How to build an ICO on NEO with the NEX ICO smart contract template https://medium.com/proof-of-working/how-to-build-an-ico-on-neo-with-the-nex-ico-smart-contract-template-1beac1ff0afdThis post dives into the neo-ico-template of the Neon Exchange (NEX), and how to use it as an ICO developer to configure, compile, deploy and test the ICO smart contract. The whole process includes the following steps: Adapting the ICO template to your needs Compiling the contract template into NEO bytecode (.avm file) Deploying the compiled smart contract using neo-python Invoking methods on the deployed contract (deploy, mintTokens, balanceOf, …) For testing purposes we will use a private network of the NEO blockchain ..... |
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Could This Blockchain In Korea Be The First To Connect An Entire Country? https://www.forbes.com/sites/elaineramirez/2017/08/09/dayli-icon-blockchain-south-korea/#1d7453b425a7While hundreds of blockchain projects are cropping up around the world, the technology’s true potential to seamlessly share information is still largely untapped. In South Korea, one company is vying to be the first to connect the country through a massive-scale blockchain, and it's already gaining momentum. Dayli Financial Group, a house of Korean fintech startups, is working on creating an ecosystem called ICON that will allow government departments, universities, hospitals, securities, banks and any private company to interact without third-party networks that charge transaction fees or delay the process. The applications could range from trading not only digital currencies but also stocks, games, security information and even hospital databases. Eliminating the middleman using a blockchain network developed by Dayli's startup theloop, the makers are framing it as a decentralized public good that is not controlled by a single entity and operates for the benefit of society.... ICON’S Edge That’s where Ha believes ICON has a special role in the Korean ecosystem. The technology is already institutionalized, with the backing of the financial sector. It has signed on various projects for a securities consortium, a university, a hospital and insurance providers. “I think what gives them leverage is that they have a working blockchain engine that is to be deployed in the banking, medical and university sectors,” says Ha, who is familiar with but has no stake in the ICON project. “We know they’re capable at the minimum, so that already puts them ahead of other ICOs that don’t have working products.” There have been blockchain efforts in Korea like Coinplug, Blocko, Double Chain and IBM’s Hyperledger, but Kim from Dayli claims his project dwarfs theirs in scale because it already has all the infrastructure components in-house. Kim claims that while many blockchain architects develop a project and expect clients to use it, Dayli builds the projects around clients' specific needs.... |
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DLOC BY SMARTRAC secured by Factom Factom is proud to offer dLoc in partnership with SMARTRAC, a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of RFID products. dLoc is a document authentication and verification system that reliably authenticates any essential documents, including birth certificates, land titles, and medical records. Now any institution that issues vital records including governments, banks, hospitals, and universities can put the power of blockchain technology and the trust of well-established industry standards into protecting the integrity of their vital records. It's easy to get started Apply the dLoc sticker to any document Start tracking your documents in the SMART COSMOS platform Here is How dLoc Works: The sticker contains a SMARTRAC Bullseye NFC inlay, which incorporates a special security chip. It can hold context information, such as images and biometrics, which can be stored as public data or as private data accessible to authorized parties only. You can choose from a range of different chip platforms with storage capacities between 1kB and 64kB. dLoc stickers support all the standard security features including guilloches, UV print, micro text or latent images. Your document's data is married to the unique ID for the NFC tag and is only recognizable by you via a private key. You then can manage the document in the SMART COSMOS platform. SMART COSMOS has a seamless integration with the simple Factom Apollo, securing your data in the Factom blockchain. Once you issue the document with your dLoc sticker, it can be verified using a desktop reader or a mobile app on an NFC-enabled phone. You just scan the documents to see their true history and have the confidence that they are authentic. https://www.factom.com/products/dloc |
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Detailed thoughts/research on ICON (i.e. Korean Ethereum). Being listed today on OKEx and Binance. (Super bullish on this one, I'd love some comments for/against.) by tatitude https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7kj2xx/detailed_thoughtsresearch_on_icon_ie_korean/I am more bullish on ICX than ever before and plan on increasing my position via OKEx, possibly doubling my 30 Eth position depending on how low the price drops. Thoughts on price: I don't give a lot of credence to the HitBTC futures but I DO pay attention to the trend they reflect. I've seen many ICOs with futures trading below the ICO price. ICX is currently at a crazy premium. Will ICX trade at >$3 on day 1? I don't think so. But I'm willing to bet good money (and will bet good money) that it will trade well north of $3 within the next few months assuming we don't have another massive market correction. My two cents. New information in the last few months marked with "UPDATE:" Website: https://icon.foundation/en/Team: On the site. Lots of folks that went to the best Universities in Korea (Seoul National is the Harvard of Korea, KAIST is the MIT of Korea). Lots of American educated folks too. Biz guys that worked for top tier investment banks (JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank). Parent Company: ICON is a project of Dayli Financial Group. Dayli used to be called Yello Financial Group and it is an arm of Yello Mobile. (Techcrunch source) (Article about name change) Note that theloop is the company that built the underlying blockchain technology. They are also owned by Dayli Financial Group. It appears many Korean companies take this "conglomerate" approach which has made research a bit tricky. In summary, Dayli Financial Group, Icon Foundation, theloop, Yello Financial Group --> all the same company. Furthermore -- Yello Mobile is HUGE. They are one of the largest startups in Korea with a valuation north of $4b. (Source) We're talking about the largest mobile start up in Korea...a start-up that was started by a team that spun off of Kakao, the most popular app in Korea that almost everyone uses (similar to WhatsApp or WeChat in China). Confused yet? Basically, by Korean standards, this is as big as it gets. Vision UPDATE: I wanted to throw in something I've heard one of the ICON Council members say many times in interviews on Youtube. They view blockchain networks akin to cellular networks. There will be many of them, they will be regulated, and there will be incredibly successful regional networks in addition to international networks. ICON is the first blockchain network in Korea focusing on pulling that country towards blockchain adoption (see article linked at the bottom of this post). They're setting up dozens of partnerships and side chains that they're building themselves for clients with the goal of connecting the entire ecosystem using ICX. This is a BIG vision that, in my opinion, makes a ton of sense. ICON isn't just saying, "Here's our network, come use it" -- they're signing up industries and those industries are paying up for their own blockchain networks that will become part of the ICON ecosystem. We haven't really seen something this "professionalized" in crypto yet, besides perhaps Ripple. Partnerships/Other: Announced partnership with Ripple (source) UPDATE: Furthermore, SBI (the company that partnered with Ripple to bring Ripple to Asia, (source), also invested in Yello Mobile, e.g ICON. (Source.) 27 Financial firms in Korea Korean Financial Investment Association (source and good article) The "Financial Firms" mentioned in the above article are VERY legit. Daishin Securities has close to a $1b USD market cap and 185 employees on Linkedin. Kiwoom's market cap is well over $1.5b USD. The others also manage billions or hundreds of millions US. Signed an agreement with Woori (appears to be the second largest bank in Korea) to create something like Tether but for the Korean Won. (source) They own Coinone, the second largest crypto exchange in Korea. Source (Click on cryptocurrency and then look under trading) They have a partnership with multiple universities including Sogang University. Source UPDATE: The university group blockchain project is called U-Coin. Latest tweet showing a prototype vending machine at Sogang University. The other side of that vending machine has the ICON logo on it. It was posted in Telegram but I can't find it again. Insurance consortium with hospitals and insurance companies: https://www.theloop.co.kr/businessUPDATE: Latest tweet on the insurance project from ICON team. UPDATE: A weak point up until now has been community communication. The team asserts that they are looking for a professional, full-time CMO. They've also posted a teaser screen shot of a clean new website design that's on the way. While marketing/communication has been weak, ICON has one of the strongest technical teams of any project I've seen. Ever. Most of the technical hires are not listed on the website. UPDATE: The regulations brewing in Korea are good for ICON. First of all, they got their ICO in and finished before ICOs were banned (similar to NEO in China) and second, they're doing everything by the book, working with regulators, etc. That's why the KYC took so long. But remember, this is a long-term GOOD thing for the project. Regulations create moats. Moats keep out the competition. UPDATE: The community didn't seem to love the fact that the first exchange to list ICX will be OKEx. That's because most crypto folks today haven't been around long enough to know what OKEx is or was (OKCoin, one of if not THE largest crypto exchange in the world pre-China crack down.) It's currently returning to it's former glory and volumes are crazy high. Getting listed on OKEx is a big freaking deal for a brand new ICO. And Coinone is certainly coming. I think it's a great idea that they aren't launching with the exchange that they own. This shows more strength. ICO Terms: 150k Eth, first round caps you at 30 eth per person, then 100 eth, then 1,000 eth. I maxed the pre-sale and am planning on doubling down assuming I get a reasonable price discovery here in the next few days. Advisors: Don Tapscott is the big one. He wrote one of the definitive books on blockchain with his son who runs a crypto hedge fund. Here's him speaking. Here's his son Alex speaking at Google. Here's a Bloomberg article that mentions their investment. UPDATE: They also added Jehan Chu as an advisor. He's a pretty big deal and has been around the space for a LONG time. Here he is on Bloomberg TV mentioning South Korea. He doesn't mention ICON (and does mention two other investments) but I'll give him a pass given that he's on an American TV show. Other: Korea is obsessed with crypto (based on trading volumes) and they are early adopters of nearly every new technology -- usually way before China or the US. Other Articles: READ THIS ARTICLE (page 2 has best info) |
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http://cityofzion.io/dapps/2The City of Zion council is promoting a decentralised apps (dApps) competition to further elevate the NEO developer community. COMPETITION DETAILS The City of Zion (COZ) Council is happy to promote the second NEO dApps competition. Individual developers or teams are invited to join the NEO Discord #develop channel and submit their work to compete for 10 prizes of 1350 GAS. Winners of the #1 competition may submit apps to be judged, but will not be eligible for prizes. ENTRY SUBMISSIONS Submissions will open on 25 January 2018 and close on 25 February 2018. Any entries after this deadline will not be accepted as part of this competition. Applications can be made in teams or by individuals. Winners will be selected as per the voting process laid out in City of Zion governance item 7. Evaluated topics: - Smart contract application novelty and technical impressiveness. - Overall impact and importance to ecosystem. - Quality of documentation (english required). - Community presence (participation on CoZ channels). SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS All submissions should be a working minimal viable product (MVP). The dApps submitted should have been demonstrated to work on testnet environments to be eligible for rewards. Smart contract code must be MIT licensed and properly documented. The remainder of the business logic, or supporting features around it can be fully proprietary. COMPETITION PRIZES On the 9th of March 2018 the City of Zion council will announce a list of 10 winners in Discord and on this competition page. Each winner will receive 1350 GAS to launch their applications, from which at least 500 GAS should be used to deploy the dApp. SUPPORT Source code for winners of last competition can be found in here. For the submission the City of Zion council will provide testnet NEO and GAS for developers and teams on our Discord. SUPPORT NEO STACK EXCHANGE! The Neo Blockchain Stack Exchange site was proposed in order to give developers like you a place to ask questions, get answers, and discuss the Neo blockchain with each other. We're about halfway there to getting the site to Beta status, and every commit to the proposal helps. Commit to the Neo Blockchain proposal here! ABOUT City of Zion (CoZ) is a global community of open source enthusiasts for the NEO blockchain, with the shared goal of helping NEO achieve its full potential. See our governance page for more information about our community. Our name comes from the last human city in the Matrix films.
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German utility giant Innogy is testing IOTA - ”It´s more than just another Blockchain idea” Carsten Stöcker, Blockchain Evangelist, Innogy Innovation Hub https://innovationhub.innogy.com/news-event/3lj6DX6LS0C4SyKmgEOiQq/meet-our-future-customers--machines-with-walletsMeet our future customers: machines with wallets A new peer-to-peer network creates a machine-to-machine world without transaction fees Imagine a future where machines are our new customers and transaction fees have been removed from the economic value chain. If that sounds like something from the world of sci-fi, the reality is that it’s not very far away. At innogy Innovation Hub, we’re already testing the next generation of the internet and blockchain to enable secure peer-to-peer transactions. The innogy Innovation Hub is exploring a new technology called IOTA that goes far beyond one-dimensional blockchain. With a completely new architecture based on cryptographically secure machine identities and a “tangle” protocol layer for validating transactions, IOTA is a key enabler for the ‘Machine Economy’. In simple terms, it means that machines can have their own wallets and transact automatically with other machines. And as a result, new machine-centred business models are rapidly emerging. It´s more than just another Blockchain idea How does IOTA differ from conventional blockchain? A big factor is that instead of having blockchain “miners” acting as dedicated validators, each IOTA network participant is actively involved in the validation of transactions. A further difference is partition tolerance. While blockchain requires all users to be in synch to make a transaction, IOTA Tangle allows clusters, so that transactions can happen offline. By adding an IOTA node, a machine will be transformed into an ‘economically independent machine’ with its ability to transact with other machines and to manage its own profit and loss statement. Carsten Stöcker, Blockchain Evangelist, innogy Innovation Hub IOTA tangle is in effect a real peer-to-peer network - by machines for machines. There are many benefits to this approach: decentralization, scalability and no transaction fees to name but a few. By enabling transactions to be validated in parallel, IOTA can achieve a much higher throughput - the highest transactions per second of any distributed ledger which scales with the network. This is vitally important because in an IoT world, there will be massive volumes of nano and micro transactions and so near-zero or zero transaction fees are essential for this to be economically viable. Providing wallets to machines has radical implications. Today, no traditional bank is willing to give a bank account to a machine. But with a digital wallet, machines can generate income from physical or data services without any middleman and use it for purchases like insurance, energy or maintenance. Just as banks use the criteria of “know your customer”, IOTA provides the assurance of “know your machine” through secure identities. |
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Innovation in Digital Global Entertainment – Tron Coin (TRX) Review https://cryptocolumn.com/tron-coin-review/What is TRON? TRON is a highly ambitious project. They are trying to bring the internet to a decentralized state. As you may or may not know, major corporations receive a majority of views on the internet and have huge control over what happens. This creates a state of censorship and loss of free thought to a degree. Tron is aiming at creating a web 4.0 that will give you ownership of your data and decentralize the internet. Tron will be run as a non-profit foundation. They want to start doing business differently, which is highly interesting. They want to focus the control on creation with people and move away from centralized data. The TRON 20 token This TRON coin will let you be an individual content owner. This will be the token that individuals send to each other to buy or sell their digital assets to others. This will create value in the TRON economy. TRONIX Coin The TRONIX coin is the basic unit of the blockchain. These TRON coins are going to be used to access and exit the network. These will be the tokens that will be on the actual coin exchanges. This will give you things like voting rights and higher status in the ecosystem. 6 Different Phases of TRON Exodus – The first stage which is peer-to-peer storage and distribution. This is where users and creators can publicate and disseminate their data. Odyssey – This stage is content empowerment. Different economic incentives will start to be introduced. Apollo – Content producers will move forward and issue their own tokens. This again will be used to sell and buy digital entertainment on the network. Star Trek (Monetizing) – Building of a decentralized gaming platform. Developers will be able to build games on the network. Eternity (Conversion)– Developers will be able to achieve crowd funding for game development. Community investors can contribute to the game content creation. TRON Pros Very solid team with many developers, investors, and advisors (much like Cardano). Apart from their team, the CEO, Justin Sun, is the protegé of Jack Ma, the founder of the Alibaba group.This alone can be a very big thing considering they have the right players and the money. Just partnered with Gifto. This is digital and virtual gifting on the blockchain, which is very hot right now. Also partnered with MLG Blockchain which is trying to introduce TRON to the west to get people familiar with it. The CEO created a social app called Peiwo in China and has 10 million users currently. They are currently in the process of integrating TRON into the app. Let’s be real here, China is not going to be anti digital currency. They have been heavily involved as the rest of the world plays catch up. Data creators, which are the users, will have the fundamental ownership of data. This was proposed by Dr. Tim Berners-Lee when the internet was born. This was the original intention for the creation of the internet. The users on the TRON network will be entitled to proportional profits according to rules. A value network has the greatest advantage that may digitally capitalize anything in social and media networks. This means users will be paid to use this network. Users will be paid based on the time they spend and data creation on this network. Basically, participants will earn more for their time invested on the network and content creation. Tron wants to provide services to the public free of charge. TRON is operated by a non-profit organization and is designed to serve the masses who enjoy content entertainment throughout the world rather than for the purpose of gaining profits. All tron participants will benefit from its prosperity. Contents should come from people rather than capitals. This system will then reward participants for their contributions. They want cultural and creative industries to pursuit the quality of art and contents rather than the capitalists. Their network will also include decentralized infrastructures such as distributed exchange and autonomous gaming. TRON Cons Market supply of the TRON coin is 100 Billion. Some people do not like the fact that there is a lot of supply here. Last step scheduled for release in April 2023 – September 2025. This isn’t a really a con, but some impatient people may deem so. Where to buy TRONIX If you choose to invest in TRON (TRX), you can find it on Binance. I recommend them because I personally use that exchange. If you need additional help with this, check out my guide on how to buy ALT coins, Conclusion TRON has amazing potential to be a major disruption in the asian market. They have been aggressively growing, recently hitting a 2 billion market cap, but this number doesn’t come close to what it can be worth in a few years. I honestly see this value hitting 10b minimum over the next year. TRON already has an established user base from the app Peiwo that they will be integrating in which is great. They have growth 600% in the past 2 weeks and backed by a professional team and big names and investors in the industry. TRON will definitely make an impact on the asian market very soon. Let’s just see if this project can expand globally. |
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Introducing Stamp Monero! A Guerilla Monero Marketing Campaign by Monerooby_Doo https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/7kaztm/introducing_stamp_monero_a_guerilla_monero/Hello all, Join us and the Monero community in our mission to spread the Monero revolution world-wide! After weeks of planning and putting this together, another user and I are happy to launch Stamp Monero, a guerrilla marketing campaign to bring awareness to Monero. We believe stamping physical fiat currency is an efficient and legal way to spread the word about Monero. According to Federal Reserve estimates and our assumptions, each one dollar bill you stamp may be seen by 438 other people (see FAQ to learn more). And yes, it's legal (in the U.S.). Recently, there has been a lot of discussion regarding how we as a community can increase donations to the Monero fund. We are hoping this serves to further this goal of giving back to the Monero fund and helps get more users involved in promoting and contributing directly to the success of Monero. We are donating 10% of our proceeds to the general Monero fund and various Monero FFS projects. We encourage everyone to not only Stamp Monero, but to also spread awareness on social media (Twitter and Instagram) by posting a image of your stamped bill with the hashtag #stampmonero. For bonus points, include your current location as well to let everyone know that this is a global phenomenon. Additionally, if we don’t ship to you, or you would like to create your own Monero stamp, we offer the source file for free. Thanks and looking forward to spreading Monero awareness with everyone! P.S. And of course, thanks to Globee, we accept cryptocurrencies (including Monero) as payment. |
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NEO Ecosystem Interview--Sitting Down With The Amazingly Talented Susan Zhou--CEO QLink Mobile Network--Just Signed Partnership With One Of The Largest Car Manufacturers In China--Turning Every Car Into A Qlink Mobile Hotspot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iPbzgtPcpA |
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Monero and Privacy with Riccardo Spagni (aka @fluffypony) - Off Chain Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRdGe9kNBRI&t=0sWe discuss all the latest privacy technologies and how Monero will be incorporating Bulletproofs, MimbleWimble and how this affects Bitcoin. |
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