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Website: https://protocol.please.com
White Paper: https://protocol.please.com/assets/Please.com-Whitepaper.pdf
LIVE PRODUCT (without Smart Contracts): https://please.com/

MVP (with Smart Contracts): https://demo.please.com/
After you sign up, you can associate your login to Meta Mask and Ledger in the settings section.
When you create a new service, you can select to deploy it as a smart contract.

Telegram group: http://t.me/PleaseProtocol

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OP Updated.

There has been a lot of development in the last few weeks.
Here's a link to our updates: https://medium.com/pleasedotcom/company-updates/home

it was not the first time i saw this,and until now nobody can realize their goal.
what make you so special compared to them ? also where is your website ?

I would like to see technical documentation, white paper. For me, for example, the video is not enough to get an idea of the project.

Thanks for your comment. Here's a link to our website: https://protocol.please.com


Our white paper is currently work in progress. EDIT: Here's our whitepaper: https://protocol.please.com/assets/Please.com-Whitepaper.pdf

However we would love to have your thoughts on our demo on https://demo.please.com
You can actually deploy smart contracts in a breeze with ZERO coding required.

It is very good that you have already made a demonstration of your project. This is a very big advantage over other projects, when it is not clear what will come out as a result. Good luck in business.

Quite strange to see that i can`t find links to social profiles of team participants here. Maybe you can post it separatly ?

Sure, all links to social profiles are on our presentation site. Here is a direct link: https://protocol.please.com/#team

A coin that dedicated for everyone who likes doing trip or simply just for whom needing to go to a place for some business trip or family matter.
I think Please.com can be the perfect choice to manage the trip by simply book for a trip.

Indeed, the point of our token is to incentivize trip creators, travelers and service providers to stay active on the platform by reviewing each other, completing their profiles, etc.

It would take time to adapt such kind of platform. A lot already attempted to launch this kind of platform but there's no one yet that is successful on this area. Will just wait the time if this really takes off.

It would definitely take a lot of time if we wait for a completely decentralized platform. That's why we took the hybrid approach, so we have services that are "centralized" and services that are decentralized

Okay, let's see how far you will achieve even for the centralized services. Actually, it's good to have more of this platform, so travelers have options when they are booking their holiday vacations. More of this, means cheaper I suppose?

This is what we wanted to go for. Our platform is decentralized for the decentralized customers, whilst having the usability of a centralized platform. All of this, at no additional cost to the traveler. :)

OP Updated.

There has been a lot of development in the last few weeks, and we're planning to make our platform live in the next couple of weeks.
Here's a link to our updates: https://medium.com/pleasedotcom/company-updates/home

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Here are a few links:

WhitePaper: https://protocol.please.com/assets/Please.com-Whitepaper.pdf
Protocol Website: https://protocol.please.com/
Demo Website: https://demo.please.com

Telegram group: http://t.me/PleaseProtocol

have any bounty?

Hello @Netto7,

We're working on a bounty campaign and will announce more information about the same soon. :)

Check out how Please.com is built, and how we've made Please.com adoption-friendly:

https://blog.please.com/solving-blockchain-biggest-problem

Our update for the week - 14th September 2018:

https://medium.com/pleasedotcom/weekly-update-14-10-2018-45e7340be856

Promising and timely project. I think this company has a lot of potential and a great future. Website: https://protocol.please.com Works great!

You wrote . "Sleep in over 600,000 hotels and homes
Eat at over 1,200,000 restaurants and local tables.
Spend a few good times from our 100,000 tours and events. "Where did you get such big numbers? Can you list at least 10 basic numbers in which your coins are accepted?

These are the numbers for all the services integrated in our platform when we go live. We have ongoing discussions with other companies who are interested in listing their services with us, so there will definitely be more.
You can use PLS on our platform to pay for all the services that are payable online (doesn't include restaurants at the moment) and you can also use other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as fiat of course.

Romain Barissat
CEOFull-Time
Romain’s career spans for over 15 years in the digital space where he quickly progressed through many roles ranging from engineering to marketing.Prior to starting Please.com, Romain worked with various top-tier enterprises including the likes of American Express, Technicolor, Blackberry, Sony Playstation, Atos, and helped with their digital marketing, social media and digital transformation.

Our Protocol
We bring all the goodness of decentralization to everybody.We are building a protocol whose first "customer" will be our own platform operating on Please.com.

A set of smart contracts to allow service providers to publish their service on the Blockchain
A set of oracles to access the right data on the Blockchain
A set of proxies to access smart contracts by non-blockchain apps
A hybrid portal to access both the centralized and decentralized services in an easy and seamless way

Pre-ICO
price per token (20% bonus)
$0.028
20% discount on ICO price
Participate in the 1st Please Assembly
Use PLS on our platform between Pre-ICO and ICO
Same benefits as ICO
https://protocol.please.com/#ico

Vladimir Kokovic
CTO - Full-Time
Vlad has over 11 years experience in managing and developing various technologies. He got involved with blockchain in 2015 and immediately immersed himself into the technology. Vlad founded CoinView, a platform that thrives by solving the coin tracking problems for high-frequency traders. He greatly appreciates the open source community, where his contributions can be traced as far back as 2007.
https://please.com

Kristi Brown
Marketing Director - Full-Time
Kristi has over 15 years of marketing and communication experience, which includes leading team for well-known companies like The Disney Companies, MGM Grand and Living Social. Prior to joining the Please.com team, Kristi founded a boutique digital marketing agency, which she grew to just under $4 million in revenue in 4 years.
https://protocol.please.com

Sarper Horata
Product Manager - Full-Time
Sarper is a travel industry veteran and takes care of product development at Please.com. His 10 years of product management includes working with reputable and successful companies such as HotelsPro and The Coca-Cola Company. This experience has taught him exactly how to make Please.com a rockstar product.
https://please.com

Here’s Why Big Data Is Going to Love Blockchain Technology
The use case scenarios for blockchain technology seem to be never-ending.

From Ethereum platforms like Shipchain looking to fundamentally disrupt the way the world tracks shipping and logistics information, to people collecting new-age Neopets in the form of collectable CryptoKitties, the beginning of the blockchain revolution has just begun.

Every industry on the planet is now questioning whether or not the blockchain will be its greatest asset or biggest threat — and companies are quickly moving into the space, fueled by a fear of missing the “next big thing.

One of those industries, specifically, is web analytics and big data.
The rise of big data has presented a slew of issues for both big businesses and everyday consumers.

Major companies — from healthcare to entertainment to advertising, marketing, and beyond — have become more and more aware of every digital nuance: the way their website functions, how fast consumers can load their products, and even how exposed they are to a hack or data breach. And as seen with the Sony hack, those kinds of events can be catastrophic.

Where the intersection of the blockchain and big data has the most potential is in the quality of the data being captured.

According to VentureBeat

“If there is a ‘sweet spot’ for blockchain, it will likely be the ability to turn insights and questions into assets. Blockchains will give you greater confidence in the integrity of the data you see. Immutable entries, consensus-driven timestamping, audit trails, and certainty about the origin of data (e.g. a sensor or a kiosk) are all areas where you will see improvement as blockchain technology becomes more mainstream.

What this means is the data being captured by big businesses will become far more valuable — since it’s being captured and validated on the blockchain.

One of the ways we are seeing this shift manifest in the blockchain space is with a platform called Path.
As more and more people begin to adopt blockchain technologies, and companies see the immense value in tapping into that ecosystem, Path is striving to marry the two by allowing users to “rent” their extra bandwidth.

In short, a company may want deeper insights into how their website performs around the world, or how long it takes for their application to load, how cluttered their network gets at certain hours of the day, etc. Path users install what are called “Path Mining Nodes” onto their computers, which passively work in the background — earning tokens for providing these kinds of working insights back to Path and the clients they service.

This is just one of many blockchain platforms looking to capitalize on the massive need for companies to improve the data sets they analyze and leverage for their products and services. As mentioned above, the real value of data on the blockchain is the quality of data and how it is stored on the public ledger.

Platforms like Path, then, become the new-age middlemen between companies and the users they want to better reach.
What’s interesting about the blockchain revolution is the momentum behind passive programs that make use of unused power, memory, etc., for the improvement of another sort of service. It’s the 2.0 version of the sharing economy — very similar to how Uber made use of people’s cars without needing to “own” any of the assets themselves. Web analytics is just one example.

Another is Golem, referred to as “a decentralized supercomputer that anyone can access. It is made up of the combined power of users’ machines — from PCs to entire data centers.” In the case of Golem, you have a shared economy of computing power, making the collective much stronger than the sum of its parts.

With more and more of these passive blockchain platforms looking to operate in the background, the amount of quality big data and subsequent analytics are going to drastically impact the way companies do business all around the world.

Marcel Akiyama
Product Designer - Full-Time
Marcel has created usable and delightful digital experiences for more than a decade. He has a unique skill set of design strategy, user research, information architecture, UX design, user interface design, and usability testing. Prior to working as a Product Designer at Please, he was an art director at Dentsu designing solutions for leading brands like Bridgestone, Toshiba, Canon, Columbia, Hisamitsu, Sharp, Western Union, Honda, Greenpeace, and Lexus. Marcel has been a tokenomics and Blockchain enthusiast since 2017
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Our weekly update for the week 21 October 2018 is out:

https://blog.please.com/weekly-update-21-10-2018

As far as I know-all projects related to travel,and were not brought to the end.
We can say that all have not received wide recognition.

We're planning to go live in a couple of days. You'll be able to book trips on our platform then. :)

Who can participate in the token sale?

PLS are considered as utility tokens as opposed to an investment. As such, anybody can participate unless purchasing/ownership of digital tokens is forbidden in your country. As such, individuals from China cannot participate.
protocol.please.com

Oh ,no thank you.))
I'd rather walk than drive a strange car.I hope you understand me? ;D

When you book a trip with us, transportation is already included. We care about your convenience, and don't want you to walk to your destination. :)

If you want to learn more about our project, please check out this great interview by Dushan Spalevich of our CEO, Romain Barissat
https://twitter.com/PleaseProtocol/status/1058532024657604614

2-Day Blue Mountains Small-Group Day Trip Including Scenic World and City Tour
Explore the majestic Blue Mountains with an expert guide on a full-day tour from Sydney. See spectacular views of the Jamison Valley, Three Sisters, Mt Solitary and more from lookouts such as Lincoln’s Rock, Wentworth Falls and Echo Point. Three Rides at Scenic World are included. The Skyway, Railway and Cableway provide the best views of the Jamison Valley and a beautiful walk in the temperate rainforest. Lunch is included with a 5 menu option with a glass of beer, wine or soft drink. After Lunch you'll meet Australian critters at Featherdale Wildlife Park.Explore the wildlife park with wallabies, kangaroos, little penguins, crocodile and Koala's. At the End of the day you will return to Sydney on a Private Water taxi to Circular Quay or Darling Harbour for Diamond Tours customer only. 2nd Day you will experience at Half Day City Tour showing the highlight of the city, Bondi Beach and Middle Head. Blue Mountains Tour and City Tour Combo!! Max 14 People.
https://please.com/#/services/5bdb9f2c53bdef583f4cb305

Luxury Beach Picnic for 2
A luxury Beach Picnic for 2 is the perfect way to relax on an exclusive Sydney beach, celebrate a birthday, anniversary or just have an extra special experience on Sydney`s stunning Harbour. Located just 30 minutes from Sydney's CBD, escape the crowds and be tendered by private boat to one of Sydney`s North Harbour's most exclusive beach destinations. When you arrive you will find a luxury picnic laid out for you. Eat, drink and relax, then simply walk away leaving the packing up to us.
https://please.com/#/services/5bdb9f3553bdef583f4cb4bb

If you want to learn more about our project, please check out this great interview by Dushan Spalevich of our CEO, Romain Barissat
http://ple.as/fcog3
https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/posts/725664707799310

Introduction to Freediving at Eden Rock
Swim through underwater tunnels!

I will teach you how to stay longer underwater and how to go deeper. We'll go at your pace whatever your level.
Eden Rock is a shallow site that goes up to 45ft / 13m deep and features the best underwater swim-through tunnels you can find on Grand Cayman. If you can hold your breath long enough (>30s) and have no issue with equalising your ears, we will swim through the tunnels.

I have been an amateur spear fisher and underwater photographer for more than 10 years. I can freedive up to 100ft / 30m.If you have your own gear (mask, snorkle, fins), please come with it, if not I will provide you with a mask and snorkle (no fins).

I will pick you up anywhere on the west part of the island.

Instructions
On arrival : If you want to be picked up, call me on +1 345 326 1277 or email me the location on romain@barissat.com
On departure : Please leave a rating if you enjoyed the session!

Rules
Maximum 2 people
https://please.com/#/services/5bb650b932a5277b31c27a2e

Rent Surfboard in the Iconic Bondi Beach
We carry a great range of surfboards available for hire, rental or purchase at great prices. It’s easy and simple, pop in & rent a surfboard for as long as you are visiting any of our locations or come in and receive expert advice from professional surf instructors to purchase a board for yourself.

We also provide other equipment for rent such as stand up paddle boards, body boards and wetsuits. We have everything you need for you to start your surfing experience at Bondi, Byron or Maroubra.
https://please.com/#/services/5bdb9f1053bdef583f4caea9

The Lost Highway 4-Hours Motorcycle Tour
We’ll ride down the Old Pacific Highway, one of the best biker roads in the area. Sharp corners and the stunning views of the Hawkesbury River will take your breath away, ensuring you have a true Aussie motorcycle experience.
https://please.com/#/services/5bdb9f3753bdef583f4cb4ff

Christmas Day Lunch Cruise on Sydney Harbour
This popular 3-hour luncheon cruise is a unique way to spend a relaxing Christmas Day in Sydney. On board the boat, enjoy a freshly prepared buffet meal with seafood, traditional roasts, a variety of fresh salads, and desserts. While you eat, listen to holiday music and enjoy views of the city from the water. A bar is available to purchase drinks at your own expense.  Tickets for this cruise are already selling, so be sure to book in advance.
https://please.com/#/services/5bdb9f3d53bdef583f4cb647

City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. San Francisco is the 13th most populous city in the United States, and the 4th most populous in California, with 884,363 residents as of 2017. It covers an area of about 46.89 square miles (121.4 km2), mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large US city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.San Francisco is also part of the fifth most populous primary statistical area in the United States, the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (8.8 million residents).
https://please.com/#/trips/5bc9edecfc73d5ea6d8282b6

Get up to $29 for every friend you invite.
We're serious about keeping you connected with friends and family. Invite your friends to Please via email, or share your referral code on Facebook or Twitter.
When you send a friend $33 in Please credit, you’ll get $17 when they travel. Your available travel credit automatically appears on the checkout page in the form of a coupon.
https://please.com/#/earn-money

Earn Money by Sharing any Trip
Earn $0.01 every time your sharing link is clicked. Up to $1 per day.
Earn $1 every time any one register via your sharing link, up to $9 per day.
https://please.com

Why Millenials Love to Travel
Karla is a 31-year old graphic designer, living in Atlanta. She says that on average she spends about $10,000 a year traveling- maybe more- and she’s not alone.

Many studies suggest that a majority of millennials say they prefer to spend their money on experiences over owning things. In other words, they’d rather go on a 7-day backpacking trip to through Costa Rica, than to own a new Tesla Model S.

This generation is willing to work two jobs and not worry about things that past generations considered a sign of success like buying a house or saving for retirement.

The “experience economy”, a term coined by businesses built on creating memorable events for their customers, is quite literally consuming the travel industry with 72% of Millennials choosing to spend more money on experiences than material items.

And boy are millennials willing to spend on travel! In fact, they have an estimated $200 billion spending power!

Travel Contributes to Millennial’s Quest for “Uniqueness”.
We all know that millennials are known for placing an emphasis on being drastically unique from the preceding generations. Part of that uniqueness is expanding their identity through culturally rich experiences and exploration of the unknown. And, of course, travel provides both.

This means most millennial’s travel involves more adventure and the desire for more customisable experiences.

Social Media Inspires Travel
If you’re a social media user, I can bet that you’ve felt it once while watching a Snapchat story from the VIP section at a Taylor Swift show or maybe scrolling through the colorful and eye-catching photos taken by your best friend, who is now a “digital nomad” surfing the globe on a whim, sharing her marvelous adventures with you.

It’s that slightly jealous, tiny bit uncomfortable feeling that your life isn’t quite measuring up to everyone else’s. That’s called FOMO, or Fear Of Missing Out.

And Millennials seems to experience more than any other group.

Think about the influence of social media on every aspect of our lives today. It affects nearly everything! Travel is no different. Social Media has completely changed travel, for both the traveler and the service provider, such as hotels, airlines or transportation companies.

According to many Millennials, FOMO is stirred-up when they see photos of exotic destinations or extraordinary adventures from their friends.

So much so, that when asked, 69% of millennials regretted not taking a last minute trip due to their FOMO!

And we know that people love talking about their travel on Social Media. On average there are 14 million mentions of travel on social media each month (Yes, 14 million — which is more mentions than Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift combined!)

And a whopping 97% of millennials post to social media when they are traveling, to share their experiences with their friends and followers.


So, as you can see, Social Media is (and will continue to be) a large influence on the destination and the type of vacation Millennials (and the rest of us too) chooses to book.

While there are many reasons that Millennials have placed an extremely high value on travel, the ones listed above seem to be the most influential.

So why do Millennials love to travel? Experience, inspiration, adventure, FOMO and — because they can.

End-to-End Trips Booked In Minutes

Until now, there wasn’t a place that would allow Millenials and other travelers to book an end-to-end trip, complete with local gems like hidden bars and local hangouts.
Please.com offers pre-designed, customisable, end-to-end trips, that you can book in minutes.
Yes, that means that by using Please.com, you can book trips that include everything from hotels and restaurants, to meal sharing, home rentals, and hobby sharing. We are a one-stop platform for booking everything you would or could ever want in a trip, in a fast, simple way!

Please.com has been laser-focused and working hard to create this one-of-a-kind, comprehensive, hybrid, travel booking marketplace.

I would like to invite you to visit our website where you can get an exclusive sneak peek at our demo.

Stay tuned: Please.com will be officially taking off in the fall of 2018!
https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/posts/729706690728445

The Please.bot chatbot
Our xApp's second facet
Voice is the future. Consumers are increasingly using their voice assistants at home and are looking for new ways to save time. Our bot is cross-platform and will guide travelers throughout their journey.

Chat interactively to find your next trip across centralized and decentralized services
Get interactive information before, during and after a trip
Service providers get real-time booking information and statistics for their services
Soon, you will be able to book directly through the bot for certain platforms
Available on Messenger, Telegram and the web

We have a new (non-paid) advisor!

https://protocol.please.com/#advisors

Eric Lepleux
Founder and Managing Partner @ Fabulous Brands
Mr Lepleux is Founder and Managing Partner at Fabulous Brands, a private equity fund focused on modern luxury brands. Previously, Mr Lepleux held executive roles in the travel industry including Managing Director at Singapore Airlines, EVP & CMO at Accor, and more recently, CEO Western Region at Avis Budget Group.

Ever wonder why more young people travel today than ever before? We talk about it in this article, check it out: https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/posts/729706690728445

Jaydeep Solanki
Full-Stack Engineer - Full-Time
Jaydeep brings 5 years of development experience and his vast Node.js and Cloud knowledge to Please.com team. He achieved early success as he was selected for Google Summer of Code program in college and was also the 2nd place winner in Google’s Cloud Developer Challenge.
https://protocol.please.com/#team

At Please, we embrace decentralisation by allowing our users to deploy their service as a smart contract in one click. Also, we offer an immense selection of pre-packaged, complete trips created by locals or avid travelers. Take a look here: http://ple.as/66ije

To stay up to date on all the things that we are doing to transform travel. Don't miss out, take a look at our website:
https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/photos/a.642979429401172/731372527228528

Sarper Horata
Product Manager - Full-Time
Sarper is a travel industry veteran and takes care of product development at Please.com. His 10 years of product management includes working with reputable and successful companies such as HotelsPro and The Coca-Cola Company. This experience has taught him exactly how to make Please.com a rockstar product.
https://protocol.please.com/#team

Marcel Akiyama
Product Designer - Full-Time
Marcel has created usable and delightful digital experiences for more than a decade. He has a unique skill set of design strategy, user research, information architecture, UX design, user interface design, and usability testing. Prior to working as a Product Designer at Please, he was an art director at Dentsu designing solutions for leading brands like Bridgestone, Toshiba, Canon, Columbia, Hisamitsu, Sharp, Western Union, Honda, Greenpeace, and Lexus. Marcel has been a tokenomics and Blockchain enthusiast since 2017

New Please.com Adviser: Eric Lepleux
Please.com is excited to add Eric Lepleux as a new adviser on our team. Eric brings strong experience in start-ups, travel and venture capital.

As a past president of Western Europe for Avis Car Rentals and a managing director for Singapore Airlines, he understands exactly what travelers are looking for, in today's fast moving marketplace.

Eric is also the founder and Managing Partner at Fabulous Brands. Which is a private equity fund focused on the identification and development of modern luxury brands. Specifically around luxury accessories and apparel, home, travel and hospitality, health and beauty, food and beverage.

Please.com is excited to add the expertise and experience that Eric offers to it's team of advisers.
https://blog.please.com/new-please-com-adviser-eric-lepleux?fbclid=IwAR33PbbCmYZ6PxGd0Re9U-JKK51DeWOcjtjKdmmbWDPn9zJVTtByHNVGmOc

Weekly update 11/11/2018
The day we all were waiting for is here -- our platform, Please.com is live! You can now book trips curated by locals on Please.com and pay in fiat or crypto!

We understand that we’re in a bear market, but for an ICO that already has their product live, we’re confident in going ahead with our token sale. Everyone in our team is looking forward to our pre-sale next week.

Last week, we successfully integrated fiat and crypto payments gateway on the website along with the KYC verification for the pre-sale. If you'd like to participate in our pre-sale, please go ahead a verify yourself here: https://please.com/#/token-sale

List of features added:

1. Redirect to search page when clicking "add service" from trip organizer

2. Enable full text search on the main search

3. Improve "Add service" page

4. Show "booked" status in my trips for booked trips

5. Mobile App Exploration

6. Update homepage content and nav bar links

7. Display PLS token balance on user account

8. Change the logo in email verification email

9. Allow to click customize on trip view without selecting a date

10. Pls token icon

11. Implement KYC page

List of bugs fixed:

1. Prevent disabled service from being visible by anyone

2. Autocomplete suggestions list displayed on the left

3. Autocomplete of suggestions below full text does not work

4. Search bar is not working properly on search results page

5. Service card should show subtitle when there is one instead of description

6. Checkout and trip organizer prices are sometimes wrong

7. (End) Date Picker Selection Display is Odd

8. Search is not working on mobile

9. GDPR banner is above "customize trip"

List of major chores:

1. Improve KYC Page

2. Create articles in Freshchat

2. Create trips in DB

3. Log error if booking fails to Cloudwatch

4. Add view service on trip view/organizer cards

Marketing

Last week we announced our biggest partnership yet with Booking.com! Other companies we’ve partnered up with are: GetYourGuide, Musement, Civitatis, and Leezair. More can be found here: https://protocol.please.com/#partners

Our ICO is now listed on several ICO listing websites. The biggest one being ICOBench where we received a 5 star rating by Benchy.

Webinar

On 21st November, the day before our pre-ICO begins, our CTO, Vladimir Kokovich will host a webinar for all you curious souls at 3 PM Belgrade time (9 AM EST). The idea here to answer all your questions regarding the ICO and our platform. He will also give pointers with regards to our future product development. Here’s the link for the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/700086741

What sets us apart is that, in addition to traditional hotels, restaurants and tours, those service providers can also be users renting a home, or sharing their favourite activity. Come get the full experience now: http://ple.as/66ije

November 2018
Production launch: Please.com & Please.bot
Our first production-ready products are our marketplace and our chatbot. We are now able to start gathering people to create many trips on our platform.

November 2018
PreICO
The aim of the PreICO is to give us a head start to work on the decentralized parts of our platform, namely our Blockchain protocol
https://protocol.please.com/#partners

Top 6 trends to expect in blockchain application development

Blockchain technology has been growing at a fast rate in the last few years. It is gaining popularity in different sectors of the economy. Several investors and brands are more interested in it than before. The demand for reliable blockchain development services keeps increasing as no one wants their resources to go down the drain. Without wasting time, here are the latest trends in blockchain application development.

1.   Improved security measures
Due to the fact that fake blockchain development companies are on the rise, it’s imperative for everyone to be security conscious. Cybercriminals are always searching for vulnerabilities to exploit in software systems. There are speculations that hackers won’t relent to attack blockchain, so IOT devices aren’t the only ones at risk. Smart companies are expected to adopt foolproof security best practices for their digital assets.

2.   Blockchain and the Internet of Things
According to a recent report, at least 20% of IoT deployments will be driven by blockchain services come 2019. The issue of IOT security is a major concern among startups and top firms. The good thing is that the blockchain industry can offer a lasting solution to this problem. In fact, blockchain algorithms have the capacity to protect sensitive information and promote direct communication among connected devices.

3.   The emergence of new markets
Although Europe and North America are known to be the big markets of the blockchain, Asia,and the Middle East are set to take over in the industry. Some of the companies that banned different forms of digital assets are viewing the sector from another perspective. More markets should be expected as time goes on.

4.   Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence
AI relies on big data to function properly and develop intelligent machines. Truth be told, blockchain technology is ready to transform AI in so many ways. For instance, the technology can allow individuals to sell their data directly to any interested company. Each transaction will be carried out securely and legally. This can go a long way to enhance better collaboration between data providers and AI developers.

5.   Advancing to the production phase
Many companies no longer focus on leveraging Initial Coin Offering (ICO) as a fundraising tool alone. Experts have predicted that some of the companies that have high expectations regarding blockchain technology will ditch their plans. This is bound to happen after they discover that it’s not the solution to every problem. The rest will move from developing pilot projects to releasing final products to the market.

6.   Ethereum
Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency and it became mainstream in 2009. Later on, Ethereum which is built with a programming language known as solidity was introduced. This cryptocurrency is applicable in the programming of smart contracts. Other options like Hyper ledger and NEO are now available. They rely on dBFT (Decentralized Byzantium Fault Tolerance) and can process up to 10,000 transactions each second.

There are still lots of opportunities in blockchain technology that are waiting to be tapped. The trends continue to evolve and the future belongs to those who are ready to make well-informed decisions.
https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/posts/733718333660614

Please.com Partners with Leezair
Please.com is thrilled to announce a new partner, Leezair. Leezair provides access to experiences, tours & activities in 182 countries around the world.

Lezzair and Please.com both believe that exciting adventures and new experiences are what makes life truly extraordinary. We both understand that these experiences are personal, and that you should be able to customize them in a way that truly fits you.

From tough explorers to first timer traveler, we want to connect people with activities and experiences that cater to their personality type, budget and needs.

By partnering together Please.com and Leezair will offer activities that you can't find anywhere else.

https://www.facebook.com/PleaseProtocol/posts/733764160322698

Welcome Please.com Partner Get Your Guide
Please.com is happy to announce a new partner: Get Your Guide.

Get Your Guide and Please.com want to transform regular trips into extraordinary and memorable ones. By partnering together we can bring travelers personal experiences.

Wherever your travels take you, whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, we’ll show you the unique and unmissable things to do in your destination.

With Please.com and Get Your guide, you can create memorable moments like never before.
Together we're changing the way people remember and connect to the places they visit so anyone can build trips that are ones to remember for a lifetime.
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Blockchain is the tech. Bitcoin is merely the first mainstream manifestation of its potential." - Marc Kenigsberg
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Using xApps to Solve Blockchain’s Biggest Problem
Hint: It is not scalability!
I love decentralization, Blockchain/DLT, smart contracts and cryptocurrencies. However, there is one issue that hasn’t been solved yet in the Blockchain world: The Learning Curve

It is well-known that either you get the crypto bug, or you don’t. But before this happens, you need to go through a painful process which looks like this
Of course, everyone doesn’t fall in love with Blockchain at first sight. It usually takes some time, which varies in length for everybody, and during which each person goes through his own process, which allows them to forge their own opinion on why Blockchain is useful — or not!

So how do we get people to kickstart this thinking process AND come to the right conclusion?

There is no magic, most people must feel a need to use a solution based on Blockchain technology before they’re convinced or even feel they need to learn more about it.

In order to identify what that need could be, we need to ask the question: What problem do they have TODAY that can be solved using Blockchain… TODAY?

Finding a Real-World Problem
It is common knowledge that to create a successful product you have to identify a problem and then find the best way to solve it for your potential customers.

Although many people may forget it, this also applies in achieving widespread adoption of Blockchain.

Find a problem in your industry and then identify the best way to solve it using Blockchain. That is the key to getting people to learn more about the benefits of Blockchain.

Oh, wait… I forgot a small detail: Blockchain, in general, is extremely geeky. Often it feels like we’re back in the early days of the internet where the only people using the internet looked like this:
Before Emily (above) and others like her, start talking about the latest DApp on “DInstagram”, we, as a community, need to make sure that we shush our inner-geek and start thinking like Emily and- the other 99% of the population.

DApps are flawed for the 99%
Even if you have a killer idea that is solving a real-world problem for Emily, let’s face it, she is not going to install MetaMask and buy some ETH through Coinbase to surf on your DApp any time soon… (Unless she has that guy in the picture above to help her get started)

Currently, on most DApps, I noted these major flaws that would scare off 99% of the population right away:

People are not used to install other software before they visit and use a website
They are not used to print a 24 words seed and lose permanent access to their accounts if they lose it
They are not used to “sign” messages or pay fees every time they take an action on a website
They are not used to pay with a currency whose value is changing every minute
I am not disputing the facts some of these “flaws” are actually strong benefits when you look from the other side, I am just exposing what Emily and 99% of the population would feel at first.

Introducing Cross-Apps (xApps
xApps are hybrid apps that are both decentralized and centralized at the same time — I can already hear you shouting “Nonsense… Sorcery… Burn him!” but please, read on.

Although I agree that once you get the bug, decentralization becomes your “raison d’être” and that we cannot trade it for “cheap” centralization, I strongly believe we have to think and act more strategically in order to find a common ground so that we can reach a decentralized world sooner rather than later.

You may have heard the terms Graceful Degradation & Progressive Enhancement before? For those who don’t, both are widespread web development techniques which are about ensuring a website is usable for most browsers

Graceful Degradation focuses on designing for modern browsers and having only the basic functionality on older browsers
Progressive Enhancement focuses on designing for all browsers and having extra functionality for modern browsers.
Most DApps creators are so obsessed with all the good things a decentralized world would bring that they tend to forget they are using a super cutting-edge browser while 99% of the web is still using a standard browser.

Whichever of those two approaches they choose, every respectable DApp developer should be conscious of how to make their app work within a more standard setup that would cover the technical and psychological flaws cited above.

Is decentralization the future of the way we do business?
Barely a year since the rise and fall of Bitcoin, some are surmising that we might be tiptoeing into a decentralized future.
Barely a year after Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency in the world, reached incredible heights and fell from grace, digital tokens are starting to see themselves getting thrown in the spotlight once again. But what are cryptocurrencies? And what’s the deal with these digital coins?


Similar to real-world fiat currency, a cryptocurrency or digital coin/token is a digital currency made to work as a medium of exchange. Using what is called as cryptography to decipher and verify transactions, these coins are essentially entries in a database that is limited and can’t be easily changed if specific conditions go unfulfilled.
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Jaydeep Solanki
Full-Stack Engineer - Full-Time
Jaydeep brings 5 years of development experience and his vast Node.js and Cloud knowledge to Please.com team. He achieved early success as he was selected for Google Summer of Code program in college and was also the 2nd place winner in Google’s Cloud Developer Challenge.
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Florent Thurin
Partnerships Manager - Full-Time
Florent has more than 3 years experience as a business development manager for startups. Originally from Bordeaux, France, Florent has lived in five different countries while pursuing his studies. He has a Bachelor's Degree in management and economy from Kedge Business School and a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship and Strategy from the Catholic school of Lisbon, where he currently lives. Florent is highly creative and people-oriented, which makes him the ideal Partnership Manager for Please. He has been facscinated by Blockchain since 2015 when he wrote his thesis on Social Capital and covered early usage of tokenomics.
https://protocol.please.com/#tokenomics

The Forgotten Side of Decentralization
Where should content live on Web3?
One of the most challenging, and overlooked, aspects of decentralization is storage. Where should content live in Web3, and how should we securely and efficiently distribute it?

The Kauri knowledge network is designed to curate a high volume of long-form documentation, which may include graphs, pictures, videos, and other data rich file formats. Theoretically, you could store anything on the Ethereum blockchain, though gas costs increase substantially as the file size grows (at our current mid-September 2018 gas prices, 1 MB of storage would cost several hundreds dollars).

To handle this long-form documentation more economically, we’ve leveraged the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) as a distributed storage layer. However, handling both an index of the Ethereum address of the documentation author and the IPFS hash where that documentation is stored is still a challenge.

We’ve distilled our research down into essentially three decentralized solutions: on-chain index, side-chain index, and an IPFS read-only public index — the on-chain index being the most decentralized and the IPFS read-only public index being the least decentralized of the three options.

The core data required on the Kauri network is an index of at least the author address and the article hash. This index allows timestamping of user article submissions to the decentralized environment. The advantages and disadvantages of each option are discussed in greater detail below.

Storage Option #1: On-Chain Index
Setup
With an on-chain index, our data is stored on IPFS (though you can use Swarm, Storj, Sia, or any other distributed storage solution), and the fixed-length unique IPFS hash that points to the data is stored on the Ethereum blockchain via a transaction.

Advantages
By keeping the index on the main chain, a user can prove article ownership globally. The article is on the main chain and can be used by other dApps for a multitude of purposes: building on top of Kauri, creating and collecting badges, distributing your content, creating a global reputation. Imagine a global professional profile gathering your Kauri technical publications, Gitcoin solutions, Peepeth feeds, attendance at blockchain events and meetups, and so forth. On-chain storage is the most decentralized option of the three.

Disadvantages
The primary disadvantage is the cost of storing data to the main chain, which can be quite volatile. To alleviate costs, we’ve considered using a batching mechanism similar to Peepeth, where up to 15 actions are stored off-chain before being written as a batch to the main chain. Presumably, this 15 action limit is a figure based on the 280 character limit per “peep” and other Peepeth features such as following another user. There are some innate differences between Kauri and Peepeth, namely that Kauri is geared towards long-form documentation while Peepeth is geared towards tweet-like actions.

Cost-Reducing Batch Escalation
Escalating a batch of articles on Kauri requires storing and later retrieving the list of non-escalated articles from a MongoDB database prior to writing the data to the blockchain. Upon obtaining the non-escalated articles, a checkpoint file is generated and the root hash and checkpoint hash is signed, the checkpoint file is then uploaded to IPFS, the root hash, checkpoint hash, and trustee signature is returned to the frontend. The frontend then submits all the prior information to the smart contract which then generates an event. Following successful smart contract submission, the checkpoint file in IPFS is updated.

For the batch escalation solution, all the content is still stored on IPFS, though the index is centralized until someone either triggers the on-chain escalation or all articles are escalated periodically (e.g. every 24 hours, every other day, once a week). One issue with this batching solution is that while a user is storing their articles off-chain, someone could steal the original author’s work and claim ownership of an article that does not belong to them.

Storage Option #2: Sidechain Index
Setup
With a sidechain index, our data is stored on a “layer two” sidechain with the Ethereum blockchain as its base layer. That sidechain would use its own consensus rulesets specific to the use case, whether it be proof of stake (POS), delegated proof of stake (DPOS), proof of authority (POA), or other protocol. Loom Network and POA Network are two sidechain implementations we’ve researched for viability.

Advantages
By migrating article data to a sidechain, a user will enjoy only some of the benefits provided by the main chain (e.g. security, accessibility, transparency, multi-participants), but not all (e.g. loss of fault tolerance). A Kauri sidechain would be fast and free by definition, as it would presumably run in a less global environment with a POA or DPOS consensus protocol. The sidechain communicates bi-directionally with the main chain, allowing users to transfer an asset from the sidechain to the main chain. Lastly, other sidechain participants would be able to build on top of Kauri and its sidechain.

Disadvantages
For the uptick in speed and significantly decreased on-chain data storage costs made possible by a POS/DPOS/POA consensus ruleset on the sidechain, users forfeit decentralization, although the option to exit to the main chain should theoretically always remain available. Additionally, the sidechain can also experience data loss in the event that all participants shut down. It is also likely that at the outset a Kauri sidechain would be a single node implementation.

Storage Option #3: Read-Only Public Index on IPFS
Setup
Within the current Kauri environment, a read-only public index would be uploaded to IPFS periodically, presumably by the Kauri team, the current maintainers of the Kauri network. This is easy enough to implement, as the index could be scheduled for upload nightly, every-other-night, or weekly.

Advantages
By utilizing a public index on IPFS, users can still verify the consistency of the data served by the Kauri network. It’s also readily accessible via IPNS to anyone with the hash.

Disadvantages
On IPFS, only one participant can publish the index under a static unique name. Consequently, this solution is not censorship resistant (as it is maintained solely by Kauri). A read-only public index on IPFS also suffers with regard to speed, as publishing to IPNS currently takes approximately two minutes.

The Ask of Users For Each Storage Option
Option #1: On-Chain Index = Cost
For on-chain articles, Kauri users trust and transact directly with the main chain and pay the associated gas costs. The primary ask to the user is the transaction cost. Once the index is written to the blockchain, it can be extended to any other dApp and any other user in the blockchain.

Option #2: Sidechain Index = Time & Effort
For sidechain articles, in the case of a Loom or POA Network sidechain implementation, users do not pay main chain storage costs but are heavily leaned upon and must be positioned to immediately request exit from the sidechain in the event of any malicious activity. Exits from the sidechain are not instantaneous as challenge periods exist.

Option #3 Read-Only Public Index on IPFS = Time & Effort & Less Decentralized
For an IPFS read-only index, users would need to verify the consistency of the data served by the Kauri middleware API against the public index. In short, users will not be able to solely trust the main chain or the sidechain implementation with the expectation that the Kauri maintainers consistently and reliably publish the index in a timely manner.

Why Levying Storage Costs to the User is Wise
Option #1, an on-chain index, remains the most promising decentralized storage solution for Web3. The price paid by users ensures that the index is persistent on the main chain and that data is reliably extensible to any other dApp or any other user browsing the Ethereum blockchain. Sidechains, with a reliable implementation, offer some of the benefits of decentralization but introduce further complexity to the user, as data must be transferred from the main chain to the sidechain and the user must monitor the sidechain for malfeasance. A read-only public index on IPFS moves away from chain-related decentralization, instead distributing the index across IPFS nodes — a centralized environment in which only one participant under a static unique name can publish the index.

A secure, efficient, and elegant storage solution remains an ongoing challenge for the Ethereum ecosystem. The trilemma between security, decentralization, and scaling exists as much for handling transaction volume as for managing longer-form content. But between batching and sidechains, a number of compelling and decentralized storage options have emerged.

As developers test drive these Layer 2 solutions over the coming months — for both scaling and storage — the Kauri team looks forward to not just documenting their progress, but counting ourselves among the dApps who are also actively building these solutions for Web3.

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Quite an interesting short review from the developer. If I can say, there are so many improvements that you can actually improve in the future but you are not seeing it yet.

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The above is the main website from Project Please.com right?
Then I also did not see the Softcap line provided by the website.

#pleaseprotocol operate as a hybrid model that combines centralized and decentralized resources smoothly, we follow the xApp approach. In other words, we are building a system that represents the best of both worlds, benefiting both
decentralized and traditional users.
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The above is the main website from Project Please.com