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Update 29th Sept: We rolled out a revamp of our bonuses structure + introduced a 10,000 ETH hard cap!Update 26th Sept: Introducing SPHERIS LINK: A 20% commission referral program. Earn SPRS by referring others - more info here.Update 19th Sept: Crowdsale is LIVE! 20% bonus to early bird contributors in the first 2 days. Contribute here: https://spheris.io/crowdsaleUpdate 18th Sept: We're excited to announce our new advisory board member Desmond Marshall. With over 22 years of strategic experience, Desmond Marshall is the founder and MD of Rouge Ventures, an investment and strategic consulting firm in Asia, that serves numerous Fortune 500, governments, and new age global companies. Mr Marshall is also one of the very first individuals in Asia to be a member of the global Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.Update 16th Sept: We've released a pre-alpha version of the Catalog and Browser components, available on https://spheris.io and GitHub.Update 15th Sept: We're excited to announce our new advisory board member Michael Kapilkov. Michael’s background spans several industries: finance, consulting, research & technology. He holds an MBA from IE Business School. He has founded a number of startups in the blockchain space and is an established startup advisor with years of experience.Update 7th Sept: We've added "Spheris in the News" section. More to come!Update 28th Aug: We've updated the bonus structure, please see below!
Spheris is an open-source decentralized application marketplace, with a standalone solution for payment processing. Planned with a vision to eliminate 3rd party fees, Spheris platform aims to become the go-to place for developers who wish to be in control of their revenue, and consumers who wish to pay directly to the developers. With Ethereum’s blockchain technology, new possibilities open up to disrupt the status quo and shift the paradigm toward giving more to developers and consumers, without the involvement of large corporate entities. In addition to providing a new distribution vector for developers, Spheris introduces customizable subscription options and validation for apps, a feature-extended crypto wallet solution, as well as optional decentralized storage solutions with other blockchain projects.
We chose a more dedicated and focused approach to provide a decentralized application marketplace. Such an approach allows solving problems in novel ways:
Fees. Traditional app stores take a 30% cut from each sale, in addition to registration fees. Opting to self-publish your apps will result in third-party payment processing fees. Developers will not be subjected to any fees on the Spheris platform.
Censorship and Restrictions. Apps that don't comply with the numerous app store guidelines get rejected or de-listed. Proper rating and ranking systems, along with the power of the community, ensure this will not happen on the Spheris platform.
Point of Entry for Developers. Currently, many developers across the globe cannot sell on various app stores due to bureaucracy and legislation. There is no requirement to form a legal entity or even open a bank account in order to sell on Spheris.
Ease-of-Use. We want to make sure that developers don't need any kind of additional technical blockchain skills in order to sell on Spheris. Spheris will provide all necessary tools for a comfortable and friendly user experience.
The Spheris platform is comprised of five separate, function-specific components. They are:
Catalog: A database of registered developers and applications.
Browser: the Decentralized Application Marketplace interface.
Manager: an enhanced crypto wallet for managing subscriptions and payments.
Signal: an anti-piracy subscription validator component.
Storage: a storage integration framework for fast and easy remote content distribution.
We introduce Spheris tokens (SPRS) as part of the Spheris solution. SPRS will be created once we deploy our smart contract on Ethereum blockchain. Spheris DAM is being built with the idea of creating a standardized currency for conducting software related business in a pseudo-frictionless market environment.
The total amount of SPRS created will be 2,000,000,000,000 (two trillion SPRS).
Why Two Trillion?
Convenience. Given that SPRS tokens are meant to be used as the currency for buying/selling software, we want software price representations in SPRS to be convenient for worldwide markets.
Scalability. Taking into account that the Spheris platform will continuously attract new users, SPRS market price will rise to the point of disrupting software prices which are traditionally tied to a fiat currency index, unless scalability is taken into account.
Greater Liquidity. Higher number of outstanding SPRS tokens can result in greater liquidity for the SPRS token stock. This will facilitate trading and will narrow the bid-ask spread.
SPRS Tokens Allocation
Spheris Crowdsale is LIVE!
Crowdsale SPRS token supply: 1,240,000,000,000 SPRS.
Base rate: 1 ETH = 300,000 SPRS.
Accepted currencies: Ether, Bitcoin.
Refund policy: the minimum contribution total required is 2,525 ETH. If minimum isn’t reached at the end of the crowdsale period, contributors will receive a refund.
Unsold SPRS tokens will be distributed proportionally between crowdsale contributors.
Crowdsale duration: thirty days.
Hard Cap: 10,000 ETH.
SPRS tokens will be allocated right after your contribution to your ETH wallet. SPRS tokens
will be frozen and will be sent to you at the end of the crowdsale.
