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Nexusless is a peer-to-peer network for delivering web content (websites, streaming video, VR) that allows anyone to earn money by pledging the unused capacity of their computers and smartphones.



WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

A content delivery network, or a CDN, is a group of servers that is geographically spread out to ensure a shorter route to each particular end user, depending on their physical location. In practice, this means that content from the origin server is first copied to several large data centers across the world (also called “points of presence” or PoP) and then delivered to the final consumers of content from these PoP’s - without having to ask the origin server every single time an end used wants to request that data. Apart from higher loading speed, the plusses of such setup usually include load balancing as well as more resilience to traffic spikes and attacks.

The above might not sound too thrilling, before you realize that the vast majority of web content each of us views and interact with every single day comes to us through CDNs. If we compare the large online services like Google, Facebook, etc, to the heart of the Internet – then content delivery networks are the extensive and robust circulatory system that delivers vital blood to the oxygen-hungry cells across the entire body.

Taking this into account, Nexusless aims to tap into the spare bandwidth, storage, and processor time of the billions of consumer devices spread throughout the modern world. Each of them is now significantly more potent than the most advanced supercomputers of the 1990s and is being actively used only a fraction of the time. So, instead of delivering web content exclusively by specialized computers from remote server farms, our vision is to serve it from nearby available laptops or smartphones – at scale. In the process, internet users will be able to become service providers and get paid for making the Web more efficient and equal.



TECHNOLOGY

At the heart of the Nexusless concept is a global, distributed content-addressing filesystem based on the IPFS proposed by the Protocol Labs – a cross between a peer-to-peer file tracker and a versioning system, with each piece of data having a permanent and immutable identifier derived from its unique cryptographic signature. Mutable containers allow creating updatable addresses for a seamless integration with the existing infrastructure of the Web, such as the classical Domain Name System (DNS).

To motivate the network’s participants to provide the storage and networking capacity of their personal computers and mobile devices, a marketplace-type incentives layer is added to Nexusless which allows efficiently managing and rewarding the network’s activity without a central intermediary. This is made possible by using a permissionless blockchain with a consensus protocol based on a novel combination of proofs of retrievability and delivery. The necessary transaction speed is ensured by a micropayment network functioning on top of the blockchain, based on the Lightning Protocol.

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As a result, any individual in possession of a consumer-grade computing device (a desktop computer, a notebook, a tablet or even a smartphone) will be able to earn income on the Nexusless network by letting their device act as an edge node (point of presence) which delivers web content to web users. The global filesystem foundation helps increase validity, while physical proximity contributes to lower load and network latency (in other words, allows shorter loading times).


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FUTURE POTENTIAL

Despite being a significant step from the current status quo, the Nexusless network is not only an end goal but also a potential basis for a new generation of inherently more decentralized web services such as hosting, content management, vpn, payments - while contributing to a more open and fair Internet where any individual can monetize their available computing and networking resources in various ways, in an ecosystem of flexible and robust public marketplaces.  

While Nexusless edge nodes are quite symmetric in most respects in the original design, specialization and speciation can prove practical as a critical mass of participants joins the network. This potentially allows for new useful collective capabilities, resulting in additional services for the end users, such as for example:



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TRANSPARENCY

The Nexusless legal entity is registered in the European Union (Riga, Latvia) and therefore complies with existing norms and regulations of the EU. We have obtained official opinions from the country's Tax Authority (https://www.vid.gov.lv/en) and Finance Markets Commission (http://www.fktk.lv/en/) as to the legal compliance of the project. Our goal is to be fully transparent to all parties and to act with respect to the local legislation, thus also helping to improve the overall image of blockchain and token communities in the eyes of traditional power structures. Moreover, we are cooperating with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (http://www.liaa.gov.lv/en) with respect to improving the blockchain ecosystem in the country.






PRE-SALE DETAILS

Dates: 29 March – 11 April 2018
Bonus: +30%
Contribution currency: ETH
Cap: 1,500 ETH
Tokens issued in pre-sale: 975,000 NXLS (1 ETH = 650 NXLS)
Whitelisting: yes
KYC: yes
Restrictions: US non-accredited




LINKS

Official token sale page: https://nexusless.com/tokens/
Telegram channel: https://t.me/nexusless
Telegram group: https://t.me/nexuslessgroup
Medium blog: https://medium.com/nexusless/
Github repository: https://github.com/nexusless/smart-contracts
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nexusless/
Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/nexusless/

Benefits for content originators

Content delivery networks of today are quite expensive, difficult to use, and tricky to definitively monitor.  Nexusless aims at making high-performing content delivery an affordable and usable option for the majority of website owners and content creators. Our goal is a future-proof solution that is able to handle the ever-growing volumes of data pushed around across the Web, as well as a foundation for an entire ecosystem of a new-generation services from distributed hosting and domain names to content management systems to micropayment wallets.

Benefits for the edge nodes

In order to provide incentives for the users to pledge their storage and networking capacity, a market layer is added to Nexusless which allows keeping track of the network activity without a central intermediary and securely pay every participant for their services. This is made possible by using a public blockchain with a consensus protocol based on proofs of retrievability and delivery. The necessary transaction speed and frequency is ensured by a micropayment network functioning on top of the blockchain, similar to the Lightning.

Benefits for the end users

A good CND's job is well done if the end users don't even notice it exists - in other words, people who browse the Web and stream content should be able to do so without lags and security concerns. The incentivized self-policing set-up of the Nexusless network will also ensure that malicious or offensive content gets removed as quickly as possible.

Dear all, we are thrilled to announce the start of our +30% bonus pre-sale! Me and Alex will be happy to answer your questions in this thread or on other channels mentioned above. Cheers!

Hi everyone! Just added the Nexusless ICO to my website https://concourseq.io/Q/Nexusless. ConcourseQ is a collaborative due diligence community that researches and reviews ICOs. Anyone with an account can submit information to your page, so we are reaching out to this community to get you all involved in the discussion. Thanks! PS: If you have any questions about filling in the info, feel free to ask us in our discord group: https://discord.gg/j8RBAwB

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projects that look interesting. a peer-to-peer network development that allows anyone to earn money with their computers and smartphones. by submitting web content (website, streaming video, VR). hi dev i did not find your whitepaper to find more information from your project.

Thanks for the feedback, bagicoin! The whitepaper can be viewed from the image link in the "Technology" section above, or via the direct link: https://nexusless.com/docs/nexusless_whitepaper.pdf. We've also prepared a one-page summary of the paper, available here: https://nexusless.com/how-it-works/

Thank you, @SeveralQ, we've updated the project's details on ConcourseQ. Cheers!

thanks for the offer, @alicee, please PM me with details

In order to contribute during the pre-sale and get a +30% bonus on the NXLS token, please follow these steps:

1. Get whitelisted by filling out this form (https://nexusless.com/whitelisting/) (we are based in EU so need to conform to all local regulations)
2. Receive an email from us (official address is contact[at]nexusless.com) confirming that you are whitelisted.
3. Follow these instructions (https://nexusless.com/whitelisting/) to buy the NXLS tokens.