Thanks for the feedback! As far as cheap, Koinos is free-to-use, so it doesn't get much cheaper than that. As far as TPS, Koinos currently has a real max TPS of 150 but what sets Koinos apart is how easy it is to upgrade. The real killer feature of Koinos is its ability to EVOLVE which means that it will have a very high rate of improvement including along measures like throughput (TPS).

If you'd like to learn more about how Koinos evolves, you can read the whitepaper at koinos.io/unified-whitepaper. But the short version is that the entire system is implemented as in-band upgradeable smart contracts (i.e. they can be upgraded without a hard fork). Not only does this make Koinos the most composable blockchain ever, but it means that governance can make granular upgrades to the blockchain without having to coordinate hard forks. Main net features a decentralized governance contract which specifies a month long process for system upgrades, but once an upgrade goes through that process, it immediately gets uploaded to the system without any hard fork needed. The craziest part is that the governance contract can upgrade itself! Those upgrades have a higher bar; they must have 75% of burned KOIN voting on them during the vote period. But, of course, even that number can be changed by governance!  🤯

While people were being distracted, once again, by the failure of a centralized solution, a totally new blockchain was successfully launched on the auspicious date of November the 5th; Koinos. This blockchain was built by us, Koinos Group, one of the most experienced teams in crypto.

Koinos is designed to spread blockchain to the masses by delivering a truly FREE-TO-USE and truly decentralized general purpose blockchain.

Closed, opaque, and centralized solutions leverage their secrecy and power to extract wealth from the people and then socialize their losses when they inevitably collapse. We built Koinos because we believe that the centralized socio-economic system is broken and that it needs to be more open, transparent, and decentralized. We know that the system won’t just change willingly. That it must be pushed into the future and in order to do that, to exert that level of pressure, what we need is a really big LEVER. As Archimedes said,

“Give me a lever long enough … and I shall move the world.”

Koinos is the longest lever we could imagine, built to move the world in a more open, transparent, and decentralized direction. While we have been inspired by Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Anonymous, we are not Satoshi Nakamoto and we are not Anonymous, we are Koinos Group.

Making Magic

The blockchain architects and co-founders of Koinos Group (Michael, Steve and Nathan) deserve immense credit for this incredible feat. These three people didn’t just build an entirely new general purpose main net, they first built an entirely new blockchain framework, from scratch, which is far easier to use and far more open than any other framework. That is nothing short of magic.

Thank You

In our journey to main net we had incredible help from Theoretical, Roamin, Julian, Engrave, Luke, Kui, too many people to list. Everyone building on Koinos is helping make it into the blockchain that will ultimately scale to the masses.

We also couldn’t have done this without the support of our amazing community, friends, family, and spouses. We thank everyone for their support.

Watch the launch:

https://youtu.be/erKB8K4orqY

To learn more about Koinos, go to koinos.io

We've released an update on the project to bitcointalk which can be seen here.

In short, the feature complete testnet has now processed its 450,000th block and performance continues to be fantastic which is why we're ready to announce the date of the KOIN snapshot: October 31st (or later)! Following the snapshot, the KOIN ERC20s will become effectively worthless. That's because the mainnet tokens will give people the Mana they need to banish gas fees to a fiery grave and participate in proof-of-burn consensus.

The snapshot is a necessary step to launching the mainnet, and we wouldn't be announcing this date if we weren't confident in the performance of the testnet. There will be at least one month between the snapshot and the mainnet launch, but we're not ready to announce that date quite yet, so stay tuned!

To stay up to date on Koinos developments, follow @koinosnetwork on twitter, subscribe to the Medium, and join the newsletter at koinos.io.

View the full announcement on bitcointalk here.

Hey bitcointalk! On November 6th, 2020 we shared an update on this forum about the launch of a proof-of-work mineable ERC-20 token (KOIN) that would act as the native currency for the Koinos blockchain; an evolving, free-to-use, and truly decentralized blockchain with proof-of-burn consensus, built by the former core developers of the Steem blockchain. In order to launch this new L1 fully decentralized, a snapshot of the ERC-20 would be used in the genesis block of mainnet to initialize all token balances.

On August 19th, 2022 we launched version 0.4.0 of our testnet (Harbinger) which includes all of the features we have spent the last two and half years building to deliver on that original promise by bringing to market the world’s first truly free-to-use, truly decentralized, and truly evolving general purpose blockchain (“L1”).

Harbinger V4 has now processed its 450,000th block and performance continues to be fantastic! That's why we're excited  to announce…


The date of the snapshot will be October 31st!


Yes, this is going to be one spooky Halloween because following the snapshot, the KOIN ERC20s will become effectively worthless. That's because the mainnet tokens will give people the Mana they need to banish gas fees to a fiery grave and participate in proof-of-burn consensus.

The snapshot will not take place any earlier than Mon Oct 31, 2022 00:00:00 EDT (12:00 AM). It can happen at any point after this time.


Snapshots are scary, which is why we're giving well over a month's notice for everyone to get prepared. Those who want to claim tokens on mainnet must have their KOIN ERC20 on Ethereum at the time of the snapshot. If you're using a wallet, make sure that the wallet is non-custodial and provides you with a recovery phrase. The recovery phrase is how you can move keys from one wallet to another. By making the target the recovery phrase, or a hardware wallet that connects to Metamask, we cast the widest net and hopefully don't lose anyone when mainnet launches.

Prelude to Mainnet!


The snapshot is a necessary step to launching the mainnet, and we wouldn't be announcing this date if we weren't confident in the performance of the testnet. There will be at least one month between the snapshot and the mainnet launch, but we're not ready to announce that date quite yet, so stay tuned!

To stay up to date on Koinos developments, follow @koinosnetwork on twitter, subscribe to the Medium, and join the newsletter at koinos.io.

Thanks for checking out our project and the positive words you had to say about our product. Ultimately that is, to me, the highest praise, even if your assessment of my performance specifically is that it is not what it could be. Given how thoughtful your post is, I would be remiss if I did not consider your thoughtful feedback and use it to become better. Sincerely, thank you for your thoughtfulness and consideration.

For anyone who didn't see, we released a new, unified whitepaper along with a bitcointalk Announcement. This whitepaper explains how proof-of-burn, Mana, and the infinitely upgradeable Koinos blockchain framework combine to create the most accessible L1 ever.

Now that the evolution of testnet into mainnet is nearly complete, we felt that the time was right to deliver one whitepaper to rule them all which would serve as a single source of truth for anyone looking to understand Koinos at the most fundamental level. We hope you like it!

Read the whitepaper / Download the pdf

For anyone who didn't see, we released a new, unified whitepaper along with a bitcointalk Announcement. This whitepaper explains how proof-of-burn, Mana, and the infinitely upgradeable Koinos blockchain framework combine to create the most accessible L1 ever.

Now that the evolution of testnet into mainnet is nearly complete, we felt that the time was right to deliver one whitepaper to rule them all which would serve as a single source of truth for anyone looking to understand Koinos at the most fundamental level. We hope you like it!

Read the whitepaper / Download the pdf

Nearly two years ago we announced the release of the KOIN token on Bitcointalk. Since then we have made a lot of progress on Koinos which we shared in a recent update. Now that the evolution of testnet into mainnet is nearly complete, we felt that the time was right to deliver one whitepaper to rule them all which would serve as a single source of truth for anyone looking to understand Koinos at the most fundamental level. Koinos Group is excited to announce the release of that new, unified whitepaper, today!

Read the whitepaper / Download the pdf

Our Story

After leaving Steemit, our goal was to build a company that would empower developers to build dApps like Steem and Hive, but on a truly decentralized and fee-less blockchain. However, when we analyzed the different blockchains available, we found that none had the properties we needed. The “fee-less” blockchains were not truly fee-less, requiring that users pay for RAM and/or accounts. They were also not truly decentralized as a result of their launch (ICOs) or their consensus algorithm, and often both.
Ultimately, we didn’t just want to support the kind of fee-less dApps that already existed, we wanted to take blockchain accessibility to the extreme by enabling, for the first time ever, free-to-use dApps which would require not only fee-less transactions, but free accounts, free smart contract execution, and network resource delegation. Delivering these capabilities required building an entirely new blockchain from the ground up.

Previous Whitepapers

We started by releasing the whitepaper for the Koinos blockchain framework; the first blockchain capable of evolution. The Koinos framework would serve as the evolving “backbone” at the heart of mainnet that would enable it to improve at a more rapid rate than any other blockchain out there. This same property enabled testnet to evolve, and as it did we released more whitepapers to describe how it was getting more advanced. Those whitepapers (framework, mana, proof-of-burn) addressed each component as if they were in a vacuum, but their entire purpose is to power the most accessible blockchain ever: Koinos mainnet.

This whitepaper doesn’t just unify all of those previous whitepapers, it describes how they all work together to create a general purpose blockchain that is more than just another Ethereum competitor; it’s the first genuine alternative to Ethereum that is more inline with the Bitcoin ethos. We hope the bitcointalk community enjoys this whitepaper!

Read the whitepaper / Download the pdf

Thanks for checking in Hank! Now is actually a great time to share an update on Koinos with the Bitcointalk community because we’re nearing completion of the mainnet.

The best way to stay up-to-date on the project is to follow @koinosnetwork on medium and twitter. You can also visit koinos.io and subscribe to the newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox. As you will see, there have been a lot of updates, so in this post I’ll focus on the updates that I think will be the most interesting to the Bitcointalk community.

Satoshi's Vision

We like to think of Koinos as the general purpose blockchain that Satoshi would have built. Aside from the proof-of-work fair launch of the token, the other two places this is most obvious is governance and, of course, consensus.

Koinos Governance

Whenever possible we like to model our systems off of how Bitcoin operates, and governance is no exception. One of the unique features of Koinos is that all of the blockchain’s business logic is implemented as smart contracts which can be upgraded in-band. The consensus algorithm, resource management system, base cryptocurrency, and even governance are all implemented as smart contracts that can be upgraded without a hard fork by governance. That’s right … governance can upgrade governance! This is what will allow mainnet, and any Koinos-based blockchain, to evolve.

But what are the rules that govern … governance? What makes us think we can pick the “right” rules? We don’t! Instead we effectively implement Bitcoin’s upgrade system as exemplified by the SegWit upgrade. You can learn more about Koinos governance in our June 1st update in which we announced that work on the governance system contract was complete!.

Koinos Consensus

Proof-of-work is a beautiful consensus algorithm, but it isn’t well-suited for a general purpose blockchain where computational efficiency is paramount to delivering pleasurable user experiences at a reasonable price. But we don’t feel that proof-of-stake is a real solution to that problem which is why we instead pursued proof-of-burn. We are working on the proof-of-burn contract as we speak, but on March 23rd we released an update about our new design which we believe delivers the economics and decentralization of proof-of-work with even greater efficiency than proof-of-stake.

Verifiable Randomness

One of the biggest reasons we went with proof-of-burn was to mitigate the exchange attack, but we also wanted to enable anyone to participate in block production, not just whales. In our May 17th update, we explained how proof-of-burn leverages a verifiable randomness function to avoid degenerating into proof-of-work while ensuring that Koinos is provably egalitarian, just like Satoshi wanted for Bitcoin.

Like I said, there have been a lot of updates, so I did my best to focus on those updates that would be most interesting to Bitcointalk users. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

Great question, well, there’s a lot that’s different about Koinos because it was built totally from scratch, but here are a few of the big things that distinguish Koinos from EOS.

TL;DR

1. Totally different codebase
2. Totally different resource model
3. Totally different account system (free accounts)
4. Totally different consensus and governance (more decentralized, No DPoS)
5. Far more upgradeable (modular upgradeability)
6. Far better multi-language support (typescript smart contracts coming soon)
7. THE TEAM!!!
8. No ICO, No Pre-mine


1. Totally different codebase. As the former core developers of the Steem blockchain, we know the underlying codebase powering EOSIO better than anyone else, which is precisely why we chose not to use any of it and build something entirely from scratch without any of its flaws. So Koinos doesn't have any of the technical debt and bad engineering baked into EOSIO like those that make running an EOS node inaccessible. Koinos nodes will not be “RAM hogs” so everyone with modern computing hardware will be able to run a full node. This also is why we were able to build Koinos as the first blockchain with a microservice architecture for maximum accessibility, upgradeability, and scalability.
- https://hackernoon.com/microservices-and-microservice-architectures-a-deep-dive-into-the-fundamentals-pl36347t

2. Totally different resource model that disconnects the cost of using the network from the price of the token while making it easier to build dApps AND deliver pleasurable user experiences. Instead of having different resources with different market dynamics, on Koinos there is only one resource that developers and their users need to worry about called “mana.” The reason why we chose that term is because we’re aiming to deliver a blockchain user experience similar to that in a video game. You don’t have to stake KOIN to get mana, in fact, staked KOIN will not have mana and therefore not be useable for fee-less transactions. The mental model we use is one in which each liquid KOIN token has a certain amount of mana within it that can be consumed when a user consumes network resources. As a KOIN holder performs transactions, Koinos consumes the mana “inside” their tokens based on how much network resources were consumed and regulated through a system-owned automated market maker. Once any mana in a token is consumed, that token is automatically locked until the mana regenerates at which point they can either liquidate that token or continue using the mana to perform transactions. This minimizes cognitive load and creates that "video game" experience where you just use the platform and consume mana (aka health, stamina, etc.) which regenerates over time. Mana can be delegated to other accounts so that developers can allow their users to perform transactions without having to acquire any KOIN at all. This is what allows developers to build truly free-to-use dApps that don’t require them to eat a whole bunch of costs.
- https://hackernoon.com/how-were-building-a-fee-less-blockchain-yi1634f3

3. Totally different account system. Koinos features standard, Bitcoin and Ethereum-style hexadecimal, addresses so accounts can be created for free. These accounts also decrease state consumption which provides additional network performance dynamics.

4. Totally different consensus and governance. These designs have not yet been released, but the consensus algorithm will not be DPoS. Anyone will be able to participate in block production (making it more decentralized) and because system upgrades can be made without hard forks, the role of block production in governance is greatly diminished.

5. Koinos was architected with an obsession around minimizing the need to hard fork which is what led us to create a fundamentally new way of building blockchains. The Koinos blockchain framework contains a kind of “proto-blockchain” microservice with the most basic feature implementations imaginable which can then be reprogrammed entirely through smart contracts running in the VM. This capability is what we call "modular upgradeability" and Koinos is the only blockchain framework that has it. This doesn’t just make building blockchains far easier, but since Koinos smart contracts can be upgraded without a hard fork, this means that individual system features can be upgraded and patched without disrupting the network and while creating an on-chain record of all system changes and governance decisions.


6. Koinos was architected and developed with a focus on multi-language support which means that developers will, over time, be able to write microservices and smart contracts in any programming language that compiles to WASM. We are aiming to have Typescript support around mainnet launch (end of year 2021).
- https://hackernoon.com/turbocharging-multi-language-support-on-koinos-fv1c33l6
- https://hackernoon.com/meet-the-rosetta-stone-of-blockchain-0b1033zj

7. THE TEAM: Most importantly, Koinos is built by an amazing team with unparalleled blockchain experience that is both well-known, and well-regarded in the space. We are accessible, down-to-earth people who want to fuse the ethos and philosophy of Bitcoin with a general purpose platform that is actually capable of onboarding ordinary people because what we want more than anything is to bring blockchain technology to the masses.

8. No ICO, No pre-mine. How you launch matters. If you want to build a platform that is truly neutral and open to everyone, you can't start things off by giving insiders special access and control. That's why KOIN tokens were distributed through Bitcoin-style PoW mining on the most used decentralized platform in the world, Ethereum, for maximum accessibility. There was no pre-mine and both a CLI and GUI miner were provided in advance to ensure that anyone who wanted to participate in the mining process was able to.

Thanks for the great question. There’s a lot more that distinguishes Koinos from EOS so we hope you’ll check it out and feel free to ask any more questions you might have!

We are proud to announce the beginning of the next wave of evolution in blockchain technology with the release of the Koinos testnet! To run a node, go here: https://github.com/koinos/koinos/

https://youtu.be/tih9UkIXWII

Blockchain Building Technology


This release is the culmination of over a year of challenging and innovative work by the blockchain engineering team who hasn’t just built another blockchain, they’ve invented a whole new way of building blockchains that will make it far easier for ordinary developers to build extraordinary decentralized applications.

We began by architecting from the ground up an entirely new blockchain framework that’s the first to feature a microservice architecture and which gives it maximum modularity, accessibility, and scalability. The blockchain microservice in the Koinos framework is like a “proto-blockchain.” It’s the world’s simplest blockchain, but it has unlimited potential thanks to a superpower we call “modular upgradeability” which means its basic features can be infinitely expanded entirely through smart contracts that are running in the virtual machine!

By moving practically the entire system out of the blockchain and into smart contract modules, features and bug fixes can be pushed to the network orders of magnitude faster, especially since Koinos smart contracts can also be upgraded without a hard fork! Koinos will take this superpower to a whole other level thanks to incredible multi-language support which means developers will be able to write smart contracts in practically any programming language, including TypeScript.

Evolving Blockchains


All of this means that on Koinos blockchains, even the features that are usually the most difficult to upgrade like the consensus algorithm, resource system, and governance system, can all be upgraded without a hard fork! The modularity and upgradeability at every level means that the system will be able to organically improve itself at a far more rapid RATE than any other blockchain out there, which is why we say that Koinos blockchains are the first to be capable of evolution.

Testnet Features v. Mainnet


One of the ways we’ll be showcasing the innovations in Koinos is how we are choosing to launch this very testnet whose system features will be quite different than those on mainnet. The innovative design of Koinos allows us to give developers exactly what they need to start building their dApps, at the same time that we’re developing the more time consuming features of Koinos mainnet that will ultimately have little impact on an individual application. Launching this way gives developers more time to build their app WHILE providing valuable feedback to ensure that the features we build are actually the features they want!

Thanks to modular ugpradeability, we can add each feature to the testnet piecemeal so that developers can digest each one and give informed feedback about the next feature, and the next feature, and the next feature until we have a fully featured mainnet that’s even better than the one we would have developed on our own.

Mainnet dApps


Best of all, this means that by the time mainnet launches, developers will have already built, refined, and tested their applications to work on the very same platform they helped design!
This organic process with built in feedback loops will allow us to launch the mainnet as quickly as possible but also with mature dApps that leverage the free accounts, free transfers, and free smart contracts of Koinos to deliver insanely great user experiences.

NFTs and Fee-less Cryptocurrencies


On Koinos users will be able to create NFTs and even their own fast and fee-less cryptocurrencies in just seconds and without ever spending a dime! Thanks to the incredible upgradeability of Koinos even tokens that begin their life with the simplest of designs can be upgraded to greatness and evolve into something truly transformative.

Run Koinos!


But see for yourself. In keeping with our core value of accessibility, we’ve made it crazy easy to run a node so that no matter your technical expertise in no time you’ll be up and running Koinos. So what are you waiting for? Start running a Koinos node, and be a part of the future, today.

To run Koinos, go to: https://github.com/koinos/koinos

Watch a brief tutorial here: https://youtu.be/64NWplpcmqU

I’m Andrew Levine, CEO of Koinos Group, and today I have a super exciting announcement that is the culmination of many months of hard work by the Koinos blockchain team; the developer preview release of koinos testnet! It's in a very raw form, but this is still a first-of-its-kind, infinitely upgradeable and scalable, general purpose blockchain capable of running WASM smart contracts!

This developer preview enables anyone to run the first blockchain ever to feature modular upgradeability and a microservice architecture! In fact, we will be using modular upgradeability over the coming months to iteratively add features to the developer preview (without a hardfork) like a consensus algorithm, token contract, and (of course) fee-less transactions, turning it into a full-fledged testnet right in front of your eyes!

In the following video, I interview Koinos Group co-founder and Koinos blockchain architect, Steve Gerbino, who explains the developer preview, why he’s so excited about it, and the opportunities that it creates for people who are looking to get involved in Koinos or blockchain more generally.

https://youtu.be/4GXTWZVoHAw

The developer preview is essentially a way to run and test the Koinos blockchain framework, which means that it has the 6 critical microservices which can all communicate with one another to produce blocks, containing smart contracts, and then broadcast those blocks over a peer-to-peer network. Those microservices are; the mempool, jsonrpc, block producer, p2p, block store, and of course, the Koinos blockchain (koinos-chain).

Koinos is more than just "the fee-less blockchain." Koinos is designed from the ground up to be the most developer-friendly blockchain EVER. As we've discussed before on hackernoon, our pioneering work on Koinos-Types (the Rosetta Stone of blockchains) will enable developers to work in the programming languages they already know and love. Obviously, accessibility is a top priority for us which is why we made it as simple as possible for developers to begin running a Koinos node.

All it will take is 1 simple command (docker-compose up) to get a Koinos cluster up and running locally!


This developer preview is a great opportunity for developers and engineers to gain a deeper understanding of how Koinos works whether they want to build a decentralized application or get more involved with the project. There’s plenty of work left to do aside from engineering (and there’s plenty there too) whether it’s technical documentation, quality assurance, or advocacy, so this preview can help you figure out how you can help the project bring blockchain to common people everywhere.

The microservice architecture makes Koinos a great educational tool by breaking the system up into bite-sized pieces that are easy to understand at both a high and low level. Interested in the p2p code? You’ll find it in the koinos-p2p microservice. Want to know how blocks are stored in a node? Check out the koinos-block-store microservice. The blockchain? Koinos-chain microservice. You get the idea

In addition to modular upgradeability and the microservice architecture, contained within this preview are other innovative features native to Koinos like positive state deltas and active/passive data, both of which will provide massive benefits to vertical scalability.


Building out the Koinos ecosystem will take a diverse and active community, which is why we’re so excited to finally get something in people’s hands. If you’d like to become an active participant in this project by running a node, visit the Koinos github.

- Andrew Levine, CEO of Koinos Group

We are excited to announce the open sourcing of our first Koinos repository which is for Koinos Types! You can find that repo here: https://github.com/koinos/koinos-types.

This is a BIG step toward delivering a great fee-less blockchain with robust multi-language support.

To learn more about Koinos Types, and how it relates to another piece of open source software called RabbitMQ to dramatically improve the developer experience on Koinos, check out the following video with Koinos Group co-founder and Koinos blockchain architect, Steve Gerbino. Steve uses the example of Splinterlands to explain how great application developers will be able to leverage Koinos to improve their applications and decrease their costs.

https://youtu.be/-xRyjE6wJr4

Read our article about Koinos Types here: https://medium.com/koinosnetwork

If you would like to see the latest interview with me you can find it here: https://youtu.be/P370E5oTLFI. I give some background about myself and the project, and explain the problems we're trying to solve. Skip to minute 4:00 if you want to see me praise Ethereum  

Hey everyone, I'm the CEO of Koinos Group, and I want to start off by thanking all of you for taking the time to pay attention to our little project. If you'd like to learn more about me, you can check out my long history on Steem/Hive (https://peakd.com/@andrarchy) or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewLevine_andrarchy/videos). I actually wholeheartedly agree with this comment which is why you will not find us claiming anywhere that we are the next Ethereum or competing with Ethereum. We love Bitcoin and Ethereum. We want to deliver a wholly different option to developers looking to build decentralized applications and we believe we are uniquely suited to do that as the most experienced dApp development team in the world.  We acquired a lot of unique knowledge about the pain points developers will encounter when scaling dApps and we want to leverage that knowledge to make their lives a little easier. We think that Ethereum has the market cornered on fee-based dApps and probably always will, but that leaves a very important gap in the market for free-to-use applications and that's the market we're going for because that's what developers are telling us they need and we're fundamentally obsessed with giving developers tools they love using to build amazing dApps.

Sure, we might pick fun at Ethereum in videos like this: https://youtu.be/bBa4muN3EJg/, but I think you'll all agree that these are accurate depictions of the user experience on Ethereum, they highlight how fees interfere with user experience, and they implicitly highlight the value of a fee-less option. If you go to our website, koinos.io, you will find no mention of Ethereum aside from the fact that we used it to perform a PoW fair mine of our initial token distribution. I frequently use that fact to promote Ethereum and highlight its value. Ethereum was far and away the best option on which to launch our token thanks to its level of adoption, developer tooling, and level of decentralization. The single most common complaint about our launch is the fees, but that's not coming from us who will defend it as a cost of doing business on the best general purpose blockchain in the world.

To summarize, our goal at Koinos Group is not to "build the next Ethereum," but to give developers tools they love using to build dApps that people love using. It's as simple as that. We believe that's what we need to do to deliver on our mission to give everyone ownership of their data. Koinos is the platform we felt we needed when we left Steem and wanted to build a decentralized application that could achieve mass adoption. We believe that fee-lessness is absolutely critical to accomplishing that. We're building the platform we feel we need and if no one else feels the same way, then we will be perfectly happy building our own products on top of it. But what we would much rather do is continue building great tools that make it faster, easier, and cheaper for developers to build amazing dApps on top of Koinos so that we can accelerate the transition to an economy in which everyone owns all their data. We want to generate revenue for Koinos Group (the company) by selling products that help dApp developers make more money, and use that revenue to fund even more development of Koinos (the blockchain), which will then make our tooling better, make the dApps better, attract more users, and so on.

If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, then we'd love to welcome you to our community, but it's important to bear in mind that developers are our #1 priority. At the end of the day, every decision we make has to benefit our developers, so if you're a developer please come on by and give us any feedback about how we can make Koinos better, and if you're not a developer then keep this in mind and consider the option that Koinos isn't the right project for you.

Thank you all again and if you have any questions for me about the project or the technology, then please don't hesitate to ask.

I'm Andrew Levine, the CEO of Koinos Group, creators of Koinos, and I'm honored to be included in Cointelegraph's Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain in 2021! I'd be totally useless without my amazing teammates and co-founders at Koinos Group: https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain/andrew-levine

Thanks! I was never a big bitcointalk user, any suggestions about how best to use this platform? Our primary objective is to reach as many dApp developers as we can to introduce them to our project, its unique value propositions, and solicit their feedback so that we can make the platform even better at launch. Thoughts?

Going forward I'll certainly add links to any articles or videos we put out. Anything else?

Correction, the top THREE contributors on Github for Steem are co-founders of Koinos Group, and architects of Koinos.

I think you're spot on and have seen how tempting it can be to waste time on things that don't ultimately lead to a better product or earlier ship date. Appreciate the input and will do my best to deliver. I think we're off to a great start. It helps to begin with a great team with years of experience working together (some more than 10 years!). But I agree, creating a great company culture in which people love the work they're doing but are focused on executing on a shared vision, is my #1 responsibility. I think we're making great progress on that front, but I am a young CEO who is learning on the job. I'm not perfect, but I'm doing my best to get a little better every day.

As far as delivering something better than TRX ... come on man, that bar is way too low! lol

Thanks for the great feedback.

On October 6th, we announced the release of the Koinos whitepaper and that people would be able to begin mining KOIN the following week (October 13th).

The original announcement was posted to the Hive blockchain: https://peakd.com/hive-103021/@andrarchy/announcing-koinos-whitepaper-and-koin-mining

The whitepaper was featured on the front page of Hackernoon for over 2 days: https://hackernoon.com/the-koinos-blockchain-whitepaper-evolving-framework-with-modular-upgradeability-and-governance-333t3w2p

Cointelegraph ran an article announcing the mining: https://cointelegraph.com/news/former-steem-devs-believe-cpu-mining-is-the-key-to-a-fair-launch-for-their-blockchain-3-0

An announcement video was published to YouTube: https://youtu.be/arLoDPie0c4

To learn more, go to koinos.io

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