Why BCIO Is Not Just Another Utility Token
2019 will be a decisive year for the Blockchain industry as the world moves towards a friendlier Crypto environment with governments such as Korea, Singapore, and Switzerland paving the way for appropriate regulatory measures. Likewise, France is aiming to become a blockchain hub for entrepreneurs and investors alike, with a 30% flat tax regime possibly in the works. Blockchain.io aims to become the new European cryptocurrency exchange of trust for individual and institutional investors alike. At the center of the Internet of Value, we provide users with an augmented trading experience in a thriving ecosystem.
A new wave and generation of tokens is upon us, and Blockchain.io intends to be a leading player in this field. As such, we have conceived the BCIO token to do just that, and more importantly, we envisioned and conceptualized it as a pipeline to the Internet of Value. For the first time, transactions can be performed without any counterparty risk, which is a crucial advancement as well as a guarantee of safety. This brings us to the essence of CEO Pierre Noizat’s vision of digital assets as a platform for applications, as well as a marketing mechanism.
Proprietary exchange tokens are still fairly uncommon in the cryptosphere, even though a handful of major platforms...
Populous Post business intelligence - ICO Update
- Project name: Populous
- Ticker symbol: PPT
- Market cap*: $129 million
- Circulating supply*: 37,004,027 PPT
- Total supply: 53,252,246 PPT
Populous is a peer-to-peer invoice discounting platform. Their platform uses smart contracts powered by a blockchain ledger to pair invoice sellers and lenders without the need to transact through third parties.
Their vision is to increase funding for small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) while reducing invoice fraud by transacting on a peer-to-peer blockchain platform. Populous uses two tokens to facilitate the lending and exchange of funds on their platform; Pokens and Populous Platform Tokens (PPT).
Pokens are used internally to purchases invoices on the platform, and they are pegged at a rate of 1:1 to whatever local fiat currency for which they are being exchanged. Pokens and PPT are both ERC-20 standard tokens powered by the Ethereum blockchain.
PPT are used as collateral to invest in invoices on the platform. When one lends their PPT, they will receive the profit in Pokens for their lending of capital and their principal PPT investment in return.
Below is a diagram showing how the Populous platform works in a nutshell:
Founded in 2017 and based in London, Populous World Ltd. was founded by Stephen Williams. The project raised over $10.2 million USD in their ICO.
The 2018 year has been volatile for Populous so far. A £1...
MeliorAl (MEL) Machine Learning, Neural Network Token Sale
MeliorAl (MEL) Token Sale
Melior has developed its own Machine Learning, Neural Network and Deep Learning models and aims to open up the opportunities presented by AI in the marketplace to all businesses, not just those powerful enough to take control of the space. Melior’s extensive research has focused on (reusable and multi-purpose) Natural Language and Image Understanding.
Opens Up AI Learning Opportunities to All Businesses
Melior develops exceptional chatbot and conversational interface...
Post-ICO update for SONM decentralized fog computing platform
- Project name: SONM
- Ticker symbol: SNM
- ICO date: June 2017
- Market cap*: $20 million
- Circulating supply*: 359,600,000 SNM
- Total supply: 444,000,000 SNM
SONM is a decentralized fog computing platform with use cases targeted at general-purpose computing tasks. SONM facilitates the use and exchange of general-purpose computing power and computer architectures.
The marketplace for SONM is built on the Ethereum blockchain and uses an ERC-20 token as its standard. However, there are two tokens used in SONM’s ecosystem.
The first is the ERC-20 standard used on exchanges, and the second is the SONM blockchain token. The SONM blockchain token is pegged at a rate of 1:1 to the SONM token and can be exchanged between their native blockchain and the Ethereum blockchain.
When purchasing or leasing computing power, SONM suppliers and customers use the SONM blockchain tokens as a medium of exchange. The ultimate goal of the SONM platform is to give more resources to crypto miners and make better use of the total computing power in the network.
Use cases for SONM include machine learning, video rendering on CPU/GPU, CDN and video streaming, and so on.
SONM was founded by Sergei Ponomarev, a smart contract expert, and Aleksei Antonov, a blockchain proponent. SONM was able to raise $42 million USD in their four-day ICO period.
Since then, SONM has launched its main net and is in the process of gaining Customers and Suppliers to exchange computing power within their fog computing platform. As of the date of publication of the article, there are 106 deals in process...
IOTW's ICO Analysis and 15 billion IoT devices in the world
There are already over 15 billion IoT devices in the world. These devices carry lots of data usage statistics that could be very valuable to the right companies. The problem until recently is that it’s almost impossible to collect all of this valuable data in an organized way. But now the experienced team at IOTW has invented a way to easily connect any IoT device to their blockchain. Once connected, the IoT device becomes a node and mines IOTW tokens as a reward to the device users. The usage data is then collected and sold to companies in exchange for IOTW tokens.
Based in Hong Kong, IOTW is a product of the groundbreaking Blockchain company, AnApp Blockchain Technologies Ltd. The IOTW blockchain software will operate an open-SDK, allowing any device to load the blockchain app and gain access to the IOTW blockchain ecosystem.
In order to incentivize users to connect their IoT devices/appliances to their blockchain, the hard working team has developed 2 unique new protocols; “Micro Mining” and “Proof of Assignment.” Together, these protocols allow every household to join the mining community without restrictions. Each device they connect will become a node, and each node will have the same chance of being selected to mine as all the other nodes in the network. No whale power on this chain.
How it works:
- Download their software through firmware upgrades to connect any device to the IOTW Ecosystem.
- Start mining with very little power consumption.
- Redeem rewards. “IoT device owners will be rewarded with IOTW coins which the devices can use to call up services or spare parts. The owners can also use the IOTW coins to buy goods, services and media content in open markets.”
- Sell your data for more IOTW tokens. “IOTW blockchain will collect big data. Allowing global, city-wide, and district-wide energy saving optimization.”
Here’s a 7-minute video we were linked to by their Telegram mod. It does a great jump of explaining why IOTW is such an exciting project. The video has already received an impressive 56,000 views, and is worth checking out.
In addition, IOTW plans to allow for the development of decentralized applications on IoT devices. And they will establish a decentralized purchase network for IOTW holders to bypass the middlemen and purchase directly from device makers and service providers.
Also, the team invented a Digital Power System chipset (“DPS chipset”) that replaces traditional analog power systems in small appliances with digital power systems. From the company:
“We believe the DPS chipset will be able to see adoption by a certain number of device manufacturers for saving costs while increasing device functionality. We have already filed a patent for the DPS chipset design. We plan to file a few more patents for this new product.”
Token
IOTW will have the following utility:
- Device users receive IOTW token as rewards for mining, as well as for selling their usage data.
- Device makers, research institutes, government agencies, and other organizations can purchase usage data with IOTW.
- Goods and services providers will sell through the online mall accepting IOTW as a payment method.
- A percentage of IOTW will be taken as a processing fee for each transaction.
The Proof of Assignment protocol requires way less power for mining than Proof of Work....
Rateonium Blockchain CRM: ICO
Idea:
Elevator pitch Rateonium is using blockchain technology to create new horizons for the management of customer-company relationships. The platform connects products and services purchased with a subsequent customer review process.
Problem: Customer reviews of products and services are responsible for the long-term success of a company. New leads rely on customer opinions, not on corporate communication.
•75% of consumers only make a purchase decision after reading the reviews
•40% of consumers distrust offers with no customer ratings
•20% of consumers believe that most ratings are falsified
•2% of customers write reviews Too few customers write...
The Guide to Trusted and Established ICO Listing Websites
As the market of token sales getting larger, better and mature likewise ICO listing websites are mushrooming. According to the research by the HACKERNOON it is found that now more than 200 ICO listing platforms are working actively in the market. In this scenario it becomes very difficult to find trusted and established ICO listing platform where investors can make better investment decision. In this post we are highlighting few vital points that will prove helpful for investors to find right and trusted ICO listing websites.
- ICO listing website should have strong social media presence.
- The team behind the ICO listing website should be professional enough to understand the crypto market.
- The website content should be comprehensive and informative.
- The ICO listing price should remain according to the standard of crypto market.
- Website should be popular in ICO community.
ICO listing website should have strong social...
TAP Coin: Decentralized blockchain-based advertising #TokenSale
The new world of blockchain-based advertising will create a major shift at the cross-section of advertising and the internet.
HOOCH, the number top drink-a-day app that has changed the game for bargoers from New York to Hong Kong with their free drink app, is about to shake up the hospitality industry again. Not basking for long in the success of their recently-released lifestyle experience program, HOOCH Black, this next development is also set to be a surefire success.
Their new project, TAP Coin, is due to be launched soon and it’s an innovative product, to say the least. TAP Coin is more than just HOOCH. While HOOCH Black has 100,000 hotels on the platform, with discounts of up to 60% off Expedia and hotels.com rates, TAP Coin will feature more than just this. HOOCH will be the first — and only one of dozens of apps on the TAP decentralized ad network. This means that while HOOCH currently has 200,000 subscribers, other apps will have tens of millions on the network. But there’s more- the advertising potential is phenomenal with a platform like TAP Coin. Due to its decentralized nature, the network is magnitudes more efficient than advertising on a centralized platform like Facebook, Instagram or Google AdWords.
Millions of users, hundreds of thousands of venues, massive discounts and a radically new advertising model, all based on blockchain - TAP Coin is the next household name app.
Not only does TAP Coin offer major discounts on hotels, drinks and entertainment experiences, it also uses the power of blockchain to empower consumers with their own data. This means that users now have the choice to allow advertisers to collect their data or not. If users allow their data to be used by advertisers, then they are rewarded with TAP, which they can then redeem on hotels and experiences (at already discounted prices).
In this way, TAP becomes a defacto loyalty currency, which does not discriminate according to origin of the loyalty points. It solves the old...
genEOS Next- Gen Blockchain Technology: Token Sale
genEOS Token Sale
genEOS is a next-gen technology project aimed at addressing blockchain adoption obstacles faced by the business community.
Providing its participants with an operating system-like environment, it allows for building and running decentralized applications (Dapps) at enterprise scalability, interoperability, and performance. Unconsumed bandwidth can be delegated to others who will pay the rent.
There are also strong dev and technical teams ready to develop, launch, and maintain business-critical Dapps on the platform that rivals traditional web apps for speed, versatility, and ease of use.
Key ecosystem features:
- Decentralized consensus algorithm capable of meeting enterprise-grade performance requirements.
- Higher transaction...
EveryCoin Financial Platform (EYC): #ICO Pre-Sale
EveryCoin (EYC) Pre-Sale
The Aaron EveryCoin Platform is a new financial platform for people who are financially excluded from modern finance systems for a long time. We aim to spread the free financial accounts for all people around the world and make them exchange money freely.
By combining the POW agreement method with the DPOS agreement method — in which the delegated node receives contract authorization and transaction fee in contract execution — Aaron blockchain does not waste unnecessary power or time to generate blocks. And it does not need to wait for the new block to be...