WOZX To buy WOZX, prospective holders need to set up an account on the HBTC exchange. Once in the exchange, users will need to buy the token WOZX is paired with, Tether (USDT), a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. Once USDT is bought, holders can use it to buy WOZX. Holders can also move USDT from other exchanges into the HBTC exchange.

bridget-van-kralingen

Bridget A. van Kralingen senior Vice President, Global Markets, and Senior Executive Sponsor of the LGBT community at IBM.

Bridget A. van Kralingen (born 1963) is the Senior Vice President, Global Markets, and Senior Executive Sponsor of the LGBT+ community at IBM. She was born in England and raised in South Africa. Bridget started her service as a Senior Vice President of IBM Global Industry Platforms in New York City in 2016. Before joining IBM in 2004, she worked for nearly 14 years for Deloitte in several management positions. Educated in South Africa, she has been named in <emFortune</em's 50 Most Powerful Women list in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. At IBM, she is responsible for strategy, execution, business results, and client satisfaction for the full range of IBM's businesses in the United States and Canada. She is accountable for IBM's portfolios in consulting, technology services, software, hardware, and financing for clients, which together generate about $40 billion in revenue each year. Education Van Kralingen earned a bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1984, followed by an honors degree in commerce from the University of Johannesburg in 1985. She received a master's degree in commerce and psychology from the University of South Africa in 1990. Career Van Kralingen began her career as a senior researcher for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa from 1986 to 1989. She then moved to Deloitte in South Africa, where she was Managing Partner for Strategy and Organization Development from 1989 to 1997. In 1997 she moved to New York City to serve as National Managing Partner for Financial Services at Deloitte Consulting, a position she held until 2004. In April 2004 van Kralingen joined IBM Global Services in New York City as a Global Managing Partner of Financial Services. In November 2006 she was promoted to General Manager of IBM Global Business Services for Northeast Europe, Middle East, and Africa. From January 2010 to January 2012, she served as General Manager for IBM North America. The retirement of Frank Kern from IBM Global Business Services paved the way for van Kralingen's promotion to Senior Vice President of IBM Global Business Services in January 2012. As Senior Vice President, van Kralingen oversees more than 100,000 consultants and service providers in over 170 countries. In 2011, she reportedly generated 18% of IBM's sales total of $107 billion. Other activities In 2011 Van Kralingen joined the board of directors of the Royal Bank of Canada. She is also an advisory board member of the nonprofit organization Partnership for New York City. Honors Van Kralingen was named in Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women list for five consecutive years in the 2010s. She ranked 39 in 2011, 23 in 2012, 28 in 2013, 37 in 2014, and 35 in 2015. She was named one of the Top 25 Consultants in 2006 by Consulting Magazine, and one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance in 2005 by Euromoney. Selected articles "Public-Private Partnerships Are Key to U.S. Competitiveness" The Huffington Post, December 18, 2011 "The Future of Leadership: Leading Through Systemic Change" The Huffington Post, September 19, 2011 "We Need to Redefine ROI In Our Everyday World" The Huffington Post, October 20, 2010 "IBM's Transformation – From Survival To Success" Forbes, July 7, 2010 IBM IBM also known as International Business Machines is an IT technology and consulting firm providing computer hardware, software, infrastructure, and hosting services. It has its Headquarters in New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US IBM spent $34 billion to acquire Red Hat in a deal that closed in 2019, an attempt to position itself as a hybrid cloud vendor after failed attempts to build a public cloud business and compete with the likes of AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud.

fang-gang

Fang Gang is a collection of 8888 randomly assembled Fangsters.

Fang Gang is a collection of 8888 randomly assembled Fangsters - twisted lunatics that come out at night to throw parties, hang around in dark alleys, and have fun on the streets of New Fang City. Overview Fang Gang is a collection developed by four NFT fanatics that have been in the NFT space since early March. Besides having the dopest character represent on every platform, users can be able to trade it, use it to enter giveaways, and claim exclusive rewards that are for holders only. Besides that, it will also give users a voice in community-driven events. Rarity Each Fangster is comprised of a head, face, body, fur, and background traits. Each reflecting their personalities. When going out at night to throw parties or just hangin' in the back alley, they express themselves through their style. Their traits can be common, uncommon, rare, or mythic. Some are doper than others, but they're all fit for a Fangster. Every gang has their leaders, so some Fangsters are Special - 1/1 editions, meaning no one’s ever gonna bite their toes. Merch Store A real Fangster can’t go without catching the latest merch drop. The last milestone on the Fang Gang roadmap is the launch of a premium merch store. From fresh crewneck sweaters to dope long-sleeve tees, five-panel caps, and beanies. These are just some of the goodies. Some are showcase recognizable Fang Gang imagery and brands from their world, like Wildfangz and BITE. Team & Collaborations Paca - Artist, Design Whiz, Undercover Memelord Junshi - Artist, Community manager, Stylus Wieder Steamed Bun - Developer, Community Manager, Snack Destroyer Sincos - Developer, Hackerman, Partially Humanoid Collaborations are one of the wildest perks. Happening through exclusive airdrops for holders or special pieces auctioned within the collection, this has to make Fang Gang connect with big names in the NFT community such as PixelHans, dubbed the 'Son of NFTs'; FatBaby, Supreme artist extraordinaire; and CryptoPervs, OG of the pervy pixels. Roadmap 0%- Giveaways and launch!!! 25% - Collab Fangsters by NFT artists - auctions and exclusive drops to holders 50% - 1st charity donation chosen by the community 75% - Ethereum (ETH) and NFT giveaways to holders 100% - Premium Merch Store and 2nd charity donation chosen by the community <br

nicole-muniz

Nicole Muniz is the CEO of Yuga Labs.

Nicole Muniz is the CEO of Yuga Labs, the company behind and responsible for the creation of the non-fungible token (NFT) platform Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC); and the managing director of Something New, a company that specializes in creative design, marketing, branding and managing companies. Career In 2006, Nicole Muniz began working at K.Walter Thompson Worldwide, an advertising company that later merged with Wunderman Thompson, as a producer. In 2008, after leaving K.Walter Thompson Worldwide, she became an executive producer at B-Reel, an independent film production company that specializes in creating advertisements for brands such as Nike, Ikea, and Sephora. She left this job in 2016 to become the founder and managing director of Something New, a company that specializes in creative design, marketing, branding, and managing other companies. Since 2021, she has been working as the CEO of Yuga Labs, while still maintaining her role at Something New. Yuga Labs In early 2021, the founders of Yuga Labs, Greg Solano and Wylie Aronow reached out to Nicole as Wylie and her were friends. The founders sought advise on one of their first ideas, a NFT project that allows buyers to place pixels on a collaborative board - the end product being a collaborative art piece. However, Nicole thought that the major problem with the project would be people creating inappropriate drawings. This comment gave them the idea of creating the current BAYC "BATHROOM" as they thought inappropriate, graffiti like drawings reminded them of bathrooms in bars. !imageSince then, Muniz has been on board as CEO and in charge of representing Yuga Labs - taking interviews and public announcements at crypto venues such as TechCrunch session on November 17th 2022. Since the doxxing of the founders of Yuga Labs, Muniz had to deal with major public confrontations including taking an interview with D3 Network, which was the first video recorded interview where she explained some of the concerns of the uncovering. “Releasing their identities and frankly only giving us 30 minutes was very, very dangerous for them and their families” “It was a story about ‘what if,’ and that sort of leaves me with this feeling of just like, it just felt so dangerous. And the only thing that people got out of it was just knowing their real names” On December 19th 2022, Yuga Labs announced the appointment of Daniel Alegre as their CEO, affective in the first half of 2023 and Nicole would be reassigned as strategic advisor. \[1

gen-x-nft

Gen-X NFTs is a woman-led project focused on providing a fun and valuable community for the generation of 80's kids!

Gen-X NFTs Gen-X NFTs is a woman-led project and the first to provide a community for the Gen-X age group within NFTs. Launched in February of 2023, the project has drawn Gen-X Web 3.0 enthusiasts from around the globe. Key Collaborations Gen-X NFTs has done many collaborations with brands loved by 80's kids around the globe. Some of these collaborations include CPG, BFF, HUG, InPeak, Floor, and many more! Woman Leadership Gen-X NFTs is not only one of the only projects focused on the 80's kids generation, but it's also one of the only projects that is led by a woman. 1/1s One of the most iconic parts of Gen-X NFTs is their 1/1s. The collection features icons from the 80's beloved by any Gen-X member that wasn't living under a rock growing up!

blythe-masters

Blythe Masters (born 22 March 1969) is a British former executive at JPMorgan Chase.

Blythe Masters (born 22 March 1969) is a British former executive at JPMorgan Chase. She is the former CEO of Digital Asset Holdings, a financial technology firm developing distributed ledger technology for wholesale financial services. Masters is widely credited as the creator of the credit default swap as a financial instrument. She is also Chairman of the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation’s open-source Hyperledger Project, a member of the International Advisory Board of Santander Group, and an Advisory Board Member of the US Chamber of Digital Commerce. Masters is the Co-chair of the Global Fund for Women and a Board member at Credit Suisse, a leading wealth manager, with strong investment banking capabilities. Blythe Masters is known as the first and most notable Wall Street banker to go into the blockchain, After stepping down as CEO of the technology start-up Digital Asset Holdings. Biography Education Born in Oxford, Masters was raised in the southeast of England. She attended The King's School in Canterbury. She graduated in 1991 from Trinity College, Cambridge with a B.A. in economics. Professional career Masters joined the bank JP Morgan Chase in 1991 after completing several internships there while still a student dating back to 1987. Responsible for credit derivative products at J.P. Morgan, Masters became a managing director at 28, the youngest woman to achieve that status in the firm's history. She is widely credited with creating the modern credit default swap, a derivative used to manage credit exposure to underlying reference entities. In 1994, J.P. Morgan had extended a $4.8 billion credit line to Exxon, which faced the threat of $5 billion in punitive damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill. A team of J.P. Morgan bankers led by Masters then purchased credit protection against the credit line to the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development to cut the capital which J.P. Morgan was required to hold against Exxon's default, thus reducing its own risk. J.P. Morgan later bundled together packages of such exposures and offered them to market as BISTRO, for Broad Index Secured Trust Offering, and these new financial instruments were quickly adopted by other banking institutions. !102496476-161209751.jpg When derivatives played a role in the 2008 financial crisis, having been applied by other firms to sub-prime mortgages, Gillian Tett's book, Fool's Gold: How the Bold Dreams of a Small Tribe at J.P. Morgan Was Corrupted by Wall Street Greed and Unleashed a Catastrophe, documented how the original intent and features of credit derivatives had been distorted. Nonetheless, Masters was described by the UK newspaper The Guardian as "the woman who invented financial weapons of mass destruction". The paper later apologized for failing to give Masters an adequate opportunity to respond to their characterization. She had told the newspaper: "I do believe CDS credit default swaps] have been miscast, much as poor workmen tend to blame their tools." Masters explained to The Economist, "Tools that transfer risk can also increase systemic risk if major counterparties fail to manage their exposures properly".[ In April 2010 she told the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament that "there are lessons that have to be learned. I for one feel that I have learned from that experience and there are things I may like to have seen done differently". She stated support for reforms that increase transparency and reduce the risk of contagion among financial firms. From 2001 to 2004, Masters served as the bank's head of Global Credit Portfolio and Credit Policy and Strategy. From 2004 to 2007, she was Chief Financial Officer of J.P. Morgan's Investment Bank. In 2007 she was named head of Global Commodities. By 2014, J.P. Morgan had the largest revenues of any investment bank in commodities, according to United Kingdom analytics firm Coalition. That same year, J.P. Morgan announced the sale of its physical commodities business for $3.5bn in the face of increased regulatory scrutiny brought on by a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission investigation into the bank’s alleged manipulation of energy markets in California and Michigan. J.P. Morgan paid $410 million to settle the investigation without admitting wrongdoing. J.P. Morgan defended Masters, stating that "We strongly dispute that Blythe Masters or any employee lied or acted inappropriately in this matter". Masters left J.P. Morgan once she had completed the sale for the bank. Masters was the Chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association from 2008 to 2010 and also of the Global Financial Markets Association from 2012 to 2014, trade associations whose missions include promoting public trust and confidence in financial markets. She has frequently represented the industry in Washington D.C. on matters including the design of carbon markets to contain global warming, curbs on large commodities trading positions, and the financial regulatory overhaul. From March 2015 to December 2018, Masters is the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings. Digital Asset is a startup that uses distributed ledger technology to reduce cost, risk, and capital requirements in wholesale financial services. In December 2015, it was posited in the media that the new Barclays CEO Jes Staley had approached Masters about running the bank’s investment banking division, however, Masters indicated she was fully committed to her current role at Digital Asset Holdings. From 2015 to 2016 she was the Chair of the Board of Santander Consumer Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SC), a full-service, technology-driven consumer finance company. In May 2018, Masters was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 4 in the 100 Most Influential Women in Blockchain list. Masters is a Board Member of GCM Grosvenor, CAIS, Forge Global, Credit Suisse Group, and Chair of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA). She is an Advisory Board member for the US Chamber of Digital Commerce, Sandbox AQ, Figure Technologies, and Maxex. She is a member of the Brookings Institution Taskforce on Financial Stability and P.R.I.M.E. Finance (the Hague-based Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance), and Chair of Wilshire's Digital Assets Advisory Group. Qualifications Experienced financial services and technology executive with extensive knowledge in start-ups and blockchain and extensive corporate governance and advisory experience. Digital Asset Masters was the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings from March 2015 to December 2018, LLC, a company that builds secure and distributed processing tools to speed up settlement, reduce costs, and enhance security and transparency in regulated industries. The startup has raised more than $100 million in multiple rounds of funding from fifteen of the world's largest technology and financial firms, such as Citibank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Deutsche Boerse, DTCC, CME, IBM, and Accenture. The company is developing enterprise distributed ledger systems for ASX, DTCC, and others. In December 2017, ASX officially announced it would upgrade its post-trade settlement system to a blockchain platform designed by Digital Asset Holdings. Personal Life Masters is Co-Chair of the Board of the Global Fund for Women, a member of the Board of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the former Chair of the Board of the Greater NY Affiliate of the breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure. She is an amateur equestrian.

kaby-arena

Kaby Arena is a play-to-earn game launched on the blockchain. 

Kaby Arena (founded in 2021) is a play-to-earn game launched on the blockchain. In the game, players use heroes and equipment to battle both each other and enemies across a variety of game modes while collecting and upgrading their team. By progressing through the various game modes, players can earn in-game drops and resources, as well as a variety of other prizes for competing in different events. These rewards can either be kept improving in-game performance or sold off to generate an income stream. Overview Kaby Arena is a role-playing game (RPG) based on blockchain technology. The game does not require an initial investment. Game players can earn Hero and game gear while playing the game and can eventually mint these items by paying a small fee to make it their own. Kaby Arena has a large target market. They provide a friendly platform for anyone including non-cryptocurrency users to play games. They have an integrated in-game mechanic that rewards game players who invest time in researching and thoroughly understanding the market. Gameplay Kaby Arena is a Turn-based RPG game inspired by games such as Summoner Wars and Final Fantasy. To progress in the game, players will collect heroes, resources, and loot-boxes through playing PvE Campaign mode or PvP Arena mode against other players. PvE There are currently just two PvE playable zones in the beta, which are Bamboo Forest and The Roof. Each zone is associated with a certain race, and finishing all 10 levels in one region (on Easy level) unlocks the door to the next region. More playable areas will be added after the beta's participants' success has been accessed. Heroes' selection: If a hero has five stars or more, selecting him or her in the Leader position will activate their racial talent. At the beginning, each player has 24 Energy. PvE nodes have a battle cost of 1 Energy, and by default, energy recharges by 1 Energy point every 60 minutes. For each NFT hero the player has in their wallet, the recharge time is cut by 1 minute. Battle Kaby Team plans for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in October 2021 for purchasers of the Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to have a preview of their heroes in-game. F2P players also have the opportunity to try free non-NFT heroes to have a demo match. PvE Campaign Mode and PvP Arena mode will come live in November and December respectively. Heroes Uniqueness Each hero has unique stats and abilities, making them NFTs mintable. Each hero is one of the 5 elements: Wind, Fire, Water, Light, Darkness. For example, Wind heroes will have advantage playing versus Fire heroes, Light and Darkness heroes will deal more damage to each other. KABY Tokens Kaby Arena governance token is KABY and its total supply is 1.000.000.000. Below are the use cases: Main currency Open treasure chests Exchange for resources or in-game upgrades Mint NFT from free heroes Buy/rent Non-Fungible Token (NFT) assets Wage on PvP battles Staking for interest Assets Staking & Renting Staking Kaby Arena will eventually release various staking vaults allowing token stakes to earn multiple rewards. Players can stake their KABY tokens or LP tokens for passive income. Players can stake their Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) for loot-boxes, the higher the price of their NFTs the higher the rarity of their loot-boxes. Renting Owners of NFTs can put their unused assets for rent to generate better income. Players who want to experience strong NFTs but cannot afford them may rent the NFTs for a period of time. Renting with collateral: The transaction can be made directly peer-to-peer between players via a smart contract. However, the renter has to deposit an amount equal to the value of the NFT.R Renting without collateral: They will take part in the transaction as a trusted 3rd party. With this method, no collateral will be needed, making it easier for Free-to-play players to experience the powerful NFTs. NFTs Minting Every hero in Kaby Arena is unique and can be minted into NFTs or are Non-Fungible Token (NFT) themselves. Unlike traditional NFTs games, they give out free non-NFT heroes for all players at the beginning of the game. These free heroes are unique, and players can mint them into NFTs at any point of time using Kaby tokens. This design will solve the problem of the high initial costs for players. They have the choice of minting only their strongest heroes instead of paying for each and every mediocre hero. Free-to-Play Progress In Kaby Arena, a player can start completely free and earn their way to the very top of the game. Here is the example progress of a 100% Free-to-play player: Player starts the game and receives free non-Non-Fungible Token (NFT) heroes through the tutorial. By playing the game in PvE or PvP mode, the player receives equipment and loot-boxes of various rarity. The player can sell these items on the marketplace for KABY tokens. Strong and profitable NFTs can be minted using KABY tokens and put on auction or to trade directly with other players. The player can participate in the periodical tournaments and events hosted by Kaby game studio to win prizes & awards. The player can wage against other players in PvP mode to win more tokens. This creates a sustainable economic cycle for F2P players, without a large upfront investment. Kaby Assets Kaby Non-NFT Heroes Not token. Free reward from PvE mode Untradable Can be ascended to NFT Heroes using Kaby token Kaby NFT Heroes ERC 721 token Can evolve through battles Can be sold/bought on the Kaby marketplace or any other Non-Fungible Token (NFT) markets Kaby Equipments ERC 1155 token. Rewarded from PvE Generated by opening treasure chests Can be sold/bought on the Kaby marketplace Collaborations Kaby Arena Partnership with Rikkei Finance Rikkei Finance (RIFI), an Open Lending System with three key features—Cross-chain compatibility, NFT lending, and P2P insurance—and Kaby Arena have announced a new relationship. By launching RIFI United, its first soccer management game, together with the in-game $RU /ru/ token using FAIR LAUNCH, Rikkei Finance is taking a giant step toward the development of its next NFT lending product. With the Play to Earn feature alone, RIFI United offers more than simply entertainment. For more information about the gameplay of RIFI United, go HERE. Collaboration between Kaby Arena and RIFI will benefit the gaming industry and its advancements as well as give all users access to upcoming cross-staking and cross-NFT initiatives.Through this alliance, Kaby Arena will also have access to the unique elements of the Rikkei Finance ecosystem. By advancing one another's ideas, this support will attract potential investors and users to both platforms. Kaby Arena Community will have the chance to acquire a unique RIFI United whitelisting for NFT and RU token sales at the most affordable price as RIFI's partner.

ruler-protocol

Ruler Protocol is a lending platform where users can borrow their preferred cryptocurrency with any other cryptocurrency...

Ruler Protocol is a lending platform where users can borrow their preferred cryptocurrency with any other cryptocurrency as collateral. It aims to fill the gap by enabling the following: No liquidations as long as borrowers pay back on time Interest rates determined by supply and demand Fixed rate loans at the moment of borrow / lend Fungible loans, tradable anytime & anywhere The heart of Ruler Protocol is its Ruler Pairs. Ruler Pairs Ruler pairs are at the core of Ruler Protocol. Each pair consists of the following elements: • Collateral token (ex. wBTC) • Paired token, the token users have to payback (ex. Dai) • Expiry, the time users have to pay back (ex. 12/31/2021) • Mint ratio, the ratio of collateral to paired token. 10,000 mint ratio @ $30,000 collateral price = 300% collateralization ratio Each Ruler pair issues two fungible tokens (rTokens). rTokens are minted for each staking event by a borrower. The Ruler capital token (rcToken) represents the right to collect the payments of the loan after expiry. The Ruler repayment token (rrToken) represents the obligation to pay back the loan and receive the collateral before expiry. If borrowers don't payback on time, the loan is considered defaulted, and collaterals are forfeited by the borrowers. Overview RULER has been listed on a number of crypto exchanges, unlike other main cryptocurrencies, it cannot be directly purchased with fiats money. However, users can still easily buy this coin by first buying BTC, ETH, USDT from any large exchanges and then transfer to the exchange that offers to trade this coin. Features of Ruler Protocol Market Priced No bonding curve to determine interest rates, instead rates are decided by market demand and supply. No Liquidations With Ruler, as long as you follow the rules, you will never have to worry about health factors or having your position liquidated. Fungible Loans Obtain ERC-20 loans for the time period you need. Trade your debt sheet anytime. Decentralized Ruler Protocol's smart contracts will be deployed, and verified on the Ethereum blockchain, making lending and borrowing entirely censorship resistant and open. Limitless Ruler Protocol will allow you to lend out any asset. Those looking to borrow an asset are able to, as long as there are people willing to lend it out. No KYC Required Ruler Protocol allows you to lend and borrow without needing to give up your identity. Ruler Protocol Token Two fungible tokens are minted when a user deposits collateral into Ruler for each Ruler Pair. Based on the collateral type, there will be a mint ratio between the rTokens and the collateral. The two tokens are rcTokens and rrToken. 1. The rcToken represents the right to collect loan payments (in paired tokens) after expiry. Borrowers can sell rcTokens for paired tokens to complete the cycle of borrowing (receive paired tokens in the end and deposit collateral to begin with). Each rcToken is eligible to collect 1 paired token when no defaults. 2. The rrToken represents the obligation to pay paired tokens and get back collateral before expiry. Each rrToken is eligible to receive a portion of the collateral by paying back 1 paired token. rTokens can be minted at any time by anyone before the expiry of the Ruler Pair. Naturally, closer to the due date the rcTokens should be worth more (but < 1 paired token) because the rcToken holders will be paid back sooner. However, the value of the collateral is also a factor. As the value of the collateral goes down, rcTokens will also go down in value as the risk of the collateral not being sufficient to cover the obligations increases. RULER Token Distribution Of the 1,000,000 RULER tokens, the distribution among various parties are as follows: • Community: 750,000 RULER. Among which, • Liquidity Mining: 300,000 RULER — will be used for liquidity mining across the lifetime of the protocol for providing capital and liquidity. • Contributor Mining: 140,000 RULER — developers, artists, etc. whoever can improve Ruler Protocol will be rewarded for the work they contribute. • Treasury: 300,000 RULER — It’s important that there is a DAO treasury upon launch for the greater community to decide how to allocate it. • Airdrop: 10,000 RULER — It’s critical to build the “right” community of people that share our beliefs and visions. RULER tokens will be claimable by those who have participated in Cover, Yearn ecosystem, and Inverse governance, and Ruler testing programs. • Founding Team and Advisors: 250,000 RULER — will be rewarded to the founders and advisors. All will follow the same vesting schedule of 2 years. It is critically important to create incentives for the operations team to lead the project after launch and reward them for developing everything for pre-launch.

sean-neville

Sean Neville is the Co-Founder and CEO of Catena Labs and former Co-CEO of Circle. He pioneered the stablecoin and cryptocurrency space, shaping the company's s...

Sean Neville co-founded Circle, a financial technology company that manages USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Neville served as the co-CEO of the company for six years following its founding, before deciding to step down from the position. During his time at Circle, Neville played a critical role in shaping the company's strategy and vision, helping it to become a leader in the stablecoin and cryptocurrency space. Neville is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Catena Labs. Career He began his career as an entrepreneur in 1998, creating software for financial companies and advertising agencies. He then joined Allaire Corporation in 2000 and led the design and development of enterprise server products, including transaction engines and messaging systems, data synchronization and mapping tools, protocols, and integration services. During his tenure, Allaire was acquired by Macromedia. Later he joined Adobe Systems as a Senior Architect and then as Principal Scientist. He was also a member of the JCP Executive Committee, overseeing the Java language and platform, and was known for his speaking engagements and writing on enterprise computing. In 2008, he left Adobe to join Brightcove, where he oversaw the development of cloud-hosted consumer software as a Senior Software Architect. Afterwards, he founded Sevenchord, a company dedicated to mobile app development and related platform services. Circle In 2013, Neville co-founded Circle, a cryptocurrency finance company aimed at revolutionizing finance for individuals and institutions worldwide, with Jeremy Allaire. “In early 2013, we saw a confluence of trends and major technologies emerging that led us to believe that now was the time to create a consumer internet company focused on changing how money worked. We saw that it was becoming possible to make money work for consumers the same way that communications and information sharing work for consumers on the internet -- instant, global, free, fun, and open.” In 2019, Neville declared to be stepping down from his role as co-CEO of Circle but to remain on the board as an independent director. The reason for his departure was not stated explicitly, but Neville mentioned that the recent sale of the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange was one of the factors that made it "an appropriate time" for him to transition. As a member of Circle's board, Neville plans to continue his involvement with CENTRE, the collaboration between Circle and Coinbase, which is responsible for issuing the USDC stablecoin. “I also expect to propel the mission forward through CENTRE and other new complementary paths that traverse worthwhile challenges in infrastructure, regulatory policy, economics, and product design,” he wrote. “As always, I remain stubbornly optimistic about our ability to devise and execute well-crafted things that improve our collective future.” USDC In 2018, Circle launched USDC, a token linked to the US dollar and supported by tangible reserves of fiat currency stored by the company. USDC is pegged to the US dollar on a one-to-one basis, which ensures that its value remains stable. Sean Neville and Jeremy Allaire, co-founders of Circle, said in a statement that the creation of USDC aligns with the company's vision for the future of international transactions. “Just as HTTPS, SMTP and SIP enabled free borderless information sharing and communications, crypto assets and blockchain technology will enable us to exchange value and transact with one another in a similar way: instantly, globally, securely and at low cost,” - according to the Circle executives.

refik-anadol

Refik Anadol is a media artist and director born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1985.

Refik Anadol is a media artist and director born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1985. He is a lecturer and visiting researcher in University of California, Los Angeles’s Department of Design Media Arts. He has been building upon the ideas of machine hallucinations and the melding of digital and physical space for a long time. Having spent time as a videographer, architectural photographer, and creative director, he brings these disciplines and ways of seeing to bear on his evolving algorithmically-based works. Education Refik holds a master of fine arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in Media Arts, master of fine arts degree from Istanbul Bilgi University in Visual Communication Design as well as bachelors of arts degree with summa cum laude in Photography and Video. Career Refik Anadol is working in the fields of site-specific public art with parametric data sculpture approach and live audio/visual performance with immersive installation approach, particularly his works explore the space among digital and physical entities by creating a hybrid relationship between architecture and media arts with machine intelligence. As a media artist, designer and spatial thinker, Refik Anadol is intrigued by the ways in which the transformation of the subject of contemporary culture requires rethinking of the new aesthetic, technique and dynamic perception of space. He builds his works on the nomadic subject’s reaction to and interactions with unconventional spatial orientations with data and machine intelligence. Refik's primary raw material is data. Residing at the crossroads of art, science, and technology, Refik's site-specific parametric data sculptures, live audio/visual performances, and immersive installations take many virtual and physical forms. Entire buildings come to life, floors, walls, and ceilings disappear into infinity, breathtaking aesthetics take shape from large swaths of data, and what was once invisible to the human eye becomes visible, offering the audience a new perspective on, and narrative of their worlds. The primary thread that runs throughout Refik's visualizations of the unseen world is data: for WDCH Dreams, Anadol accessed 100 years of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s digital archives; for Oakland’s Sense of Place, real-time environmental data informs the work; and for Charlotte Airport’s Interconnected, he utilizes real-time airport statistics. Anadol’s body of work addresses the challenges and possibilities of ubiquitous computing, and what it means to be a human in the age of machine intelligence. Refik Anadol started using light as a material as far back as 2011. He has been using architecture as a canvas, light as a material, data as a material, but having a studio has been a dream. I was heavily inspired by cinema as a medium— which is an exciting medium because you can make a reality that people can become a part of. It’s very existential. Refik embeds media arts into architecture, he questions the possibility of a post digital architectural future in which there are no more non-digital realities. He invites the viewers to visualize alternative realities by presenting them the possibility of re-defining the functionalities of both interior and exterior architectural formations. Refik Anadol's work suggests that all spaces and facades have potentials to be utilized as the media artists’ canvases. He creates art installations by seeking out interesting data sets and processing them into swirling visualizations of how computers capture the world and people in it. He does it by using techniques from artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning algorithms, to filter or expand on his raw material. Through explorations of space, achieved through immersive installations and experiences, his work examines the idea of memory. Refik Anadol Studio Refik Anadol Studio is known for transforming architectural spaces and façades into giant canvases for live media arts. Refik creates site-specific public art and data sculptures, often paired with live audio/visual performances and immersive installations. Refik Anadol Studio employs a unique team of prominent computer scientists, software developers, architects, engineers, and designers to realize Refiik's vision. A pioneer in his field, Refik Anadol has partnered with teams at Microsoft, Google (Artist and Machine Intelligence), Nvidia, JPL/NASA, Intel, IBM, Siemens and Epson, to apply the latest, cutting-edge science and technologies to his work. Selected AI Artworks WDCH Dreams WDCH Dreams, commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic to celebrate their Centennial, explores the orchestra’s 100-year history, and visualizes their future. Anadol and his team developed a unique machine intelligence approach to apply to the entire LA Phil digital archive – 45 terabytes of data. The results are stunning visualizations in two forms, a week-long public art installation projected onto the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall’s undulating exterior, and a season-long immersive exhibition inside WDCH at the Ira Gershwin Gallery. This massive machine learning and projection mapping project brought to light years of video footage from one of the greatest musical institutions in the world, and transformed it into a dynamic and evolving canvas sharing these rich memories to the public. The project was a collaboration with Artists and Machine Intelligence (AMI), a program at Google Art & Culture that invites artists to work with engineers and researchers together in the design of intelligent systems, and Refik Anadol Studios. Archive Dreaming Archive Dreaming is a temporary immersive environment with architecture as a canvas, light as a material, and data as content. Commissioned to work with SALT Research collections, Anadol employed machine learning algorithms to search and sort relationships among 1,700,000 documents. Interactions of the multidimensional data found in the archives are, in turn, translated into an immersive media installation. Melting Memories Melting Memories is a series of digital artworks that explore the materiality of remembering by offering new insights into the representational possibilities emerging from the intersection of advanced technology and contemporary art. Comprised of data paintings, augmented data sculptures, and light projections, the project as a whole debuts new advances in technology that enable visitors to experience aesthetic interpretations of EEG data collected on the neural mechanisms of cognitive control. Awards Refik Anadol is the recipient of a number of awards, prizes including Microsoft Research’s Best Vision Award, German Design Award, UCLA Art+Architecture Moss Award, University of California Institute for Research in the Arts Award, SEGD Global Design Awards and Google’s Art and Machine Intelligence Artist Residency Award. His site\-specific audio/visual performances have been seen in Walt Disney Concert Hall \(USA\)\, Hammer Museum \(USA\)\, International Digital Arts Biennial Montreal \(Canada\)\, Ars Electronica Festival \(Austria\)\, l’Usine \| Genève \(Switzerland\)\, Arc De Triomf \(Spain\)\, Zollverein \| SANAA’s School of Design Building \(Germany\)\, santralistanbul Contemporary Art Center \(Turkey\)\, Outdoor Vision Festival SantaFe New Mexico \(USA\)\, Istanbul Design Biennial \(Turkey\)\, Sydney City Art \(Australia\)\, Lichtrouten \(Germany\)\. His award winning projects explore how the perception and experience of time and space are radically changing now that machines dominate our everyday lives. Exhibitions 2021 Machine Memoirs : Space, Pilevneli Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey AI Art Gallery, NVIDIA GTC 2021, Virtual Seoul Haemong II, DDP Building, Seoul, Korea 2020 Quantum Memories – National Gallery of Victoria 2020 Triennial, Melbourne, Australia Metamorphosis Returns – Machine Hallucinations, Seoul, Korea Distant Arcades – Machine Hallucinations – Nature Dreams, MUTEK, Montreal, Canada Melting Memories – Engram, Images Vevey Art Festival, Switzerland Melting Memories – Engram, Taipei Digital Art Festival,Taipei, Taiwan Machine Hallucinations – Nature Dreams, Beyond Film Festival, Karlsruhe, Germany Digital Dreams, Kurhaus, Baden-Baden, Germany NEAR + FUTURES + QUASI + WORLDS, STATE Studio, Berlin, Germany Melting Memories – Engram, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway Melting Memories – Engram, Neurones, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Infinite Space, Artechouse, Miami, FL, USA 2019 Machine Hallucinations – Earth ISS, SIGGRAPH Asia 2019, Brisbane, Australia Winds of Shenzhen, 40 Years of Humanizing Technology – Ars Electronica, Shenzhen, China Machine Hallucinations – Earth ISS, IEEE Visap 2019, Vancouver, Canada Bosphorus, les Garages Numériques, Brussels, Belgium Melting Memories, Open Codes, Azkuna Zentroa, Spain Infinity Room, Daejeon Museum of Arts, Daejeon, South Korea Machine Hallucinations – Mars, AS-Helix, National Museum of China, Beijing, China Archive Dreaming, AS-Helix, National Museum of China, Beijing, China Neuro Space, Society of Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA Bopshorus, Les Garages Numeriques, Brussels, Belgium Melting Memories, Volvo Art Session, Zürich, Switzerland Infinity Room, Volvo Art Session, Zürich, Switzerland Melting Memories, Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy Infinite Space, Artechouse, Miami, FL, USA Machine Hallucination, Artechouse, New York City, NY, USA Latent History, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden Infinite Space, Artechouse, Washington, DC, USA Macau Currents: Data Paintings, Art Macao: International Art Exhibition, Macao Archive Dreaming, Symbiosis – Asia Digital Art Exhibition, Beijing,

aion

Aion is a cryptocurrency token built on the Ethereum Blockchain. It was launched in 2017.

Aion (AION) (Lanched in 2017) is a cryptocurrency token built on the Ethereum Blockchain and functions as the native digital asset and economic strength of the Open Application Network (OAN) on the Aion's platform. AION's utility is for securing and accessing the OAN network. Overview Aion is the digital asset of The Open Application Network. Aion is used to secure and access The OAN. The operations of the OAN is secured and maintained as a public infrastructure by a global community of individuals, software companies, and institutions. These critical functions are enabled and incentivized using Aion cryptocurrency. The Open Application Network solves the unintended consequences of platform economies. The OAN is an open-source public infrastructure for the creation and hosting of Open Applications. The OAN is built on open standards and is owned by everyone that uses it. Aion Blockchain The Aion Network is an easily accessible Blockchain platform. It enables developers to build production-grade Java applications Blockchain technology. Its network holding a high stance on transparency, and equitable Internet by helping the masses leverage Blockchain technology. Its network, holding a high stance on transparency, AION is designed to address unsolved questions of Scalability, privacy, and security. Benefits of Aion's Blockchain Aion aims to be a third-generation blockchain (following bitcoin's money transfer and Ethereum's smart contract), that enables public and private organizations to: Federate- Send data and value between blockchain connected to Aion and Ethereum. Scale- Increase the scalability of all the Aion blockchain. Spoke- This helps organizations to create blockchains that are interoperable but can have its own unique consensus mechanisms, issuance, and participation. At the center of the Aion blockchain is a “purpose-built, public, third-generation” blockchain called Aion-1. Aion-1 has been specifically designed to not only be self-sustaining but connect with other blockchains as well. Dashboard How to use the Aion Dashboard The Aion's (AION) dashboard is described as the Landing Page. It is the home of the Aion. It basically provides the current view of recent blocks and transactions on the Aion's network, as well as some current statistics. Users can reach this page at any time by clicking the Aion's logo on the top left corner on the network's website. Features The Aion dashboard reveals the following features: Heads-up Display: AION Dashboard- Showing current statistics The Heads-up Display shows some of the Network's current statistics. It is split into two sections- Network and Transaction. The Network section contains: Current Average Block Time Network Hash Rate Average Block Difficulty Consumed NRG(Energy) per Block. And the Transaction section contains: Transactions per second The 24-hour peak of transactions per block The number of transactions within the last 24 hours. Recent Blocks: The Recent Blocks section displays a list containing the four of the most recent blocks proposed in addition to the block that is currently being proposed. Recent Transactions : The Recent Transactions section displays a list containing the ten most recent transactions on the Aion's network. Each object list details: Transaction age ( how long ago or when the transaction was proposed) Transaction Value (this is the amount of Aion sent within the transaction) From Address To Address Navigation Bar : The Navigation Bar is positioned at the top of the window at all times. It contains some useful tools for navigating the Aion's Dashboard. Explorer: The Explorer function is a dropdown menu that allows users to browse lists of each object type on the network. After selecting the Account type, for example, users are provided with a list of accounts in which they can sort in various ways. Analytics: The Analytics function is a dropdown menu that features various charts relevant to the network such as Hash Power over time and Transactions per hour Switch Network : The Mainnet isn't the only network featured on the dashboard. By clicking on the Mainnet dropdown menu you can switch between the dashboards for other networks, such as the Mastery network, Aion's testnet. Search bar The Search Bar allows users to easily find any object on the network whether it be an Account, Transaction, Block, etc. The other features on the Aion's (AION) dashboard are compressed and summarized in the table below: | Feature Name | Feature Detail | | ------------ | -------------- | | Accounts: (For signing and sending any transaction to the network using their balance of Aion to pay the Energy (NRG) cost.) | Account Address , Token currently viewing , Balance of token currently viewing , and Nonce | | Blocks: (a ledger of transactions that take place on an Aion network.) | Block Hash , Parent Hash , Miner , Receipt Root , Transaction Root , State Root , Block Difficulty , Total Difficulty , Nonce , and Included Transactions. | | Contracts: (These are protocols that any account can deploy onto an Aion network.) | Contract Address , Block Number , Creator Account , AION Balance , Nonce , and Contract Type. | | Tokens: (a special kind of contract that acts like a currency that can be transferred between accounts) | Date Created , Contract Address , Transaction Hash , Ticker symbol, Granularity , Total Supply , and Liquid Supply. | | Transactions: (represents every change on the Aion network, which includes the transfer of tokens, deployment of contracts, or contract interaction.) | Coin , Transaction Hash , Block Number , Value , NRG Price , and NRG Consumed. | Open Application Network The Open Applications Network (OAN) is a public infrastructure that creates a new design space for Open Applications. Open Applications are programs that place the user back in control and they are universally accessible across a number of online platforms. Open Apps are simply unique in their structure and connectivity, making them uniquely positioned to: Build powerful cross-platform rewards programs, Enable guaranteed, tamper-proof voting , Crowd-source funding , and Cross-platform digital reputation . Open Apps- Moves As earlier defined, Open apps bring the user back in control and they are universally accessible across a number of online platforms. An example of such an open app is Moves. Moves is a consumer application built on the Open application Network (OAN) and it is designed to solve real problems. Moves is a product for the modern independent “gig” worker (i.e independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers, and temporary workers). Overlooked or ineligible for products offered by financial institutions This rapidly expanding demographic of independent workers needs a product that is tailored to their lifestyles and designed to support them on their paths to career fulfillment.- Moves, OAN. Moves’ first offering provides individuals working on Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Foodora, Instacart, Uber Eats, and Skip the Dishes in Ontario with affordable loans. Independent workers work differently, so Moves looks at credit risk differently. Using alternative data from an applicant’s banking history, star rating, reviews, and/or earning trends, the OAN network can evaluate an applicant’s ability to service a loan. These insights enable Moves to provide affordable credit to a seemingly underserved demographic. Open Kits Open Kits are purpose-built APIs for using the Open Application Network for a pre-defined use case. Given below are other proposed kits in the OAN Network: Open Economy: Open-Economy is one of the Open Kits that quickly integrates programable currencies, points, and other assets on the user's website or mobile app. It enables users to transfer and trade these assets for value, with other Open Apps in The OAN ecosystem. Open Funding: Open Funding is also a proposed kit with a set of functions for pooling and distributing shared resources on The OAN. Open Governance: Open Governance is another proposed kit with a set of functions that will facilitate complicated voting and consensus mechanics between members of your application, or the greater public. Open Identity Open Identity, a proposed kit that functions for the creation, verification, and identification of unique users on The OAN. Once verified, these users need not reverify on other open applications. Tokenomics Aion (AION) was originally built as an ERC-20 cryptocurrency, and it is the native asset of the Open Application Network. Since the Aion Network had been developed, AION cryptocurrency can seamlessly be converted to AION network tokens and will continue to be able to flow freely back and forth between these two blockchains. The token's ticker symbol denoted as AION basically runs on the OAN, not just as its digital asset but also functions as the economic support of The Open Applications Network. The total supply for AION is 468,225,632 AION and it is currently traded mostly on Binance. AION recorded $11.31 on the 9th of January, 2018 as its All-Time high; and recorded $0.0222 as its All-Time low on June 18, 2022. Token Utility The utility of AION is for security and access to the Open Applications Network (OAN). AION cryptocurrency is rewarded to miners and Stakers for participating in the consensus of new blocks on the network. It is also used by developers to write publicly to the Aion network. This token (AION) is also used to increase participation, fuel applications, secure consens

reflectfinance

Reflect.finance (RFI) is a cryptocurrency represented with the symbol “RFI”. It is the native token of the Reflect.Finance.

Reflect.finance (RFI) is a cryptocurrency. It is represented with the symbol “RFI”. It is the native token of the Reflect.finance platform. RFI is an Ethereum token that re-captures the DeFi yield generation model. Overview RFI works by charging a 1% fee to every transaction that is carried out on the Reflect.finance platform. This fee is instantly shared among all holders of the token. Holders of the token do not need to stake their tokens or wait for fees to be delivered. The fees are awarded by the smart contract and reflect immediately in the holders' balance. The reflect.finance smart contract contains certain innovations that enable 100% of the fees generated on the platform to go to holders of the RFI token while blocking off the Uniswap pool or exchange wallets from earning any portion of the fees. The percentage of fees a token holder can earn is therefore calculated by the percentage of RFI that he or she owns among all holders. This method of earning generates a much higher yield than what obtains in other platforms. Double Yield Capacity It is a must in most DeFi applications, for users to stake their tokens in a contract in order to earn a yield. However, RFI holders can freely use their tokens in yield farming, 3rd party lending, or any other smart contract. They also earn yields from the platform’s transaction fees. To make this possible, the RFI smart contract discloses some new approaches that permit staking contracts to easily ascertain the fees earned by every holder at every point in time even when such funds held in a pool. This is an enormous achievement that permits direct staking of RFI as well as generation of double yield. Decentralization With RFI token, no team or central party exists that awards fees. No interface is also required to claim the fees. Token holders do not need to take any other action apart from holding RFI in a wallet controlled by them. With RFI, no vault exists, therefore there can be no hacking neither can treasury funds be misappropriated. ICO/Presale RFI has a complete smart contract at launch. There was no Initial Coin Offering, pre-sale, or fundraising of any kind. There are no more features to add. RFI does not rely on any individual or team to give it any value. Tokenomics RFI has a total supply of 10,000,000 RFI and a circulating supply of 9,511,059 RFI. It recorded an all-time high of $2.84 USD on December 11, 202, and an all-time low of $0.087152 USD on November 29, 2020. Exchange RFI token is listed on Uniswap and Bilaxy exchanges.

primedao

PrimeDAO is a DeFi prime broker which was announced in September 2020 by the Prime Development Foundation.

PrimeDAO is a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) prime broker which was announced in September 2020 by the Prime Development Foundation. Overview PrimeDAO was launched by the Prime Development Foundation on September 17, 2020. The foundation released its litepaper detailing how their proposed safety nets will make DeFi more approachable and less chaotic to current and future adopters, followed by a call to action for recruiting an open-source ecosystem of partners, builders, and users to help execute its vision for a more sustainable open financial system. Members of the PrimeDAO ecosystem include Prime Development Foundation, Curve Labs, Draper Goren Holm, Totle, DAOstack, Validity, dOrg, Rivet, Level K, Kolektivo, BlockScience, API3DAO, DeepDAO, DAObase, and dHack, to name a few. PrimeDAO Development PrimeDAO’s projected development is segmented into three separate phases, each with its own characteristics, objectives, and strategies. Current Phase: Incubation The Incubation phase started in Q2 2020 with the creation of a PrimeDAO working group at ETHDenver and is expected to end in Q4 2020 with the launch of PrimeDAO. In this phase, the main objective has been to create a coordination structure that can facilitate ecosystemic DeFi advancement by providing democratized prime brokerage services. Second Phase: Growth In this phase, PrimeDAO plans to develop several tactical governable primitives for itself. This Growth phase is projected to start in Q4 2020 with the deployment and launch of PrimeDAO governance and resource allocation. The PrimeDAO will utilize the Alchemy platform by DAOstack at the beginning of this phase. At the start of this phase, PrimeDAO will launch its first product, primedao.eth/trade, a DEX aggregator leveraging Totle’s smart routing technology. At this stage, PrimeDAO now consists of a broad network of independent stakeholders that coordinate publicly and transition value through PRIME tokens. In this phase, the function of the Prime Development Foundation will be limited, and the vast majority of interactions will be executed directly by PrimeDAO and its consortium of decentralized actors. All infrastructure, including the smart contracts, will become increasingly decentralized during this phase. Final Phase: Maturity The Maturity phase is projected to start in Q1 2022 with the launch of a native PrimeDAO backed by on-chain governance and fully integrated tokenomics. The "completion" of the Maturity phase depends on the state of the industry and the evolution of PrimeDAO. Products Prime Aggregator PrimeDAO’s first governed product is a DEX aggregator that provides the best-price discovery, slippage reduction, and reliable settlement. It is an open-source version of the Totle aggregator. From day one, the Prime Aggregator will be integrated with hybrid DEXs, AMMs, and other DEX types. Soon after the DAO’s launch, the router’s parameters will be governed by the DAO, including its fee structure and whitelisted liquidity sources. Token Sale The official date of a token sale will be announced by the PrimeDAO team later in their future blog posts. Token Distribution PRIME, PrimeDAO’s utility token, will initially be limited to a total supply of 90 million distributed over multiple stakeholder groups. Founders and Partners (Early Contributors) A total of 22,350,000 PRIME tokens (25.9%) will be allocated to early-contributors and launching partners who have invested time, energy and funds during the Incubation phase and have an active role during the Growth phase of PrimeDAO. The amount allocated to each of the contributing groups is dependent on their past commitment and responsibility during the Growth phase. All early contributor tokens are vested for one year with a continuously linear release schedule. Prime Development Foundation The Prime Development Foundation, a Curaçao-based foundation mandated to support the initiation and development of PrimeDAO, will receive 1,500,000 PRIME tokens to be able to provide support services to PrimeDAO and to cover expenses for two years. 500,000 of the Foundation’s PRIME tokens are unlocked, while the other 1,000,000 are locked for one year. Token Sale Participants Up to 24,000,000 PRIME Tokens (27.8%) will be distributed to PrimeDAO Token Launch participants. These tokens will not be vested and can freely move after the launch. Alternatively, they can be locked to acquire additional voting power in PrimeDAO. Contributor Rewards Up to 13,200,000 PRIME Tokens (15.3%) are reserved for Contributors and awarded if they provide a valuable commitment to the development of PrimeDAO during the Incubation and Growth phases. Contributions could include developing Prime products and tools, technical audits, evangelism, research, good governance, or any other contribution deemed valuable by PrimeDAO. Contributor Reward tokens issued during the Growth phase may or may not include vesting schedules - this is up to PrimeDAO’s community to decide. Incentives Up to 13,200,000 PRIME Tokens (15.3%) are reserved for product users as incentives for protocol usage and community engagement. Following the token launch, a Balancer pool will be created to incentivize market makers for providing liquidity and additional price discovery for PRIME tokens. Up to 1,200,000 PRIME tokens will be distributed via this initial liquidity reward scheme. Products Up to 12,000,000 PRIME Tokens (13,9%) are reserved to providers of early PrimeDAO products and licences acquired by PrimeDAO. This includes the purchase of a license of Totle’s liquidity routing engine. Product tokens are vested for two years with a continuously linear release schedule.

iost

IOST is a scalability-focused blockchain project aimed at building high TPS blockchain

IOST is a scalability-focused blockchain project aimed at building high TPS blockchain infrastructure to meet the security and scalability needs of a decentralized economy. <br Overview IOST seeks to build an enterprise-grade blockchain application platform that is capable of large-scale utilization while ensuring that it is highly secure and developer friendly. It currently still runs on the Ethereum Blockchain as an ERC-20 Token Standard. However, IOST is aiming to launch its own fully functioning Mainnet (v1.0 Himalaya) on February 25th 2019. IOST has a total token supply of 21 Billion IOST, with roughly 13 Billion IOST in circulation. IOST is traded in most major exchanges, including Binance, Huobi, and others. Consensus Algorithm IOST uses the Proof-of-Believability (PoB) as its consensus protocol which essentially combines Dpos (Delegated-Proof-Of-Stake) with a non-tradeable reputation score known as Servi. There are 3 types of Nodes on the IOST blockchain : Regular Node: Anyone running a single shard node. The role of a Regular Node is to sample and verify transactions processed by Trusted Nodes within their shards. Full Node: Anyone running a node in all shards. Full Nodes cannot mint new blocks and do not receive Servi (Reputation Points). Full Nodes become Trusted Nodes when they receive more than 2.1 million IOST votes. Trusted Node: Trusted Nodes are Full Nodes which receive greater than 2.1 million IOST votes. Trusted Nodes are able to receive Servi (Reputation points) for each transaction processed and are able to mint blocks. There is no limit to the number of Trusted Nodes. <br

claire-cockerton

Claire Cockerton is a serial entrepreneur who has founded companies such as Plexal, ENTIQ, and Innovative Finance.

Claire Cockerton is a serial entrepreneur who has founded companies such as Plexal, ENTIQ, and Innovative Finance. She is based in London. Education Claire Cockerton attended the University of Toronto and studied fine art & architecture, Philosophy, and Literature. She briefly studied at The London School of Economics and later earned her MBA from the Imperial College. Career Claire Cockerton founded her first company, Aesthetic Earthworks, in 2000, and specialized in sustainable landscaping. After nine years and earning her MBA, she became a Strategy Consultant for the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship and helped design a curriculum for a Business Innovator in Johannesburg. She briefly worked an a Innovation and Change Advisor for The Guardian before founding ENTIQ (previously named Pivitol Innovations) in 2013, a business accelerator creation program. Cockerton was Special Advisor for Europe’s largest accelerator space for finance, cyber security, retail and future cities technology companies, Level 39. In 2014, Cockerton was the Founding CEO of Innovative Finance and led the effort to accelerate the UK's leading position in the global financial services sector. She founded the incubator Plexal at Here East on Queen Elizabeth Olympic park in 2014 and built a state-of-the art environment designed as a mini-city for companies both big and small to accelerate innovation, complete with a town-hall, cafes, makers lab, events stage, high street, central park and library. The center and program was designed by Cockerton's company ENTIQ. Claire is an active member for Women in Tech, Tech London Advocates and is a member of the Mayor's London Tech Ambassador Group.

near-protocol

NEAR Protocol is a layer one public blockchain with sharding that supports the transfer of assets between Ethereum and NEAR wallets with near-instant finality a...

NEAR protocol is a layer one public blockchain based on Proof-of-Stake where decentralized applications can be built. Its native token is NEAR, which is used to pay for transaction fees and storage. NEAR mainnet was launched in April 2020, and became community operated in September 2020. The NEAR Protocol is being developed by the NEAR Collective, a community-driven organization that maintains and updates the codebase. The goal of the NEAR Collective is to create a platform that is secure enough to handle valuable assets like money or identity, and efficient enough to be used by everyday people. Overview NEAR protocol targets the scalability problem of traditional blockchains through the implementation of sharding. Sharding is a method used to reduce the computational load on the network by dividing it into smaller parts, called shards. Each node in the network only runs the code that is relevant to its specific shard, allowing the different shards to process information in parallel. This enables the network to handle more transactions and increase scalability as the number of nodes in the network grows. Nightshade !Artboard-23.png The NEAR Protocol uses a technology called Nightshade to enhance transaction throughput. Nightshade is a type of sharding in which groups of validators process transactions simultaneously across multiple sharded chains, increasing the overall capacity of the blockchain. Unlike traditional sharding, Nightshade creates small portions of the next block called "chunks". This allows NEAR to handle up to 100,000 transactions per second and achieve near-instant finality on transactions, with a one-second block time while maintaining low transaction fees. Rainbow Bridge It is possible to transfer assets from Ethereum to NEAR and vice versa using the Rainbow Bridge, which is a tool built by Aurora that enables the movement of ERC-20 assets between Ethereum, Aurora, and NEAR. !Screen Shot 2023-01-26 at 9.38.21 PM.png Popular ERC-20 tokens like stablecoins (USDT, DAI, TUSD), wrapped assets (WBTC, WETH), DEX tokens (UNI, 1INCH), lending tokens (AAVE, COMP), and service company tokens (HT, CRO) are compatible with NEAR. These tokens can be transferred directly between MetaMask or other Web3 wallets and NEAR wallets and apps, allowing for seamless interoperability between the two platforms. Doomslug Near Protocol has its own version of the Byzantine Fault Tolerance consensus mechanism, known as Doomslug, and employs a finality gadget for additional security. It is a variation of the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) mechanism, allowing the network to attain practical finality with just a single round of confirmation. NEAR's Doomslug distinguishes between two forms of finality: Doomslug finality, which is achieved once a block has received its pre-votes and cannot be undone unless the malicious validator is penalized, and BFT finality, which is accomplished after 2/3 of the block producers have pre-voted and pre-committed, similar to Tendermint or HotStuff. NEAR Token The NEAR token is the native cryptocurrency of the Near Protocol, it is used for various functions such as paying for transaction fees, and for storage. Additionally, it can also be staked by holders to participate in validating transactions and reaching network consensus. The primary use of the NEAR token is to cover transaction fees and as collateral for data storage on the blockchain. Additionally, NEAR tokens are also distributed as rewards to different stakeholders on the blockchain, such as transaction validators, who receive a reward of 4.5% of the total annual NEAR supply for their services. Tokenomics One billion NEAR tokens are created at genesis, and its allocation is divided among several groups: 17.20% is allocated to Community Grants and Programs, 14.00% is allocated to Core Contributors, 12.00% is allocated to Community Sale, 11.76% is allocated to Early Ecosystem, 11.40% is allocated to Operations Grants, 10.00% is allocated to Foundation Endowment, 15.23% is allocated to Seed Round, and 8.41% is allocated to Venture Round. This allocation is designed to support and incentivize different stakeholders of the Near protocol ecosystem. !content_NEAR_Allocation.pngAllocation of Genesis Tokens NEAR Foundation Created on April 22, 2020, the NEAR Foundation is a Swiss-based non-profit organization that utilizes its financial and operational resources to support the mission of the NEAR Collective, which is a group of active participants who drive the NEAR ecosystem. Its mission is: …to accelerate the world’s transition to open technologies by growing and enabling a community of developers and creators. On the other side, the vision of the foundation is the following: …a self-sufficient ecosystem of creators, developers, entrepreneurs, community members and tokenholders whose collaborative efforts make the NEAR ecosystem the best place to build massively impactful projects in the Open Web. The NEAR foundation is governed by an independent board of directors who are in charge to guide the direction of the foundation. Members include Mona El Isa, Richard Muirhead, and Illia Polosukhin. Partnerships & Collaborations NEAR Protocol x Google Cloud NEAR Protocol announced on October 4th, 2022, a strategic partnership with Google to accelerate web3 startups, where NEAR grant recipients will receive technical assistance from Google Cloud. !Screen Shot 2023-01-26 at 9.44.50 PM.png Google Cloud will be providing support for developers building and scaling their Web3 projects and dApps on the NEAR Protocol. With Google Cloud, developers can take advantage of core internet infrastructure to deploy their code quickly, securely, and seamlessly. This partnership gives the opportunity for NEAR projects to achieve scalability. "We will be supporting NEAR and giving Web3 developers the most secure, reliable, and sustainable cloud infrastructure on which they can build and scale. We continue to support tomorrow’s leaders in creating new products and services on blockchain-based platforms.” - Carlos Arena, Director of Digital Assets at Google Cloud NEAR Protocol x SeatlabNFT SeatlabNFT is an NFT-based event ticketing marketplace that is built on the NEAR blockchain. Nightshade, NEAR’s sharding architecture, helps solve the scalability problems, which allows the processing of large numbers of transactions without any negative impact on performance. SeatlabNFT allows artists to create and sell event tickets directly to fans, bypassing scalpers and ensuring the authenticity of the tickets through NFT technology. This ensures that the buyers will not have to pay the markup prices and will have the original ticket with them. NEAR Wallet x SWEAT London-based tech company Sweatcoin, which aims to promote healthier living by encouraging physical activity, has teamed up with the NEAR Foundation to launch SWEAT, an innovative new token. “Sweatcoin was founded with a vision to create a new economy of wealth through health. For every 1,000 steps you take, you earn a Sweatcoin that can be redeemed for goods and services in the app from brands including Sonos and Reebok, or to donate to important charities such as Save the Children via Sweatcoin for Good.” - Anton Derlyatka, Co-founder at Sweatcoin NEAR Foundation x Binance Custody On November 7, 2022, NEAR Foundation announced an integration with Binance Custody, a secure digital asset custody solution for institutional investors. The NEP-141 standard is now supported, which allows any institutional investors with NEAR to use their secure storage infrastructure. Additionally, the integration makes it simpler for Binance Custody to provide support for any tokens that are compatible with NEP-141 from projects that are built on NEAR. NEAR Foundation x Grupo Nutresa NEAR has partnered with Grupo Nutresa, a major food processor in South America, to bring blockchain technology to the grocery industry. Grupo Nutresa will create one of the first open-source loyalty point programs on the NEAR blockchain, with the goal of eventually reaching one million users in Colombia and Latin America. The partnership was made possible through the assistance of tech company Peersyst. Funding On January 13, 2022, the Near Foundation reported the completion of a $150 million funding round. The private token sale was led by Su Zhu's Three Arrows Capital, with contributions from prominent cryptocurrency-focused investment funds, including Mechanism Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Jump, Alameda, Zee Prime, Amber Group, and others. Three months later, the protocol raised $350 million in a funding round led by hedge fund Tiger Global, with the aim of expediting the decentralization of the NEAR ecosystem. “NEAR is poised to be a leading smart contract blockchain platform, combining first-rate technology with a fast-growing developer ecosystem,” - partner at Tiger Global, John Curtius

airnfts

AirNFTs is the NFT marketplace built on Binance Smart Chain.

AirNFTs is a multi-chain NFT marketplace built on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Fantom, and Polygon blockchains focusing on the best user experience to create, buy, sell and use NFTs. The platform was launched in 2021. It uses a native utility token AIRT that functions on the BEP-20 protocol. Overview AirNFTs is an NFT marketplace on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Fantom, and Polygon blockchains that is designed to be at the same time fast, easy to use, and the best easy to use for even the less tech-savvy NFT artists. The platform combines BSC edge in transaction speed, low fees, and an extremely easy-to-use user experience to bring NFTs to everyone. As of October 2021, AirNFTs has minted more than 110,000 NFTs with a trading volume in excess of USD 8 million. AirNFTs is the most straightforward one-stop marketplace for all kinds of NFTs on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Users can create, buy and collect their art pieces on the network in the most simplified way to rake in huge sums in profit. Buy and Collect NFTs AirNFTs is the go-to marketplace for top-quality BSC NFTs. Create a profile, fund their wallet with BNB, and explore a variety of NFTs on the homepage. A user can acquire artwork, memes, unique photographs, music, and even game items. Pay less than a dollar in gas fees to purchase, within seconds, an NFT that can potentially fetch thousands in returns. Artists can generate revenues on AirNFTs by creating and publishing their digital artworks on AirNFTs. They also have an option to generate additional income from royalties on secondary sales. It is a holistic NFT market with a wide range of artworks and collectibles like art NFTs, sports and gaming NFTs, photography, video, and music. It has also listed some of the artist testimonials on its platform. Features Create NFT with ease One click and a user's NFT is created. Set a price and start earning, the NFT auction will come next. AIRT Farming & Royalties Users can earn AIRT tokens for selling and buying NFTs. Use royalties for secondary sales. NFT Launchpad For those artists that don't have a big following, there will be the launchpad to give exposure. AirNFTs will provide a springboard for NFT projects by generating awareness and raising funds through crowdfunding. Holders of our native token, $AIRT, will have exclusive access to pre-sales of NFTs and projects carefully selected for the launchpad. Token Utility The $AIRT is a BEP20 token, on all BSC-based Decentralized exchanges, and users can swap their Binance Coin (BNB) for it. That enables token holders to use applications on this platform, participate in network governance, and earn additional token rewards by using this project. As of September 2022, the CoinMarketCap ranking is 1733, with a live market cap of $395,786. The circulating supply is 112,040,000.00 and a max. supply of 1,000,000,000 AIRT coins.

kevin-rose

Kevin Rose is an American tech entrepreneur and former host of "The Screen Savers". He is the Founder of Moonbirds, PROOF Collective, Revision3 and Digg. He was...

Kevin Rose is an American Internet entrepreneur and founder of Moonbirds, PROOF Collective, Revision3, Digg, Oak Meditation, and Zero. He has also been a Producer and co-host at TechTV's The Screen Savers and a General Partner at Google Ventures from 2012 to 2015. Early Life & Education Kevin Rose was born in California and lived in Oregon before his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where he spent most of his childhood. He started playing with computers around the age of 8 on an old IBM 8088. "My first real PC was a Packard Bell 80386 SX 16 that my dad bought me. I wanted a DX, but it was a bit pricier and I figured I could buy a math co-processor at a later time" He became an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and then transferred to Southeast Career Technical Academy for high school (formerly known as Vo-Tech High School) in Las Vegas in 1992. Rose attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas and majored in Computer Science but he dropped out in 1998. Career Television Kevin Rose was hired as a production assistant for The Screen Savers in 2001. He began appearing on-air in the "Dark Tip" segments and on Unscrewed with Martin Sargent, where he provided information on developing computing activities. He became a regular co-host when Leo Laporte left TechTV on March 31, 2004. On March 25, 2004, Comcast's G4 gaming channel announced a merger with TechTV, which resulted in a round of layoffs. Rose moved to Los Angeles to stay with G4. On May 22, 2005, Rose reached an agreement with G4 that released him from his contract and went on to creat Systm and later, Revision3, where he co-hosted Diggnation alongside Alex Albrecht for 6 years. Start-Ups In 2004, Kevin Rose, Owen Byrne, Ron Gorodetzky, and Jay Adelson formed Digg, a social news site. The website was publicly launched on December 5, 2004. In 2007, Rose was named to the MIT Technology Review (TR35) as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. In 2006, Fox InteractiveMedia Group offered $60 million for Digg, which the Digg board turned down given how quickly the brand was continuing to grow. "You don't have any idea how it feels to have someone tell you you can't sell your company for $60 million," - Rose told a colleague Over the next four years, CEO Rose lost interest in helping the site continue its growth, focusing on a series of non-Digg outside projects. The board eventually replaced him as CEO, on September 1, 2010. Rose continued on at Digg until March 18, 2011, when he resigned from all operational activities, only keeping a presence on the board of directors. Digg was acquired by Betaworks, in 2012, for $0.5 million. On June 27, 2007, Rose launched a micro-blogging site called Pownce, which was acquired on December 1, 2008, and shut down on December 15, 2008, by blogging company Six Apart. In April 2011, the technology blog TechCrunch reported on the founding of "Milk". The company is focused on creating mobile applications. The first application to be released was Oink, a tool for ranking real-world items. In March 2012, Milk, Inc. announced that it would be shutting down its only product, Oink. Google On March 16, 2012, Kevin Rose announced that he, alongside four others on the Milk team; Daniel Burka, Chris Hutchins, and Joshua Lane, were hired by Google after shutting down Milk and laying off the remaining members. Kevin Rose started his first day as a senior product manager for Google on March 19, 2012. On May 30, 2012, AllThingsD reported that Rose had moved off the Google+ team to become a Venture Partner at Google Ventures (GV). In January 2015, Rose announced he would leave GV to focus on his new app development lab - North. PROOF Collective Kevin Rose co-founded PROOF Collective which launched in December 2021 alongside Justin Mezzell. PROOF Collective is a private community that can be accessed with an NFT pass. It offers advantages such as free NFT drops, access to events and content, and other rewards to its holders. This private group comprises collectors and artists including well-known NFT figures, such as Mike Winkelmann (Beeple), and investor Gary Vaynerchuk. Moonbirds The PROOF collective released a collaboration called Moonbirds in April 2022. Moonbirds is a collection of 10,000 Ethereum NFTs, each featuring a pixelated owl character with randomized traits and features. Moonbirds holders have intellectual property rights, the ability to create products, services, merchandise, and also access to the PROOF Collective private community. !image Wallet Hack On January 25, 2023, Kevin Rose, CEO and co-founder of NFT collective PROOF, tweeted that his personal crypto wallet had been hacked. "I was just hacked, stay tuned for details - please avoid buying any squiggles until we get them flagged (just lost 25) + a few other NFTs (an autoglyph) ..." - Rose tweeted. In a follow-up tweet later in the day, PROOF vice president of engineering Arran Schlosberg explained that Rose was "phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens." He went on to explain that when they realized what had happened, they attempted to use a theft prevention tool Revoke Cash, though the scammer had already bulk-transferred tokens out of Rose's wallet. According to the Etherscan link provided, the scammer made off with 40 NFTs, including one Autoglyph; 25 Chromie Squiggles; one QQL Mint Pass; one Admit One pass from gmoney; one Cool Cat NFT; one The Currency NFT by Damian Hirst; one Quantum Key; and several OnChainMonkeys. Schlosberg said that assets owned by PROOF were "unaffected and not at risk," because they require multiple signatures to move. He added that the team was working with anti-fraud teams from OpenSea and Ledger "and are considering all avenues, including legal." Personal Life In 2013, Kevin Rose married Darya Pino Rose and they live in Portland, Oregon (via SF and NYC) with their daughters Zelda and Nova, and their dog, Toaster. Rose believes in playing throughout life, trying and repeatedly failing at the many things that pique his interest. He is a devoted Sanbo Zen practitioner studying under Henry Shukman.

aptos

Aptos is a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain infrastructure built on the Move programming language for developers to create applications securely and swiftly.

Aptos is a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain infrastructure developed on a combination of system securities, smart contract design, decentralization, consensus & performance technologies. It uses a parallel execution engine (Block-STM) — a Byzantine Fault-Tolerant (BFT) PoS consensus mechanism that provides a greater speed of processing transactions. History Aptos was founded by Mo Shaikh (CEO) and Avery Ching (CTO) — two ex-Meta (formally Facebook) employees in 2021. Both founders previously worked together on Diem — a blockchain project at Meta and joined hands to develop Aptos Labs after the Diem project was discontinued by Facebook. Prior to Aptos' mainnet launch in October 2022, Aptos ran a testnet campaign - Aptos Incentivized Testnet (AIT) in May divided into four stages (AIT1, AIT2, AIT3, and AIT4). The campaign incentivized developers, node operators, and auditors to launch applications and stress-test the network. At the end of the testnets, Aptos onboarded over 100 projects, including Solrise Finance, Pontem Network, PayMagic, and MartianDAO. Aptos blockchain runs on Move — a smart contract programming language that was developed for Diem. Aptos raised up to 400 million dollars before its full launch on 17th October 2022, led by notable investors - Binance Labs, Jump Crypto, a16z, ParaFi Capital, Oak HC/FT, Circle Ventures, Apollo, Franklin Templeton Investments, Tess Ventures, Superskrypt, and Griffin Gaming Partners. The blockchain was tagged 'Solana killer' due to its potential to surpass Solana with its possible ability to create a blockchain well-suited to smart contracts. Aptos Technology The Aptos data model enables flexible key management and hybrid custodial options. The blockchain leverages a pipeline and modular approach for key stages of transaction processing like block metadata ordering, transaction dissemination, parallel transaction execution, batch storage, and ledger certification which all operate concurrently. Aptos parallel execution ensures that all transactions are performed simultaneously and validated later. The approach is different from a blockchain like Ethereum which processes transactions sequentially. The blockchain is experimenting with future initiatives that would scale beyond individual validator performance: modular design and parallel execution engine support internal sharding of a validator and homogenous state sharding provides potential for horizontal throughput scalability without introducing more complexity for node operators. Tokenomics The initial supply of the governance token of the blockchain-APT at the mainnet launch on October 12, 2022 was 1 billion tokens. The distribution is mainly between the Community which was allocated 51.02% of initial tokens, Core contributors; 19.00%, Foundation; 16.50% and Investors; 13.48% of initial tokens. This makes up 49% of the total token supply allocated to the team and the investors of the blockchain and this fanned a controversy on crypto Twitter as the transparency of the blockchain was questioned. These tokens are anticipated to be distributed over a ten-year period: 125,000,000 APT to support ecosystem projects, grants, and other community growth initiatives now and in the future for the Community category. 5,000,000 APT to support the Aptos Foundation initiatives for the Foundation category. 1/120 of the remaining tokens for the community and the Foundation are anticipated to unlock each month for the next ten years. The total token supply is estimated to grow to over 1.5 billion tokens in the next ten years. Aptos' Blockchain Explorers Aptos' blockchain transactions and chain analytics can be explored with Aptoscan or Apscan . Similar to BscScan , Aptos' activities can be monitored by tracking transactions, validator activities, and account information. The total amount of APT staked, current supply, gas price, and FDV can also be viewed. Staking Anyone can participate in the Aptos consensus process if they stake sufficient utility coins, i.e., place their utility coin into escrow. To encourage validators to participate in the consensus process, each validator's vote weight is made proportionate to the amount of validator's stake. In exchange, the validator is rewarded in proportion to the amount of validator's stake. The required minimum amount for staking is 1M APT tokens. Minimum and maximum stake​ Stakers must stake the required minimum amount to join the validator set, and may not exceed the maximum stake amount. If their staked amount exceeds the maximum, their voting power and rewards will be calculated using the maximum amount. Stakers are allowed to withdraw part of the stake and leave their balance below the minimum, in which case their stake pool will be removed from the validator set at the start of the next epoch. How to stake on Aptos Aptos staking is possible by running a validator node or staking to a validator node. Aptos validators earn staking rewards for performing their duties, which they then share with their stakers. Governance Aptos governance is a process where community members can create and vote on proposals that can reduce the cost of blockchain upgrades. Scope of proposals on Aptos governance Changes on the blockchain parameters Changes to the core blockchain code Upgrades to the Aptos Framework modules for fixing bugs or enhancing the blockchain functionality Deploying new framework modules To be able to propose or vote on the Aptos blockchain, the proposer or voter must stake and the proposer or voter's backing stake pool must have the minimum required proposer stake. Partnerships On 15th November 2022, Aptos announced a partnership with Korean Triple-A gaming studio; NPIXEL. The partnership aims to improve gamer experience with features such as low-latency production blockchain, technical safeguards for gamers, high fidelity experience, and asset portability. On 17th November 2022, the Network announced another partnership with Google Cloud revealing that; Google Cloud is running a validator on Aptos, Aptos Labs will use Google Cloud for internal development operations and collaborate with Google Cloud to facilitate the running of Aptos nodes and decentralized applications (dApps) on the platform, Aptos Foundation and Google Cloud are launching an accelerator program to provide Web3 entrepreneurs and developers with APT and Google Cloud credits, Google Cloud will index the Aptos chain and provide the data to developers via BigQuery and lastly, the partnership will enable both parties co-host hackathons and events globally to help decentralized developer communities come together to collaborate and tackle shared challenges. The blockchain also partnered with Pontem Network on 25th October 2022, for Pontem to develop open-source products like AMMs, wallet, and developer tooling for the Aptos ecosystem. Events NPIXEL and the Aptos Dev Hub Korea hosted a physical event on 18th, November 2022 to mark the partnership with METAPIXEL and facilitate networking with ecosystem enthusiasts.

neutrino

Neutrino USD (USDN) is an algorithmic stablecoin that is collateralized by cryptocurrency and pegged to the US Dollar.

Neutrino USD (USDN) is an algorithmic stablecoin that is collateralized by cryptocurrency and pegged to the United States dollar. It is developed and collateralized by the Waves platform. There can be many different types of Neutrino stablecoins depending on the asset it is pegged to, such as EUR-Neutrino, BTC-Neutrino, S&P 500-Neutrino, and more. Overview Neutrino USD (USDN) is an algorithmic stablecoin that is developed and collateralized by the Waves platform and pegged to the United States dollar. USDN is one of eight Neutrino assets: Neutrino EUR (EURN), pegged to the Euro , Neutrino CNY (CNYN), pegged to the Chinese yuan , Neutrino JPY (JPYN), pegged to the Japanese yen , Neutrino RUB (RUBN), pegged to the Russian ruble , Neutrino UAH (UAHN), pegged to the Ukrainian hryvnia , Neutrino NGN (NGNN), pegged to the Nigerian naira and the Neutrino BRL (BRLN), pegged to the Brazilian real. Additional assets are voted by the community of NSBT of holders. In August of 2020, WAVES ported Neutrino USD onto the Ethereum network to expand their access to liquidity for their product and open more opportunities in the realm of DeFi (Decentralized Finance). Waves core development team strategic advisor, Sten Laureyssens said: "A large portion of the crypto community has an unsatiated appetite for DeFi. They aren’t profiting from the existing DeFi ecosystem because they either can’t navigate the complex nature, or they don’t have resources to dedicate to price exploration and swaps. Through Neutrino, we can offer a quick path for both Waves and Ethereum community members to earn consistent rewards with minimal effort and risk, and/or maximize their returns through opportunistic DeFi activities" Neutrino USD holders can stake their assets on the platform for annual yield. Price Stability Mechanism The target price of the token is $1.00 USD and is maintained by the mechanics of the Neutrino System Base Token (NSBT). USDN can always be exchanged back for WAVES tokens at a rate of 1 USDN for 1 US dollar. If the price of WAVES against USD rises a reserve fund is set aside as a safeguard against any sudden drops. If the reserve fund is not enough to offset a price drop, NSBT is issued and sold at a discount, allowing users to sell them in the future for a profit. Any further deviations out of this system are maintained by arbitrage bots. As the number of Neutrino tokens in existence increases, the more WAVES tokens get locked up in reserve and leave the open market, pushing the overall ecosystem in a deflationary direction.

0x

0x is a decentralized protocol that enables the peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain

0x Protocol is a decentralized protocol that enables the peer-to-peer exchange of assets on the Ethereum blockchain In 2017, 0x was founded by Will Warren and Amir Bandeali. Overview 0x is a permissionless liquidity protocol built on Ethereum for creating decentralized exchanges, connecting liquidity providers, and incentivizing market makers to fuel DeFi asset trading. The protocol supports token exchanges for ERC20, ERC721, and other Ethereum token standards. !mainphoto.jpegThe Protocol for Trading Tokens 0x protocol essentially is a standard messaging format and suite of smart contracts based on which the transacting entities can exchange digital assets or tokens. The message format is a set of data fields that carries key information like the digital asset or token to be traded, the price value of the transaction, the expiration time, and the defined identities of the transacting parties. The smart contracts take care of the necessary business logic responsible for generating, sending, receiving, and processing the data linked to the trading activity. The system also uses relayers, which act as order aggregators and are responsible for broadcasting the orders from designated market participants to the marketplace or exchange. The 0x team announced the launch of the v4 update of the protocol in January 2021. The 0x v4 voting process has been in progress from January 16 to January 23 and aims to reduce requests for quotation gas costs by 70%. According to the 0x Labs blog, this version enables customizable modules to execute atomic operations, including token wrapping and unwrapping. Products 0x API The 0x API is a collection of services and endpoints that can be run together or separately. In aggregate, the APIs provide interfaces to 0x liquidity, 0x staking data, and more. The 0x API is a way to source liquidity from 0x Mesh as well as on-chain sources such as Kyber Network (KNC), Uniswap, Oasis Network (ROSE), Curve Finance, and other decentralized exchange (DEX) networks. 0x API automatically creates an order that can be passed directly to the user's smart contracts to be settled on-chain and no API key is required. 0x Mesh 0x Mesh is a peer-to-peer network for sharing orders. 0x Mesh has several different use cases for different categories of users: Relayers can use Mesh to share orders with one another and to receive orders from market makers. This allows them to increase the depth of their order books and provide a better user experience. Market makers can use Mesh to reach a broader audience. Their orders can be sent throughout the network, picked up by many trading venues, and are therefore more likely to be filled. Mesh allows for a new type of relayer called a "serverless relayer". In the serverless relayer model, each user runs Mesh in their browser and there is no backend server or database. Instead, peers share orders directly with one another. Matcha Launched in June 2020, Matcha is a decentralized exchange (DEX), where users swap their tokens peer-to-peer through the Ethereum smart contract infrastructure. Unlike other exchanges that only use a single liquidity source, Matcha aggregates, liquidity from a growing number of sources, including 0x, Uniswap, Balancer, Curve, Kyber Network, Oasis Network, and others. By using smart order routing, Matcha automatically provides the end-user with the best possible price for their trade. Matcha is also unique due to its focus on education. Most other exchanges simply list the available tokens and trading pairs without providing information on them. Matcha has invested in building asset pages that serve as a place for users to discover and learn about tokens. For example, before executing a trade Matcha will show the user a detailed order review, estimated slippage and value lost, and a transaction time estimator to avoid any surprises due to network congestion. ZRX Token The 0x protocol is powered by an ERC20 utility token known as ZRX. Nodes (also known as relayers) that host an off-chain order book and offer user-facing applications that present this information and allow users to make, fill and cancel transactions are paid in ZRX tokens (as trading fees). ZRX can also be used to participate in platform governance, helping holders suggest and vote on changes to the protocol. 0x completed a token sale in August 2017, raising $24 million in Ether (ETH) in less than 24 hours at a base price of $0.048 per ZRX. A total of 1,000,000,000 ZRX tokens, were minted with the initial allocation as follows: 50% to token sale participants ., 15% for operation expenses ., 15% as a developer fund ., 10% to the team vested over 4 years ., 10% to initial advisors and private investors. In 2019, 0x announced an overhaul of the ZRX token, adding extra functionality, and allowing ZRX holders to delegate their stake to a market maker to earn passive rewards while retaining their voting capacity. Team Will Warren — Co-founder & CEO Amir Bandeali — Co-founder & CTO. Alex Xu — Chief of Staff. Ben Burns — Designer. Brandon Millman — Engineering Manager. Jacob Evans — Senior Engineer. Greg Hysen — Engineering Manager, Protocol. Blake Henderson — Product Manager Zack Skelly — Head of Talent. Remco Bloemen — Technical Fellow. Chris Kalani — GM, Matcha. Peter Zeitz — Research Fellow Clay Robbins — Ecosystem Development Lead. Eugene Aumson — Senior Engineer. Jason Somensatto — Senior Counsel. Steve Klebanoff — Senior Engineer. Xianny Ng — Engineer Brent Oshiro — Community Engagement Lead. Daniel Pyrathon — Senior Engineer. Lawrence Forman — Senior Protocol Engineer. Paul Vienhage — Research Engineer. Rui Zhang — Corporate Counsel. Mason Liang — Research Engineer. Patryk Adaś — Designer. Alex Kroeger — Data Scientist. Theo Gonella — Product Manager. Alex Towle — Protocol Engineer. Oskar Paolini — DevOps Engineer Michael Zhu — Protocol Engineer. Fulvia Morales — Product Manager. Kim Persson — Engineer. John Johnson — Senior Engineer. Nicole Setter — Workplace Experience Specialist. Max Torres — Finance Lead. Advisors Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm Olaf Carlson-Wee, Polychain Capital. Joey Krug, Pantera Capital, Augur. Linda Xie , Scalar Capital. David O. Sacks, Craft Ventures.

fred-ehrsam

Fred Ehrsam is Co-founder of Coinbase. He was previously a trader at Goldman Sachs.

Fred Ehrsam is Co-founder of Coinbase. He was previously a trader at Goldman Sachs. Career From 2010 to 2012, Fred was a trader at Goldman Sachs. In 2012, he became the Co-founder of Coinbase. From 2017 and until now, he has been serving on the board of directors of the company. In 2018, Fred became the Co-founder of Paradigm. Fred Ehrsam founded cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase in 2012 with Brian Armstrong. It has since grown into the largest U.S. crypto brokerage. Ehrsam left the company in 2017 but remains on the board and still owns about 6% of its stock; Coinbase went public in 2021. In 2018, he cofounded Paradigm, a cryptocurrency investment firm with more than $1 billion in assets. Ehrsam graduated from Duke and worked as a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs for two years before starting Coinbase. Growing up, he played thousands of hours of World of Warcraft, where he first learned about the concept of in-game digital currencies. Education Fred holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.

airdrop

A cryptocurrency airdrop is a marketing strategy that involves sending coins or tokens to wallet addresses.

A cryptocurrency airdrop is a marketing strategy that involves sending coins or tokens to wallet addresses. Little amounts of new crypto are sent to the wallets of active blockchain community members for free or in return for a small service, such as retweeting a post sent by the company issuing the currency. Overview Blockchain projects give out free tokens with the aim of gaining wider adoption and spreading awareness about a cryptocurrency project and getting people trading in it when it lists on an exchange as an initial coin offering (ICO). A higher number of holders is often seen as a positive metric, which also makes the project more decentralized in terms of token ownership. Crypto airdrops also motivate recipients to use and promote the project. This can help build an initial user base before the project lists on crypto exchanges. Types of Airdrop Bounty airdrop A bounty airdrop requires users to complete certain tasks, such as retweeting the post about the project on Twitter, joining the project's official Discord, or creating a post and tagging friends on Instagram. In exchange for performing the tasks, users often receive points that correspond to how large of bounty airdrop they receive. Users may also be required to earn a certain amount of points before they qualify for their airdrop. Standard Airdrop In this airdrop, participants interested in receiving an airdrop simply express their interest in order to receive the airdrop. The user will provide a valid wallet address, and some airdrops require no additional information beyond this. Standard airdrops often have a set amount of tokens to distribute with a limit on how many tokens each user may receive. Therefore, some standard airdrops are time-sensitive. Exclusive airdrop An exclusive airdrop only sends crypto to designated wallets. Typically, the recipients have an established history with the project, such as being active members of the community or early supporters of the project. Holder airdrop This type of airdrop occurs automatically based on who is holding existing tokens and how many tokens they hold. Because wallets and blockchain information are part of a publicly distributed ledger, all users of blockchain have full transparency into the wallets and distribution of tokens, and if the wallet balance meets the minimum requirement, recipients can claim free tokens according to their holdings at the time of the snapshot. Raffle Airdrop A raffle airdrop may be combined with some of the types of airdrops above. Sometimes, a project will state the number of airdrops they intend to give and encourage users to earn a raffle ticket. This ticket may be earned by earning points, holding tokens, or simply expressing interest. Basically, the number of users interested in the airdrop often exceeds the number of airdrops the company wishes to deliver. Therefore, a raffle occurs and a limited number of wallets are randomly selected to receive the airdrop.

arianna-simpson

Arianna Simpson is a venture capitalist based out of San Francisco, California.

Arianna Simpson is a venture capitalist based out of San Francisco, California. She is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and was the founder and Managing Director of Autonomous Partners, a cryptocurrency hedge fund and venture capital fund. Arianna has spent her career to date in various areas of tech, with two early stage startups, Facebook, and now venture capital. Early Life Arianna Simpson was born and raised in Milan, Italy 1991. She attended the the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a bachelor's in International Politics and Spanish. After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University, Arianna worked at Shoptiques.com where her position was Head of Boutique Operations from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, Arianna Simpson began a position in Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook where she left her role at Facebook to join the digital asset trust and security company BitGo. Education Arianna Simpson holds a bachelor's in International Politics and Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania Schreyer Honors College. Hobby Arianna enjoys skiing, riding her motorcycle, and traveling as much as possible. She is currently based in San Francisco. Career Arianna Simpson developed a strong interest in cryptocurrencies back in 2021, which is when she first started investing in bitcoin. She started her career as Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook where she tried to convince Facebook to launch a crypto project before the company's foray into cryptocurrencies before leaving to joining BitGo as an account and project manager in 2014. !arianna-simpson-steven-cohen-hedge-fund-crypto-bitcoin.webp She was the Managing Director and founder of Autonomous Partners, a cryptocurrency hedge fundand venture capital fund. They are focused on investing in cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and blockchain-based companies. She has made over 40 investments in companies including Quartzy, The Flex Company, TUSHY and Jopwell. Simpson is an Advisor to Commonwealth Crypto. She is also an Advisor and Investor in Stork Club Fertility Benefits. Simpson has also been a Venture Partner at Crystal Towers Capital since 2015. Simpson was previously ran sales Y Combinator-backed Shoptiques In 2019, she joined Andreessen Horowitz a private American venture capital firm as a deal partner, who is now a General Partner. Achievement After a year of joining Andreessen Horowitz as a deal partner, Simpson was made a General partner who is responsible for deploying the firm's $2.2 billion cryptocurrency fund. She first worked as an advisor and board member and became a partner at Andreessen Horowitz in 2020. The cryptocurrency and digital asset fund Andreessen Horowitz, was as of 2022 is worth $4.7 billion. With its stakes in NFT companies like OpenSea and Dapper Labs and has had a further focus on decentralized finance, infrastructure, and gaming in the cryptocurrency industry.

riccardo-spagni

Riccardo Spagni is a maintainer of the privacy-preserving digital currency, Monero. He is also the co-founder of GloBee, a cryptocurrency-payment processor, and...

Ricardo Spagni also known as Fluffypony is a maintainer of the Monero project, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. A passionate Bitcoin and cryptocurrency enthusiast, Riccardo has dedicated his life to building and advancing the cryptocurrency industry. His enthusiasm for the project has helped Monero become one of the most popular digital currencies and he continues to be an active and vocal advocate for the project. Riccardo is an experienced software developer and has made a number of contributions to open-source projects, including the Monero project. He is also an avid traveler and has spoken at numerous conferences around the world on topics related to cryptocurrency and privacy. Career Riccardo Spagni is a member of the Monero Core Team, who stewards the Monero Project. He has an academic background in informatics and logistics and has spent many years in software development, before starting a business in the import/export industry with his wife. Due to the success of that business, he had enough freedom to start tinkering with Bitcoin early in 2011. In 2012, he became involved in various cryptocurrency-related projects, and in 2016 he launched Globee, a cryptocurrency payment processor. In 2014, Spagni created and launched MyMonero, a wallet to use Monero on desktop and mobile. He was also a lead maintainer and a contributor of Monero, a privacy-preserving digital currency where he was responsible for executing the release procedures in Github repositories. After five years at Monero, Riccardo stepped down as lead maintainer on 16th December 2019 but remained as maintainer of the project. "I'm stepping back as lead maintainer, but continuing on as a maintainer, to further decentralise the project. I've been talking about doing this for two years, since I stepped back as lead maintainer on the Monero website and Monero GUI projects, so it should come as no surprise." - Riccardo Spagni told DeCrypt Riccardo Spagni is currently building Tari, a blockchain-based, decentralized assets protocol built in Rust, private by default, open-source, and is being architected as a merge-mined sidechain with Monero. Controversy Riccardo Spagni was arrested in Nashville, Tennesse on July 20, 2021, on fraud charges tied to alleged offenses in South Africa between 2009 and 2011. Spagni was on board a private jet scheduled to fly to Los Cabos, Mexico when he was apprehended in Nashville during a scheduled refueling stop, according to court documents. The arrest was made at the request of the South African government, seeking Spagni’s extradition on fraud charges. The charges, unrelated to Spagni’s role at Monero, were tied to his previous employment as an information technology manager at a company called Cape Cookies alleging he “used false information” to create invoices that inflated the prices for certain goods and services and had funds transferred to a bank account he controlled. After a month in custody, Riccardo was released in September 2021. In a tweet, Spagni said he was working with his legal team to return to South Africa to address the allegations against him. I am very pleased that the U.S. court has released me. I am actively working with my attorneys on a way to return to South Africa as soon as possible so I can address this matter and get it behind me once and for all. That’s what I’ve always wanted to do. In a court filing for the Middle District of Tennessee, Magistrate Judge Alistair Newbern ordered Spagni to surrender to U.S. Marshals on July 5, 2022, for extradition to South Africa. Personal Life Riccardo Spagni and his wife live along the Garden Route, Plettenberg Bay on the coast of South Africa, where he spends weekends packrafting, hanging out with their dogs, building and flying multi-copters, and playing with LEGO.

e-radix

e-Radix is a cryptocurrency represented with the symbol “EXRD”.

e-Radix is a cryptocurrency represented with the symbol “EXRD”. It is a tier-1 DLT protocol that is designed to serve DeFi applications with a new highly scalable and composable 'Cerberus' consensus design. Also, e-Radix is an ERC-20 token that will be swappable for XRD, Radix's platform utility token, as soon as the Radix public mainnet becomes available. Overview e-Radix is focused on the 3 major drivers of DeFi Growth which are: 1. Radix team found out that despite the fast growth of cryptocurrencies, it is surprisingly difficult and expensive to get money into and out of the present DeFi ecosystem. However, the EXRD token is a user-based, vertically unified approach which is focused on making on and off ramping as simple, secure, and friction-free as possible. 2. The global economy largely depends on liquidity but the majority of the world’s tokens and digital assets have their limited liquidity shared across different platforms and are not harmonized. e-Radix however, provides adequate liquidity for the Radix platform which offers native functionality for communities, projects, market makers, and developers, to build and access liquidity pools at the call of an API. 3. The number of users, as well as the number of connections between assets and applications on a platform, determine the network effects of a public ledger. By standardizing and simplifying the way financial assets like e-Radix are represented on Radix, these asset “code blocks” can be effortlessly composed together at scale. Tokenomics e-Radix token has a circulating supply of 4,410,000,000 EXRD, and a maximum supply of 4,410,000,000 EXRD. It recorded an all-time high of $0.193742 on November 18, 2020, and an all-time low of $0.056532 on Nov 25, 2020. Exchanges The token is listed and available on the following exchanges: Uniswap Bilaxy Hotbit

power-ledger

Power Ledger is an Australian blockchain-based cryptocurrency and energy trading platform.

Power Ledger is an Australian blockchain-based cryptocurrency and energy trading platform that allows for decentralized selling and buying of renewable energy, released in May 2016 with the goal of disrupting the global energy industry by enabling local areas to sell and distribute solar power to their neighbors without the help of Middlemen. It is a technology company that uses blockchain to facilitate energy and environmental commodity trading. Power Ledger operates on two blockchain layers and uses two coins, the Power Ledger (POWR) token and Sparkz, which offer different functions. The platform itself uses the public Ethereum blockchain and a private consortium blockchain known as Ecochain. Overview The platform provides consumers with access to a variety of energy markets around the globe and is meant to be scalable to various energy infrastructures and regulations. The market is based on a dual-token ecosystem operating on two blockchain layers, POWR and Sparkz. History Power Ledger was founded in May 2016. That same year the platform went live with proof of concept deployments in Auckland New Zealand and in a retirement village south of Perth, Australia and was publicly announced on 11 August 2016 by chair Jemma Green and managing director Dave Martin. On 24th of August the company announced that it would utilize Ecochain technology to store energy readings. Power Ledger's white paper was officially released in a company press release on 27 July 2017. In the white paper, the company revealed an ERC-20 Ethereum-based token called POWR, which would be implemented into the Power Ledger platform, and Sparkz, on their own Consortium Ethereum Network. The company maintained that demand for POWR tokens would increase as the platform user-base grows, thereby changing the price of the token and allowing for the exchange of POWR tokens for Sparkz tokens. Additional partners National Lifestyle Villages (11 August 2016) - a sale and rental company for village communities Funding The company launched its pre-sale on 27 August 2017. In three days, over 100 million POWR tokens were sold, with 25% sold in the first hour. An extra 5% of tokens was awarded to every transaction that took place during the pre-sale. Power Ledger raised $17 million AUD during its pre-sale, which ended on 3 September 2017. Public sale of POWR tokens officially began on 6 October 2017, during the company's Initial Coin Offering (ICO). An additional 150 million POWR tokens were offered during the main sale. On 6 October 2017 the company had reported that it had raised over $34 million AUD ($24 million USD) overall during its ICO, including the amount raised during the pre-sale. A reported 15,000 supporters backed the token. On 17 November 2017 the company announced in a press release that the Australian government had awarded $2.57 million AUD in grants for a two-year research project to take place in the City of Fremantle. The project is expected to be Power Ledger's first examination of the potential of blockchain technology in integrating distributed energy and water systems. Seven additional project partners contributed a combined value of $5.68 million for the project for a total funding of $8 million. The project was the second largest recipient of the 2017 Smart Cities and Suburbs Program award, a $50 million grant from the Australian government supporting innovative smart city projects. Power Token The POWR token allows application hosts and participants to use the platform itself. When a host does not have the right amount of POWR, they cannot access the platform. POWR is traded through the Ethereum Smart Bond exchange. POWR tokens allow consumers and hosts providing energy to interface with the ecosystem and are protected through Smart Bond technology. POWR tokens can be converted into Sparkz tokens, which can be used for frictionless transactions in the energy exchange market. The initial coin offering for POWR tokens became the largest crowd funding project in Australia and the 14th highest in the world. What Makes Power Ledger Unique? Power Ledger has six products: Power Port, uGrid, xGrid, C6, C6+ and Asset Germinator. All of these products provide different energy solutions through the use of the blockchain. Users can buy and sell energy on the existing electrical grid. They do this through peer-to-peer transactions. Team Power Ledger (POWR) was co-founded by Dr. Jemma Green, Dave Martin, John Bulich and Jenni Conroy. Dr. Jemma Green is the executive chairman of Power Ledger and is also a board member at the Water Corporation and an advisory board member at Carbon Tracker. Dave Martin is the managing director at Power Ledger. He is also a committee member at Sustainable Energy Now and the director of Evolution Road. John Bulich is the technical director at Power Ledger. Before that role, he was a co-founder and director of Ledger Assets and a director at WA Property Investments. Jenni Conroy is the company secretary at Power Ledger. She is also the managing director of Future Effect. Before these roles, she was a manager wholesale regulatory & compliance at the Synergy electricity generation and retail corporation.

bitcrystals

Bitcrystals (ticker symbol:BCY) is a cryptocurrency that operates on the Counterparty platform. It was launched in February 2015

Bitcrystals (ticker symbol: BCY) is a cryptocurrency that operates on the Counterparty platform. The development team is located in Geneva. It was launched in February 2015. Overview Bitcrystals is an innovative cryptocurrency that brings out a decentralized, peer-to-peer, secure, and stable trading platform for gaming enthusiasts. When using Bitcrystals, gamers can trade their digital assets outside of the native trading systems present in a game, thus allowing cross-market trade of things like items, assets, cards, and many more. This gives the gamer control of their digital property, and allows for a large, collaborative gaming ecosystem. History !fetched-img-da2cf1cae1fe1000png.pngBitCrystals: Blockchain Ecosystem for you Bitcrystals was launched in February 2015, as a Counterparty (XCP) asset or token. BCY actually uses the Counterparty blockchain, hashing algorithm, and its unique Proof-of-Burn mechanism. The crowdsale for BCY had 70% of the 100 million total amount of tokens available for sale, with the remaining 30% being distributed to early contributors and investors. All unsold BCY coins were burned in October of 2015. Benefits of Bitcrystals? 1. BCY uses the Counterparty blockchain, the SHA-256 hashing algorithm, and the very unique Proof-of-Burn mechanism for generating new coins. With this unique approach, new BCY coins are generated upon Bitcoins being ‘burned’, that is, they were sent to an address whose private keys are not known to anyone. This creates a slightly deflationary economy, and is one of the most unique concepts to generate new tokens or coins. 2. BCY tokens are Counterparty tokens and they are meant to be used primarily as in-game currency in EverdreamSoft’s (the parent company behind Bitcrystals) new mobile game, Spells of Genesis (SoG), and the online multi-platform trading card game Moonga. 3. Because of the unique development approach of BCY, all digital assets owned by a gamer, such as trading cards or potions, can be traded outside the game as well, providing a truly decentralised, cross-platform, and free market for the gaming ecosystem. Key Features 1. Complete Ownership - The digital assets owned by the gamer are recorded on the blockchain, thus providing complete ownership and control over items in-game to the user. Anything from trading cards, to in-game currency, to digital art collectibles can be sent, received, and traded in an easy, secure, and decentralized manner on the blockchain. Nothing is stored in-game developer’s databases, giving the power back to gamers, and allowing them to decide what they choose to do with their digital assets. 2. Game independent, free-trade market - Bitcrystals allows gamers and Game developers to create, publish, manage, and trade their in-game items or digital creations such as trading cards, concept art, and many more, directly to the blockchain-based trading market. This decentralized trading market is built on the distributed, trustless, and permissionless blockchain that will allow seamless interoperability between different applications and games. 3. Blockchain Publishing Platform - The BCY publishing platform offers independent game developers and studios an extensive set of tools and services to help them make the most of the new marketing and revenue opportunities that the blockchain brings. Bitcrystals provides game developers with advisory and marketing services, and enables them to become a part of the large BCY gaming economy by utilizing BCY tokens inside their games. How to Buy & store Bitcrystals? How to buy Bitcrystals 1. BCY is traded at exchanges such as Bittrex, Poloniex, and Cryptopia, with Bittrex being the largest by volume. 2. BCY can also be earned by selling or trading in-game items in the various games which accept the BCY token, such as Spells of Genesis. BCY Wallet !fetched-img-5d9b319ca11fe000jpg.jpeg The Bitcrystals wallet, custom designed for allowing trade in both BCY and in-game trading items, called Book of Orbs. While cryptocurrency exchanges provide you with a platform to buy or sell the BCY cryptocurrency, CoinSwitch, the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, comes in to help you make the right decision by providing the prices for BCY on multiple crypto exchanges. With CoinSwitch, users do not rely on a separate BCY wallet from the exchange to store your BCY cryptocurrency. Instead, all transactions happen to and from your own personal private wallets. How is Bitcrystals different from other cryptos? 1. Niche market appeal \- Instead of being a generic cryptocurrency with no practical purpose or demographic in mind\, Bitcrystals is made specifically for use by gamers and game development studios\, to change the way they interact with each other\, and transform the way games are developed in the future\. Its aim is to foster the development of games that are much more transparent, secure, and give the power back to the gamer, by making them the sole owners of their digital assets in-game. BCY allows free trade, exchange, buying, and selling of in-game assets, both inside a particular game’s ecosystem, between different games, or even across the entire cryptocurrency trade market in the form of BCY tokens. 2. Extensive integration into online games \- A gaming currency would be of no use without widespread adoption by game developers and studios\, and BCY thankfully has managed to achieve just that\. Bitcrystals boasts integration with a large number of mostly indie, online titles, including native support Spells of Genesis, a game developed by Bitcrystals’ parent company EverdreamSoft specifically designed to use BCY, whether directly in the form of tokens, or indirectly through the ownership of in-game items. 3. Token based ecosystem \- Since BCY itself is a token based on the Counterparty blockchain\, this means that BCY can not only be traded amongst intra\-game markets\, but also on the larger and more expansive cryptocurrency market\, the same as any other altcoin or Bitcoin\. This means BCY can also function as a valid cryptocurrency, with inherent worth, and can be used in trades and exchanges just like other cryptocurrencies. 4. Feature-packed wallet \- Book of Orbs is the BCY wallet available both for mobile and online use\, which acts as a central place from which to collect\, trade\, and catalog all the digital assets\, whether they are in\-game items\, or BCY tokens\. It also provides gamers full control over their digital assets, allowing them to buy, sell, or trade items in a free, decentralised market as they please, or even to transfer items between different games, provided the support the Bitcrystals blockchain. Should you invest in Bitcrystals? 1. While a lot of indie games have developed their in-game economies in a way to accommodate BCY, no major development studio has made any significant step towards planning to integrate cryptocurrencies into its mechanisms. 2. However, as the concept of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies become more widespread among the general public, it can be speculated that some major gaming studios may decide to test integration of blockchain-based free markets into their games. 3. If that does happen, it is likely BCY will be one of the first coins to be adopted, due to its pioneering approach to in-game cryptocurrency usage, and consistent and robust development schedule. 4. While investing in any cryptocurrency is subject to their inherent volatile nature, BCY would be a very useful investment for people who are avid players on games that support BCY, and an interesting choice, with possibly immense potential in the future, to look into for others.

jackson-fu

Jackson Fu was a real estate business executive but turned blockchain technology expert.

Jackson Fu was a real estate business executive but turned blockchain technology expert. He is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CREAM, LLC, an incubator and investment company which is focused on blockchain technology. He is currently based in San Francisco Bay Area. About Jackson Fu Jackson was a business executive who was into real estate finance investments, as well as media entertainment acquisitions in the United States and China. He worked for several years in those fields before venturing into blockchain technology. Currently, Jackson is into investment and incubation of blockchain technology, Fintech as well as AI/Algo trading technology, which has led him into owning his own firm. Career Jackson is a co-founder & managing partner at CREAM, LLC, a position he has held since May 2017. He works from his San Francisco Bay Area office. The CREAM, LLC is a successful blockchain and cryptocurrency project investment and incubator. It utilizes blockchain technology as well as tokenization to unlock the potentials of start-ups and already established companies around the world. The firm incubates, advises, and invests in blockchain and crypto-based companies. Previous working experiences of Jackson include being the Founding Shareholder and None-Executive Chairman of Qilin Capital, a quantitative hedge fund that adopts arbitrage and real alpha strategy based on Chinese futures and A-shares markets. Jackson has been with this firm which is located in Shanghai city, China since June 2016 and still serves there. Jackson worked as Managing Director for Gold Legend Capital LLC in Shanghai City, China from August 2013 to July 2017, after working as Senior Director & Head of Fund Management at Fosun Group located in Shanghai from July 2011 to March 2013. Education Jackson schooled at the University of California, Berkeley where he obtained a barchelor degree in Economics. While studying there Jackson was the President of the Asia Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES ), Berkeley Chapter. Skills and competences Jackson is highly skilled in Investments, Asset Management, and Mergers & Acquisitions.

basis-share

Basis Share (BAS) is a censorship-resistant & fairly distributed implementation of the Basis Protocol.

Basis Share (BAS) is a censorship-resistant & fairly distributed implementation of the Basis Protocol. It inspired individuals, by painting a picture of a world that runs entirely on decentralized digital dollars the policies for which cannot be corrupted or politicized. Overview Basis Share is not a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) project. The project is simply leveraging the industry’s excitement in the category to bring much-deserved attention and engagement to the Basis Protocol, and to use this opportunity to distribute ownership in the protocol fairly. Features Basis Cash Basis Share Basis Bond Basis Cash Basis Cash is an ERC-20. Basis Cash doesn’t natively implement an AMM. It has implemented a fixed formula to price bonds instead of an auction, such that a bond can be purchased when cash is de-pegged at 1. Basis Share Purchase Users can purchase Basis Share (BAS) using their investment from Coinbase. Users can buy Basis Share (BAS) at a good number of cryptocurrency exchanges including MXC. Basis Protocol was brought back from the grave. Basis Cash is a censorship-resistant & fairly distributed implementation of the Basis Protocol, which after a 133M Initial Coin Offering (ICO) was shut down by the SEC due to concerns its Basis bonds and share tokens may be securities.

fetchai

Fetch is a decentralized digital representation of the real world in which autonomous software agents do useful economic work.

Fetch.ai (launched in March 2018) is building a decentralized machine learning platform based on a distributed ledger, that enables anyone to share or exchange data. With this, users can deliver data or provide services and be rewarded in Fetch.Ai's token (FET). Overview Fetch.ai was launched in March 2018 by a team based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Fetch.ai aims to be at the forefront of accelerating research and the deployment of emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI. Its solutions are designed for people, organizations, and IOT. The project has created an Open Economic Framework (OEF) that serves as a decentralized search and a value exchange platform for various autonomous economic agents. Fetch.ai has digital intelligence at its heart: it aims to deliver actionable predictions, instant trust information, enable the construction of robust collaborative models, and improve efficiencies and streamlining processes. Digital Twin Fetch.ai deployed the Twin personality feature for users to add their characteristics into their twin. A Digital Twin is a digital version of a real-world person or business that helps users search and discover through a digital ecosystem. Helping your real-world self do what matters to you in your work and life. All users need to do is head over to their website to get started Login Click 'update twin profile Choose your personality and click submit Team At the helm of operation in Fetch.ai is a team of top-class software engineers and researchers working across multiple fields like multi-agent systems, Machine learning, Economics, and Cryptography. | Name | Position | | ---- | -------- | | Humayun Sheikh | CEO and Co-founder | | Toby Simpson | COO, Co-founder | | Thomas Hain | CSO, Co-Founder | | Jonathan Ward | CTO | | Maria Minaricova | Head of Business Development | | Attila Bagoly | Software Engineer | | Peter Bukva | Principal Software Engineer | | Joshua Croft | Application Lead | | Robert Dickson | Senior Software Engineer | | Ed Fitzgerald | Lead Software Engineer | | Nathan Hutton | Senior Software Engineer | | Aristoteles Triantafyllidis | Software Engineer | | Jiri Vestfal | Software Engineer | | Juan Besa | Software Engineer | | Denis Trapeznikov | Senior Software Engineer | | Lokman Rahmani | Senior Software Engineer | | Emma Smith | Machine Learning Engineer | Services Fetch.ai is building an open-access, tokenized, decentralized machine learning network to enable smart infrastructure built around a decentralized digital economy. Fetch.ai's focus is on: Machine Learning - Blockchain can be used to decentralize federated learning algorithms so that the benefits of these collective machine learning models are shared across the multiple owners of data. Agents Simple development and deployment of autonomous agent populations that fulfill economic goals through strategy, communication, search, and the exchange of value. Cryptography - Enhance the speed, efficiency, and security of the blockchain using next-generation multi-party computation (MPC) protocols for random beacons and aggregated signatures. Token Economics The native token used in Fetch.ai's ecosystem is FET. The token serves as the digital currency for all transactions, as well as for network operations such as secure communications. FET can be used for many purposes, the biggest five of which are: Ability to connect agents and nodes to the network. Value exchange between agents. FETs allow for two agents to perform a value exchange without any restraint irrespective of their location. Access to the digital world. FETs are needed to access, view, and interact with the decentralized digital world. Ability to access and develop ledger-based AI/ML algorithms. For exchange into Fetch.AI’s operational fuel. Fetch.AI’s operational fuel allows access to processor time for contract execution and services for agents.

katy-arrington

Katy Arrington is a digital painter and illustrator based in Australia, her works are inspired by the forms of anime art.

Katy Arrington is a digital painter and illustrator based in Australia, her works are inspired by the many forms of anime art from Kawaii (Japanese cuteness culture). Her works can be described as everything from beautiful, strange, cute, creepy, joyous, and even twisted. Early Life Ever since she was a kid she made art but in between she had a very tumultuous relationship with it all of her life, battling lifelong procrastination, until one day she decided to quit it completely. Career In the past, she has worked for Disney Interactive in Glendale, California as a 2D Concept Art Intern and Microsoft in Seattle as a Concept Artist. A few years back she decided to recommit, find life coaching, and work to find her way back to art. Since then she has created so many artworks that she is proud of. She said in an interview "I love the work in this gallery that I created since I gave art another shot and very glad I didn’t give up." She also works as a life coach for artists, helping artists make money with their art. She has gained a massive following for her anime-style characters who vary in style from cute and kawaii, to eerie and evil. Her artwork speaks to themes of empowerment and fully embracing femininity, they are bright, vivid, sensual, and full of life with each one containing a plethora of bold colors and undeniable personality. “I hope with these characters, the audience can relate to one or both of these characters and feel like they are fighting for what they believe in. The main piece, however, represents the balance of the market and I want to leave the audience with suspense.” She has been a featured artist on MakersPlace since her indulgence in the world of rare digital art. Her works have been highly wanted by collectors due to her unmistakable illustrative style, evoking raw emotions in a playful and fun tone. Her past works include her first-ever crypto-inspired artwork, BitcoinKitty, as well as her most recent collaboration with Vansdesign where she introduced her first animated piece, VR Girl. NFTs, Work, and Series Katy has been exhibiting unique digital works on MakersPlace, a blockchain art portal, created by former employees of online pinboard Pinterest. "It connected me to a community that really valued digital art; it was pretty awesome," she says, adding that using the blockchain software required to exhibit her illustrations proved difficult at first, but has since become more intuitive. She has sold a total of 311 artworks on the marketplace platform with a total value of $561,628.86 (219.208 ETH) Bull vs. Bear Series The Bull vs. Bear series introduces two new characters Bull-san and Bear-chan, they represent two opposing forces in the financial market. Regardless of the “select screen” found in video games, the first two artworks act as introductions to each character (Bull-san and Bear-chan) while the third artwork presents the two characters in an epic showdown, with weapons blazing and magic revealed. The third artwork is called the Bull vs Bear Drop and it resulted in a total of $159,958 in gross sales. It was described as a timeless epic battle between arch nemeses, Bull-san and Bear-chan, depicted in color in the main act art piece of the Bull vs. Bear series. In the illustrated fight scene, there is no clear player with the upper hand. The outcome is very much unknown, leaving a cliffhanger on the enduring question, will bull or bear win? Fruit Girls Series Fruit Girls is her latest work and it pays homage to the power and sensuality that every woman possesses. The series is about feeling comfortable in your own skin and owning the sweet qualities that make one an individual. !Eyx4L66WYAM8ufrjpg.jpeg Each fruit is different in appearance, texture, and taste yet all are equally delicious. She hopes that this series will shine a light on the beauty of unfiltered femininity and encourage everyone to feel comfortable embracing their true selves. The Collection includes Kiwi !927da772e691a61e4d4ae0a77113ce80_549348jpg.jpeg Inspired by a recent commission by a sexy and confident woman, Kiwi has a rougher exterior than the other fruits but she's actually very sweet and soft inside. She's a bad bitch who won't take shit from anyone, but really all she wants is a hug and to be loved like the rest of us. This was sold for $33,307.04 (13 ETH) on the Makersplace platform Banana This is Banana, the cutest and silliest one! Inspired by a recent commission by a sexy and confident woman, this painting is part of another series of empowered women who enjoy being in their own skin. She hears voices in bananas. She's kinda bananas. Grape Inspired by a recent commission by a sexy and confident woman, this painting is part of another series of empowered women who enjoy being in their own skin. The fruits highlight how beauty and power come in all shapes, looks, colors, and sizes. Grapes can indicate luxury and she is wrapped in an exquisite satin bow. She knows she is the prize. Bathtub Paradise !81d619f6ee1f0e6dcf47ee8c048252cb_612540.jpgTaking a bath may relax your body and help remove toxins. It improves your physical and mental health and promotes rest, stress relief, and anxiety control. You can turn it into your zen zone if you put in a lot of work. Possibly you could participate if you don't already have one. Let's Go Baby !c7eff45bc3c1e95bd47177d081508b26_606740.jpgHeart pounding, vehicles humming, eyes narrowed... The goal isn't to defeat the rival; it's to cross the finish line. For her, that is. She's holding out. This digital artwork is a signed, limited edition piece. Users are buying all of this creation's noncommercial rights. This work will be added to your virtual wallet after purchase. The platform of purchase will supply one for you if you don't already have one. You may print or even display the full-sized design for personal use by downloading it. Every purchase is final. Others Other pieces in this collection include Cherry, Lemon, and the recently released piece Strawberry. CryptoKitties Series CryptoKitties”, which first started with BitcoinKitty is an original series that shows Katy’s journey into the crypto world, through the lens of familiar cryptocurrencies, technologies, and kitties. EthKitty This work was inspired by the Ethereum (ETH) token as it was the first cryptocurrency ever owned by her, it was her first love and this piece was like Katy’s love letter to her. It was sold at a whopping price of $12,810.40 (5 ETH) DogeKitty As the world was raving about Bitcoin (BTC) and the rise of cryptocurrencies, it was just much hype and not enough bite for Katy but one coin made her change her mind which is the now infamous Dogecoin. It was sold for $5,124.16 (2 ETH) MetaMaskKitty This was her first introduction to owning cryptocurrencies and she frames this popular symbol like one of her french nudes. It was sold for $12,810.40 (5 ETH) BitcoinKitty BitcoinKitty was the first piece in her CryptoKitties series, it dropped in the early 2020 and was collected by Whaleshark\_C4A after multiple rounds of bidding. It was sold for $3,843.12 (1.5 ETH). Other Remarkable Pieces PhotoMosh Girl This piece was inspired by the need to embrace being a digital artist, even more, she wanted to emphasize more what separates digital art from traditional art and one of those things is motion. According to her, she said; "I loved the idea of mixing my digital paintings with animation but was at first daunted by the idea of learning animation. I then found PhotoMosh, a web app that makes it super easy to create those luscious glitchy gifs. Now my girls can have all the glitch effects they want." Birch Forest This piece describes a mysterious girl in a white dress donning a bunny mask with big pointed ears. Despite the soft bright lighting, it is an unsettling image. Walking through a forest like this, even during the daylight, you wouldn't feel completely safe. When the trees have eyes, it feels like something is always watching you. It was sold for 0.66600 ETH ($253.69). Personal Life She is currently staying in Australia, about a year ago, she left the United States to go on a round-the-world trip indefinitely bringing all my artist equipment with her in order to feed her love of creating images and also to fund the ongoing trip.

origin-protocol

Origin is an open-source platform that enables the creation of peer-to-peer marketplaces and E-commerce applications.

Origin is an open-source platform that enables the creation of peer-to-peer marketplaces and E-commerce applications. The Origin Platform is designed for the global sharing economy, allowing buyers and sellers of fractional used goods and services (car-sharing, service-based tasks, home-sharing, etc.) to transact on the distributed, open web. Utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), the platform and its community participants can interact in a peer-to-peer fashion, allowing for the creation and booking of services and goods without traditional intermediaries. The Origin has three significant parts that are on the whole open-source: Origin-enabled end-user applications Origin developer infrastructure Origin protocols Overview Origin Protocols uses open-source standards for many marketplace features, including user identity, publishing listings, and peer-to-peer transactions. The protocols also include an open and shared data layer of users, listings, and other data on the Marketplace contract. User and transaction data is stored on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. This means that third-parties can query the public Ethereum blockchain and IPFS network for currently available listings, a history of previous transactions, and the reputations of various ecosystem buyers and sellers. !bbb.jpg Of paramount importance is the ability to cut out almost all of the transaction fees associated from bookings between buyers and suppliers. Because of the Fat Protocol phenomenon, the value of the network lies mostly in the value of the protocol layer, and less on the applications layer (in this case, websites that would otherwise charge fees). Our incentives are to build a rich ecosystem of buyers and sellers, so we do not intend to charge onerous transaction fees on the protocol level. The Origin Token (also known as OGN) is a utility token that serves multiple purposes in ensuring the health and growth of the network.OGN is a multi-purpose incentive token that drives behavior for end users, developers, marketplace operators, and other ecosystem participants. In addition, OGN is a medium-of-exchange token that can be used for payments between buyers and sellers on the platform. Finally, it is intended that OGN will serve a critical piece in the future governance of the network. Origin Tokens have already been used to incentivize various forms of participation from the Platform’s ecosystem participants. Origin tokens are used to reward users, developers, marketplace operators, and/or other participants to perform actions and services that are beneficial to the health and growth of the platform. Partnership & Investors Origin Protocol has 22 venture capital firm investors and 8 individual Investors. The capital firm investors are; Pantera Capital Foundation Capital BlockTower Capital 1kx Blockchain.com Eterna Capital KBW Ventures PreAngel Fund FBG SNZ Holdings Continue Capital BlockAsset Danhua Capital Crypto Bazaar Spartan QCP Capital Sora Ventures Kenetics Capital Hashed Metaps+ Smart contract Gumi The individual investors are; Steve Chen Alexis Ohanian Garry Tan Gil Penchina Justin Blau Steve Jang Kamal Ravikant Randall Kaplan Team Currently, Origin Protocol has 17 core team members, 5 community team members, 5 advisors and 178 total contributors. Some of the core team members are; Josh Fraser – Co-founder Matthew Liu – Co-founder Coleman Maher - Business Development Yu Pan - R&D Engineer Micah Alcorn - Product Manager/Engineer Kay Yoo - Finance & Operations Origin is an open-source platform that enables the creation of peer-to-peer marketplaces and E-commerce applications. The Origin Platform is designed for the global sharing economy, allowing buyers and sellers of fractional used goods and services (car-sharing, service-based tasks, home-sharing, etc.) to transact on the distributed, open web. Utilizing the Ethereum blockchain and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), the platform and its community participants can interact in a peer-to-peer fashion, allowing for the creation and booking of services and goods without traditional intermediaries. The Origin has three significant parts that are on the whole open-source: Origin-enabled end-user applications Origin developer infrastructure Origin protocols Overview Origin Protocols uses open-source standards for many marketplace features, including user identity, publishing listings, and peer-to-peer transactions. The protocols also include an open and shared data layer of users, listings, and other data on the Marketplace contract. User and transaction data is stored on the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS. This means that third-parties can query the public Ethereum blockchain and IPFS network for currently available listings, a history of previous transactions, and the reputations of various ecosystem buyers and sellers. Of paramount importance is the ability to cut out almost all of the transaction fees associated from bookings between buyers and suppliers. Because of the Fat Protocol phenomenon, the value of the network lies mostly in the value of the protocol layer, and less on the applications layer (in this case, websites that would otherwise charge fees). Our incentives are to build a rich ecosystem of buyers and sellers, so we do not intend to charge onerous transaction fees on the protocol level. The Origin Token (also known as OGN) is a utility token that serves multiple purposes in ensuring the health and growth of the network.OGN is a multi-purpose incentive token that drives behavior for end users, developers, marketplace operators, and other ecosystem participants. In addition, OGN is a medium-of-exchange token that can be used for payments between buyers and sellers on the platform. Finally, it is intended that OGN will serve a critical piece in the future governance of the network. Origin Tokens have already been used to incentivize various forms of participation from the Platform’s ecosystem participants. Origin tokens are used to reward users, developers, marketplace operators, and/or other participants to perform actions and services that are beneficial to the health and growth of the platform. Partnership & Investors Origin Protocol has 22 venture capital firm investors and 8 individual Investors. The capital firm investors are; Pantera Capital Foundation Capital BlockTower Capital 1kx Blockchain.com Eterna Capital KBW Ventures PreAngel Fund FBG SNZ Holdings Continue Capital BlockAsset Danhua Capital Crypto Bazaar Spartan QCP Capital Sora Ventures Kenetics Capital Hashed Metaps+ Smart contract Gumi The individual investors are; Steve Chen Alexis Ohanian Garry Tan Gil Penchina Justin Blau Steve Jang Kamal Ravikant Randall Kaplan Team Currently, Origin Protocol has 17 core team members, 5 community team members, 5 advisors and 178 total contributors. Some of the core team members are; Josh Fraser – Co-founder Matthew Liu – Co-founder Coleman Maher - Business Development Yu Pan - R&D Engineer Micah Alcorn - Product Manager/Engineer Kay Yoo - Finance & Operations

indexed-finance

Indexed Finance is a decentralized protocol for passive portfolio management on Ethereum.

Indexed Finance is focused on the development of passive portfolio management strategies for the Ethereum network. Indexed Finance is managed by the holders of its governance token, which is used to vote on proposals for protocol updates and high-level index management such as the definition of market sectors and the creation of new management strategies. On 14 October 2021, Indexed finance was exploited for $16 million. The attacker executed an elaborate flash loan attack to exploit the functional logic of one of the project's smart contracts. Overview Indexed Finance is a decentralized protocol for passive portfolio management on Ethereum. Indexed Finance started in August 2020, and it went live on the Ethereum mainnet in December 2020. The project had an initial private investment by Molly (The creator of HEGIC) and one of the founders, totaling $125,000. The indexed protocol is focused on portfolio management, which is similar to Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). The Assets Under Management tracks the underlying assets’ performance. Index pools are then tokenized into a token that represents the pool. An Automated Market Maker (AMM) mechanism is integrated into the Indexed Finance protocol to rebalance the index pools. NDX token holders passively manage the pools via governance, including management strategies and the market sector’s definition. <br Indexed Finance was founded by two people, Dillion Kellar and an anonymous person known as PR0. Currently, there are a total of 5 members working on the project. Index Pools This is the first product developed by Indexed Finance a set of capitalization-weighted index pools designed to replicate the behavior of index funds, which historically actively managed funds on the stock market. Index pools simplify asset management on Ethereum the way that index funds do for the stock market: by creating a single asset that represents ownership in a diverse portfolio that tracks the market sector the index represents. Each index pool has an ERC-20 index token which anyone can mint by providing the underlying assets in the pool, burning to claim the underlying assets or swapping with exchanges to easily manage their exposure to specific markets. !1_b7RAbPY4i8CuBuUVPlo4Pw.pngIndex pools regularly rebalance their underlying assets to better represent the market sectors they track. Portfolio targets are set using and . As with index funds, the only roles for humans in managing index pools are the initial determination of weighting and asset selection rules, the definition of market sectors, and the classification of assets into those sectors. These roles are carried out by NDX governance, which has mandatory time-locks for all governance decisions. Governance The NDX governance organization is responsible for: Upgrading proxy implementations as needed. Deploying new index pools. Managing the token categories which indices select from and creating new ones. Approving pool controllers that implement new management strategies. Setting configuration values such as swap fees. NDX Token Distribution NDX is the governance token for Indexed. The initial supply of 10,000,000 NDX will be distributed as follows: 20% will go to the founders, investors, and future team members, subject to vesting periods. 5% will be used to reward keepers who update the Uniswap oracle and trigger periodic updates on the pool controller. 25% will be distributed through liquidity mining to users who stake index tokens or their Uniswap Ether pair LP tokens. 20% will be distributed to DeFi users after January 22, 2021, in a manner determined by governance. 30% will be made available to the NDX treasury over 9 months, beginning March 1, 2021. Early Governance The security of the project is ensured while distribution is underway, and the team will retain the ability to create and vote on governance proposals while the tokens are vesting. Additionally, the voting period on the governor contract is temporarily set to a value that corresponds to about 12 hours in blocks; after January 7, 2021, anyone can call a function on the governor to set the voting period to its permanent value, which is closer to 3 days. Keepers The 5% allocation for keepers is currently held by the timelock contract and will be transferred once the development and testing of the keeper bot and contract are completed. Index Controller The index pool controller is a contract that tracks token values and sets portfolio targets using an adjusted capitalization-weighted formula. The NDX governance DAO has the ability to create and manage token categories on the controller, which are baskets of assets with some arbitrary commonality. Category Token Selection The current rules for inclusion in each category can be found on their respective pages on the app. DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Category Cryptocurrency Category Index Hack Attack On 14 October 2021, Indexed finance was exploited for $16 million. The attacker executed an elaborate flash loan attack to exploit the functional logic of one of the project's smart contracts. The hacker took funds from the DEFI5 and CC10 pools by attacking the smart contract code governing how the pools calculate the value of deposited assets. By pumping flash-loaned assets into the pools in exchange for UNI tokens, the hacker managed to trick the algorithm into calculating the pool’s value much lower than it should have been. This allowed the hacker to mint huge quantities of the pool’s index tokens which were then burned to claim the underlying assets. After the hacker paid off the initial flash loans, they managed to escape with $11 million worth of assets from the DEFI5 pool and a further $5 million from the CC10 pool. Summary Index pools are tokenized portfolios that double as AMMs. The pool contract is designed to be able to radically change the composition of its portfolio without needing to access external liquidity. The Index Pool contract is a fork of the . The primary changes made to the contract were to enable more dynamic pool management so that assets can be bound, rebound, and reweighed gradually and without the need to access external liquidity.

counterparty

Counterparty (founded 2013) is a suite of financial tools in a protocol built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.

Counterparty (founded 2013) is a suite of financial tools in a protocol built on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. The platform offers blockchain-as-a-service for the reliable publication and timestamping of its messages. Overview The Counterparty protocol is open-source and extensively tested. Besides allowing users to create and trade any kind of digital token, Counterparty enables anyone to write specific digital agreements, or programs known as Smart Contracts, and execute them on the Bitcoin blockchain. Smart contracts are a revolutionary technology which opens the door to endless possibilities. By using the Bitcoin’s decentralized ledger network and Counterparty’s built-in scripting language, real-world scenarios can now be transformed into code and executed automatically with no need for an intermediary. Counterparty data may be stored in three different types of outputs, or in some combinations of those formats. All of the data is obfuscated by ARC4 encryption using the transaction identifier (TXID) of the first unspent transaction output (UTXO) as the encryption key. Multi signature data outputs are one‐of‐three outputs where the first public key is that of the sender, so that the value of the output is redeemable, and the second two public keys encode the data, zero‐padded and prefixed with a length byte. By harnessing the power of the Bitcoin network, Counterparty creates a robust and secure marketplace directly on the Bitcoin blockchain, extending Bitcoin's functionality from a peer-to-peer payment network into a full fledged Peer-to-peer financial platform. In addition to sending money without third-party intermediation users can trade, do business, and engage in advanced financial contracts without having to trust anyone else to hold funds or do the accounting. Along with the Counterparty protocol, the platform consists of the native XCP token to perform advanced operations, and the secure, browser-based Counterwallet to provide the functionality. Token Economics XCP is the native token of Counterparty. XCP is used to provide functionality where it isn’t technically possible to use BTC. For instance, XCP is the currency used to pay for the execution of all smart contract code. More generally, XCP represents stake in the Counterparty protocol, and is the voting currency for changes to be decided on by the community. XCP was created by “burning” bitcoins, which involved sending coins to an unspendable address in exchange for XCP, ensuring an even and fair distribution of the currency. In January 2014, over 2,100 bitcoins were burned, creating about 2.6 million XCP. Custom Counterparty tokens can be used for a wide range of purposes and act as their own cryptocurrency, while still running on the Bitcoin blockchain. Unlike ordinary bitcoin, custom tokens can be used to represent any kind of value. Tokens are being used to: conduct successful crowdfunding and voting, monetize access to Decentralized application (DApp) (“DApp”) software features, represent a product or personal brand, act as a sort of “blockchain domain name”, as an authentication token, to represent digital goods, such as in-game cards, as a proxy for a real-world good or service (i.e. tokens exchangeable for paper, biofuel, etc), act as a reward for providing valuable time or resources, as an educational service to explore the functioning of a blockchain, and purely for fun. Wallet Counterparty currently has four different types of wallets: a desktop wallet, a web wallet, a mobile wallet, and a Chrome extension wallet. These wallets provide all of the functionality of the Counterparty’s reference client, while preserving the security of your funds. When you use one of the Counterparty wallets, all transactions are signed on your device and your private keys are never stored on the servers. All information sent to the servers is first encrypted by the wallet client for maximum security, and every trace of your session is erased when you log out. All a user needs is a unique passphrase for easy and secure access. Social Media Counterparty has active accounts on Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter.

metacoms

Metacoms is an open structure next generation smart Metaverse with an option to create and run an app, creating infinite experiences and thriving businesses ins...

!undefined About Metacoms Metacoms is an open structure next generation smart Metaverse with the option to create and run an app. Create a third-party app by downloading our Miniverse, with three levels of developer interfaces, first level is combining 3D-objects, second level adds scripting and the third level adds programming C++. Approval of your App will be done by AI-software after the App can be minted to a NFT and distributed or sold in the Metaverse integrated third-party App Store. Metacoms Metaverse has a most realistic environment and avatars by Unreal Engine 5. Scan your face to create a highly similar looking avatar which can be labeled verified. Voluntary integrated ID check with options which information to disclose in the avatar to use for gatherings with specific conditions for example 18+ gaming. NFT marketplace contains all products sold in the stores of the users. Our partner eVat.com provides an app to do easily business when shipping products across the border in Europe. Land parcels are free and it is easy to build a house with the AI building design software. Unused land parcels will first move to the outer ring of the city to be recycled after. Design, fundraise and exploit 3D-games on the relax areas of the city. The houses and apartments share in the profit made by the games and companies in the next door district. YOUTUBE@VID Metaverse Web3 Polygon Crypto

navcoin

NavCoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses shared innovation to operate with no central authority or banks

NavCoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses shared innovation to operate with no central authority or banks. It is designed for fast, cheap, and secure peer-to-peer payments. Overview NavCoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that uses shared innovation to operate with no central authority or banks. NavCoin is open-source; its design is public, no one possesses or controls NavCoin and everybody can participate. It aims to furnish reasonable and quick advanced payments with an emphasis on protection and simplicity. NavCoin launched in April 2014 with no Initial Coin Offering (ICO) or pre-mine. Self-supported by a network of volunteers. Features NavCoin has counterbalanced the carbon impression of the organization to turn into the world's first carbon neutral cryptocurrency Privacy has consistently been a focal piece of NavCoin, from the first NavTech to the forthcoming enhancements NavCoin utilizes OpenAlias to make sending cash as simple as composing an email address. Tokenomic NavCoin NAV] is a digital currency with its own blockchain. NavCoin is recorded on 10 exchanges with a total of 13 dynamic business sectors as of September 2020. NavCoin market top is $8 857 691 which positions it as 395 of all cryptocurrency as of September 2020.[ <br

decentralized-application

A decentralized application (dApp, Dapp, or DApp) are designed as open-source projects that run on top of a blockchain network.

Decentralized applications (dApp, Dapp, or DApp) are designed as open-source projects that run on top of a blockchain network. The distributed nature of these networks provides users with transparency, decentralization, and resistance to attacks. Decentralized applications fuel their own activity through a tokenized system (digital tokens created through the use of smart contracts). Tokens can be specific for a particular DApp (the Steem token used on Steemit), or they can be native to the blockchain that hosts the DApp, like in the case of CryptoKitties using ether (ETH). A variety of DApps that have been created includes gaming, social media platforms, cryptocurrency wallets, and financial applications DeFi (Decentralized Finance). Overview Decentralized applications have existed since the advent of P2P networks. They are a type of software program designed to exist on the Internet in a way that is not controlled by any single entity. Decentralized applications don’t necessarily need to run on top of a Blockchain network. BitTorrent, Popcorn Time, Bitmessage, and Tor, are all traditional DApps that run on a P2P network, but not on a Blockchain (which is a specific kind of P2P network). Blockchains, in particular, are most often used for creating the reward and incentive systems just mentioned by associating with the app a token, or unit of cryptocurrency, that is provided in exchange for contributing value to the app. As opposed to simple smart contracts, in the classic sense of Bitcoin, that send money from A to B, DApps have an unlimited number of participants on all sides of the market. Difference between DApps & Smart Contracts DApps are blockchain-enabled applications, where the smart contract is what allows it to connect to the blockchain. The easiest way to understand this is to understand how traditional websites operate. The traditional web application uses HTML, CSS, and Javascript to render a page. It will also need to grab details from a database utilizing an API. When you go onto Facebook, the page will call an API to grab your personal data and display them on the page. Traditional websites: Front End → API → Database Decentralized applications are similar to conventional web applications. The front end uses the exact same technology to render the page. The one critical difference is that instead of an API connecting to a Database, you have a Smart Contract connecting to a blockchain. DApp enabled website: Front End → Smart Contract → Blockchain As opposed to traditional, centralized applications, where the backend code is running on centralized servers, DApps have their backend code running on a decentralized P2P network. Decentralized applications consist of the whole package, from the backend to frontend. The smart contract is only one part of the DApp: Frontend (what you can see), and the Backend (the logic in the background). A smart contract, on the other hand, consists only of the backend, and often only a small part of the whole dApp. That means if you want to create a decentralized application on a smart contract system, you have to combine several smart contracts and rely on 3rd party systems for the front-end. DApps can have frontend code and user interfaces written in any language (just like an app) that can make calls to its backend. Furthermore, its frontend can be hosted on decentralized storage such as Swarm or IPFS. Blockchain DApps For an application to be considered a DApp in the context of Blockchain, it must meet the following criteria: The application must be completely open-source It must operate autonomously, and with no entity controlling the majority of its tokens. The application may adapt its protocol in response to proposed improvements and market feedback, but the consensus of its users must decide all changes. Application’s data and records of operation must be cryptographically stored in a public, decentralized blockchain in order to avoid any central points of failure. The application must use a cryptographic token (Bitcoin or a token native to its system) which is necessary for access to the application and any contribution of value from (miners/farmers) should be rewarded with the application’s tokens. The application must generate tokens according to a standard cryptographic algorithm acting as a proof of the value, nodes are contributing to the application (Bitcoin uses the Proof of Work Algorithm). The development process of DApps: whitepaper & prototype A whitepaper is published describing the DApp and its features. This whitepaper can outline the idea for DApp development but also entail a working prototype. There might be a token sale: Initial tokens sale is set up or also called Initial Coin Offering (ICO) by which the ownership stake of the DApp is spread. Launch funds are invested in building the DApp and deploying it. DApp Licences Operating under an open-source license allows DApps to be open for innovation without restrictions of copyright or patent. Also, by being completely open-source, decentralized applications can operate under the legal model of open-source software. Bitcoin, for example, uses the MIT open-source software license. Capable Platforms for Dapps EOS, Ethereum, TRON, IOST, Steem (blockchain) and other similar blockchains intend to create a protocol for building decentralized applications. These are platforms you can use now to deploy a full-featured application, to a relatively broad community, with relatively available developer tools. Those kinds of blockchains provide developers with a foundational layer: a blockchain with a built-in Turing-complete programming language, allowing anyone to write smart contracts and decentralized applications where they can create their own arbitrary rules for ownership, transaction formats, and state transition functions. Dapps can be browsed on marketplaces such as State of the DApps, Dapp.com, Holdex, DAppRadar and CoinGecko. Popular DApps Uniswap MindSwap Augur PredIQt Polymarket MetaMask Sense Chat.

cryptoslate

CryptoSlate is a platform featuring crypto news, coin prices, and a directory for companies, products, and people.

CryptoSlate is a platform featuring crypto industry news, insights, and data curated by cryptocurrency researchers and blockchain enthusiasts. It was launched by Nate Whitehill and Matthew Blancarte in 2017. Since then, CryptoSlate grew to more than one million monthly active users. Overview CryptoSlate is a team of blockchain researchers, fintech writers, and cryptocurrency analysts. In addition to providing industry news and insight, CryptoSlate maintains a database of initial coin offerings, delivers real-time coin data for cryptocurrencies, and is tracking blockchain events around the world. Cryptoslate writers, researchers, and staff are based out of the United States, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. Their management team and global headquarters are in Seattle, Washington. CryptoSlate is an independent organization registered in the U.S. and not owned or operated by any company in the blockchain space. CryptoSlate launched its website in December 2017. It is an independent organization registered in the U.S. and not owned or operated by any company in the blockchain space. In 2022, CryptoSlate launched Blocklight, an investigative division with Akiba serving as the division's first editor. Cryptoslate Edge CryptoSlate Edge is a yearly membership that gives its readers the opportunity to stay on top of all the changes in the industry. It gives access to exclusive articles, ad-free site navigation, and the ability to join a private Discord community.

whisbe

WhIsBe is a New York City-based street artist of unverified identity known both for his street and fine art.

WhIsBe is a New York City-based street artist of unverified identity known both for his street and fine art. His work included in several museum collections and public installation spaces, including: The New Museum in New York, MOCO Museum in Amsterdam and real estate developer Larry Silverstein's rebuilt World Trade Center complex. In 2014, WhIsBe's work was included in the Governers Ball Music Festival on Randall's Island and in 2017, he installed a 7 foot sculpture in the lobby of the 4 World Trade Center building. About WhIsBe (an acronym for “what is beautiful”) who was born in New York City and then moved to the exurbs is a New York City-based street artist of unverified identity known both for his street and fine art. !0x0.jpgWhIsBe attended New York’s School of Visual Arts; however, the art techniques he utilizes are largely autogenous. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s ingenious use of commercial imagery coupled with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s disruption of public space, WhIsBe wanted to share his message with a broad spectrum of people, not only those who have access to museums and galleries, and began putting up self-sanctioned work in the street in 2011. WhIsBe has since gone on to generate more and more content that sparks thoughtful dialogue and nuanced socio-awareness. Using a subversive formula of colliding seemingly innocent images with meaningful messages, WhIsBe’s subtle alterations to known designs irrevocably disrupt their meaning. For instance, in his iconic Vandal Gummy series, WhIsBe places the beloved sugary treat against a prison mugshot background, gripping an identity placard in between his gelatin paws. This juxtaposition between the nostalgic and the sinister has become a hallmark of WhIsBe’s body of work—in presenting attractive images that viewers initially feel safe absorbing, WhIsBe cleverly and strategically encourages them to examine their own critique of problematic institutions. WhIsBe has partnered with charities and corporations ranging from the Art Works Charity Foundation to Charity Water to Red Bull to COACH and has exhibited work at notable events including: Art Basel through Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, Context & Art New York, and Art Southampton through the Keszler Gallery. In 2016, he collaborated with the New Museum in New York City to create a large-scale installation of three-dimensional, polychrome Vandal Gummies as well as a series of limited-edition prints. In 2017, publications such as business insider, Vice HBO and Forbes wrote articles focusing on the artist along with the MOCO Museum Amsterdam acquiring a seven-foot tall “Vandal Gummy” sculpture. Also in 2017, WhIsBe was invited among select significant contemporaries to create work for 4 World Trade Center's 69th floor and commissioned to place a seven foot tall “Vandal Gummy” sculpture for the buildings lobby centerpiece. Street Art Inspired by Andy Warhol’s use of commercial imagery and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s disruption of public space, WhIsBe wanted to share his message with a wide range of people and began putting up illegal work on the streets in 2011. He first gained notoriety for his “McDictator” image—a mashup of Ronald McDonald’s iconic clown face and Adolf Hitler’s body frozen in heil salute—commenting on, as The Huffington Post descries, “the McDonaldization of America.” Taking known images and making subtle alterations to their design, WhIsBe changes the intended meaning of the image and adds his own, often political, commentary. In his Vandal Gummy series, WhIsBe places an image of a candy gummy bear against a prison mugshot background. The juxtaposition between the harshness of the Department of Corrections and the innocence of the piece of candy encourages viewers to examine institutions and has become a hallmark of WhIsBe’s body of work. Charity Work and Corporate Partnerships WhIsBe has partnered with charities and corporations ranging from the ArtWorks Charity Foundation to Charity: Water to Red Bull and has exhibited work at notable events including: the Governors Ball Music Festival, Art Basel through Castle Fitzjohns Gallery and Art Southampton through the Keszler Gallery. In 2016, he collaborated with the New Museum in New York City to create a large-scale sculptural installation of his Vandal Gummies as well as a series of limited-edition prints. The Vandal Gummy The Vandal Gummy was first created in 2011 as a nostalgia piece for the artist. “At first, it represented the idea of innocence lost,” WhIsBe explains. !fetched-img-342e11d9786c2000jpg.jpegThe works feature a full-body portrait of an expressionless bear holding a Department of Corrections sign as if it were posing for a mug shot. The Gummy has undergone several iterations as a 2-D silkscreen on paper and a 3-D sculpture. Presence at Auction WhIsBe has sold multiple works at auction through Julien's Auction, Artsy and Paddle8.

deepbrain-chain

DeepBrain Chain (ticker symbol: DBC) is a cryptocurrency. The maximum supply is set at 10,000,000,000 DBC.

DeepBrain Chain (ticker symbol: DBC) is a cryptocurrency. The maximum supply is set at 10,000,000,000 DBC. Overview The DeepBrain Chain platform allows users to set their own rates for renting out computing power, creating a competitive free market. Savings are passed on to end users as nodes compete to offer the best services at the lowest price. Vision Their vision is to build an infinitely scalable distributed high-performance computing power network based on blockchain technology and become the most important computing power infrastructure in the AI+ Metaverse era. Flexibility The AI Computing Net is designed to carry out automatic match-making between the compute power provider and the respective requester. This is to ensure a smooth, stable, and reliable connection for training purposes. However, developers can also specify which nodes they want to use.

chez-jennings

Chez Jennings is a talent-sourcer for Wyre, a fintech company whose API allows companies to instantly wire transfer funds.

Chez Jennings is a talent-sourcer for Wyre, a fintech company whose API and dashboard allows companies to instantly wire transfer funds worldwide. She and her team are using blockchain technology to replace traditional banking technology and reduce costs for customers. Early Life & Education Jennings grew up in Irvine, California and graduated from Woodbridge High School in 2008. She received her Associate's degree in Psychology from Orange Coast College in 2011. While attending Orange Coast, she competed in track and field; as a freshman, she ran the 100 meter and 200 meter dash. In the fall of 2017, sheenrolled in Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management. She is expected to graduate in 2019. Career Early Beginnings Jennings started her career in Orange County in January 2012, working for State Farm. While working there, she consulted with existing clients regarding life insurance, property insurance, and auto insurance coverage. In September 2012, she worked as a office manager for Progressive Solutions Consulting, a boutique political consulting and fundraising firm based out of Long Beach, California. ManpowerGroup Jennings' first recruiting position was with the a Fortune 500 company ManpowerGroup. She helped provide people with job opportunities in the Southern California area, specifically withing Orange County and the Inland Empire. She worked there for two years (May 2013 to July 2015). 24 Seven Inc. In July 2015, Chez moved to Los Angeles and began serving as an account manager for 24 Seven Inc. She worked with clients within different industries, including fashion, marketing, advertising, interactive, entertainment, and tech. It was during this time where she became acquainted with recruiting tools and cloud computing companies that provided tracking systems like Bullhorn, Jobvite, Ariba, iCIMS, Workday, and Greenhouse. BlueCrew In October 2016, Jennings became a staffing manager for BlueCrew. Using an app, their on-demand staffing platform connects employees directly with employers that fit their schedules, interests, and skill sets via our app. Wyre Since October 2017, Chez Jennings has been a talent sourcer for Wyre.

brian-armstrong

Brian Armstrong (born January 25, 1983) is an American cryptocurrency entrepreneur, software engineer, and CEO of Coinbase.

Brian Armstrong (born January 25, 1983) is an American cryptocurrency entrepreneur, software engineer, and philanthropist. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States of America. Brian Armstrong co-founded Coinbase in 2012. Coinbase raised $300 million in October 2018 in a financing round led by Tiger Global that valued the company at $8 billion. He is also a co-founder of the GiveCrypto Foundation. Early Life Brian Armstrong was born in San Jose, California (@USA) on January 25, 1983, to engineer parents. Armstrong was interested in technology at school and learned Java and CSS at an early age. He got his first job in Secondary school creating websites for local businesses. !image In 2018, Mr. Armstrong launched GiveCrypto.org, a nonprofit with the mission to financially empower people by distributing cryptocurrency globally. Later that year, he signed the Giving Pledge, committing to give the majority of his wealth to charitable causes throughout his lifetime. Education Armstrong schooled at Rice University from 2001 until 2006 graduating with three degrees; a bachelor’s of computer science, a bachelor’s of economics, and a master's degree in computer science. Career Early beginnings Armstrong co-founded University Tutor in August 2003 while he was a junior at Rice University. He worked on the education venture while living in Buenos Aires. “I had just decided, I’ve never been to South America. I want to travel for a year and try to work on this remotely as an adventure. Figure out what I want to do with my life.” "It was an interesting experience to see the financial system in another country like that, that had gone through hyperinflation.” He worked at Airbnb from 2011 to 2012 as a software engineer. While at Airbnb, he worked as part of the hospitality marketplace, focusing on fraud prevention. At the time, Airbnb was moving money between 190 countries. During his time at Airbnb, Armstrong had a front-row seat in global payment systems. Previously, he worked as a developer for IBM and a consultant at Deloitte. Coinbase Armstrong co-founded Coinbase in June 2012, and since then, has been responsible for introducing much of America and beyond to cryptocurrency. As CEO, Armstrong is responsible for Coinbase’s retail and institutional arms and all products and services that are developed by both trading platforms. Armstrong has led the team, now at over 200 employees, through over $200 million in venture capital funding from leading investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, IVP, USV, DFJ, and NYSE. Since co-founding the company, Armstrong has led Coinbase to serve over 10 million customers across 32 countries, providing custody for more than $10B in digital assets. Coinbase attracted around 30,000 users in its first year. Today it has more than 20 million. During the crypto boom in 2017, Coinbase was the most downloaded iPhone app in America, and it reportedly generated $1 billion in revenue that same year. Philanthropy In 2018, Armstrong signed The Giving Pledge, becoming the first cryptocurrency entrepreneur to pledge to donate the majority of his wealth for the greater good. “Once a certain level of wealth is reached, there is little additional utility from spending more on yourself. One’s ambition begins to move outwards. I’ve always admired founders and leaders whose ambition to improve the world supersedes any goal related to personal wealth.” Quotes "There were over 379 articles written, prematurely declaring the end of Bitcoin. Not only did Bitcoin survive, but it also thrived, becoming the top-performing asset of the decade. The naysayers were proved wrong and we learned an important lesson about human nature: most big breakthroughs are contrarian ideas that people dismiss and ridicule at the start." Awards and recognition Fortune 40 under 40 list, 2017 Forbes Billionaire List 1990, Controversies Anonymous petition An anonymous petition created by Coinbase employees has called for the removal of its Exces amid the underwhelming launch of Coinbase NFT and other missteps. In June 2022, a petition was made public, which calls to remove COO Emilie Choi, Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee, and Chief People Officer LJ Brock in a vote of no confidence from the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S. It lists eight reasons for the vote of no confidence, including “the failure of the Coinbase NFT platform,” "aggressively hiring for thousands of roles, although it is an unsustainable plan,” and “toxic workplace culture." Brian took to his Twitter account to address the petition stating "This is really dumb on multiple levels." Coinbase and the SEC The Exchange has been accused of insider trading and foul play surrounding the exchange’s tokens listings. Coinbase has also been scrutinized by SEC Recently. The agency charged an ex-Coinbase product manager with fraud and launched a probe into whether the platform is illegitimately allowing users to trade digital assets that haven’t been registered as securities. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong addressed the widespread concerns within the community concerning the exchange’s listing process. He said that the company is making changes to close any potential loops that could let insiders front-run its asset listings, but it won’t revise its reviewing process. It is no News that Coinbase listings often cause price spikes in the market once an asset goes live.

litecoin

Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project created in 2011 by Charles Lee.

Litecoin is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project created in 2011 by Charles Lee. It is intended to be a lighter version of Bitcoin, with a few technical differences and a faster confirmation time. It operates on a peer-to-peer network and utilizes a proof-of-work consensus algorithm. History Litecoin was released via an open-source client on GitHub on October 7, 2011, by Charlie Lee, a former Google employee. The Litecoin network went live on October 13, 2011. It was a fork of the Bitcoin Core client, differing primarily by having a decreased block generation time (2.5 minutes), the increased maximum number of coins (84 million vs. 21 million for Bitcoin Core), a different hashing algorithm (scrypt, instead of SHA-256), and a slightly modified GUI. In May 2017, Litecoin became the first of the top-5 (by market cap) cryptocurrencies to adopt Segregated Witness. Later in May of the same year, the first Lightning Network transaction was completed through Litecoin, transferring 0.00000001 LTC from Zürich to San Francisco in under one second. Overview Litecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that allows for fast and inexpensive transactions all around the world. It is an open-source global payment network that operates independently of any central authority. The network is secured by mathematics and gives individuals control over their financial transactions. Litecoin Hashing Algorithm Litecoin utilizes a hashing algorithm called Scrypt, which is utilized in the mining process. Litecoin operates on the proof-of-work consensus mechanism, where it is required to find a nonce value, so when a candidate block header is hashed, the result will be equal to or less than the target. The target represents the level of difficulty for a miner to create a valid block. A lower target means it's harder for a miner to generate a block, while a higher target means it's easier. The target adjusts automatically in Litecoin to ensure that a miner produces a successful block every 2.5 minutes, which is the block generation time of Litecoin. Mining Litecoin was released with 150 pre-mined coins and has a total supply of 84 million coins. The cryptocurrency’s blockchain generates a new block every 2.5 minutes, and it is estimated that it will take over a century for all of the Litecoin that will ever be created to be mined due to the block reward halving schedule, where the number of tokens mined per block decreases every four years, and it is estimated to reach full dilution around the year 2140. Litecoin Halving Halving refers to reducing the reward given when a block's hash and the transaction information within the block are validated and a new block is created. Halving reduces the number of Litecoins awarded by one-half, which helps to slow down the creation of new coins. Halving dates for LTC: Aug. 25, 2015: 50 to 25 LTCs Aug. 5, 2019: 25 to 12.5 LTCs Aug. 23, 2023 (expected): 12.5 to 6.25 LTCs Open source software Litecoin is an open-source software project that is released under the MIT/X11 license, which grants users the ability to run, modify, copy, and distribute the software. The release process of this software is transparent, enabling independent verification of both the binaries and the corresponding source code. Lightning Network The Lightning Network, proposed by Thaddeus Dryja and Joseph Poon in 2015, aims to tackle scalability. In 2018, Litecoin became the first cryptocurrency to launch the Lightning Network, which operates as a second-layer solution and uses smart contracts to facilitate micropayments. Transactions on this network are expected to incur lower fees than those charged by traditional miners on the main blockchain and the workload of Lightning Network nodes is less demanding. The network operates by allowing funds to be placed into a two-party, multi-signature channel on the bitcoin ledger. Both parties must agree on the new balance for the funds to be spent. To make a payment, both parties sign a new exit transaction, invalidating all previous exit transactions. The network allows for payments to be made across a network of channels without the need for any party to have custodial ownership of the funds, enabling a dynamic and open system that was previously not possible with traditional financial systems. Mimblewimble Upgrade The MimbleWimble upgrade, named after the tongue-tying spell in Harry Potter, is a proposed addition to the Litecoin network that aims to improve privacy for users during transactions. It was first suggested in November 2019 through a Litecoin Improvement Proposal (LIP) by a developer under the pen name Tom Elvis Jedusor, which is the French-language version of Voldemort from the books. The upgrade allows for more private transactions by breaking them down into a single transfer and recording only one input-output pair. Additionally, it reduces the amount of unnecessary data in blocks. The MimbleWimble Extension Blocks (MWEB) upgrade was implemented on May 19, 2022, which has caused some regulatory challenges as some countries are not supportive of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. In response, several South Korean exchanges have delisted Litecoin from their platforms as they need to comply with regulations that prohibit money laundering and illegal activities. This regulation requires them to remove any currencies that provide users with additional privacy or anonymity. The Litecoin Foundation The Litecoin Foundation is a community-driven non-profit based in Singapore, working towards increasing the adoption, education, and development of Litecoin. The Foundation strives to further its reach and impact globally through its network of full-time employees and volunteers from around the world. Litecoin Summit The Litecoin Summit is an annual event organized by the Litecoin Foundation. The gathering seeks to bring together the world's leading innovators, experts, key players, and members of the Litecoin community. 2018 The Litecoin Summit 2018, the first official event for Litecoin, took place on September 14-15, 2018 at the South San Francisco Conference Center. The summit provided a platform for companies to showcase their products or make brand announcements to a large number of attendees, who had the opportunity to network and interact with LTC users, developers, and industry leaders. The event aimed to introduce new products to the cryptocurrency market to help drive the adoption of cryptocurrencies in everyday transactions. The two-day event was organized by the Litecoin Foundation and was attended by many blockchain projects. Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin and the Managing Director of the Litecoin Foundation, delivered the keynote speech, along with Elizabeth Stark, CEO of Lightning Labs, and Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar, CEO of RSK Labs. 2019 The second Litecoin Summit was hosted by the Singapore-based Litecoin Foundation and held during the Vegas Blockchain Week in October at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The event featured several notable speakers, including Litecoin creator Charlie Lee and Managing Director of the Foundation, as well as Franklyn Richards and Xinxi Wang, who also served as directors. This year we’ve turned everything up a notch, including our gorgeous venue, The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. From technical and business experts within the cryptocurrency space to entertainment, art and personal interest, the Litecoin Summit offers two fun, jam-packed days with something for everyone. - Litecoinsummit.org 2022 The third edition of the Litecoin Summit, organized by the Litecoin Foundation, took place in Las Vegas from October 21st to October 22nd in 2022. The aim of the summit was to bring together the top innovators, thought leaders, decision-makers, and members of the global Litecoin community. During the two-day event, attendees were able to network and participate in discussions about industry developments, public policy issues, and technical innovations. Blockleaders was the main media partner for the event, with additional sponsorship from LTCLabs, CryptoTaxAudit, Ballet, Cake Wallet, LOKOTech, GetHedge, StormX, Liteverse, and CoinVigilante. !Litecoin-Summit-Speakers.webpLitecoin Projects Litecoin Card !ErvPTbnW8Ag8gpI.png The Litecoin Card allows users to utilize Litecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Users can register, pass the Know Your Customer standards and get a virtual card issued to utilize the debit card while the physical one is being delivered. As of 2023, the card is available in the United States, the UK and other 26 countries in the EEA. The project has partnered with major payment systems such as Visa and Mastercard. Litewallet !devices.png Litewallet is a free app where users can easily send and receive LTC. The project is a result of the volunteering of Litecoin Foundation members, including Kerry Washington, the Software Developer and Projects Coordinator at Litecoin Foundation. Kerry joined the Litecoin Foundation in 2017 working on various projects and started the process of fixing bugs on Loafwallet in his spare time. He and I have worked closely over the years improving Litewallet user experience and making it easy & simple for people to buy, transfer and use Litecoin across the globe. Today, the Litewallet team has grown to over 6 volunteers in 5 time zones. We are excited to bring even better features with each release! - Charlie Lee Omnilite Omnilite is an open-source platform where tokens and digital assets, like NFTs, can be created. It is a protoc

blankos-block-party

Blankos Block Party is an open-world multiplayer game featuring NFT vinyl toys known as Blankos, that players can collect...

Blankos Block Party is an open-world multiplayer game featuring NFT vinyl toys known as Blankos, that players can collect, upgrade and sell. By introducing these playable NFT’s, Blankos Block Party is creating a new play-to-earn economy and paving the way for the future of digital ownership in gaming. Blankos Block Party is a vibrant open-world multiplayer game styled like a giant block party, with a focus on custom art and design, building and exploration and curating your collection of unique and rare Blankos. Overview Blankos Block Party is a MMO video game that is built on the EOS blockchain. It recreates the concept of a virtual economy by adding cryptocurrency to the gaming experience. The game was created Mythical Games in Los Angeles, California and is scheduled to come out in the first quarter of 2019. Blankos Blankos are fun-loving and mischievous vinyl toys brought to life. They live the fleek life focusing on good vibes and good times. The characters are designed by the players themselves and are brought to life when they hear their music. Each Blanko is a digital asset called an NFT that lives on blockchain. When you own a Blanko, you own them - not even the creators can take them away from you. Blankos Block Party takes place in a casual multiplayer world styled like a giant block party, that includes a vibrant hub where players can meet, go on scavenging hunts with pals, take on daily challenges, and eventually take part in global online minigames and explore into other players’ block parties as well. Players will be able to collect and use all different types of Blanko characters. Thanks to blockchain technology, there will be many varieties of head shapes, unique skins, including rare attributes and styles that spin off into endless combinations where players have real ownership. Players will acquire block assets in various ways that help them build and play with their own Block. Bespoke designs will continuously enter the Blankos world. Once their party is ready, they can invite others to explore and play. At each party, Blankos will interact and evolve their characters, as well as influence a new generation of Blankos they meet along the way. Each Blanko can be traded or resold at the Marketplace. "We are really excited to be working on this project with Mythical, and to be one of the first games developed with their new blockchain platform,” commented Tim Dunn, Director and co-founder of Third Kind Games (Former Project Manager for Activision on Guitar Hero Live). Blankos opens up a world of possibilities for content creators, professional artists, and companies to experiment with their own unique designs, skins, and features, not only for gamers. In the game, they can play, collect, and even share or trade their unique design Blanko. “Blankos Block Party is the perfect first release for Mythical, and joining up with indie studio, Third Kind Games, has been amazing,” - Jamie Jackson, Chief Creative Officer of Mythical Games. Partnership Burberry Burberry partnered with Mythical Games to launch a limited-edition Blanko in the technology company’s game, Blankos Block Party, to be released in July 2021. The partnership provides infinite opportunities to celebrate Burberry’s core values of creativity and freedom of expression. Drawing on the bold thinking and inventive approach of its founder, Thomas Burberry, the brand continues to inspire its communities today, creating new possibilities and environments to be explored. ‘Pushing boundaries and discovering new ways to innovate with our communities have always been at the heart of what we do as a brand. Being a part of this creative and pioneering community with Mythical Games is an incredible synergy for us and a perfect evolution of our existing engagement with the gaming communities. Launching our limited-edition Burberry Blanko in Blankos Block Party is our first exploration into the world of NFT’s; unlocking an entire new platform of possibilities, empowering digital natives and gamers to own a piece of our brand and to actively engage and participate with our house codes. We are incredibly excited to embark on this ground-breaking journey into the future of digital ownership in gaming.’ Rod Manley, Chief Marketing Officer at Burberry. Social Media Blankos Block Party has active accounts on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Discord.

cryptocurrency-wallet

A cryptocurrency wallet is the software program, service, device, or physical medium used to store private and public keys needed to interact with blockchains enabling users to send and receive cryptocurrency and monitor their balances.

A cryptocurrency wallet is the software program, service, device, or physical medium which allows a user to store the private and public keys which are needed to interact with blockchains enabling users to send and receive cryptocurrency and monitor their balances. More sophisticated cryptocurrency wallets offer additional features including the ability to encrypt information such as the user's private key and to sign information. Signing can for example result in executing a smart contract, a cryptocurrency transaction, identification or legally signing a 'document'. Overview Private and Public Key Generation When setting up a cryptocurrency wallet a user will generate both a public and private key to store in the wallet. The public key is used to receive cryptocurrency like how a bank account number could be used to receive fiat currency. The private key is used to send cryptocurrency and sign transactions like a PIn or bank password. To generate a private key a random number is generated and used with a length that depends on the algorithm size of the cryptocurrency's technology requirements. The number is then converted to a private key using the specific requirements of the cryptocurrency cryptography algorithm requirement. A public key is then generated from the private key using whichever cryptographic algorithm requirements are required. Bitcoin for example uses elliptic curve multiplication, a one-way cryptographic function, to generate a public key from the private key. <br

9-lives-arena

9 Lives Arena (founded in December 2016) is a competitive web-based RPG game with built-in gaming features including permadeath

9 Lives Arena (founded in December 2016) is a competitive web-based RPG game with built-in gaming features including permadeath, tenacious movement, asset gathering, etc. The 9 Lives Arena's NFTs, known as Ooogies were developed using the Ethereum ERC-1155, and are utilized within the 9 Lives' ecosystem to provide its users a unique gaming experience. Overview 9Lives Arena is a fantasy role-playing game, with a strong focus on 1 on 1 PvP. The developers explain that 9 Lives Arena offers special components like durable demise (permanent death), account movement, and creating partners constrained by cell phones. 9 Lives Arena has been renowned due to its utilization of Enjin Coin, a gaming digital money that is filling in ubiquity. According to the game's intro, "Atlantis fell many decades ago" and because of this players within the Arena are the last surviving tribe of the ancients. The Player's (i.e User's) bloodline of tournament clone defines his/her most valuable passive skill. Users are to choose their skills from a variety of different times and regions- Viking, Barbarian, Samurai, Gladiator or Ancient Atlantean. 9 Lives Arena is developed in such a way that users can customize their characters' skills/spells, weapon art, and abilities. The appearance of a user's character is completely customizable as there are templates. Inbuilt with special characters and gaming companion, known as ‘Ooogy’, 9 Lives has reportedly taken NFTs and its utilities beyond the limits. Ooogies are little helpers that mine, gather resources, and crafts for users while gaming whether such users are online or offline. Features The 9 Lives Arena (NFT) was developed with the following key attributes. Permanent Death In 9 Lives Arena, characters are able to train and practice with virtually no penalties for dying. However, once they enter ranked matches, they will only have nine "lives." If a character loses a match, it will lose one of its lives. Once all nine lives are lost, that character will no longer be playable. Persistent Progression Despite the permadeath, certain items and other progression elements are account-wide. This means the player is still able to make progress in the game, even if they experience multiple character deaths. For example, character items may be lost upon death. But blueprints will be owned account-wide, allowing a player to recreate the lost items after spending some time farming resources. Fast Levelling In most MMOs, leveling is a very slow process. It can take days, weeks, or even months to advance a character to a high enough level that it can compete in the highest ranks of PvP. To solve this problem, the developers of 9 Lives Arena intend to have a leveling process that is based on training, gathering resources, and crafting gear. They say that it only takes hours to level a new character, not days. Ooogies Oooogies are very special in many ways. They are the world's first cross-platform companions and sit at the heart of Touchhour’s cross-platform experience combining 9 Lives Arena on PC and consoles with the My Ooogy App on mobile (iOS and Android) that is currently in development. They work for users seven while they are offline. The Arena 9 Lives gaming Arena is a gaming platform where users (i.e gamers on the ecosystem) express their gaming skills, and prowess and fully utilize their NFTs-crafted game helper (Ooogies). Within the 9 Lives gaming Arena, the following are key components: War Zone Crafting gear and suit zones that personally fit the user's play style and game plan. Gameplay Creating a Hero To initiate the gameplay in 9 Lives Arena, a player begins with creating their own hero. Users are to note that there are no fixed classes - with absolute allowance to build a hero whichever way. Character Development Users are to proceed to develop their gaming character. In 9 Lives Arena, developing a user's character doesn't take months. It only takes a few hours. Users are to choose their weapon art- passive and active skills/spells. Spells and abilities are leveled up by using talent points all gained by fighting in the training arena. Users can come up with their own item strategy to complement their build and find the ultimate character template to dominate everyone else. Gamers have five different character slots to build and experiment with their ultimate heroes. Users are to select between different weapon arts like a 2 handed sword or sword and shield or two-handed magic staff, etc. The user's spirit animals are chosen during character creation. The following are the available spirits animals on 9 Lives with their specifics: BAT +10 percent life leech OWL +5 meter spell range TIGER +5 percent melee crit chance BULL +15 percent run speed MONKEY +5 percent magic crit chance EAGLE +5 meter stealth detection Possibilities and Progression Users can easily change to play another one of their heroes without the need to log out of the game. The same function goes for any in-game activity such as interacting with the spellbook, crafting in the smithy, the forge, and even battling, you only need to step on any one of the in-game activation platforms within the world. The user's account inventory is persistent and shared across all their character slots. Everything in a user's bank box is built and accumulated on persistence. Users would also need to gather talent points from fights in the training arena and spend them on their chosen spells and abilities. Ooogie NFTs Ooogies are described as the world’s first cross-platform companions, that unite two completely different games on two entirely different platforms. Ooogies are utilized by users within 9Lives Arena, as well as its companion mobile app. In 9 Lives Arena, Ooogies is responsible for resource gathering and item crafting. They are the user's number one employee and work for users even while they are logged out of the game. Users could do the resource gathering themselves, but with Ooogies, there is no need for such extra work. In “Companion Mode,” the app can be linked to the user's 9 Lives Arena in-game Ooogy, allowing them to keep in touch with Ooogy, assign him tasks, and monitor his progress when the user is away from the game. Ooogy Birth The Ooogies were born during the heat of the COVID-19 on the blockchain and certain NFT-based Ooogies were developed to commemorate the COVID-19 Quarantine. These NFTs were offerings as rare Ooogy collectibles, named the Corona suit in 6 variations. Each of the Corona Suit Collection is a composition of suits made up of a body suit and a mask. Initially, these suits were limited to 199 each. Whether a user is active or inactive, they can always rely on their Ooogy to help them progress in the game. Depending on how often a user's Ooogy is been fed, is how effective the user's character will be in the gameplay. Ooogy Eggs Ooogy eggs are available for purchase on the 9 Lives Arena. They are also tradeable NFTs developed up of a vast gene pool, along with 12 royal bloodlines and some genetic mutations. Although Ooogies are rare and randomly generated, with over 3 trillion unique possible appearance combinations, Ooogy eggs are rarer with no two Ooogies are alike. Each egg will hatch a completely unique Ooogy. Rarities and Difference The random Ooogies are blockchain-based and give allowance for optional purchases as the game comes with a standard Ooogy that is not on the blockchain and can level up just as well as any blockchain-based Ooogy. Random blockchain-based Ooogies have random-generated looks. There are over 3 trillion possible look combinations for an Ooogy. Blockchain-based Ooogies can be traded between players for their unique looks and players can level them up. Each Ooogy is a unique Non-Fungible Token (NFT), with the token art showing precisely what the individual Ooogy will look like in-game. With their interesting appearances and rarity, Ooogy NFTs can be traded P2P on marketplaces. Along with their unique looks and bloodlines, Ooogies also have unique Metadata that updates with their progression and shows their current level. So as users level up their Ooogies, they can easily sell them, and the buyer will be able to see all of the necessary info right in the NFT. Max Ooogies Per User Currently, users can have one Ooogy active at any given time to not give an unfair advantage to those who have purchased more Ooogies. If users have purchased more than one Ooogy, they can switch between Ooogies to level them up. Account Creation Anyone can create an account on the 9 Lives gaming ecosystem. A user's account has a shared and persistent bank box where all items and resources are safely stored. The user's Ooogy levels up over time helping, progression becomes faster as he helps unlock new bloodlines, new spells, new weapon arts, and new spirit animals for you which are unlocked permanently for the user's account. Every item is crafted based on blueprints. When crafted they can turn out grey, green, blue, or purple. Grey items have the lowest stat budget and purple have the highest. Any gaming character that has lost its last life in the 9Lives Arena will turn into an oversized statue if such is one of the user's three best heroes with the highest amount of personal victories ever achieved. Team The founding organization for the 9 Lives gaming Aena is named Touchhour Inc. The organization was created from the producer's love for fantasy PVP in MMORPGs since Ultima Online and in games like the Souls series. The organization is a blockchain-built, NFT-sp

patientory

Patientory empowers our users with actionable insights from health data, incentivizing them

Patientory is a distributed electronic medical record storage computing platform based on a block chain. Patientory stores information and stores medical records used by medical industry organizations that rent computing facilities, servers, and data centers. In addition, Patientory provides their own unoccupied resources in a unique closed infrastructure. Overview Patientory is a global population health management software that gives users access to their health data. It is a population health data management and analytics company. Through its two decentralized applications -NEITH an enterprise software tool, and the Patientory mobile app- Patientory Inc. empowers patients and enterprises with actionable insights into healthcare data to improve population health outcomes. This is achieved by integrating a blockchain enabled platform to gather siloed healthcare data for analytics reporting to reduce the overall cost of care through early intervention. Features Patientory provides the following: Healthcare Dapps (blockchain-based applications) that need private off-chain computation High Performance Computing Big Data Machine learning for care treatment (shorter time-to-diagnosis, reduced administrative costs) And future healthcare distributed applications that will require new forms of decentralized infrastructure see Edge/Fog computing, ambient AI, IoT + Big Data, distributed deep learning, parallel stream processing etc. $PTOY $PTOY is a digital cryptocurrency that drives the PTOYMatrix’s value of private health data and cybersecurity. The PTOYMatrix storage network improves data integrity, reduces transactional and operational costs. This system eliminates the friction of third‑party intermediaries in managing healthcare dataThe PTOYMatrix storage network improves data integrity, reduces transactional and operational costs. This system eliminates the friction of third‑party intermediaries in managing healthcare data.

phantabear

PhantaBear is a set of 10,000 algorithmically created digital items that also serve as Ezek Club Membership cards.

PhantaBear is a set of 10,000 algorithmically created digital items that also serve as Ezek Club Membership cards. Each PhantaBear has its own set of characteristics that grant its owner varied levels of access and benefits. Overview The overall sales volume for Phanta Bear has been amazing, with 1,729 sales on January 6th alone! With a current floor of 6 ETH and a total trade volume of 16.7k ETH, it is now the most liquid cryptocurrency. Phanta Bear has two beautiful, starry eyes, and the Mandopop King's artistic talent fills his heart. The 10,000 one-of-a-kind Phanta Bears sport PHANTACi's trademark fashion and come with a slew of online and offline bonuses that allow their owners to live life to the fullest both in and out of the metaverse. The Story Jay Chou, an Asian pop musician, was successful with his first NFT collection at a Sotheby's auction in 2021. His fashion label Phatanci partnered up with Ezek (a blockchain entertainment platform) to create Phanata Bears on the Ethereum blockchain this time. !d28b3e07e0488c6e427ca09dfe25f1ba3467724e.jpgEach Phanta Bear holds a unique set of traits that unlock different levels of access and perks for its owner. One of these perks allows Fantasy cardholders to advance in the Ezek Metaverse entertainment sphere. Jay Chou's fashion label Phantaci, which he co-founded in 2006, is the inspiration behind Phanta Bears. Although most of us in North America are unfamiliar with Chou and his company, they are extremely popular in Asia. Furthermore, each bear is dressed in Phantaci-designed apparel and accessories. PHANTACi PHANTACi is a fashion label founded in 2006 by Jay, who is constantly inspired by new ideas, and Ric, who has a distinct perspective on the fashion industry. PHANTACi is a collection of designs and ideas inspired by both the unpleasantness of the word Phantom and the amazing majesty that the concept of Fantasy might achieve. Notable Sales As of now, the PhantaBear NFT trades recorded total volume of 35.2k ETH ( \~ $60 million) since their launch in January 2022. Their sales even surpassed Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in the first week of the launch. On January 11, PhantaBear 9999 sold for whopping 148 ETH (\~ $490,000 that time). Just a day after another PhantaBear 9792 recorded sale for 111ETH ( $191,000 that time). Team Will L Will is a muscle man, who has written famous lyrics for the Mandopop King. Currently, he brings the traditional entertainment world to the New Blockchain world. Mark G Mark has studied filmmaking in Paris for years and he has traveled all over the world with a legendary star from Hollywood. Ed Ow Ed is the technical co-founder, who has worked with partners such as HTC. He is also a serial entrepreneur and investor well-known for his out of the box thinking.

fio-protocol

Fio protocol is a decentralized usability layer for the blockchain ecosystem that is integrated into existing crypto products.

FIO Protocol (Foundation for Interwallet Operability) is a decentralized service layer that bridges the gap between crypto endpoints such as wallets, exchanges, crypto payment processors, and any other application in which crypto assets are held and/or transferred. Overview The Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) is a consortium of leading wallets, exchanges, and crypto payment processors supporting the FIO Protocol, a decentralized service layer that removes the risk, complexity, and inconvenience of sending and receiving tokens and coins identically across every blockchain. The Foundation's mission is to facilitate an adoption explosion for Blockchain through a decentralized, industry standard, industry governed, cross-platform, chain agnostic usability protocol. The Foundation is managed as a DAC (Decentralized Autonomous Community) with voting and governance running atop the FIO Chain. Features The FIO Protocol is capable of providing several features, with a robust roadmap of future items that may be added. FIO has the following features: FIO Addresses \- a human\-readable wallet identifier \(such as john@edge or alice@gold\) that eliminates the need to see\, or even know of\, blockchain public addresses\. FIO Addresses automatically support any token in a wallet/exchange and requires no manual mapping\. FIO Requests the ability to request funds from any other wallet, utilizing in-wallet/app notifications and simple approvals. FIO Requests are fully-encrypted between counterparties and do not interfere with the actual underlying blockchain. FIO Data encrypted metadata that can be attached to any transaction, such as a simple memo, structured data (like an order cart), or hashes and references to off-chain data. FIO Data can accompany a send of funds directly to a wallet, or be attached to an FIO Request. Token Economics The FIO Protocol will be powered by a utility token (FIO). The FIO Token will be used to pay for transactions processed through the FIO Chain. To hold a token or an FIO Address/Domain, a user only needs a private/public key pair, and all transfers can be achieved using an FIO public key. This allows the support of FIO Tokens without any special functionality. FIO Tokens support the SLIP-44 (FIO index at position 235) standard. When a user chooses to restore seed phrases from one wallet to another, the FIO Tokens, as well as FIO Addresses and Domains, will be restored. The demand for FIO Tokens will stem from: Users needing tokens for the utility of the FIO Protocol (e.g. registering FIO Addresses/Domains as well as other transaction fees) Individuals and entities desiring tokens for the purposes of voting toward block production The possibility that some wallets or exchanges may choose to compensate their users for holding FIO tokens which they can then vote toward block production Future enhancements to the FIO Protocol are envisioned to create additional utility fees to be paid in FIO tokens. Parnerships XT x FIO Protocol XT has partnered with FIO and will be listing the FIO Token and integrating the FIO Protocol. With the integration of the FIO Protocol, XT users will be able to create their custom FIO Crypto Handle (formerly known as a FIO Address), to simplify the interaction between users and the exchange.

gameswap

Gameswap is a decentralised exchange platform that enables millions of gamers to easily trade with cryptocurrency.

Gameswap is a decentralised exchange that enables millions of gamers to easily trade and cash-out in-game assets with cryptocurrency, in a neutral platform that they govern and own. Gameswap is powered by DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and the $GSWAP token. Overview Gameswap is an innovative decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading in-game items and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The project is community-driven, and also one of the first products being developed by Shroom Finance. Shroom is a protocol for minting in-game assets on Ethereum. GSWAP is the governance token of the Gameswap decentralized exchange (DEX), as well as its base currency. DEX for in-game assets GameSwap is a peer-to-peer (P2P) in-game asset exchange leveraging Ethereum standards for fungible and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It’s 100% community-driven, without central points of control or authority. It will work similar to Uniswap, with AMM providing liquidity via pools, but with a strong focus on in-game assets. However, unlike Uniswap, the base currency will be GSWAP instead of ETH. The ultimate goal is bridging gaming and crypto asset trading with a neutral layer belonging to the users, making gamers feel at home and in control. All spiced with superior UX and economic incentives for both gamers and game devs. Features Ethereum ERC-20 Contract and Stablecoins AMM NFT (ERC721 / ERC1155) Yield Farming Benefits In Gameswap assets are minted or bridged . Any in-game asset can be bridged and wrapped into compatible Ethereum standard via adapters or Through the Mint service. Gamers are able to connect their wallet. Users manage their inventory via non-custodial crypto wallet such as MetaMask. Swap or cash-out order is placed . The users place a swap or cash out order for one or several of their wallet assets. How Gameswap App Works The first step is to choose the game, select the game items to sell and place a price for them. Once they sell, take the earnings and purchase other game content. The next step is to Install the App hen Click or search for GameSwap in the App Store (iOS) or Google Play Store. Then Setup a profile to create account and wallet. Start selling or buying!

fourteen-twenty-three

Fourteen twenty-three is an NFT collection based on Ethereum that commemorates Valentine's Day with artwork inspired by Mexican culture. It offers holders the c...

Fourteen Twenty-Three is an NFT collaboration between Jarritos, a Mexican soda company, and Probably Nothing, a web3 creative studio. Based on the Ethereum chain, the collection commemorates Valentine’s Day, and it consists of 14 digital collectibles based on artwork inspired by Mexican Culture. !https---hypebeast.com-wp-content-blogs.dir-17-files-2023-02-jarritos-fall-3.jpg.webp Overview The collection includes skulls, hearts, alebrijes, and other elements from Mexican culture. Holders of the NFTs have the opportunity to redeem exclusive merchandise curated by both brands, which include a jacket, an alebrije toy, and a physical print. The NFTs were available to be minted on OpenSea during 48 hours, starting on February 14th, 2023, at 8am PST. In order to collect their physical collectibles, holders had to burn either two, seven, or ten of their tokens within a lapse of 48 hours. Depending on the number of burned NFTs, the claimable collectible would be determined. !FpLjoeiakAAn2zN.jpgJeremy Fall, the creator of Probably Nothing and director of the project, spoke about his personal significance in relation to the collaboration. “I grew up in downtown Los Angeles, drinking Jarritos and eating from local taco trucks. I’ve always loved how authentic Jarritos has remained to its brand and how in tune with the culture they are. Everything they do feels exactly the same as it did when I was a kid, despite their exponential growth. Collaborating on this project was really exciting and meaningful.”

illia-polosukhin

Illia Polosukhin is co-founder of blockchain protocol NEAR Protocol and an artificial intelligence researcher and software engineer. He holds a Master's degree ...

Illia Polosukhin is an artificial intelligence researcher and software engineer, best known as the Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, a layer one blockchain protocol that allows the creation and execution of decentralized applications and smart contracts. Early Life & Education Polosukhin holds a Master’s degree in Applied Math and Computer Science from the National Technical University “Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute”, an institution where he also had his undergraduate studies. He is a fan of Russian science fiction literature and particularly enjoys reading the works of Heinlein and Asimov. Career He started his career as a software engineer at Salford Systems, where he was in charge of the development of new tools for big data predictive analytics, text mining, geo mining, and the refinement of the existing Salford Predictive Miner toolkit. Afterward, at Google Research, Polosukhin managed a team of researchers focused on Deep Learning and Natural Language Understanding. He also worked on TensorFlow (specifically TF.Learn, also known as SKFlow). NEAR Protocol In 2017, Illia Polosukhin co-founded NEAR with Alexander Skidanov. The original name was “Near.ai”. The idea for NEAR began with Illia's participation in programming competitions during his high school and college years. "Is not starting something that makes me proud, but executing a vision of what that can be. That’s definitely what I’m proud of." The team delved into research on smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technologies as they searched for a suitable platform to build their applications. However, they were unable to find one that met their needs, leading them to develop NEAR Protocol to fulfill their desired requirements. Investments Polosukhin has made around nine investments, which include Clear Street, 3Box, Kurtosis, ClayStack, Syndicate, KYVE, SEDA, Datrics, and 1inch. UnChain Fund Polosukhin led cryptocurrency fundraising efforts to assist Ukraine in its defense against Russia's aggression. He and other Ukrainian cryptocurrency professionals established the Unchain Fund, which has collected nearly $7 million in cryptocurrency contributions as of now. The Unchain Fund is one of several cryptocurrency funds that are supporting the Ukrainian government, having raised a total of over $100 million in a short period of time. After the fund receives the donations, they convert them to local fiat currency through local cryptocurrency exchanges that are still operating within Ukraine. After conversion, volunteers of the Unchain Fund who are based in Ukraine purchase essential items and distribute them among civilians who have become trapped in conflict areas or had to evacuate their homes. “For the sake of full transparency, we’re running fully community-led vetting initiative of the trusted orgs and cases we’ll all collectively fund. That means that you could actively participate in the process and decision-making.” - UnChain Fund The Unchain Fund is supported by and accepts donations in fourteen blockchain networks, including NEAR, Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, Celo, Harmony, Polygon, Avalanche, Gnosis, Polkadot, IoTeX, Terra, Bitcoin, and Moonbeam, in various cryptocurrency forms. !Screen Shot 2023-02-03 at 11.30.40 AM.pngThe fund has also introduced a digital charity debit card, known as the Unchain Help Card, to directly distribute funds to the most impacted groups affected by the conflict. The card, which enables everyday payments and cash withdrawals, is issued in partnership with Ukrainian cryptocurrency card start-up Weld Money and Unex Bank. Eligible individuals receive an allowance of 25 euros per person per week.

idex

IDEX is an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange and cryptocurrency that supports real-time trading.

IDEX is an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange and cryptocurrency that supports real-time trading and high transaction throughput. IDEX is known for its advanced features including limit and market orders, gas-free cancels, and the ability to fill many trades at once.The IDEX token is the exchange's native token. In November 2020, announced Multiverse, a multi-chain initiative that brings its trading experience to new blockchains, starting with Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain. As part of the initiative, IDEX is also issuing a new supply of tokens native to each blockchain to secure its operations and earn 50% of trading fees. These new Multiverse tokens will be distributed to Ethereum-based IDEX token holders beginning December 7, 2020. Overview IDEX consists of a smart contract, a trading engine, and a transaction processing arbiter. The smart contract is responsible for the trustless storing of all assets and executing trade settlement, and all trades must be authorized by the user’s private keys. Unlike other decentralized exchanges, the IDEX smart contract is designed such that only the exchange is authorized to submit signed trades to Ethereum. This enables IDEX to control the order in which transactions are processed, separating the act of trading from the final settlement. As users trade their exchange balances are updated in real-time, while simultaneously their private keys are used to authorize the trade in the contract. This authorization prevents users from rescinding any completed trades and prevents IDEX from initiating any unauthorized trades. Authorized transactions are passed to the arbiter which manages the queue of pending transactions, dispatching them in sequence to ensure that each trade is mined in the correct order and that the smart contract balances stay in synch with the exchange balances. By controlling the transaction sequence, IDEX provides the speed and user experience of centralized exchanges combined with the security and auditability of decentralized exchanges. Fees IDEX charges 0.2% for the market taker and 0.1% for the market maker. Users also pay gas fees to put their transactions on the blockchain. Maker & Taker Model Market makers place new orders on the books and wait for another user to match them. They can be buys or sells. Market takers find existing orders on the books and fill them, thus taking orders off of the books. Market takers are responsible for covering the gas fees associated with each trade. The exchange must pay a gas fee, priced in ETH when dispatching the trade to the network and then deduct it from the balance of the market taker. When exchanging tokens for ETH the amount of ETH deducted matches that of the gas fee. When exchanging ETH for tokens, IDEX deducts the equivalent amount of tokens based on the price of the asset in ETH. This price is calculated using the average of the last 10 trades. Gas Fees All transactions on the Ethereum network cost gas, a fee that is paid to miners in order to process the transaction. Trades on IDEX cost \~140,000 gas. Gas costs are about 1.5x higher than EtherDelta and slightly higher than 0x, but on IDEX there is no risk of competing for the same order and wasting this gas fee. Traders receive their chosen order regardless of how long the transaction takes to settle, so as the exchange grows IDEX can continue to use a normal gas price. Minimum Trade Orders IDEX has instituted a minimum order of 0.15 ETH (equivalent) for makers, and 0.05 ETH (equivalent) for takers. IDEX’s design includes trade matching which ensures traders get matched with the best-priced orders on the books. However, this price doesn’t account for the cost of gas. If there were no maker minimums, then it would be possible for users to place tiny limit orders on the books that force takers to waste gas unnecessarily. IDEX Token The IDEX Token is the primary utility token of IDEX. IDEX token also incentivizes platform adoption and trading volume through IDEX trading rewards which are automatically distributed to users’ wallets based on their monthly trading volume. IDXM stands for “IDEX Membership.” As the name suggests, IDXM grants token holders unique membership-style benefits on IDEX, which are accessible after the token incubates in one’s IDEX trading wallet for 1 week. These benefits include: Reduced IDEX trading fees until 2021: Users holding 1 IDXM can reduce up to 100% off their IDEX trading fees until 2021. When holding less than 1 IDXM, these reduced fees are prorated accordingly (e.g. holding 0.5 IDXM entitles members up to 50% off trading fees). This does not apply to the gas fees collected by blockchain miners. Increased IDEX trading rewards: Users holding 1 IDXM can also choose to receive up to 2x IDEX trading rewards for life. When holding less than a full IDXM, this benefit is prorated accordingly. IDXM benefit allocation: Users can choose how to allocate IDXM benefits according to their preferences by using the slider in the “Benefits” tab within the IDEX platform. While more than 1 IDXM can be held by any user for future trading purposes, the maximum IDEX reward potential (100% off IDEX trading fees OR 2x IDEX rewards) is reached at 1 IDXM. Future IDXM uses: As IDEX continues to grow and add more functionality to the trading platform, IDXM will provide users with additional benefits. These could include things like voting, first access to new features, and more. IDEX 2.0 In August 2020, IDEX announced a $2.5 million seed investment led by G1 Ventures and Borderless Capital, including Collider Ventures, and Gnosis, to launch IDEX 2.0, a novel high-performance DEX. The new exchange will combine the speed and features of a centralized exchange (CEX) with the security of a DEX to create an uncompromising trading experience. On August 27, 2020, Quantstamp, a leader in blockchain security, gave IDEX 2.0 an official seal of approval following the audit of the new contracts. Quantstamp's Managing Director Don Ho shared: “Cryptocurrency moves at breakneck speeds. However, it is important – especially while architecting new financial paradigms – that projects consider the impact of deploying unaudited code. It's not just about preserving your own position of trust in the crypto ecosystem; security breaches and hasty deployments reflect poorly on the entire landscape. We can’t expect DeFi to attract new participants and capital if we can’t protect the majority from expensive blunders. IDEX is operating with the level of maturity necessary for the continued success and security of the blockchain space.” IDEX's 2.0 API sandbox is now live on testnet and traders can deploy trading bots natively with significantly reduced friction. IDEX Multiverse In November 2020, IDEX announced IDEX Multiverse, an initiative bringing IDEX’s trading experience to new blockchains, beginning with Polkadot and Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Multiverse will continue to expand to other layer-1 networks, such as Algorand, as they launch and grow in popularity. The initiative also includes a new supply of tokens native to each blockchain, collectively known as Multiverse tokens, to secure IDEX’s expanded operations and earn 50% of trading fees. These new multi-chain IDEX tokens, IDEXP (Polkadot) and IDEXB (BSC) will be distributed 1-1 to existing IDEX stakers over a two-year period beginning December 7, 2020. To incentivize early participation, IDEX will accelerate the token issuance rate by 2x prior to the launch of each platform.

e-money

e-Money is a blockchain-based payment platform with the aim of making peer-to-peer payments and money transfers cheaper

e-Money (NGM) (launched January 2021) is a blockchain-based payment platform with the aim of making peer-to-peer payments and money transfers cheaper and more accessible digitally. With the presence of e-Money, Block Finance A/S intends to do away with the intermediaries present in most traditional financial services by introducing ‘currency-backed’ stable coins. Overview eMoney’s currency-backed stable coins serve as the backbone of e-Money’s frictionless digital asset for cross-border transactions. e-Money is aiming to reimagine the stable coin. Traditional stable coins are cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a value that is pegged to a particular asset. But this has its drawbacks- for example, sudden market crashes of the underlying asset can result in the stable coin being unable to keep up and maintain its peg. e-Money distinguishes itself with its novel token- an interest bearing stable coin that can shift in value to accommodate economic pressures. Background The team behind e-Money is Block Finance A/S, a Danish Fintech company innovating new technologies to bridge traditional financial services and distributed ledger technology. Their motive is to create a platform that can bridge blockchain with the traditional financial system. Doing this, stable coins can find a stronger use case and attract greater adoption as it promises an alternative means of exchange, free from the interference of financial middlemen or large institutions. The platform is built on top of the Cosmos chain, which is also the same network where some of the biggest decentralized exchanges are developed. Furthermore, e-Money promises a faster, easier, and cheaper method of making peer-to-peer transactions worldwide. The team behind e-Money established the coin to usher in a new model for stable coins that has the following characteristics: Completely backed with actual bank deposits and government bonds; Can support multiple currencies; Lower transaction charges; Quick transaction settlement times; and Interest-bearing. How it Works e-Money is an innovation from the original concept modeled for collateralized stable coins. One of its differences, however, is that it can hold interest. This is similar to how savings accounts in traditional banks work, making them a viable alternative store of value compared to other stable coins that also fluctuate based on the movements of the whole crypto market. e-Money’s currency-backed token does not ensure a 1:1 peg with the fiat it represents. Instead, its price depends on the value held by the currency plus the interest accrued on the reserves of e-Money on the represented fiat. Annually, the supply of the e-Money token will be inflated by 1%. And unlike algorithmic stable coins, the value of a currency-backed stable coin does not depend on the need to manage its overall supply, monitor the performance of its underlying reserve, or collect transaction fees. Team The e-Money platform is supported by a team of professionals, each of whom has acquired relevant experience in their field. Martin Dyring-Andersen (CEO & Founder) He has over 15 years of experience in IT startups and algorithmic trading. He is a passionate entrepreneur with a deep interest in the knowledge of implementing new technologies. He is the key force in driving e-Money forward to help shape the transaction infrastructure of tomorrow. Henrik Aasted Sørensen (CTO & Co-Founder) He has over 15 years of experience within financial infrastructures, He is perfectly placed to help bring the e-Money vision to fruition. As a senior software engineer with a profound knowledge of building complex web applications in the financial the sector, he has continued to steer the development of e-Money’s technology stack. Already he has helped to ensure that e-Money has a considerable advantage in this area, launching with a range of technology support. Marianne Schmidt Nellemann (COO & Partner) She has over 20 years of experience within financial institutions including ten years at Danske Bank. Her intimate knowledge of the sector is instrumental in guiding e-Money as it strikes relationships with banks first in Western and Northern Europe, and then in the United States and Japan. Laura Toma (CMO) As a Marketing and PR specialist with over 10 years of experience in business development and startups, she has the knowledge and contacts required to help e-Money reaches its full potential. She helps guide e-Money’s marketing strategy to gain interest beyond the reach of the Cosmos network. Dejan Horvat (CCO) He is a communications specialist with extensive experience working within the blockchain industry, he has led the community management and growth of 150+ projects totaling a massive 1 million community members. He works to ensure that e-Money’s business activities are in alignment with its strategic commercial objectives in order to achieve sustained business growth. Features Cosmos and Tendermint Deployment e-Money is developed on top of the Cosmos chain, making it interoperable with other blockchain ecosystems. However, e-Money’s system maintains its independence from other chains through the implementation of a ‘sovereign zone.’ Cosmos is used to enable inter-blockchain communication (IBC), a feature known to many as the ‘internet of blockchains.’ Through the Cosmos Hub, e-Money’s platform can frictionlessly interact with other blockchain networks should they need to be implemented on different platforms. Tendermint deployment is also another remarkable feature of the platform as it helps achieve faster transaction settlement times without compromising data integrity and security through Proof-of-stake consensus mechanisms. Validator Network Since the platform secures blockchain consensus through stakers, validator networks are put in place to ensure the security of the network. Therefore, e-Money implements the validator service accessible in the Cosmos Hub and IRISnet’s IRIS Hub. The main task of validators is to confirm the authenticity of blockchain transactions involving e-Money, as well as to ensure the integrity and health of the whole network. Currently, there are already over 40 validators working to maintain the security of the platform. e-Money’s DEX Along with the currency-backed stablecoin, e-Money also has a decentralized exchange platform where users can access cryptocurrencies available in the Cosmos ecosystem. It bears some differences from a typical Decentralized Exchange (DEX) like: Payments needed for trades are only for transaction fees; Transaction fees can be paid with your preferred token; There are no listing requirements to use the DEX, any token is already tradeable once supported by the platform; Higher liquidity since token balances can be sold on different orders; and Faster transaction throughput through an on-demand block generation method. Tokenomics NGM Token NGM token is primarily used for staking, as well as a reward incentive for users. Users can lock their NGM tokens on smart contracts for staking, or use them to nominate validators they trust to maintain the network. Annually, the NGM supply will be inflated by 10%, and then distributed proportionally to stakers. NGM token is also the backbone of e-Money’s operations, with token rewards being the only source of funding for the platform. The NGM token has an initial total supply of 100,000,000 $NGM and a circulating supply of 6,364,516 $NGM. Identifier: NGM (“Next Generation of Money”) Supply: 100,000,000 initially. Purpose: Staking and reward distribution. Rights: Staking rewards, Provides no governance rights. Trust anchor: Sovereign e-Money zone. On January 19, 2021, at 12:00 CET, e-Money launched the public sale of its NGM token on Polkastarter. It was in form of an Initial Decentralised exchange Offering (IDO). 300,000 NGM tokens were available for sale at USD$0.50 each. e-Money Token e-Money, its currency-backed stablecoin, can represent several cryptocurrencies. Its main function is to support the exchange of currencies between e-Money users. They can be used for payments, remittances, and transaction fees. Supported fiat currencies will have their own representation on the e-Money platform. These are currencies like EUR, CHF, SEK, NOK, Japanese Yen, USD, and GBP. The initial tranche of currencies supported by e-Money focused on Western and Northern Europe, for example, the eEUR for Euro, the eCHF for the Swiss Franc, and the eSEK for the Swedish Krona. There are plans for more tokens to be introduced soon. Identifier: eEUR Supply: Unlimited Purpose: Tokenization of EUR held in bank deposits and bonds, Used as a payment and fee token. Governance: Provides no governance rights Trust anchor: Sovereign e-Money zone Funding Rounds Seed Round (concluded) :2,285,000 NGM sold at 0.10 USD per token. 12 months vesting period.\ Private Sale (concluded): 6,700,000 NGM sold at 0.25 USD per token. 6 months vesting period.\ Public Sale (on 19th January 2021): 300,000 NGM to be sold at 0.50 USD per token. No vesting period.\ \The initial vesting date was 4th November 2020 at 1:00pm CET. Token Allocation Marketing Costs: 280,000 NGM (0.28% of total supply) Market-Making Fees: 33,333 NGM. (0.033% of total supply) Exchange Listing Fees: 600,000 NGM. (0.60% of total supply) Liquidity Provisioning (Float): 1,193,026 NGM. (11.9% of total supply) Customer Acquisition: 8,300,000 NGM. 8.3% of total supply) E

layer2dao

Layer2DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on driving the adoption of the Layer2 (L2) Ethereum ecosystem.

Layer2DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on driving the adoption of the Layer2 (L2) Ethereum ecosystem. Overview Layer2DAO was launched with a total supply of 1,000,000,000 L2DAO tokens. On January 30th 2022, they took their first step of their roadmap and released an airdrop, claimable until February 28th 2022. Layer2DAO aims to expand the Ethereum L2 ecosystem and boost L2 ecosystem projects. Layer2DAO uses its treasury to invest and partner with high-impact L2 protocols, serving as a diversified treasury for DAO members looking to gain exposure to the L2 ecosystem growth. The protocol also engages in liquidity provisioning, NFT creation, and many other activities that create value and perpetually place proceeds back into the DAO. Layer2DAO also provides incentives for users to move their funds to L2s, modeled after other protocols’ successful incentive programs. Tokenomics The $L2DAO token serves as the native token for Layer2DAO. This token grants its holders the ability to take part in governance decisions for the DAO. As Layer2DAO expands and diversifies, the utility of the native $L2DAO token will increase to satisfy Ethereum Layer 2 community. Treasury Management Spending The treasury management of Layer2DAO is focused on attracting new contributors and rewarding core contributors through the establishment of grant programs and committees to decide on future spending. Diversification Diversifying the treasury is a priority as it is currently held entirely in the native tokens. Ways to diversify include swapping a portion into stablecoins or exploring token swaps with other treasuries. Borrowing The treasury may include debt instruments in the long-term, with the cheapest option being loans secured by a loan protocol, but this is not currently feasible. Reporting To maintain transparency, financial statements and disclosures will be produced and a committee will be established to report on Layer2DAO's activities on a quarterly basis. Governance Layer2DAO is governed by the xL2DAO token, a locked version of the protocol's native L2DAO token. This token grants DAO members and the community the power to guide and govern the DAO in shaping the Ethereum layer2 ecosystem. The xL2DAO token will eventually enable active participation in a distributed voting platform for resource allocation which will be used to distribute funding and rewards. Members of the protocol will be selected and rewarded for building awareness and a strong community for multiple launched projects. To balance community governance and efficient decision making, token holders will elect trusted members to committees with mandate and funding approval authority to avoid bottlenecks in micro-decisions and prevent front-running of investment decisions through public voting. Staking Staking in Layer2DAO allows members to earn a proportional share of xL2DAO. This is done by locking up L2DAO tokens for a certain period of time, with longer lock-up periods resulting in a higher proportion of xL2DAO and larger percentage claim and voting power. 25% of fees generated from non-L2DAO assets will be converted to ETH and sent to the vault for stakers to claim. To participate in staking, users must lock up their L2DAO tokens for a specific period of time, ranging from 2 weeks to 2 years. Locking can only be done on Thursdays, and once the tokens are locked, they cannot be unlocked until the lock-up period expires. As the unlocking date approaches, the balance of xL2DAO decreases linearly. xL2DAO is non-transferable and users can only have one share of L2DAO locked at a time, meaning users are not allowed to lock a portion of L2DAO for a year and another for 5 months simultaneously for example. Instead, stakers are allowed to extend their locked period at any time with 2 years as the upper limit. Optimism Funding On May 4th 2022, Layer2DAO received a 300,000 OP allocation to be used to grow the Optimism ecosystem. Layer2DAO plans to use part of this allocation to incentivize high-impact Optimism protocols through the creation of the L2StateOfMind project, also known as the OPincubator. One of the first high-impact projects selected for this initiative was Thales Protocol, for which the Layer2DAO provided 27,500 OP to as well as featuring Thales on their discord to boost adoption. Additionally, there are plans to sell NFTs for OP tokens, with the aim of making the first round of voting economically neutral for early adopters such as the Galxe campaign launched on November 17th 2022. Layer2DAO also plans to award six successful projects 27,500 OP each over six separate funding rounds, with the goal of incentivizing early adopters to participate and vote in these projects. Liquidity Pools Layer2DAO has allocated 10% of total L2DAO tokens minted equivalent to 100,000,000 tokens to liquidity pools. The pools currently available are: L2DAO/USDs L2DAO/WETH L2DAO/OP Sushi LP Farm (inactive at the time of writing) L2D4 On January 14th 2023, L2D4, a community pool composed of 4 major stablecoin protocols, Frax Finance, Alchemix, Sperax and Forcenet, was deployed by Layer2DAO on the automated market maker (AMM), Saddle Finance. L2D4 was launched on the Arbitrum network and will allow users to provide liquidity in return for rewards from all four stablecoin protocols. !image In celebration of the launch of L2D4, an NFT giveaway was released on NFT platform, Galxe for anyone who followed all 6 protocols involved in the 4 pool. !image .L2 Domain Names The partnership between Layer2DAO and Punk Domains aims to support the growth of the Ethereum layer 2 ecosystem by expanding the use of L2 solutions and investing in related projects. One of the key offerings of Punk Domains is the ability to mint custom domain names using the .L2 Top Level Domains (TLD). This allows users to register web3 native domain names that live on L2 chains, such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and Gnosis Chain, but can be used across the entire web3 ecosystem, similar to the popular .ETH domain names. This offers an alternative to the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) which, while popular, can come with high gas fees on the mainnet. Punk Domains is working with wallet providers and DeFi dapps to integrate their service, making it more widely available for users. Team Exosphere: Project management and strategy Train: Treasury management and partnerships Weston Nelson: Treasury Management and Strategy Iz.rael: Community manager Benita: Moderator Buck Williams: Application developer Partnerships Sperax Thales Protocol Saddle Finance Acre Finance Ascension Protocol Punk Domains

felix-hartmann

Felix Hartmann (born January 11, 1995) is a German-American entrepreneur and seasoned author based in Los Angles, California.

Felix Hartmann (born January 11, 1995) is a German-American entrepreneur and seasoned author based in Los Angeles, California. He is the former Chief executive officer of FundThis, author of Dark Age, and a cryptocurrency and equity trader. Since 2018, Harmann serves at the Managing Partner of Hartmann Digital Assets Fund, a multi-strategy crypto hedge fund. Career Hartmann has been a member of several boards, serving as the Director of Marketing/Sales for both Next Gen Summit and SUP-X: The Startup Expo. In 2016 he became the CEO and co-owner of FundThis, a new player in the crowdfunding space, as well as an early investor in Everipedia. As of 2017, Hartmann has been a full-time cryptocurrency trader and founder of CryptoAcademy.us, a cryptocurrency investor network and community with over 3000 members from all over the world. Published Works In June of 2016, Hartmann published his debut novel Dark Age, which has gone on to sell tens of thousands of copies and was nominated for the Dragon Award for the Best Apocalyptic Fiction Novel of 2016 by Dragon Con. Dark Age was also nominated for the Prometheus Award. YouTube Hartmann's YouTube channel has over 1000 subscribers and over 36,112 views. Personal Life & Education Hartmann was born in a subsection of Stuttgart, Germany, and grew up in the town of Bad Mergentheim in Southern Germany, where he attended the Deutschorden-Gymnasium until moving to the United States in 2008. A local to Boca Raton, Florida, Hartmann is an Alumnus to Florida Atlantic University and American Heritage School (Florida).

tomodex

The first DEX powered by the TomoX protocol, TomoDEX, was introduced in 2019.

TomoDEX (launched 2019) is the first Decentralized Exchange (DEX) powered by the TomoX protocol. It is built on a trustless public blockchain known as TomoChain and supports trading, lending and borrowing of variety of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum and ERC20 Tokens. Company TomoDEX was developed and operated by Singapore based blockchain company TomoChain Pte. Ltd. Its office is situated in Singapore and currently has around 50 employees. The company was founded by Vietnamese entrepreneur Long Vuong in 2017 and it raised over $9.3 Million via private and public token sales (ICO) from September 2017 to March 2018. Overview TomoDEX is powered by decentralized protocol known as TomoX. It is integrated into the core layer of the TomoChain and is in charge of order matching and execution on TomoDex. The protocol permits a diverse system of DEXes, Market maker providers and other projects to work together in a decentralized way. It supports native token TOMO and TomoChain standard tokens, TRC21. It also supports other native tokens and major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether through cross-chain transfer module known as TomoBridge . TomoChain is Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible blockchain which runs on Proof of Stake Voting (PoSV) consensus mechanism. It allows every Ethereum smart contract to run with almost instant transaction confirmation and it is secured by 150 Master nodes which are placed across the globe. Features TomoDEX already has a great advantage because of compatibility with Ethereum. Some of the key features are: Spot Trading TomoDEX a Non-custodial decentralized exchange which allows spot trading of various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethreum, Tomo, yEarn (YFI), Tether, VNDC, FTX token (FTT), Decentr (DEC) and Serum (SRM). The currencies are paired with either BTC or USDT or TOMO. Minimum order size must be greater than 1 TOMO in pairs corresponding to USDT, BTC or ETH. Traders are allowed to set both market and limit orders. All trades are entirely non-custodial, and liquidity will be shared with other TomoX DEXs through a common on-chain order book. Lending TomoDEX allows users to earn interest by Peer-to-peer lending of cryptocurrencies. Currently It supports only Tether (USDT) and TOMO token. Lending is allowed over a periods of 1 day, 1 week and a 1 month and 3 months. Collateralized assets are stored safely in smart contracts secured by the TomoX protocol. It also allows users to set their own interest rates and terms as well. Borrowing For borrowing User need to deposit Collateral of 150% of total Loan value. Currently, collateral accepted in BTC, ETH, TOMO and support for other major alt coins will be added in near future. Borrower has to pay interest to the Lender and that is calculated by I=F∗R∗ T/365 where I=Interest Rate, F= Original Amount Borrowed, R= Annual Interest Rate and T= Term Duration (e.g. 1 day, 30 days etc.). If Borrower fails to repay the loan and interest before the due date, By default, if the Borrower has enough balance of the borrowed asset, TomoX will automatically repay the loan on the due date. In other case he will be liquidated. He/She will also be automatically liquidated if the collateral value falls to 110% and it will be released to the Lender’s Address. How to borrow on TomoDEX Interestingly, if borrower wants to pay the loan early, he will be charged an additional prepayment penalty ( which is equal to half of the interest rate he would have had to pay from that point till the maturity date) along with normal interest. Also, no partial repayment is allowed as well. Fees TomoDEX doesn't take any deposit or withdrawal fees but Users need to play fees to TomoChain depending on selling, buying or borrowing actions. Typically, they are categorized as Trading Fees and Lending Fees. Trading Fees Trading Fee is charged in the Quote Token at the time the order is matched. e.g in TOMO/ USD pair base token is TOMO and Quote token is USDT and Trading fee will charged in USDT. The cancellation fee will be charged at the time that the trader cancels his/her order. The Trader’s Cancellation fee is equal to 1/10 of the Trader’s trading fee in the Base Token if as a seller and in the Quote Token if as a buyer. Trading fees are as follows.. | Type | Seller | Buyer | | ---- | ------ | ----- | | Trading Fees | 0.1% | 0.1% | | Cancellation Fees | 0.01% | 0.01% | Lending Fees Lending fees are generally have two types service fee and cancellation fee. For example: If a user wants to borrow 1,000 USDT, he will be charged a service fee of 0.5% \ 1,000 = 5 USDT. | Type | Lender | Borrower | | ---- | ------ | -------- | | Service Fee | Free | 0.5% of total loan amount payable in Lending Token | | Cancellation Fee | 0.05% of total loan amount payable in Lending Token | 0.05% of total loan amount payable in Lending Token | Supported Wallets TomoDEX supports a variety of login options including Private key and Mnemonic Phrase. The User also has an option of creating a TomoChain wallet in wallet section. It also has another support i.e Pantograph Extension for Tomo wallet. As TomoChain is EVM compatible blockchain user can also log with Ethereum wallets like Metamask or hardware wallet like Ledger Nano S. Portfolio Users can also track and manage their digital assets and can send or receive any cryptocurrency listed on TomoDEX. TomoBridge To trade, lend or borrow other assets than Tomo on TomoDEX User need to first convert other natives tokens like BTC, ETH, ERC20 tokens to TRC21 tokens using TomoBridge. It is a cross-chain portal wrapping digital assets from other platforms to TRC21 Wrapped Tokens on TomoChain. Currently, It supports ETH, BTC and USDT, FTT, VNDC, DCR and SRM and will continue to support more coins in the future. When user wants to withdraw his assets, he can easily unwrap desirable TRC21 asset, but there is a fee for unwrapping. The user also has to pay small transaction fee to the particular network additionally. How to use Tomobridge to wrap and unwrap tokens | Digital Asset | Deposit(Wrap) Fee | Withdrawal(Unwrap) Fee | Transaction Fee | | ------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------- | --------------- | | BTC | 0 | 0.0004 BTC | 0.0000004 BTC | | ETH | 0 | 0.003 ETH | 0.000003 ETH | | USDT | 0 | 0.97 USDT | 0.001 USDT | | YFI | 0 | 0.001 YFI | 0.000001 YFI | Relayer Web Relayer Web provides an intuitive and optimal user interface for users to use the exchange functionalities. More importantly, users do not need to deposit any tokens to a centralized server, thus maintaining total control over their assets. As in any existing exchange, there are two types of actors: Maker: A market maker is someone who provides liquidity to the market by placing limit orders on the order book. Without limit orders sitting on the books, the price of cryptocurrencies would swing around wildly as exchanges try to match buy and sell orders. Taker: A taker is someone who takes liquidity (buys/sells from a limit order) from the exchange. A maker order has to wait to be matched by either a taker order or by the matching engine. A taker order, on the other hand, does not need to go onto a matching engine, but is instead immediately matched with a maker order. How to become a Relayer In order to become a relayer and receive trading fees, a relayer owner must deposit 25,000 TOMO to the TomoRelayer smart contract. This process is also used to transfer relayer ownership to another relayer owner. The 25,000 TOMO deposit will be divided into 2 parts: Locked Funds: 20,000 TOMO will be locked and only be available for withdrawal 30 days after the relayer owner makes a decision to resign. Trading Fee Fund: 5,000 TOMO will be used for paying network fees, and be deducted from as fees are sent to masternodes for handling trades and order processing.

gitcoin

A community of builders, creators and protocols coming together in order to develop the future of the open internet.

Gitcoin (GTC) is a platform for you to get paid for working on open-source software in Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, Solidity, HTML, CSS, Design, and more. Brief History Gitcoin began in 2017 as a passion project for Kevin Owocki with the goal of empowering developers to earn while building open-source, digital public goods projects. By that fall, Gitcoin gained the support of Joe Lubin and was brought into the ConsenSys family, where Kevin and the team experimented with novel funding models. Over three years later, Gitcoin is the place where builders and protocols come together to develop and fund the open web. Gitcoin Grants are the largest implementation of Quadratic Funding, a radically democratic approach to allocating resources for public goods. Overview Gitcoin is a platform to fund builders looking for meaningful, open-source work, Gitcoin is the community of builders, creators, and protocols at the center of open web ecosystems. GTC mission to build an internet that is open source, collaborative, and economically empowering. A platform to fund builders looking for meaningful, open-source work. Since its launch in November 2017, Gitcoin Grants has now provided nearly $16M of funding to public goods. This is in tandem with $3.54M in bounties that have been paid to open-source developers from all around the world. The DAO to govern Gitcoin The DAO is the vessel for Gitcoin’s mission. It consists of community members coordinating to fund public goods and introducing the Gitcoin token (GTC) to make decisions about where to allocate resources. GTC is a fork of the COMP/UNI governance systems, built with a delegation prompt built into the retroactive claim process. GTC is a governance token for credibly neutral developer talent and public goods funding, and the means to progressively decentralized the Gitcoin platform through the GitcoinDAO. From inception, Gitcoin’s DAO oversees a community treasury of GTC tokens, along with offering a governance framework for delegates (called Gitcoin Stewards) to participate in key ecosystem decisions such as fund allocation, matching pools, and grant collusion. The Path To Gitcoin Grants Gitcoin launched on the Ethereum blockchain a year ago as a bounty platform, making it easy to get paid for completing Github issues. Gitcoin Grants is the first platform built on Ethereum’s blockchain which allows for recurring, on-chain payments to be made. The primary three use cases are; Paying developers to play a maintainer role on your repositories, after you’ve done a few bounties with them Providing open-source projects (and their maintainers) an avenue for crowdfunding their project A public ‘grant application’, where you can crowdfund an initial portion of your grant… as a showcase for grants programs Grants utilize the EIP-1337 standard for subscriptions on Ethereum. The standard makes use of meta-transactions, which allow for a transaction to be made on behalf of a paying subscriber on a recurring basis. This makes it easy to support projects in open source on a recurring basis, only confirming one initial subscription transaction. Gitcoin is supported by ConsenSys, the largest blockchain venture studio in the world. Teams The founder of Gitcoin, Kevin Owocki, has experience as an organizer of Boulder Startup Week, Ignite Boulder, StartupCTO.io, Boulder Blockchain Meetup, and the open-source projects by trader, adblock-to-bitcoin, YouveGotETH, and ColoradoCoin. The stronger the community is, the more successful open source projects will be. The stronger open source projects are, the stronger the community is. The founding team had built their careers off of advice, mentorship, and relationships in the local tech community.

kidmograph

Kidmograph aka Gustavo Torres, is an art director, motion designer, illustrator who has worked with Adidas, Instagram & others

Kidmograph (born December 10, 1977) also known as Gustavo Torres, is an art director, motion designer, illustrator who has worked with Adidas, Instagram, Honda, Nike, and many more. Kidmograph has worked with international artists in the creation of their music visuals. He recently adopted crypto art as a new space to showcase and sell his digital art. Early Life Kidmograph was born on 10th December, 1997 in La Plata, Argentina. He studied Beauty Arts at Bachillerato de Bellas Artes in La Plata, Argentina. He started putting his work online in 2005. Career !Dream-Catalogue-Born-Of-A-New-Daypng.png Kidmograph started working online in 2005 but Kidmograph as a concept was born in 2012 with the objective of growing a universal but at the same time personal library of animated loops that chases a feeling, a sensation, sometimes abstract, sometimes too literal. Over the years, his artwork has been proved to be eclectic ad having a strong background in beauty arts allowed him to explore and discover a unique voice through the years. From surrealism, Lo-fi, classic 80's/90's, passing through hand-drawn animation and 3D modeling, the diversity of techniques derived in great collaborations and client projects. He has worked in the music /entertainment business with a vast list of international clients, such as Apple, Adidas, The Strokes, Maroon5, Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, etc. Kidomograph NFT's Artworks Kidmograph adopted Crypto and NFT arts recently and some of his arts have been reserved and acquired in Ethereum (ETH). Some of his NFTs include: 1. <strongV Matter</strong: used the product to interpret artwork as a journey, experimentation that feeds the mind and re-shapes reality. It was listed on March 13, 2021, for 4.0ETH 2. <strongIn Visible II</strong: an endless animation series that explores the abstract/hidden human being. It was listed for a reserved price of 4.0ETH on 8th April, 2021. 3. <strongCalmness</strong: is a seamless, peaceful animation of a head revealing calming sunshine. It was acquired for 7.0ETH by Cryptojack on 20th September, 2020. Kidmograph X Dream Catalogue (Special NFT Collection) Dream Catalogue released <emBirth Of A New Day</em, the second album from 2814, in January 2015. The project is an introspective album of dreams, romance, yearning, and melancholy, distinguishing it from any typical cyberpunk output. Kidmograph works on the visuals of Born Of A New Day and his artworks depicted the emotive quality of each track on the album in an 'eternal loop' form, capturing the overwhelming feeling the album brings to life. The original idea from the cover and the actual piece was done in 2014 (the album was released in 2015, but I finished the artwork on 24th December of 2014. It opened a narrative that helped us to start envisioning the extension of it, growing new ideas, the birth of a new day. In total, Kidmograph drops 7 exclusive non-released animations for each track, two minutes of special adaptations for each track, and an original animated cover. Kindred & Destiny Collection by Jai Wolf x Kidmograph !kindred-destiny-collection-by-jai-wolf-_kidmograph-nft-drop.pngKidmograph, a multidisciplinary artist, and electronic music producer Jai Wolf collaborated on the NFT Collection. The 'Kindred & Destiny Collection' will be available on Nifty Gateway on June 3. Kidmograph creates a variety of works of art with a particular focus on the aesthetic arts. Through the years, he may explore and develop a distinctive voice thanks to this artistic approach. Kidmograph has worked with a number of well-known individuals and companies, including Justin Bieber, Apple, Tumblr, The Weeknd, Nas, Honda, Instagram, Adidas, Maroon 5, Chromeo, and others. Another of Kidmograph's clients is Jai Wolf. For a few of Jai Wolf's gigs over the past few years, they have collaborated. The new line is a wonderful way to honor their years of working together. Five NFTs are included in "Kindred Collection." Kidmograph's motion and graphics couldn't be more perfectly complemented by Jai Wolf's sound design. There will be three items available: two at the drawing, two at the silent auction, and one at the auction. Three NFTs are included in "The Destiny Collection" and are released as 5-minute Open Editions. Partnership with Acura !bcf1f3_9f98300294a748909b1578b16e95bfecf002.webpKidmograph worked on a fresh Acura advertisement. Fewer words, more action. The idea was to transform driving advice into a straightforward, vibrant, and aesthetically appealing experience by creating an eye-catching 3D + Hand Drawn animated piece. Mullen Lowe, NY, the client. Year:2020 <br Social Media Kidmograph is available on social media to create more awareness for his brand and art. He has more than 251 thousand followers on Instagram and about 22 thousand followers on Twitter.

okcoin

A digital asset trading platform called OKCoin offers spot trading between fiat currencies .

OKCoin is a digital asset trading platform providing spot trading services between the US dollar, Euro, and Japanese Yen as fiat currencies, and Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum and other digital assets to customers around the globe. OKCoin Exchange China operated a CNY/BTC spot pair with margin trading from its Beijing entity, while OKCoin International operates a USD/BTC spot pair with margin trading and BTC/USD futures from its Singapore entity. History OKCoin was founded by CEO Star Xu in 2013 and has raised US$10mm in investments from Ceyuan Ventures, Mantra Capital, Ventures Lab and other notable private investors including Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper. Star Xu is an experienced technology executive. Professionally, Star worked at Yahoo/Alibaba as a search algorithm engineer before serving as Chief Technical Officer of DocIn.com – a popular file sharing company – where he managed a team of 120 engineers. OKCoin has publicly expressed intention to expand overseas and become a worldwide digital currency services company. In April 2017, According to the report, OKCoin has stopped accepting US dollar. In the same month OKcoin joined Bitfinex in freezing wire transfers, citing ‘issues’ with intermediary banks. As of August 2016, OKCoin was the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world with a volume of over 16,000,000 Bitcoins per month. In September 2017, OKCoin announced to stop Yuan-to-Bitcoin trading by October's end. Controversy On May 23, 2015, OKCoin made public a contractual dispute the company was having with Roger Ver over the management rights to the domain name "bitcoin.com." OKCoin management claimed that they could no longer pay Ver the money which was contractually owed to him due to a recent case in which Ripple Labs was fined $700,000 by FinCEN for failure to collect proper KYC paperwork from Ver. In response, Ver published several months of email history between himself and OKCoin demonstrating that OKCoin had not been making payments for several months prior to the news about Ripple's fine. In the emails, OKCoin CEO Star Xu claims to have discovered a more recent version of the contract signed by both parties, which included a clause that gave OKCoin the right to terminate the contract upon six months notice. Until this point, all communications between the two parties had been cryptographically signed using GPG, but Ver was able to prove that the newer version of the contract was signed with the same timestamped signature he appended to the previous version of the contract, indicating that his signature was merely copied over to the new document. OKCoin proceeded to make a public offer of a $20,000 reward for anyone who was able to prove that Ver's statements were false; Ver responded in kind by offering a $1,000,000 reward to anyone who could prove that the signature on the more recent contract was actually valid and not a forgery. The OKCoin reward was paid at the end of May, 2015 following the report of analysis of the contracts posted publicly by OKCoin. Okcoin and China Okcoin was deeply affected by the Chinese government's crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges. As a result, the platform halted trading for its local customers in 2013 and again in 2017.8 The market also suffered setbacks after federal authorities shut down trading after Black Wednesday in May 2021, which saw one of the largest sell-offs in the market.9 The government cited the rise in speculative trading related to virtual currencies as its rationale for the ban.

pitch

Pitch, a DAO that builds governance and economic infrastructure for web3, was launched in February 2022.

Pitch is a DAO that builds governance and economic infrastructure for stablecoins and AMMs across DeFi. Pitch Governance integrates Curve Finance, Frax Finance, and Saddle Finance. Overview Pitch, a DAO that builds governance and economic infrastructure for web3, was launched in February 2022. Pitch has an incentives product, Pitch.Money, and a liquidity product, pitchFXS. Pitch.Money is a generalized marketplace for vote incentives. It allows protocols to incentivize voters to allocate token emissions to their gauge. Pitch actively supports the Frax ecosystem with pitchFXS, a synthetic form of FXS that provides native yield while retaining its governance power. There is also pitchSDL for Saddle Finance, a liquid wrapper for locked veSDL positions to retain governance power. pitchSDL is currently in the first phase of its soft launch. It's further development is expected throughout Q4 of 2022. In July 2022, IQ.wiki used Pitch.Money to set up IQ token bribes for veFXS stakers to vote in favor of FXS rewards for the IQ-FRAX liquidity pool on Fraxswap. Temple DAO and Vesper Finance also setup bribes through Pitch.Money in July. In October 2022, IQ.wiki added additional bribes through Pitch.Money. Features Vote Market Dashboard The vote market dashboard displays the top four gauges on a given ecosystem. Pitches can be placed using the "Pitch Incentive" button on each gauge card, which will initiate an intuitive pitch process. The console needs to get several criteria: reward token (the currency in which voters will receive their rewards), pitch amount (the total amount of rewards that are to be paid), and capital efficiency ratio (the number of rewards per dollar of emissions that the project will disburse to voters). Gauges Dashboard The gauges dashboard will display statistics for each gauge and a list of active pitches on each gauge. The workflow to pitch from this dashboard is identical to pitching through the Vote Market Dashboard. Priced Pitching ($/veToken) The Governance Console's Priced Pitching mechanism allows protocols to specify the precise dollar amount they are willing to pay per veToken vote for their gauge. Priced Pitches allow protocols to eliminate the risk of their incentives spending by only paying for the votes they earn. Fees are only charged on the converted money at the end of the period.

trader-joe

Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain-native decentralized trading platform Trader Joe was established in June 2021.

Trader Joe (founded June 2021) is a one-stop decentralized trading platform native to the Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain. Trader Joe builds fast, securely and aims to serve the community at the frontier of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and combines DEX services with DeFi lending to offer leveraged trading. Background Trader Joe was founded in June 2021 by 0xMurloc and Cryptofish. The origins of Trader Joe were born from a blended desire, to create a unique and truly innovative trading platform that would resonate with the emerging superiority of the Avalanche blockchain, whilst also serving a global and burgeoning audience at the frontier of the decentralized finance industry. Since launching, the platform has attracted over $4bn in assets and has gained backing from some of the most widely recognized investors in the industry. Trader Joe has set out to serve the community at the frontiers of DeFi by innovating, building fast, and most importantly, building securely. The ultimate goal is to build a trading platform, that provides users with a true ‘one-stop-shop’ DeFi experience. Overview Trader Joe is a fully Decentralized Exchange (DEX), meaning that any token on Avalanche can be swapped or pooled on the platform. When on the platform, a popup will appear asking to confirm the connection between Trader Joe and your Metamask wallet. This is completely normal and safe. Once confirmed Trader Joe can be used, the most popular feature on this platform is the simple and convenient tool to swap any token on Avalanche. How it Works There are a number of ways to earn rewards from depositing tokens on the Trader Joe platform. Staking Staking is the process of converting JOE to xJOE, with a percentage of trading and lending fees used to buy back JOE and send it to the xJOE pool. Over time, xJOE will increase to give more JOE. Pooling Pooling tokens facilitates DEX trading, ensuring that there is enough liquidity for traders to make token swaps. This works by providing two tokens (such as JOE and AVAX) to a pool in return for LP tokens, which can then be farmed. Not all pools can be farmed on Trader Joe, but users will still earn a percentage of the trading fees in proportion to their share of the pool. Once in the pool, in most cases you can use LP tokens for yield farming. Simply visit the farm tab to search for the pair available to farm in order to earn a further share of the trading fees. Banker Joe Banker Joe offers investors the ability to lend or borrow against whitelisted assets, enabling the deployment of flexible DeFi investment strategies. There are a number of ways to interact with Banker Joe in order to leverage position (after depositing collateral), or lend assets in return for token rewards with no risk of impermanent loss. $JOE JOE token is the governance token of Trader Joe, it is also used to reward its holders with exchange revenue. The unique feature of the token is that it combines DEX, and Lending & Leveraged Trading in-turn promoting liquidity by attracting more inflows into the project. The token distribution follows a fixed supply, decaying emission model. 0.05% of all trades are paid to xJOE staking pool. A share of fees from lending interest and liquidations will also be paid to the xJOE staking pool. The % will be determined at the launch of the lending product. JOE token holders may stake their JOE to xJOE and receive a share of the revenues. Tokenomics All JOE tokens will be emitted according to the distribution portion. Team, Treasury, and Future Investor funds are emitted at the schedule as public distribution to LPs. Total supply 500,000,000 Months to emit 30 Liquidity Providers (LP) 50% Treasury 20% Dev Team (3 month cliff) 20% Future Investors (3 month cliff) 10%

skyweaver

SkyWeaver is a free-to-play collectible card game (CCG) developed on the Ethereum blockchain.

SkyWeaver is a free-to-play collectible card game (CCG) developed on the Ethereum blockchain. It is an NFT game launched by the Horizon Blockchain Games, providing its users with utilities such as owning, trading, and gifting game-based NFT cards. Skyweaver offers accessible gameplay designed for both competitive and casual players. Overview SkyWeaver is a free-to-play worldwide competitive trading card game that unifies the different perspectives of online and physical card games. SkyWeaver, built using blockchain technology, provides users with an easy-to-play card game, which can be personalized as digital assets. Users can win and trade these digital cards with similar functionalities to physical cards having utilities - within and without the game. SkyWeaver is a player versus player browser-based game, making the gameplay experience accessible for its users, anywhere and anytime. According to the gaming prospects for its users, by winning battles and ascending the termed "SkyWeaver ranks", users can earn 'new cards' (NFTs) all of which can be utilized for gameplay and some of which users can trade. Skyweaver cards are categorized into three levels of cards- basic card, silver card, and gold card. Built atop the Ethereum sidechain Polygon (formerly Matic Network), Skyweaver makes ownership, authenticity, and trading of its Card games available within the platform's store. Features SkyWeaver has the following key features: Free to Play SkyWeaver is a free-to-play game, which places no demand on its users for payment to stay competitive. By playing the game and honing the user's skills as a SkyWeaver, such users always have the opportunity to win and earn cards that impact gameplay. SkyWeaver belongs to its players. Open, Secure, Transparent The SkyWeaver's ecosystem is powered by blockchain, allowing its economy to be open, secure, fair, and transparent. With each card securely registered on the Ethereum blockchain, users can track their cards’ rarities. Users' cards are securely in their deck, with playable features. Dual Deck Combinations & Building SkyWeaver comes with an in-game deck builder for users to customize their playstyle and build the deck of users'. The deck leaderboard lets users see which decks perform best. Non-Rotating Gameplay Users' SkyWeaver cards are eternal, which means that users will never rotate cards out of play. Trading Universality By playing SkyWeaver and ascending the leaderboards, users can win new cards that become their property. The players can play with the cards or trade them with other players. The SkyWeaver Shop is a Peer to Peer (P2P) Decentralized Exchange (DEX) built right into the game. The Skyweaver shop is a place where users can acquire cards of interest and trade cards for exchange. Users can also freely trade their cards on other exchanges like OpenSea and Rarebits or gift their cards to friends. Customized Playstyles SkyWeavers (or players within its gameplay) can choose from four different playstyles, better known as prisms. Each prism offers its users a different deck type and access to different creatures and spells. The first four prisms include Heart, Wisdom, Strength, and Agility. Users can choose the prism that best represents them, or combine two prisms for more gameplay possibilities. Each Sky creature and spell come from one of eight different elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Metal, Mind, Light, and Dark. Different abilities are associated with each element, and users (named as 'SkyWeavers') will require utilizing their mana to summon creatures that battle with them. By winning battles against opponents, users earn new cards and win the allegiance of creatures and spells. Wallet's Security Each SkyWeaver card is securely registered within the user's personal Ethereum blockchain wallet. Users are the ones with access to this wallet. Horizon Blockchains games cannot access any cards or take them away. The cards themselves are Blockchain assets that exist forever, providing its holders' liberty to either play with and trade them. The Arcadeum arcade and wallet were developed so users can easily manage the digital cards that they win and accumulate by playing SkyWeaver. Gameplay & NFTs Creating an Account Users interested in starting with Skyweaver are to: Open a browser and navigate to their website. Push the start button (which will require an Ethereum wallet. Users can use MetaMask to maximize security) Users will need to provide a username and the early access code that will be given by the developers. After successful login, users can learn how to play from, the game rules, or proceed to click 'start match' to play a sample game with no rewards. Users can select competitive, then to discovery, to start to be matched up with an opponent to begin a real opponent game. Game Story SkyWeaver games take place in an alternate reality called Sky. Users are known as Skyweavers. Skyweavers are game creatures who traveled to this other dimension to explore, play, and battle with other Skyweavers' Characters. As users battle with others, they acquire resources from Sky, which also allows them to learn how to control the units that inhabit it. Over time, as skyweavers play and compete with one another, Sky itself evolves and becomes something greater. Game Features Skyweaver gameplay has the following elements- Heroes SkyWeaver, players control a special character called a Hero. If this character’s health goes to zero, the player loses. The Hero is a fully functional unit. It has attack and defense stats, and it can even attack other creatures or the opposing Hero. Even if a player has no cards on the board, he can still attack other creatures or players using his Hero Attached Spells Creatures in SkyWeaver have the ability to carry attached spells. These spells behave just like spell cards. The player can activate an attached spell by paying its mana cost. Each unit can only have 1 spell attached to it at a time. If a card causes a unit to gain a new attachment, the old attachment goes away. Units on Board Players would be required to onboard units. Each player can have a maximum of six units on his/her side of the board at a time. If a card would cause a new unit to enter the board on his side, the card simply cannot be played. This feature is intended to cut down on board clutter and prevent cards from becoming unreadable on mobile devices. Automatic Discard Skyweavers (Players) can maximally have 9 cards in hand at a time. If an event or action causes the player to have more than 9 cards, the oldest card that he drew gets shuffled back into his deck. Players cannot choose which cards to discard. If the player wants to keep a card that such player drew many turns ago, the player must play cards to keep his hand from going over the limit. Unique Keywords SkyWeaver has many unique Keywords, which are a staple of collectible card games (CCGs). Some combat keywords, used on SkyWeaver cards include- Wither, Lifesteal, Banner, Guard, Stealth, and Armor. Enchantments In SkyWeaver, a player can place enchantments on enemy cards. But these enchantments can be removed if the owner of the affected card pays the mana cost of the enchantment. Thus, negative enchantments can easily be removed. If a player removes an enchantment though, he is slowed down by the mana cost this incurs. Prisms SkyWeaver (NFT) has prisms that cards belong to, which are more like having colors of magic as in Magic. When a player builds a deck or starts a game, the player must choose 1 or 2 prisms to use in his deck. If such a user chooses 1 prism, his deck must be a minimum of 20 cards. If the user chooses 2 prisms, his deck must be a minimum of 30 cards. Mono-prismatic decks will draw the same cards more often, which could provide an advantage. On the other hand, decks with more than one prism will have more strategies to choose from. So players must weigh the benefits and disadvantages of each when deciding how to build their decks. Beginning accounts only have access to Strength Prism decks. Other prisms become available as the account gains levels. Skyweaver's Prisms | Types of Prism | Availabiilty & Levels | Specialties | | -------------- | --------------------- | ----------- | | Strength | available from the beginning) | Strength Focuses on powerful units, damage buffs, and damage spells. Good for “aggro” decks. | | Wisdom | unlocked at level 5 | Focuses on healing, card-drawing abilities, and board clearing mechanics. Great for “control” decks. | | Agility | unlocked at level 10 | Emphasizes “sacrifice” mechanics such as spending life or discarding cards to gain an advantage. | | Heart | unlocked at level 15 | Uses the graveyard to recycle creatures and overwhelm opponents. | When players participate in matches, they win cards based on the prism of the deck they are currently using. Card Economy SkyWeaver (NFT) has three levels of NFT game cards including basic cards, silver cards, and gold cards. Basic Cards Users can unlock the basic cards by completing matches, accumulating XP, and leveling up. At launch, Skyweaver's availed 500 cards for users to unlock. Users can use these basic cards to build a deck that suits their game style. All basic cards can be unlocked completely for free, which means that any user can maximize playing SkyWeaver, building decks, and participating in competitions. These basic cards, are Basic cards are not tradable as Non-Fungible Token (NFT). Silver Cards The silver card is a tradable Non-Fungible Token (NFT) version of the basi