[ANN] [Pre - ICO] Gimli - Decentralized live stream interactions

[gimli_io]

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Decentralized live stream bets and interactions

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We are proud, and excited, to present Gimli to the community.


The concept:
Gimli is a decentralized platform for eSport streamers and viewers. Streamers can turn viewers into engaged supporters by organizing bets, votes, asking for donations, and creating prize pools for tournaments using the ERC20 Ethereum token GIM. Interact with our betting and voting smart contracts here.
Gimli is provably fair, all functionalities are Ethereum smart contracts tailor made for streamers and stream viewers.
Gimli empowers streamers by enabling them to connect directly with their audience, increase and control novel revenue opportunities.


The team: 14 people strong, including
- Technology: Ouziel Slama, who co-developed counterparty, Joseph Fiscella who co-founded the Alexandria project
- Pro gamers: Luffy - street fighter IV world champion , Stefano - Starcraft 2 foreigner world champion
- Streamers: Thud - CEO ASUS ROG school, Skyyart, Aypierre
- Business: cool and experienced team (some Columbia, Harvard, Polytechnique), and real eSports fans

Created by industry insiders and world top professional gamers, Gimli is developing a strong public image in the streamers and gamers community.


Why is Gimli relevant:
Streamers have massive audience in the hundreds of millions globally. Yet, streamers monetization of their viewers is low.
- Ads-blockers are widespread, limiting advertising revenue.
- Subscription fees are low compared with traditional sports, with streaming platforms taking a considerable share.
- Sponsorships are few in a developing industry.
- Viewership drops dramatically after each game ends, with volatile audience going to other channels with ongoing entertainment.

Gimli fits in alongside current monetization methods. With Gimli, streamers can create entertainments and functionalities with GIM embedded commissions. From the substantial source of direct GIM revenues, to better engagement, higher number of minutes watched and increased donations, Gimli’s promise is to give control back to streamers.


Partners and adoption:
Existing streaming partners with more than one million twitter followers. Streamers set up functionalities and GIM they want to receive when their audience use Gimli on their stream. Thanks to those partnerships and active backing by renowned streamers, Gimli will be promoted to millions of viewers and prospective users worldwide, with the goal of viral and exponential adoption.


The GIM Token:
GIM tokens are required to run all functionalities including donations, votes, bets and custom contracts. Each functionality is a run by a trustless Ethereum smart contracts tailor-made for streamers.
No token creation will happen after the initial sale ends. The total supply of GIM is
fixed at 150 million tokens.
Tokens are ERC20 compliant and will be transferable and listed on exchanges once the
initial sale is completed.


Crowdsale detail:
Accepted currencies: During the initial sale, buyers will acquire GIM in exchange for Ether (ETH), the sale will be administered by an Ethereum Smart Contract which code is public on GitHub

Exchange rate: The price for one GIM is fixed at 1 ETH = 1,000 GIM. This may change with the ETH/USD exchange rate and will be fixed ahead of the sale.

Maximum financing: The number of GIM sold during the sale is capped at 80 million to the general public and an additional 10 million to eSports insiders.

Launch date and time: To be announced. A block number anticipated to be close to the launch time will be provided.

Duration of the sale: 7 days

Token launch completion: The sale will end when either all the GIM tokens have been sold or the 7-day period is over.

Unsold tokens: Should the sale end without selling the full 90 million GIM, any remaining tokens will be transferred to Gimli reserve fund.

No U.S.Purchasers: GIM Tokens are not being offered to U.S. persons during the initial crowdsale. If you are a citizen, resident of, or a person located or domiciled in the United States of America, including any corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America, do not purchase GIM Tokens.


Resources:
http://gimli.io/
Backend beta
White Paper
Team
contact@gimli.io

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Decentralized live stream interactions[/b]

We are proud, and excited, to present Gimli to the community.


The concept: Gimli is a decentralized platform for eSport streamers and viewers. Streamers can turn viewers into engaged supporters by organizing bets, votes, asking for donations, and creating prize pools for tournaments using the ERC20 Ethereum token GIM.

Gimli is provably fair, all functionalities are Ethereum smart contracts tailor made for streamers and stream viewers.

Gimli empowers streamers by enabling them to connect directly with their audience, increase and control novel revenue avenues.


The team: 14 people strong, including

• Technology: Ouziel Slama, who co-developed counterparty, Joseph Fiscella who co-founded the Alexandria project
  
• Pro gamers: Luffy - street fighter IV world champion , Stefano - Starcraft 2 foreigner world champion
  
• Streamers: Thud - CEO ASUS ROG school ; Skyyart, Aypierre
  
• Business: cool and experienced team (some Columbia, Harvard, Polytechnique), and real eSports fans

Created by industry insiders and world top professional gamers, Gimli is developing a strong public image in the streamers and gamers community.


Why is Gimli relevant: Streamers have massive audience in the hundreds of millions globally. Yet, streamers monetization of their viewers is low.
Ads-blockers are widespread, limiting advertising revenue
Subscription fees are low compared with traditional sports, with streaming platforms taking a considerable share
Sponsorships are few in a developing industry.
Viewership drops dramatically after each game ends, with volatile audience going to other channels with ongoing entertainment

Gimli fits in alongside current monetization methods. With Gimli, streamers can create entertainments and functionalities with GIM embedded commissions. From the substantial source of direct GIM revenues, to better engagement, higher number of minutes watched and increased donations, Gimli’s promise is to give control back to streamers.


Partners and adoption: Existing streaming partners with more than one million twitter followers. Streamers set up functionalities and GIM they want to receive when their audience use Gimli on their stream. Thanks to those partnerships and active backing by renowned streamers, Gimli will be promoted to millions of viewers and prospective users worldwide, with the goal of viral and exponential adoption.


The GIM Token: Try our working PoC
GIM tokens are required to run all functionalities including donations, votes, bets and custom contracts. Each functionality is a run by a trustless Ethereum smart contracts tailor-made for streamers.
No token creation will happen after the initial sale ends. The total supply of GIM is
fixed at 150 million tokens.
Tokens are ERC20 compliant and will be transferable and listed on exchanges once the
initial sale is completed.


Crowdsale detail:
Accepted currencies: During the initial sale, buyers will acquire GIM in exchange for Ether (ETH), the sale will be administered by an Ethereum Smart Contract which code is public on GitHub

Exchange rate: The price for one GIM is fixed at 1 ETH = 1,000 GIM. This may change with the ETH/USD exchange rate and will be fixed ahead of the sale.

Maximum financing: The number of GIM sold during the sale is capped at 80 million to the general public and an additional 10 million to eSports insiders.

Launch date and time: To be announced. A block number anticipated to be close to the launch
time will be provided.

Duration of the sale: 7 days

Token launch completion: The sale will end when either all the GIM tokens have been sold or the 7-day period is over.

Unsold tokens: Should the sale end without selling the full 90 million GIM, any
remaining tokens will be transferred to Gimli reserve fund.

No U.S.Purchasers: GIM Tokens are not being offered to U.S. persons during the initial crowdsale. If you are a citizen, resident of, or a person located or domiciled in the United States of America, including any corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America, do not purchase GIM Tokens.


Ressources:
http://gimli.io/
Backend beta  
White Paper
Team
contact@gimli.io

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[revenant2017]

I've been a fan of eSports specially in Dota 2. But i am confused. Your ANN states that project will be a Decentralized live stream, but on the whitepaper, it says a Decentralized Betting System. So this is Twitch + E-Gaming Bets combined? Will there be any escrow for this?

Unsold tokens: Should the sale end without selling the full 90 million GIM, any remaining tokens will be transferred to Gimli reserve fund.

If there is unsold 70m GIM, how can we make sure you guys regulate these? Isn't burning a good option? Or a fix amount/percentage? Because if there are few sold tokens, i will be worried because you hold over 70% of the total supply.

[dtaylor5]

Hi,

It sounds great.
I wish you good luck.

However, how are you going to attract streamers?
What is the interest for them to use the gimli platform?

Thank you.

[gimli_io]

Hi,

It sounds great.
I wish you good luck.

However, how are you going to attract streamers?
What is the interest for them to use the gimli platform?

Thank you.

Streamers have very large audience but the revenues they get from them is relatively low. An interesting statistic is:
in traditional sports, in the US, the average yearly revenue per fan is $52
in eSports, it's $2.
This will change of course as the industry evolves but monetization is definitely low.
One issue is ads-blockers, another is fierce competition between streaming channels: as soon as a game is over many viewers will leave to watch another channel.
So to answer your question, streamers (several of whom are part of the team btw) need a way to entertain their audience between games, make it more sticky. Gimli will help them do just that. They will also get the GIM commissions they set up for each functionality on their channel. In terms of potential revenues this opens up a whole new monetization vertical

I've been a fan of eSports specially in Dota 2. But i am confused. Your ANN states that project will be a Decentralized live stream, but on the whitepaper, it says a Decentralized Betting System. So this is Twitch + E-Gaming Bets combined? Will there be any escrow for this?

Unsold tokens: Should the sale end without selling the full 90 million GIM, any remaining tokens will be transferred to Gimli reserve fund.

If there is unsold 70m GIM, how can we make sure you guys regulate these? Isn't burning a good option? Or a fix amount/percentage? Because if there are few sold tokens, i will be worried because you hold over 70% of the total supply.

We are an stream interaction platform, we do not plan on hosting streams. The escrow for betting will be handled by smart contracts.

That's a point that's currently heavily debated internally and will be updated shortly. We will not end up like BAT Burning is definitely a good option, but it will also give the team a disproportionate amount of tokens. Distributing all the tokens to the fraction of everyone's contribution would be the answer but we want to prevent whales as much as we can to enhance distribution of the sale.

[crypto_is_the_future]

The duration of the sale seems quite short compared to other ICOs.
Why have you chosen 7 days?

[revenant2017]

Hi,

It sounds great.
I wish you good luck.

However, how are you going to attract streamers?
What is the interest for them to use the gimli platform?

Thank you.

Streamers have very large audience but the revenues they get from them is relatively low. An interesting statistic is:
in traditional sports, in the US, the average yearly revenue per fan is $52
in eSports, it's $2.
This will change of course as the industry evolves but monetization is definitely low.
One issue is ads-blockers, another is fierce competition between streaming channels: as soon as a game is over many viewers will leave to watch another channel.
So to answer your question, streamers (several of whom are part of the team btw) need a way to entertain their audience between games, make it more sticky. Gimli will help them do just that. They will also get the GIM commissions they set up for each functionality on their channel. In terms of potential revenues this opens up a whole new monetization vertical

I've been a fan of eSports specially in Dota 2. But i am confused. Your ANN states that project will be a Decentralized live stream, but on the whitepaper, it says a Decentralized Betting System. So this is Twitch + E-Gaming Bets combined? Will there be any escrow for this?

Unsold tokens: Should the sale end without selling the full 90 million GIM, any remaining tokens will be transferred to Gimli reserve fund.

If there is unsold 70m GIM, how can we make sure you guys regulate these? Isn't burning a good option? Or a fix amount/percentage? Because if there are few sold tokens, i will be worried because you hold over 70% of the total supply.

We are an stream interaction platform, we do not plan on hosting streams. The escrow for betting will be handled by smart contracts.

That's a point that's currently heavily debated internally and will be updated shortly. We will not end up like BAT Burning is definitely a good option, but it will also give the team a disproportionate amount of tokens. Distributing all the tokens to the fraction of everyone's contribution would be the answer but we want to prevent whales as much as we can to enhance distribution of the sale.

Great! Are you going to develop an Add-On for google chrome? Let's say i use twitch, having gimli as my Browser Add-on is a good idea. I've seen one  preview from your project that is in the right of the screen of Twitch. I believe this is an Add-On.

[Zloren]

are there bounty program Dev?

[hiburak]

I would like to reserve the Turkish translation.

Please confirm.

Thanks!

[ICO-radar]

Is there a minimum to participate?

[Porfirii]

Reserve translations into Spanish, when needed. Please, send PM.