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KYC/AML implementation – is it a positive trend in the blockchain project market?


Financial security is one of the top priorities of any organization. Modern projects find a solution in customer identification by introducing KYC/AML procedures. On one hand, such measures partially ensure security, but on the other, they cause a conflict among users and regulators, revealing confidential information and violating anonymity.

IQeon explains why KYC/AML procedures are recommended and what peculiarities are associated with them.

What are KYC and AML procedures?


KYC procedure (Know Your Customer) is a range of measures taken by a company in order to obtain certain personal data about its customers who are carrying out transactions. In other words, the service identifies its user before conducting a transaction and making sure that it won’t be associated with increased risks: money laundering, terrorist financing or tax evasion.

AML (Anti Money Laundering) is a set of measures aimed at preventing the legalization of income obtained illegally. AML is a series of procedures required to ensure the security of the company.

Criticism regarding KYC/AML


Some crypto enthusiasts feel negatively about such methods of verification considering data collection a direct defection of blockchain technology value. Users believe that KYC/AML procedures only help to connect particular senders with carried out transactions, breaking the logic of confidentiality and anonymity.

Critics are convinced that these procedures inflict much more damage and induce users outflow despite the fact that anti money laundering is a multibillion industry.

About the advantages of these procedures


KYC method of verification is a comparative newcomer in the blockchain sphere, but it’s already associated with the idea of a reliable and successful project. Following the procedure is an indicator that the platform works within international legal framework. The overall goal is to refuse providing services for suspicious anonymous accounts.

KYC and AML are valuable for company of any size. Moreover, verification requirements are common in every country despite the location: traditionally user should provide document of identification and proof of residence.

So, popular trading platform Coinbase which work with more than 10 million users took the initiative. Coinbase requires its customers to provide personal information that identifies them and proves the absence of suspicious activity. Despite a kind of anonymity violation, many users choose this particular platform – partly because it provides the necessary safe space for transactions.

"The introduction of KYC/AML is a truly positive trend for blockchain projects. The electronic money market is an industry with a turnover of billions of dollars, which makes it attractive not only to investors, but also to scammers. Therefore, it is in the interests of the project to establish an additional security level in order to protect its users and their digital assets from possible attacks by scammers. The implementation of these practices is a kind of global trend among those projects putting priority on users. IQeon, of course, is among such projects!" – comments Denis Gavrilenko, CISO of the company.

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Thus, KYC/AML procedures take minimum of time and effort, but bring maximum of positive aspects. Such verification on the platform provides:

• Additional security for clients, as procedures increase the reliability of the project and its team;
• Protection of the project reputation and confirmation that the platform operates in the legal field;
• Users’ assets security;
• Project compliance with the main international trends of fighting against criminal activity.

It is obvious that the introduction of KYC/AML is not obligatory for the platform, however, this procedure will help to distinguish a reliable site from a fraudulent one, which makes its implementation a clearly positive trend.

IQeon team has already begun implementing KYC/AML on the platform.


Follow our news on IQeon website as well as in official communities on social networks!

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Weekly Challenge update


Friends, the well-known Weekly Challenge contest is underway!

Important! The time schedule of the competition has been changed: now the game of the week will be announced on Tuesdays, and the results announcement will be posted every Monday.

So, the next game of the week will be announced on February 18, and the results will be summed up on February 24.

We remind you that the conditions for Weekly Challenge are very simple:

• Within 6 days, from Tuesday to next Monday, users must compete in the announced game;
• The player with the most points for a week wins. Winners will be announced in IQeon communities every Monday;
• The prize for the best player of the week is 5 IQN to game account.
• The more actively you participate, the more chances to get prizes!

Stay up to date with the latest news! Join the official IQeon communities on Telegram and Facebook.

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Summing up the results of IQeon Quiz Giveaway!

Giveaway, held in our new IQeon Quiz game from January 25 to February 15, is now completed! More than eight thousand users took part in our large-scale intellectual competition!

We remind you that in order to win, participants had to pass intellectual Quiz game and correctly answer at least 5 questions from different fields: history, literature, exact sciences, technology, movies, games and crypto sphere. Participants had only 50 seconds to answer each question.

Today, during an online broadcast on IQeon official YouTube channel, 10 luckies were randomly selected. They will soon receive their prize – 100 IQN!

So, the winners of our competition are:

• sharonshort
• david10
• rodriguezdana
• chanautumn
• sennahutama
• nic3900d
• urosario
• nadimkhan062
• elwijaya0
• joelolayinka40

In the near future, IQeon team will contact all the winners by e-mail to credit the winnings.

We thank everyone for active participation, and also remind you that you can receive bonus IQN in Weekly Challenge contest and other activities of the platform!

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Compare your Quiz achievements with other players!

Dear friends, IQeon Quiz Giveaway contest is over, the winners are announced! The drawing of the main prize of 1,000 IQN turned out to be really large-scale: more than 8,000 users decided to test their erudition and took part in the competition.

We remind that only those participants who correctly answered 5 or more questions in Quiz could compete for the main prize. Having finished the contest, we analyzed the data and decided to share the most interesting facts about Quiz passing.

So, 37% of users out of the total number of participants scored the minimum required number of points, and 23% answered correctly 6 questions out of 10. Also, 13.4% of the players scored 7 points in Quiz. One in ten found the correct answers to 8 Quiz questions. A record 9 and 10 points scored by more than 1300 users!



It is noteworthy that the quiz players turned out to be very curious: every second user passed the quiz 2 or more times.



In addition, IQeon Quiz Giveaway got a truly international character: users from 124 countries took part! The most active were the players from Asian countries (more than 72%). They are followed by users from the countries of Americas, Europe and Africa.



We are pleased that Quiz game sparked keen interest among erudites from all over the world, and we thank everyone for active participation!

Follow the platform news in official communities: you will have the opportunity to compete for valuable prizes again soon!

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Updating section 9 of IQeon White Paper!

Changes were made to the document section dedicated to the team of the project.

Section 9 of White Paper presents the top managers of IQeon project, who improve the gaming platform on a daily basis. An ambitious team of experts in the field of IT, financial services, web and mobile development, marketing, project management, UI/UX design is working on the creation of the ecosystem.

IQeon is a dynamically developing project uniting a large number of qualified specialists. Now you can get acquainted with the team members in the updated version of White Paper.

Stay up to date with the life of the project – follow our news on the website and in the official Telegram chat.

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CLO Alexander Paramonov: “Blockchain in games protects gameplay transparency”

We continue to introduce people who are developing and improving IQeon. We are glad to introduce Alexander Paramonov, Head of legal department (Chief Legal Officer, CLO)!

Alexander has many years of experience in the field of legal support of IT-business and banking.

Alexander has been working with IQeon project since its foundation, when the ideas of the gaming platform were just emerging and intensive work was being done in order to find investors and partners for the future project. From 2018 to the present day, Alexander Paramonov has occupied the position of IQeon Chief Legal Officer.

At IQeon, he is responsible for resolving legal issues related to the platform, including both quite familiar legal tasks and specific ones that lawyers specializing in IT, GameDev, FinTech, blockchain, investment and innovation come across.

According to Alexander, working in a project related to the global gaming industry and using advanced blockchain technology differs from working with a traditional online business. The expert is sure that in order to have sufficient qualifications in the field of legal regulation of blockchain projects, it is necessary to understand how this technology works, know its fundamentals and basic values, be able to analyze strengths and weaknesses in relation to each project. It is also worth remembering that with the implementation of blockchain, the project, in addition to new possibilities, may bring additional legal obligations and risks.

Today, for example, global crypto community is hotly debating aspects of blockchain and digital assets legal regulation, which, of course, affects the entire industry of blockchain projects.

“In recent years, regulators’s attempts to take control of the cryptocurrency industry fell under sharp criticism. Of course, legislative regulation of the most important aspects of the blockchain and crypto community life should be beneficial. However, I consider methods chosen by authorities to be excessive pressure, which, I hope, will be temporary. A vivid example is ban imposed on cooperation of banks with blockchain companies, which use digital assets and crypto in their business processes.

Blockchain community and authorities should find a comfortable balance in the relationship so that the degree of tension moderate and the technology can further expand its geography and field of application.”

Also, crypto enthusiasts discuss a violation of user privacy, while anonymity is one of the core values ​​of blockchain technology. In this regard, Alexander is convinced that the disclosure of personal data may be justified if such procedure is introduced to protect users.

“Unfortunately, the advantages of modern technology have always been used by criminals. Therefore, in those areas where confidentiality and anonymity can create convenient conditions for illegal activities, restricting anonymity can become a serious obstacle to using the functionality of blockchain projects for criminal purposes. However, such restrictions should not be applied totally, the authorities should not abuse their rights in relation to blockchain projects.

Now projects that strive to be law-abiding and conduct business transparently are already turning to the authorities to obtain appropriate permits and recommendations. This is not about the largest blockchain companies only, but also about lesser-known projects seeking to create advanced products without violating laws. IQeon is one of such projects.”

Alexander is optimistic about the further development of IQeon, because gaming industry is actively introducing new technological solutions and shows impressive growth dynamics every year.

“The world is rapidly changing, and the business is adapting to consumers' demand for innovation. Therefore, the use of blockchain in the gaming industry has become a logical decision. I believe that blockchain in games can complete very important tasks, including protecting the transparency of the game process and preservation of game achievements.

The key ideas that are embedded in IQeon platform remain unchanged – the game process should be protected from dishonest manipulations, and users should be able to monetize their in-game achievements.

Blockchain for IQeon platform is an effective tool for creating a multi-million community of users based on trust and ample opportunities for monetization.”

The next material about the IQeon team is coming soon! Follow the news on our platform and in the official communities of the project.

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IQeon sums up the results of February!

IQeon sums up the results of February. What’s important happened during the month, read below.

IQeon White Paper update

In February, IQeon team continued updating White Paper. Changes were introduced to section 9 of the document, dedicated to the project team, which is developing the gaming platform on a daily basis. In particular, there are experts in the field of IT, financial services, web and mobile development, marketing, project management, UI/UX design presented.

Summing up the results of IQeon Quiz Giveaway

The contest held in our Quiz game is over. The competition took on a large-scale nature: more than 8000 users competed for the main prize of 1000 IQN! After its completion, during an online broadcast on IQeon official YouTube channel, 10 winners were randomly selected. They have already received 100 IQN to their wallets.
IQeon team also analyzed the results of the contest and shared the most interesting facts about passing the quiz. We’ve got fascinating statistics!

Introducing our new media partner

IQeon continues to expand network of partners. This month we joined forces with information portal about blockchain gaming Crypto&Gamers! Thanks to the new partnership, we will be able to acquaint a larger number of crypto enthusiasts and game fans with IQeon PvP platform, where they can receive rewards for their gaming achievements.

Participation in AMA session

CEO Vadim Dovguchits took part in AMA session held by gaming portal Crypto&Gamers. An open online conversation in “Ask me anything” format turned out to be really interesting and informative: users asked questions not only about IQeon project, but also about the future of blockchain gaming market. At the end of the session, AMA script was published on the official Crypto&Gamers website.

IQeon Blog: talking about KYC/AML benefits

IQeon team launches a series of analytical materials where our experts will share their views on the industry, trends and development of the modern blockchain game market. In the first article Denis Gavrilenko, CISO of the company, shared his opinion on the importance of implementing KYC/AML procedures and their advantages.

Gaming PvP platform changes

• Optimization of the platform: improved storage of user data, thanks to CRUD technology; filtering transaction history by date and status; making unit tests using the full code coverage technique.
• Launching intellectual Quiz on a separate domain, as well as adding new questions.

Articles about IQeon team

We continue to introduce people who are improving gaming platform of IQeon project! In February, we introduced Web Designer Tatsiana Bova and Chief Legal Officer Alexander Paramonov.

Competition for the best player of the week

IQeon team continues to encourage the best platform players! In February, the conditions of Weekly Challenge contest have been changed: now the game of the week will be announced on Tuesdays, and the results with the announcement of the best player will be announced every Monday.
In February, users competed for 5 IQN in Sky Jump, Flippy Hero, and BlackHole Rush.
The results of the last game of February will be published on our social networks on the first Monday of March.

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Stay tuned about the most important events in the life of the project - follow the news on the website and in the official Telegram chat.

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IQeon presents the final version of White Paper!

IQeon team were updating the main document of the platform during several months. In particular, we improved the design of White Paper, introduced relevant statistics on the state of the mobile games market, added information about the team improving the gaming platform, updated project roadmap.

And now we are introducing the final version of White Paper.

So, section 1 presents an in-depth analysis of the mobile application industry and flaws of the intellectual games market. Having carefully examined them, we focused on resolving the main problems that arise in the gaming market. IQeon’s vision for overcoming is described in section 2. The next block of White Paper presents the benefits of the gaming platform for all of its participants: players, developers and holders of the digital asset.

Users can now get acquainted with the site for the matches and a suitable scenario for its use in section 4 of the document. Information about the mechanics of matches in which players can monetize their winnings is available in the sixth block of White Paper.

In sections 7-14, users can familiarize themselves with the project team and advisors, architecture of the platform, areas of IQN application and ecosystem development plan.

Following the core values ​​of the company, IQeon team is confidently moving towards its goals, developing edgy and high-quality gaming products.

Stay up to date with the life of the project – follow our news on the website and in the official Telegram chat.

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IQeon Development Update – March 5

Dear friends! We would like to present our new report on the development of IQeon platform for the period from February 3 to March 4, 2020.

General platform changes:

• The optimization of the platform performance is underway. In particular, the quality of transactions that provide the withdrawal of funds to user wallets has been improved.
• Fixing a bug that occurred when following the link to the games from social networks. Now all pages on the gaming platform are displayed correctly.
• Improvement of full-screen game mode display on different devices.
• Enhancement of the language version of the gaming platform site. Now, when switching languages, the page is displayed without errors.

Games module:

• The compilation of questions for the intellectual Quiz game is still ongoing. Questions in English will be added in the near future.

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IQeon CTO will give a speech at Career Today conference in Minsk

IQeon CTO Yuriy Navadvorski will be a speaker of Career Today IT conference in Minsk (Belarus).

His speech on the topic “Why is it useful for IT professionals to learn blockchain technology” will take place on March 14 at 12:25 UTC.

The expert will speak about the main trends and technologies of the IT sphere in 2020, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, development of cloud solutions, as well as distributed registry technology. Yuriy will pay attention to the prospects of blockchain implementation in various fields, especially in online gaming.

Also, the expert will elaborate on the point of market demand for programmers with understanding blockchain principles and necessary skills for working with this technology.

The presentation will be interesting not only for novice developers, but also to everyone who wants to get acquainted with the distributed registry technology. Video of the performance will be available on IQeon official Youtube channel.

Yuriy Navadvorski – CTO of IQeon project, an expert in the development and management of projects in the field of insurance, consulting, blockchain and electronic commerce.

Career Today is an IT conference for Middle+ specialists. The event will bring together more than 400 guests and 12 speakers who will share real cases of working in projects, discuss technologies that are in demand in 2020 and talk about key skills for working in leading IT companies.

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Disclaimer: IQeon.io employees are not representatives of organizations mentioned in this and other materials as well as in publications in other information channels. Before further interaction with the mentioned services we strongly recommend you to read Terms&Conditions.

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IQN for activity: IQeon launches a bot to charge bonuses

IQeon team keeps up encouraging the most active members of the community!
In order to reward users who support our gaming platform, we created IQN Tip Bot, which gives out in-game currency IQN for the activity shown in the official Telegram chat of the project.

How can I get bonus?

Subscribers can receive bonus IQN for answers to intellectual questions that are regularly posted in our community in the form of pictures and polls, as well as for constructive answers to questions from other users.
IQeon team analyzes the activity of the chat participants and encourages users who correctly answered questions by topping up 0.05 IQN to their IQN Tip Bot account. However, the number of rewards is limited – daily the comunity moderators will choose up to 10 actions from a total amount and reward their authors. We also draw your attention to the fact that the minimum sum available for withdrawing from IQN Tip Bot account to the user's gaming account on IQeon.com platform is 5 IQN.
One can check the balance of earned by participant IQN or withdraw assets to the platform by sending the request with corresponding command in private message to IQN Tip Bot. For ease of use, we provided buttons and language switches in chat with bot.
A new bonus program starts today! Join the project community  and remember: the higher your chat activity is, the more bonus IQN you will receive to your game account!

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CTO Yuriy Navadvorski: “We’re working with a focus on the end product”

We continue to introduce people who are developing and improving IQeon. We are glad to introduce Yuriy Navadvorski, Chief Technical Officer (CTO)!

Yuriy began programming in his teenage years. After graduating from Minsk Radioengineering College, he gained experience while working on freelance projects.
After that he occupied a programmer position in international product companies. The technical specialist has been working in such large organizations as TUT.BY, Ciklum, Mühlemann&Popp Online Media AG and others.
Among the products developed by Yuriy are plugins for e-commerce companies, sites and applications for numerous sections of the information portal, a cryptocurrency exchange, automated systems and a neural network for insurance institutions. Also, while being a programmer in one of the projects, he gained experience in developing smart contracts.
Yuriy got used to multitasking work and managed to gain skills not only of a programmer, but also of a SCRUM-master and team manager.

“Everyone should improve themselves all life long, and this is a matter of all people.
According to my trait profile, I love challenges and new areas of activity that motivate me in terms of individual and professional growth.”

Having vast experience in working with different projects, Yuriy is constantly expanding the stack of used programming languages. Today he uses PHP, JS (React / Node.js), Golang, Python, Java, Shell Script, Solidity technologies.
At IQeon, Yuriy occupies the position of Chief Technical Officer. His responsibilities include the development of concepts for new products and algorithms, a description of the application architecture, management and optimization of project team work, implementation and support of various processes within the company.

“All processes within the project should work like a charm – in a clear and well-managed way. Moreover, if I have all the levers for building these processes, then their quality is significantly improved.
In my work, it is important not only to control the development of a product regarding programs, but also to professionally perform managerial duties, because with proper management, the effectiveness of the team increases exponentially.
It is important to analyze personality profile of each team member, his interests and skills in order to use these resources in the optimal way. The greater the success of the team, the higher the economic efficiency of my work.”

Yuriy has come across the concept of blockchain at IQeon not for the first time. The main advantage of distributed registry technology, according to the expert, lies in its anonymity provision and solution of “Byzantine generals problem”, allowing network nodes to reach a consensus on the current state of the system. In other words, most participants in a distributed network must agree on the same action and perform it.

“There are no fundamental differences between the development of blockchain project products and traditional software. Blockchain is an additional system with which you interact through certain interfaces.
Of course, there are some peculiarities. The programmer needs to know a special algorithm for coding smart contracts, as well as the basics of cryptography. However, our team has not yet faced unsolvable problems. The only thing that matters is focus on results and the end product.”

The following material about IQeon team very soon! Check out our news on the platform and in official community on Facebook.

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IQeon representative spoke about the prospects for blockchain appliance
On March 14, despite the general threat of coronavirus, Career Today conference, dedicated to the professional growth of IT specialists, took place in Minsk. Although the closure of borders in European countries prevented the presence of some speakers and participants, the conference nonetheless attracted more than 200 guests: developers, QA engineers, business executives, marketing specialists and representatives of other areas who are looking for opportunities to build a successful career in promising industry.

At the invitation of the organizers, Yuriy Navadvorski, CTO of IQeon project, delivered his speech at Career Today conference. He told about the possibilities of using blockchain technology in various fields from banking sector and gamedev to copyright and even electronic voting.

“In many areas where the usage of blockchain is possible, there are tools that successfully replace it at the moment. To implement this technology in electronic voting, land registry or copyright, state regulation is essential. Here we need a legislative base that would regulate the usage of distributed registry technology and give legal force to, for example, copyright objects that are entered into blockchain. Unless there is government support, it is less possible to significantly expand the application of this technology, ” – Yuriy explained to the audience.

Hot discussion erupted when discussing the benefits of blockchain over other tools. The conference audience was also interested in how widely distributed registry technology is used in Asian market.

Moreover, speakers discussed the key skills necessary for a technical specialist to achieve success in work, the technologies that are in demand in 2020, and growth strategies for developers who want to promote from the Middle to Senior level. Experts also came up with arguments in favor of what programmers should choose: work in the office or remote one, own startup or position in a company, and also talked about life hacks that will help specialists to resist professional burnout.

Guests could personally communicate with IT professionals, learn from the experience of qualified specialists, find out what difficulties they faced on their way and boost their motivation to reach new heights.

The video of Yuriy Navadvorski’s speech will be available on IQeon official Youtube channel very soon. Join our community in social networks, as well as in Telegram, to stay up to date with the latest project news!
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CFO Vitali Bibik: “Multitasking is a middle name of financial officer”

We continue to introduce people who are developing and improving IQeon. We are glad to introduce Vitali Bibik, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)!

Vitali has extensive marketing experience. He gained managerial skills while working on an executive position at the largest Belarusian dealer of building and finishing materials. During the work, he was involved in the preparation of a business plan for the company, distribution and control of a financial flow, while constantly studying new areas. Vitali is sure that such an all-round development helps to improve himself as an individual and a professional and successfully solve all the tasks.

Vitali joined IQeon in 2017, when the ideas of the gaming platform were just emerging. At the company CFO is involved in the formation and strategic planning of financial policies, ensurance of economic security of the project and efficient use of company resources, and controls the financial flows of the business.

“As my practice shows, operational decision making plays a very important role in improving the quality of the business. It’s important not only to find an ultimate solution for the current situation, but also to quickly conduct in-depth analysis in order to lay the groundwork for the future.”

According to Vitali, blockchain direction of the gaming platform imposes certain features on the work of the financial director, because the market for games that use distributed registry technology is quite specific. At the same time, mobile gaming industry is developing very actively, therefore CFO must constantly monitor trends and innovations in its niche in order to stay one step ahead.

“A business in the field of blockchain projects, in my opinion, is just starting to develop, but not all startups understand how to establish effective work in this area. A vivid proof lies in the fact that more than 1000 projects were closed within a year after ICO.

The environment of blockchain projects is constantly transforming. To remain effective in the current circumstances, it is necessary to be a true strategist who helps realize the potential of the company and can lead it to long-term success.”

Vitali often presents IQeon project at international conferences, where representatives of the blockchain industry get acquainted with each other and negotiate further cooperation. The presence of a financial director at such meetings allows to immediately build streamlined work schemes in terms of jurisdiction and financial deals.

“For a CFO, working in a multitasking mode is very important. In a way, multitasking is a middle name for a financial director. In order to competently and clearly do work, an expert, in addition to high competence in the financial, economic and accounting fields, often should have basic knowledge in the legal, managerial and psychological areas. It is very important to be purposeful, to have flexible thinking and good intuition.”

Despite the fact that the technology of distributed registry appeared relatively recently, the expert is optimistic about its further development.

“In my opinion, in the coming years, blockchain will continue to develop and increase its technological effectiveness and popularity among ordinary users. IQeon team, for its part, will continue to respond promptly to all market changes and remain flexible in deciding on the further development of the project.”

The following material about IQeon team is coming very soon! Check out our news on the platform and in official community on Facebook.

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IQeon sums up the results of March!

IQeon sums up the results of March. What’s important happened during the month, read below.

Final update of White Paper

IQeon team made the final changes to White Paper. In the current version of the document, users can familiarize themselves with an in-depth analysis of the mobile app industry and the problems of the intellectual games market. The document also provides information on the advantages of the gaming platform for all its participants and the mechanics of matches in which user can monetize his achievements. Learn more about the project team, platform architecture, areas of IQN application, as well as ecosystem development plans, you can in  the updated version of White Paper.

Bonus launch for active community users

To reward users who support the gaming platform, we created IQN Tip Bot, which tips bonus IQN for the activity shown in the official Telegram chat of the project. Subscribers can receive a bonus for answers to intellectual questions that we regularly publish in chats in the form of posters and polls, as well as for constructive advice to other users. IQeon team analyzes and rewards the activity of chat participants, crediting 0.05 IQN to their account in IQN Tip Bot.

Introducing a new partner

In March, IQeon entered into a partnership with a German developer of customer identification solutions Fractal. The partnership will help to effectively implement KYC/AML procedures to prevent illegal manipulations carried by unscrupulous users, and the use of Fractal ID technology will ensure compliance with international legal standards, while at the same time making it easier for users to verify their identity.

Participation in Career Today conference

On March 14, Yuriy Navadvorski, CTO of the company, became a speaker at Career Today conference in Minsk. The expert delivered a speech on the topic  “Why is it useful for IT professionals to learn blockchain technology”. He spoke about the main trends and technologies of the IT sphere in 2020, the possibilities of using blockchain in various fields, especially in online gaming, and also answered audience questions about the demand for programmers with an understanding of blockchain principles and the necessary knowledge to work with distributed registry technology.

Gaming PvP platform changes:

• Continuation of work on optimizing the platform;
• Advancement of transactions quality;
• Improvements in the language versions of the platform;
• Changes in displaying of full-screen mode in games;
• Compilation of new questions for the intellectual Quiz game in English.

IQeon blog: talking about the benefits of Ethereum blockchain

We published March issue of the analytical blog, in which IQeon experts talked about the advantages of Ethereum blockchain for gaming platforms, including its convenience, flexibility, security and constant development of a distributed registry.

Articles about IQeon team

We continue to introduce people who are improving gaming platform of IQeon project! In March, we introduced Yuriy Navadvorski, IQeon CTO and Vitali Bibik, CFO of the project.

Competition for the best player of the week

IQeon team continues to encourage the best platform players! In March, users competed for 5 IQN in Bighead Run Run, Temple Escape, Survival Shooter, Spin Breakout, and Curvy Path games.

The results of the last game of March will be published on our social media on the first Monday of April.

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The project team wishes everyone good health and optimism during this difficult time. Stay with us and develop your intelligence with IQeon!

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IQeon Development Update – April 2

Dear friends! We would like to present our new report on the development of IQeon platform for the period from March 5 to April 1, 2020.

General platform changes:

• Work on the improvement of the platform’s performance is underway. In particular, the download speed of games has been optimized;
• The reliability of data storage on the platform has been improved;
• The work of IQN Tip Bot in the official Telegram communities of the project has been optimized;
• The bug with incorrect display of links to the platform games on social media has been fixed. Now when adding links to the game on Facebook and Vkontakte snippets are displayed correctly;
• The bug that occurred when registering a new user has been eliminated. As a result, the process of creating a personal account on the platform occurs without failures;
• The bug, emerging when adding the link to social media of a user to a personal account on the platform has been fixed. Thanks to that, the process of completing a personal account comes in a proper way.

 
Games module:

• An English version of Quiz game has been added to the platform. Now the intellectual quiz is available in two languages: English and Russian.

Stay up-to-date with all the project events – follow the news on our website and in the official Telegram-chat.

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IQeon launches intellectual contest – IQeon Marathon!

Friends, we are launching intellectual contest IQeon Marathon with a prize fund of 900 IQN!

Every day, from April 6 to May 4, interesting logic questions, trickish mathematical problems and puzzles are waiting for participants of the intellectual race in the official IQeon communities.  We invite everyone to check their erudition!

How to participate:

1. Every day answer questions published in the communities

IQeon Marathon will be held in 4 stages, with each lasting for a week. The first stage of intellectual marathon will take place in Telegram, in the second stage participants will compete for a prize in Facebook and Vkontakte simultaneously, then intellectual race will move on in Instagram, and the final straight will be crossed by marathoners in Twitter.

Questions will be published in IQeon communities on a daily basis. Participants have 24 hours after publication to write an answer in comments. Thus, only the most active ones could participate in top award draw – 900 IQN!

2. Be subscribed to official IQeon communities

Subscribe to the official IQeon communities on Telegram, Vkontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram to follow up on new questions and not miss a single day of the marathon.

3. Register on IQeon.com platform and complete your profile

To participate in the draw, marathon runners must complete their personal profile on IQeon.com gaming platform. In particular, add links to your social networks in your account. Above all, this is necessary to thoroughly check the results of the marathon and determine the winners. We want to make sure that the account belongs to you and no one else.

You can complete the profile in the settings that become available after you hover over the username in the top panel on IQeon.com platform. In the window that appears, you can add a link to your page on a social network and click “Submit”.

Winners determination

Upon the contest completing, on May 5, we will sum up the results of IQeon Marathon and choose 50 winners!

Remember, that only the most resilient and active participants can become winners. So, here we mean marathoners who have passed at least one out of 7-day distances and correctly answered all questions of the stage.  

Those who stay with us during 7 marathon days, will receive 5 prize IQN to gaming account. Those, who go through the second and the third stages, will get even more – 10 и 20 IQN respectively. And the largest prize of 50 IQN will be caught by those who daily give the right answers during 28 days!
* In case the number of participants claiming victory is greater than the above mentioned, ten winners will be randomly selected in each category.

Get ready, marathon runners! Join IQeon communities, answer intellectual questions and win desired prizes!

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IQeon introduces a new partner – Flipside Crypto! The company studies the cryptocurrency market and provides a fundamental business analysis of blockchain projects.

The technology used by Flipside Crypto team automatically integrates with any blockchain, quickly and efficiently analyzes it, and standardizes the received data. After that, the engineers, programmers and analysts of the team examine the information and assign the project FCAS rating based on the activity of the developers, user involvement and market factors such as digital assets’ risks and liquidity.

The main part of IQeon repositories is currently private. All code updates and improvements introduced to the gaming platform are covered in development reports and other news that we regularly publish on our official website and social media.

To objectively evaluate the improvements made to our product, Flipside Crypto analytics team integrated with IQeon repositories and gained access to detailed statistics. In turn, we got access to the metrics based on the collected data via special control panel. It will help our team to choose the right direction for the development of the project based on the analysis of the acquired metrics.

Also, thanks to the data provided to Flipside Crypto, IQN digital asset has received FCAS rating, which is publicly available on CoinMarketCap website. We are looking forward for fruitful cooperation and a qualitative increase in FCAS rating for IQN in future thanks to the opportunities provided by Flipside Crypto.

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Flipside Crypto is a unique service that provides accurate and up-to-date business analysis of cryptocurrency projects. The company was founded in 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Disclaimer: IQeon.io employees are not representatives of organizations mentioned in this and other materials as well as in publications in other information channels. Before further interaction with the mentioned services we strongly recommend you to read Terms&Conditions.

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Why are blockchain projects successful in the Asian market?

Technologies are one of the main driving forces of globalization, and blockchain is almost the most discussed know-how of the last decade. For many, a “distributed registry” is not just buzzwords, but the future of the real estate, copyright, the Internet of things industries, and many other areas. Cryptocurrencies, often associated with the blockchain, radically change the financial sector and easily cross borders, unlike traditional currencies. However, borders still have a huge impact, and doing business in a particular country is interwoven with its technical, legal and cultural characteristics.

Many analysts predict the success of blockchain projects that enter the Asian market. IQeon figured out what such forecasts are based on.

• Authorities of Asian countries are really interested in technology

Onchain Custodian CEO Alexandre Kech once said: “Asia loves blockchain because this technology is considered as a unique way to solve the problems of financial affordability and cross-border money transfers. Countries using this technology can make a significant step forward, which means achieving success much faster than many developed countries that do not use blockchain.”

And that is true. China, for example, is actively competing for leadership in implementing blockchain initiatives. Chinese President Xi Jinping made a statement that blockchain should become a key innovative technology, and the government will strongly support its development and integration into the real economy. In addition, a large number of mining farms and some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges are based in China.

• Chinese banks take progressive steps regarding blockchain technology

The scale of China’s actions in the application of blockchain is huge today. In December 2020, one of the largest commercial banks in China – Bank of China issued blockchain bonds worthing $2.8 billion with an interest rate of 3.25% per annum. The proceeds will be used to support small and medium-sized businesses. Entrepreneurs will be able to take out loans at lower rates, since the blockchain system allows bank to reduce the cost of issuing and circulating debt instruments.
In addition, the Central Bank of China is pursuing an initiative to introduce a digital national currency – the renminbi. The authorities are already preparing a package of regulating documents that will become the legal basis for launching the digital renminbi.

• Innovation is more than welcomed by the state and regulators at the legislative level

Asian markets were among the first to take active steps in recognizing and regulating cryptocurrencies at the legislative level. The laws of Singapore and Japan that regulate cryptocurrencies are still far from ideal, but remain more or less balanced and favorable for companies operating in the field of virtual assets. Thus, Monetary Authority of Singapore has developed a separate regulatory “sandbox”, which allows financial institutions to experiment with the use of cryptocurrency in the real sector. Depending on the project, the regulator may provide support by weakening regulatory requirements on the individual base.

China has become the most stringent regulator in the Asian market compared to its neighbors. In 2017, the government approved a ban on activities with cryptocurrency attracted through crowdfunding. Projects that violate these rules are criminally liable.
But taking this into account, the Chinese market has not ceased to be one of the largest for the circulation and mining of cryptocurrencies. Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen are the cities where the most popular projects and exchanges are registered. Such giants as Huobi, Bitmain, MakerDao, ImToken and other large blockchain-related companies are based there.

• People willingly support new technologies

Asian countries have noted the strategic potential of the blockchain and its branches, including cryptocurrencies. This applies not only to large companies, but also to the general population. Chinese citizens, for example, are very progressive and willingly take advantage of new technology. Therefore, the Asian community is the main moving force of the cryptocurrency market.

The Asian market is a new America for startups. While people are only adopting a blockchain strategy in the West, in the East they are already actively using it. But introducing a distributed registry in the Asian market is more about the social benefits of decentralization, not financial. Therefore, the strategy for promoting the blockchain project in the markets of China, Japan, Singapore and Korea should be carefully thought out and their  cultural characteristics should be taken into account.

Experts believe that blockchain technology has broad prospects for development in the Eastern market, in particular in public administration and finance, as well as for solving problems associated with improving the level and quality of life of the population. And the level of interest and blockchain literacy of the population will only increase.

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Management: methodologies and tools that are important while developing an IT project

In the entire history of IT sphere, a huge number of projects have been successfully rolled out on the market. But the implementation of even the most challenging idea supposes the coordinated work of a large number of people and a well-developed project management system.
But all projects are different, and it is difficult to find a universal system that would suit any leader and all team members. In this regard, many effective approaches and techniques for managing an IT project have been developed. We will talk about the most popular of them.

Classic method

The most proven way to establish project management is to divide the process of tasks fulfillment into several stages following each other: initiation, planning, development, testing, monitoring and completion of the project. This approach recalls a strategic game where you need to complete the previous level before proceeding to the next one..
And although some experts believe that the classical approach is out-of-date, it is still very effective: its biggest advantage is that it helps all project participants to define a clear goal at the initial planning stage. This ensures the stability of the team and streamlines the implementation of the project.

Agile

Perhaps the most popular project management method. In one word, Agile is a general approach to development, and its essence is that people and interaction are always more important than processes and tools, and the product is more important than documentation. According to Agile methodology, you shouldn’t focus on pre-prepared plans. It is crucial to focus on constantly changing conditions within the project workflow and beyond it, as well as on feedback from users. This, first of all, allows developers to embody different ideas and look for new problem solutions keeping their options open.

Kanban

Kanban methodology is a separate Agile framework. Its main goal is to balance the work of specialists and evenly distribute the task load within the team.
There is no obvious sprints – short periods from a week to a month to complete tasks with a designated deadline. Instead, the project development process is divided into specific tasks: “Planning”, “Development”, “Testing”, “Task completion”, etc. After finishing the task it is analyzed for effectiveness: if the task quickly went through all the stages, the team worked productively, if visa versa, managers should identify the cause of the delay and the specialist whose work must be optimized.

Scrum

According to Scrum methodology, two specific specialists join the team working on the product: its direct owner and Scrum Master. The first acts as a kind of converging point between the team and the customer. And the Scrum Master helps in organizing the business process: carries out team meetings, motivates employees and sets the tone for work.
The workflow within this approach is divided into sprints. At the beginning of each sprint, managers give urgent tasks and discuss ways for solving them, and at the end, the results should be obligatory discussed.

PRINCE2

The method with the most strict distribution of roles and a clear team structure. This approach is suitable for large projects with a vast number of employees. Here a separate project management team is created, which consists of a project manager, a committee that controls all stages of the management process, and a team manager. Of course, such a clear distribution of responsibilities definitely reduces the need for frequent team meetings, however, each manager chooses the most convenient methodology for running his department, which can lead to inefficient tasks fulfillment or delay.

PMBoK

PMBoK standard stands for “Project Management Body Of Knowledge”. Many people mistakenly consider PMBoK a separate methodology, while this is a guide that describes universal approaches to organization and project management concepts. It supposes that the company itself must develop a convenient methodology in accordance with PMBoK instructions.

Project management is highly significant in remote mode. Absolutely any of the above mentioned methodologies is applicable to the remote work. However, working with SCRUM with a fixed set of sprints is considered to be the most effective one. According to this model, the team is effectively working on assigned tasks under the condition of daily communication, collective calls and recording the process of task fulfillment on the task board.

One way or another, there is no universal solution in project management for everyone. In any situation, you can find a method that is ideal for a particular organization. It remains only to establish the structure and not to forget about the main goal of the project.