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Frequently asked question: how to withdraw IQN from the platform?

We continue to answer frequently asked questions from our users. Today we will tell you how to withdraw funds from the gaming platform IQeon.com.

How do I withdraw IQN from the gaming platform?

Before we explain how to withdraw funds from the PvP gaming platform, we would like to remind you that there are two types of IQN – bonus and digital assets.

Users can receive bonus IQN by participating in the contests held by IQeon team, for their activity in the official Telegram chats of the project, for becoming the winner in Weekly Challenge and completing tasks in a separate section on IQeon.com.

However, before withdrawing bonus IQN, you need to win them in matches with opponents. In case of victory, the player's bonuses are transferred to a digital asset, which can later be withdrawn to a personal crypto wallet.

To make a withdrawal, log in to the IQeon.com platform and go to the "Balance" tab in your personal account. In the pop-up window, enter the amount you want to withdraw – at least 2 IQN. Copy the address of the wallet which should receive the funds and paste it into the required field. After confirming the transaction, digital assets will be credited to your personal wallet.

Detailed guidance on how to withdraw funds is available in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMAP_t5nEf4

Stay with us and follow the news in the IQeon official Telegram community – there are many answers to interesting questions ahead!

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What should you do if your cryptocurrency has been stolen?

The team of the Atlas VPN analytical service conducted a study and found out how much cryptocurrency has been stolen since 2012. Over the past 8 years, hackers have grabbed $13.6 billion from exchanges, personal wallets and decentralized applications!

To protect your savings, experts advise using only reliable storages, avoid entering personal data on suspicious websites and being extremely careful when conducting transactions. However, there are still cases when these rules don’t ensure you from hacking.

Today we will tell you what to do if the scammers still get to your savings.

How do cybercriminals steal cryptocurrency?

It is important to understand that digital assets don’t have a physical form, so it is impossible to steal them in the usual sense. This is only possible when thieves gain access to private keys, which are often weakly encrypted.

So, the most common situation is the crypto theft from online wallets. Some of their developers are more focused on simplicity and usability than security. Therefore, if there are vulnerabilities in the system, your money can easily fall prey for thieves.

In addition, scammers can find a loophole in bitcoin exchanges. Often these services request access to private keys to improve the speed and convenience of operations. If they are hacked, all confidential data – and therefore your bitcoins – immediately go to the attackers. Therefore, it is important to choose exchangers that have been presented on the market for a long time and have a lot of positive customer reviews.

Analysts say that there are still reckless cryptocurrency owners who become victims of social phishing: they receive an email with a link to a website where they need to enter personal data. By going to a fake portal, they literally give their money to the fraudsters themselves.

Due to the trend for a mobile traffic increase, it is worth mentioning that today the danger of theft is more often awaiting crypto owners in instant messengers. Hackers create various kinds of chats and bots, ostensibly "for the convenience of conducting financial transactions." But no matter how good and attractive it sounds, it is better to avoid operations running with the help of such tools without an urgent need.

There are more and more cases when attackers steal money from crypto wallets. Users often rely on the happy-go-lucky attitude or antivirus on the computer. However, scammers act in more and more sophisticated ways: they steal through unprotected Wi-Fi networks, conduct fake ICO, pump and dump altcoins’ prices, infect the PC of cryptocurrency holders with viruses, wiretap telephone conversations and hack social media to find a password, steal flashcards and notes with a private key...

Another common way to steal crypto assets is the well-known financial pyramids. Gullible crypto investors often fall for the "perspective" of investing in a dummy project. Behind the bombastic speeches that every investor is guaranteed to get rich in a matter of months, there are ordinary thieves-manipulators.

If you are persuaded to invest in a project that has neither a large community, nor publicly available information, nor developed products, this is a  main sign of a financial pyramid. As soon as the influx of users stops, the project will disappear, and your funds won’t be returned.

In 2019-2020, hacker attacks were the most popular method of illegal withdrawal of funds. It is difficult to predict what will happen in 2021.

What to do if you fell victim to cryptocurrency theft?

Step 1. Don't waste time!

The more you panic and lament the theft, the more benefits you give to the scammers.

When your wallet or exchange account has been hacked, you need to immediately transfer bitcoins and other digital assets to cold storage.

We recommend downloading an offline program in advance or purchasing a hardware flashcard so that in case of a cyber threat, you don't waste time creating a reliable wallet. Some members of the crypto community who don’t want to transfer their funds use the service of digital asset mixers.

Cryptocurrency mixer is a tool that provides anonymity when working with virtual money. One needs to send assets to the mixer address which is unique for each user. Coins  are mixed with transactions of other users and distributed among hundreds of wallets within the program. So, the owner of the cryptocurrency gets back "clean" coins, and the manipulations that he made only double back scammers who are trying to track assets.

If your funds are stored on a hacked exchange, contact the support service as soon as possible so that the trading platform staff can freeze your account.

The faster you react to an attack and the more thoughtful the methods you use, the higher the chances to protect the accumulated funds.

Step 2. Record the information

The victim needs to fix all available information about the attacker while the trail is still hot: take screenshots of the website, chat conversation, save any data voiced during the dialogue with the thief, and other details. This information can be very helpful in finding the fraudster.

Step 3. Identify the thief

To demand the return of funds from fraudsters, you should first try to find out who they are and how they acted. Here comes one of the digital assets advantages – the ability to track the way of coins.

For example, if a cryptocurrency was stolen through an exchange, then it will be much easier to determine the owner of the account and wallet. Some trading platforms work with KYC, or the “Know Your Customer” tool. Passing the KYC procedure requires identification. Therefore, in theory, you can file a lawsuit so that the exchange will be forced to disclose the identity of the attacker, and the court would oblige him to return your bitcoins.

However, even if money wasn't stolen from an exchange account, you can still track the movement of funds. The simplest solution is provided by blockchain explorers. With the help of simple manipulations, you can get information about previously committed transactions with a specific bitcoin address, its current balance, amounts passed through it and addresses of incoming and outgoing transactions. Block Explorer website is one of the most well-known services.

You can also try the Crystal solution developed by one of the largest providers of blockchain tools in the world – Bitfury Group. The program analyzes information in the bitcoin blockchain, focusing on the specified addresses and transactions, and also collects data related to the request on specific forums and websites.

Crystal shows the movement of funds up to the withdrawal of cryptocurrency to fiat! Thanks to the operation clustering algorithm, the chance of finding the final assets owner increases to 98%.

Step 4. Get help

There are companies that specialize in investigating cryptocurrency theft and finding missing coins. For example, Chainalysis, which performs complex analysis of data and public keys. The company has worked together with the US Federal Tax Service and Europol for 5 years, helping law enforcement agencies and crypto exchanges in different countries.

Of course, you will have to pay a good deal of money to track down stolen assets, but with serious analytical tools, you can get close to the thief within a short period of time...

Step 5. Team up with other victims

This step is optional since the attack can be targeted. However, by teaming up with other victims who have suffered theft, solving the problem could be much more effective. Mass requests to regulatory entities will have greater impact.

Step 6. File a suit

The best thing to do when you find out a theft is going to court. But it is worth remembering that the situation with virtual money is ambiguous. While in the US there are no problems with the definition of bitcoins as property, in other countries authorities are just beginning to work on assigning a legal status to cryptocurrency.

Find out about the digital assets status in your jurisdiction to see if it is possible to file a claim against a fraudster. Moreover, you can consult a trusted and specialized blockchain lawyer with criminal and civil practice. It is also worth joining forces with cybersecurity specialists, experts in cryptography, who can help to formalize your claims, taking into account the specifics of the situation.

How to protect yourself from cryptocurrency hacks?

Now you know how to recover stolen cryptocurrency. But how can you protect yourself from possible cyber attacks on your money? Sharing tips.

Split your funds

Many experts strongly recommend storing cryptocurrency in multiple hot and cold wallets. A hot storage will be a great option for everyday use and keeping a small amount of money. But the vast majority of savings should be kept in a cold wallet that is not connected to the network.

Ledger or Trezor hardware wallets are considered to be the best tools on the market. The world-recognized security of these storages will keep bitcoins and altcoins completely safe.

To find out the full list of the most reliable tools, we suggest you to read our article "The best Ethereum wallets for safe digital assets storage."

Be more selective in your choice

Always do mini-research when choosing a token sale, a wallet for saving assets, an exchange, a news resource, a program, and in general – everything.

The right choice of a trading platform where active users of cryptocurrency not only conduct transactions, but also often store large amounts of money plays a huge role.

Before registering, pay attention to the reputation of the exchange and the period of its operation, as well as its rate on CoinMarketCap. In addition, always carefully read the terms of service to know what law applies to resolve disputes, what protection methods are used during attacks, and whether the exchange returns lost money.

Pay attention to the insurance methods used by the trading platform – this is one of the guarantees that your assets won’t go anywhere in case of fraudulent activity.

Coinbase is a good example of how an exchange insures itself and users against risk. The platform documents clearly state that the cryptocurrencies of holders from the United States and the European Union countries are insured. Therefore, in the event of physical intervention by hackers or unscrupulous exchange employees, the insurance will cover all losses of residents of these countries.

In order to avoid force majeure, carefully study all the documents of the trading platform on which you store bitcoins and altcoins. Informed is forearmed.

Insure your assets

You can make yourself safe by contacting foreign insurance companies that protect cryptocurrency in various ways. Among them are AXA XL, Chubb, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and others. Thanks to crypto insurance, there is a chance to cover losses in the event of theft or trading platform bankruptcy, but it is worthwhile to thoroughly study the conditions of insurance of a particular company, because not every crypto holder can afford it.

Use proven security systems

To conduct business with cryptocurrencies, it is advisable to use a separate, reliably protected computer. Install antivirus, use a personal firewall and a high-quality VPN to work on the network.

Keep up to date

As they say, if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of your arm. In order not to fall into the trap of fraudsters, constantly monitor not only the market situation, but also the methods used by thieves – every year they become more savvy, persistent and cunning. Studying trends will help you be prepared for any kind of attack.
Conclusion

With the growing popularity of digital assets, the volume of cybercrime is also increasing: the annual growth in fraudulent activity is 153%, and the damage from their attacks reaches 3 billion USD!

You can protect yourself from hacker attacks and large loss of funds by being more careful about the choice of cryptocurrency platforms, choosing more complex passwords for digital wallets, using cold storage for long-term savings and constantly monitoring what methods attackers invent to steal your money...

Stay alert!


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

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IQN has been listed on HitBTC exchange!

IQN digital asset listing on one of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges HitBTC!

On December 14, IQN became available for exchange on one of the most highly liquid platforms – HitBTC. It is also known for a wide range of exchange pairs  – at the moment there are more than 850.

Pooling efforts together with the HitBTC trading platform will open up additional opportunities for IQN holders. They will be able to conduct transactions on the HitBTC website in pairs with the most demanded assets:

• BTC
• ETH
• USDT.

The HitBTC platform was launched in 2013 and it has time-proven reliability and security. The exchange offers a wide range of tools, including spot and margin trading, sub-accounts option, API access control and many fine-tune settings for comfortable trading activity.

Ensuring the smooth operation of the trading terminal, HitBTC also pays great attention not only to the security of the user's personal account but also to the platform itself. In order to successfully manage that, the team implements complex cryptography schemes and strict standards for the operations.

We remind you that, in addition to HitBTC, you can carry out exchange operations with IQN on the EXMO, BitForex, and Exrates exchanges.

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

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IQeon SEO specialist – about what helps the website to get on top of search results

We continue to acquaint you with people who are developing and improving IQeon. We are glad to introduce Hleb Taptunou, our SEO specialist!

Hleb has been engaged in SEO optimization over the last four years. During this time, his portfolio replenished with a lot of local and foreign promotion projects – from online stores to information portals. However, the specialist is not complacent: every year he upgrades his skills by attending conferences for webmasters from Yandex and BrightonSEO projects, taking part in webinars and author's online SEO courses.

Hleb joined IQeon project about a year ago. Here he is involved in external and internal optimization of websites, increasing their positions in the list of pages found by search engines for specific user requests.

According to Hleb, SEO is the most changing area in digital marketing. However, this is exactly the tool that helps the user choose the website according to the search results, without forcing someone’s opinion.

“SEO promotion covers a huge number of marketing areas. In addition to product optimization, you have to work with web analytics tools to find the relationship between user behavior and search results.

However, SEO is not only about statistics, but also about creativity. There are strict recommendations for website promotion from Yandex and Google, which should be followed unfailingly. But to succeed in this, you need to experiment and invent something of your own. Moreover, this is also true of each specific web product because the conditions for their promotion are always unique."

Hleb also gained the experience of creating and developing his own website, where the specialist, by trial and error, deduced the ideal SEO optimization formula. Finally, he came to the conclusion that it is important to strike a balance between the recommendations of the search engines and what you do yourself.

“Search terms can change every month. Analytics shows only 30% of requests and the rest may not even come in sight to the SEO specialist. That’s why it is impossible to create a universal algorithm that allows to bring any website to the top. Development and implementation of SEO strategy is a step-by-step process that requires knowledge of various software and a thorough audit."

According to Hleb, it is extremely important for SEO specialists to understand how the search system works and what people like. Today, a huge number of purchased links in the text won’t help it to compete with other articles. To show up on the first pages in the search results, the content should match the search intent or, in other words, the user's needs.

“Modern search engines use more complex algorithms. For example, Yandex has implemented the neural network architecture Yet Another Transformer with Improvements, thanks to which the search engine has learned better to assess semantic relationship between user requests and the content.

Today, search engines are so advanced that they show personalized results based on user preferences. And this applies not only to Google and Yandex, but also to YouTube, marketplaces and app stores. It’s no longer possible to deceive the system. And only useful content will get to the top”.

To make website optimization as effective as possible, the specialist needs to conduct an in-depth SEO audit, which includes over 300 different aspects. Among them are commercial and behavioral factors of website ranking, analysis of the structure and content of competitors' resources, mobile SEO, technical optimization, analysis of all types of content, its indexing and much more. Therefore, it is crucial to be able to work with a large amount of data and perform a lot of routine work. Among other things, the specialist has to weed out valuable information from hype and flackery.

“New SEO algorithms are introduced every 3-6 months, and it becomes more difficult to cover everything. That is why ever more specialists are paying attention to comprehensive promotion instead of adjusting content to the rules of search engines. In our work, it is worth not following trends, but “filter” useless pieces of advice and promotion techniques from what is really needed.

For example, today there is a huge number of tips on how to promote a blockchain project. Some of them are just blatant hype. In reality, there is no such thing as “promoting a blockchain project”. The products of this industry are optimized according to the Google E-A-T (Expertise, Authority and Trust) algorithm, which is very simple: to be successful in this industry, you need to promote qualitative content, backed up by reliable facts and expert opinion.”

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

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Our iconic Weekly Challenge contest is over!

Weekly Challenge contest is over! Hurry up to take part in the latest weekly draw of bonus IQN!

Weekly Challenge has become a hallmark of IQeon project. In total, more than 80 weekly competitions have been held since the launch of the gaming platform! And during this time, every single user became a contest participant. But now it's time to move on...

Friends, Weekly Challenge is at its finish line! Thanks to everyone who competed for the title of the best platform player for almost two years. It was a true joy for IQeon team to watch your dedication and enthusiasm!

However, you can still take part in the iconic IQeon contest! The last game will be announced in the official project communities tomorrow. Don't miss your chance to gain the title of the best platform player and get 5 IQN to your gaming account.

We remind you that you can get even more bonus assets for completing tasks in “My IQN” section. Go through the training or complete a profile on IQeon.com. The more tasks completed, the higher the reward!

We are sure that 2021 will bring new exciting activities where everyone can compete for bonus IQN! Follow the news on IQeon.io website and in the official Telegram chat to be the first to know what we’ve prepared for the upcoming new year!

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The Christmas prize draw is over! Summing up Crypto Santa results

Friends, the Christmas contest Crypto Santa is over and we’re happy to announce the results!

We remind you that only those participants who completed the competition tasks on the GiveLab website from November 25 to December 23, 2020, could compete for 510 IQN and the limited collectible asset Founders Badge from our partner – the gaming portal eGamers.

Thanks to everyone for the active participation! Crypto Santa contest created a kind of buzz and became an interesting challenge for over 6,000 users. And now is the time to introduce the winners! So, here they are:

• Ruben Velez
• CryptoAlo
• Viacheslav R.
• Delwar H.
• Júlio Werner M.
• Chuks Amadi
• marcelo d.
• Zahed
• Nham Dieu huong
• Tiago Lopes

Congratulations! 50 prize IQN will be credited to the winners’ gaming accounts on IQeon.com by December 31, 2020.

Moreover, five contestants will receive limited Founders Badge assets to their crypto wallets during the week. They will give access to a private group of crypto game enthusiasts and unique opportunities to get in-game discounts, artifacts and participate in closed draws launched by the eGamers portal.

The lucky owners of Founders Badge assets are:

• Daviro A.
• Bui Vy lam
• Phabell D
• Phung Thanh tu
• otwori_robert

In addition, 100 contestants who were among the first to complete IQeon special task and fill in the ID of the match played in the Crypto Santa contest card (My IQN / Affiliate) will receive 0.1 IQN to the game account! Prize assets will be credited today!

Don't forget to subscribe to the official IQeon community to stay tuned – there are many more exciting contests ahead!

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IQeon is summing up the results of December!

IQeon sums up the results of December. What important happened during the month, read below.

IQN listing on HitBTC

On December 14, IQN became available for exchange on one of the most highly liquid and progressive trading platforms – HitBTC. Thus, listing on the exchange opened additional opportunities for IQN holders. Now, besides EXMO, BitForex and Exrates platforms, users can conduct exchange operations in pairs with BTC, ETH and USDT on the HitBTC website.

The trading platform offers a wide range of tools, including spot and margin trading, sub-accounts option, API access control and many fine-tune settings for comfortable trading activity.

Completion of Weekly Challenge contest

Weekly Challenge, which has become a hallmark of IQeon project, is over. Since the launch of the gaming platform, more than 80 weekly competitions have been held, in which every user of IQeon.com took part.

The new exciting activities, where everyone can compete for IQN, will be presented in the new year 2021. But for now, you can get additional bonus assets for completing the rewarding tasks under “My IQN” tab.

Crypto Santa contest results

IQeon together with partners – eGamers, CryptoGamingPool, TheCoinRepublic and CastleCrypto portals – gave away 510 IQN and 5 collectible Founders Badge assets.

Crypto Santa contest created a buzz and became an interesting challenge for over 6,000 users. However, only 10 lucky ones received the coveted 50 IQN. Five more contestants became the owners of limited Founders Badge assets, which opened them access to a private group of crypto game enthusiasts and gave them unique opportunities to receive in-game discounts, artifacts and participate in closed draws from eGamers.

In addition, 100 users who were among the first to complete a special task from IQeon and filled in the ID of the match in the Crypto Santa contest card received 0.1 IQN to the game account.

PvP gaming platform changes:

• the registration form on the platform was improved;
• the speed of loading pages on IQeon.com website and the display of operations carried out on the platform have been optimized;
• a new task was added to the reward system;
• the status of the KYC procedure was fixed;
• the language versions of the website and design of some blocks were improved;
• the bugs were eliminated.

Articles about IQeon team

We continue to acquaint IQeon community with people who are improving the project's gaming platform! In December, we introduced Hleb Taptunou, our SEO specialist.

What should you do if your cryptocurrency is stolen?

With more and more clever tricks of scammers, it is becoming increasingly difficult for crypto enthusiasts to safeguard their digital assets. In the December issue, IQeon experts told how to act if hackers stole your savings, and also shared tips on how not to fall prey to crypto thieves.

How to withdraw IQN from the platform?
 
In the new article of "Frequently Asked Questions" section, where IQeon team answers the most popular questions about the gaming platform, transactions and much more, experts explained how to withdraw IQN from IQeon.com website.

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IQeon is summing up the results of 2020!

In 2020, the world faced a huge number of challenges – the coronavirus pandemic, international turmoils and a severe blow to the global economy. However, there were also a lot of good events. We have witnessed global changes in the media, entertainment and digital assets industries. These changes also affected IQeon project.

2020 has been an outstanding year for us! Inspirational collaborations, memorable contests, unusual development concepts despite all the difficulties – these were IQeon trends in the outgoing year.

Let’s recall how it was!

• IQeon.com platform improvement

Throughout 2020, our team has constantly been developing the platform. So, over these months, we have significantly improved its security, tested the code more than once, implemented an IP address verification mechanism to combat against multi-accounting and a procedure for partial user identification. With the support of Fractal, the German developer of customer identification solutions, we have strengthened the protection of IQeon.com website, and therefore the users' assets, eliminating the possibility of unfair manipulations.

To provide our community with a guaranteed reliable ecosystem, IQeon team has also developed a bot that helps clean Telegram chats from fake information spread by bots and artificial programs.

In addition to security, we have paid great attention to rewarding our users. Thus we created and optimized a section with tasks of the reward system. Now, for completing simple tasks, everyone can receive a bonus in the form of an IQN asset.

We don’t stop there and continue to work hard to optimize the platform, improve its multilingualism and design to make the user experience as pleasant as possible.

• Contests and interactive activities

The outgoing year was rich in bright and exciting contests. And we have begun to reward the most erudite and active users since January 2020.

Then in the IQeon Christmas Giveaway, which our team held together with the CryptoandGamers.com portal, 5 lucky contestants shared the prize pool – 500 IQN.

Later, more than eight thousand users competed for 1000 IQN in the large-scale IQeon Quiz Giveaway competition. Each of them had a chance to demonstrate their intellectual abilities by answering questions about history, literature, exact sciences, technology, cinema, games and the crypto sphere. However, only 10 users received rewards.

By carrying on the tradition of intellectual competitions, in April we launched IQeon Marathon with a prize pool of 900 IQN! Its participants had to answer interesting logical questions, solve math problems and riddles in the official IQeon communities during almost a month. Only the most persistent came to the finish line – they were rewarded with IQN.

A little later, users could test their knowledge in a new competition – Quiz Battle. The most erudite players who scored the most points in the Quiz game shared a prize pool of 200 IQN and expanded their intellectual horizons.

Of course, 2020 will be remembered not only for the battles of wits. In September, in addition to our users, we decided to reward their friends and give away 500 IQN! Only 10 lucky contestants out of 16 thousand participants from 65 countries became owners of 50 IQN.

Also, starting from summer, everyone could take part in a series of partner contests: the drawing of 525 IQN from IQeon and the Hong Kong exchange BitForex, the distribution of 900 IQN from our project and the EXMO trading platform, the Christmas Crypto Santa contest, in which, together with eGamers, CryptoGamingPool, TheCoinRepublic and CastleCrypto we gave away 510 IQN and limited collectible Founders Badge assets!

Our team tries to reward users not only through large-scale contests. So, IQeon social media subscribers can receive IQN for answering intellectual questions and helping community moderators.

Throughout the year, we also encouraged players with bonus IQN for winning in the Weekly Challenge contest, where the player with the highest score and record number of points in a certain game became the winner.

In 2021, we will offer many new exciting activities, where everyone can compete for bonus IQN!

• Building and strengthening partnerships

In 2020, IQeon project has significantly expanded its influence in the infospace. We have teamed up with dynamic portals such as Crypto&Gamers, TheCoinRepublic and Castle Crypto. Thanks to new partnerships, their thousands-strong audiences will be able to learn more about the PvP platform IQeon.com, its functionality, the benefits it brings to gamers, and the potential of blockchain technology. And the international community of developers and fans of crypto games will be able to stay abreast of important platform updates and receive the latest news about the products developed by our team.

As we mentioned above, in order to provide the players of the IQeon.com PvP platform with a high level of protection, we implemented KYC/AML procedures. Our partner – Fractal, the German developer of customer identification solutions, helped us in launching.

In April, IQeon introduced another powerful partner – Flipside Crypto, a cryptocurrency market research company that provides fundamental business analysis of blockchain projects. By integrating Flipside Crypto with IQeon repositories, the analyst team gave a comprehensive analysis of IQN, which is implemented into our gaming platform. The results are publicly available on CoinMarketCap.com.

• Participation in international conferences

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, our team still managed to participate in international conferences. So, in March, our CTO Yuriy Navadvorski became a speaker at the IT conference Career Today in Minsk. The expert spoke about the main trends and technologies of the outgoing 2020, and also drew attention to the possibilities of using blockchain in various fields, especially in online gaming. Yuriy also spoke about the demand for programmers with proficiency in the edgy technology and unveiled necessary knowledge to work with a distributed ledger.

A couple of months later, IQeon project was presented at one of the largest and most significant events in the blockchain industry – Consensus: Distributed conference, where our CISO Denys Havrylenko mingled with the company's partners and discussed prospects for further cooperation.

Also, throughout the year, the founder and CEO of IQeon project Vadim Dovguchits took part in AMA sessions, where he communicated with the audience in real time and answered the most topical questions of the crypto community members.

• IQN digital asset

For the internal currency of our gaming platform, the outgoing year 2020 was very fruitful. So, back in January, the well-known company KnownSec presented a report on the comprehensive audit of IQN smart contract, which was carried out in the fourth quarter of 2019. According to it, no serious code vulnerabilities were found in the IQN smart contract.

Later, IQN was added to the mobile Blockfolio Signal app, which gave crypto community members an additional opportunity to follow the current IQN rate and its market analytics, as well as receive notifications about important project updates directly to their smartphones.

And the first news was great enough: in August, IQN paired with the USDT stablecoin was added to the listing of the BitForex exchange. Already in
September, our users got even more advanced trading opportunities – the exchange opened other IQN pairs with BTC and ETH.

Very soon, a promising token was added to the listing of the British crypto trading platform EXMO, which opened access to exchange operations in pairs with EXM, USDT and BTC assets.

Before the New Year, users received a kind of a gift from the popular exchange HitBTC – one of the most progressive trading platforms added IQN/BTC, IQN/ETH, IQN/USDT pairs.

Joining forces with so many exchanges has become an impetus for the development of the IQN ecosystem, as well as opening up new opportunities for IQeon.com gaming platform.

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Summing up the results of the outgoing year, we are proud to announce that 2020 has become extremely fruitful and successful for our team. The difficulties and challenges faced not only by the industry, but also by the whole world, triggered us to improve the product and adapt it to market requirements.

We are grateful to the IQeon community and partner companies for their support, which is incredibly important to us. We are confident that 2021 will bring even more significant achievements and the fulfillment of ambitious plans. With your help, IQeon ecosystem will become even stronger!

We congratulate everyone on the upcoming 2021 year! We wish you a dizzying success and all the best in the new year!

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IQeon PvP-platform Development Update – January 5

Dear friends! We would like to present our new report on the development of IQeon platform for the period from December 3, 2020 to January 4, 2021.

General platform changes:

• The platform performance improvement is underway. In particular, the loading speed of games has been optimized.
• Data storage protection has been strengthened.
• The adjustment of elements on game pages to different screen resolutions has been improved.
• The light and dark platform modes have been changed.
• The bugs in language versions of IQeon.com have been fixed. In particular, changes have been made to the English version of the website.

Games module:

• The bug caused by the draw in games has been fixed. Now, players with the same number of points see the correct outcome of the game instead of the “Lost” status.
• A bug caused by displaying pop-up notifications in games on IQN has been eliminated.

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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IQN digital asset is now on TradingView platform

IQN digital asset has been added to the list of the popular online service for traders TradingView.

TradingView platform, an easy-to-use and effective service for technical analysis, makes the interaction of crypto holders with assets as convenient as possible.
So, users have access to a wide range of tools for IQN fundamental analysis, statistics and charts, as well as the ability to monitor asset price changes in real time, work out strategies and share the ideas with other users of the service.


https://iqeon.io/news/partnerships/iqn-digital-asset-is-now-on-tradingview-platform

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Back in the game: IQeon launches a new monthly competition!

We continue to reward our users for their in-game achievements and present a new competition for the best player of the month!

Friends, IQeon announces a new exciting competition with nice prizes. Are you ready to challenge yourself to become the player of the month?

The conditions are simple: the deserved prize will go to the user who plays as many winning matches as possible in four weeks. In case two or more players win an equal number of battles, the gamer with the highest score per month will become the leader.

• The winner gets 10 bonus IQN!
• The prize for the second place according to the number of victories is 5 IQN!
• The third-placed user will receive 3 bonus IQN to his gaming account!

We will publish the results of the competition with a leaderboard of the top three players at the beginning of each month.

Get to the top of IQeon leaderboard! Become the strongest platform player and get a pleasant reward for your efforts every month!

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Frequently asked question: why am I receiving my IQN with a delay?

We continue to answer frequently asked questions from our users. Today we will tell you why IQN digital assets may not come to your gaming account for a long time.

Why do I receive my IQN assets with a delay?

Often, the delay in IQN transfer happens due to decreasing throughput of the Ethereum network, which provides digital asset operation.

Ethereum ecosystem is one of the main drivers of the crypto industry. Blockchain is famous for its versatility, high speed and flexibility. In this regard, most of the new cryptocurrencies that appear almost every day are based on the Ethereum blockchain. And this vast amount of custom digital assets overloads the network.

In addition, there is a great demand for DeFi apps, which are mostly based on Ethereum technology. And such activity in the decentralized finance sector also contributes to network load.

It is important to note that due to the overflowed mempool with pending transactions, the commissions or the so-called GAS* also increase. Today the average fee on the Ethereum blockchain has reached $9.

*GAS is a unit of payment for transactions,
creation and execution of smart contracts in the Ethereum network.

The boost in the operation’s cost indicates a high demand for the technology and provides more income for the miners protecting the network. However, this is still a significant hindrance for conducting instant transactions by crypto enthusiasts.

What should you do if digital assets are frozen due to the heavy Ethereum network load?

The situation is unpleasant, although it’s not hopeless. There are two options for resolving it:

• Pay the required commission or set it higher than the proposed rate. Thus miners will consider transaction to be a prior one, which will ensure the quick completion of the operation.
• Be patient and wait. Usually, the network’s throughput is decreased by sudden jerks, so there is always a chance that your queue will come up faster.

Today, many digital asset holders believe that high fees and long transaction processing is a real challenge for the cryptocurrency world. And, perhaps, its ultimate solution lies in the final transition to Ethereum 2.0, which will not only increase the number of transactions per second, but also provide a new level of scalability thanks to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm.

Stay with us and follow the news in the IQeon official Telegram community – there are many answers to interesting questions ahead!

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Results of the collaborative competition with EXMO exchange!

Friends, the collaborative competition with EXMO trading platform is over. Let's sum up the results!

We remind you that in order to compete for 900 IQN, as well as receive cashback up to 70% of commissions when carrying out exchange operations on EXMO, you had to be among the first 500 users to log in to our gaming platform, register on the exchange website via the referral link and enter EXMO login in the competition card at IQeon.com.

Please note that only new verified users of the trading platform could receive the prize.

Congrats to the winners! The first 50 participants of the contest receive 5 IQN to the gaming accounts, each of the next 100 users becomes the owner of 3 IQN. Another 350 contestants get 1 IQN to the gaming accounts.

Prize assets will be rewarded to 500 lucky winners within a week.

In addition to IQN, the winners will also receive cashback up to 50% at the Taker rate and 70% at the Maker rate from commissions when carrying out exchange operations on EXMO exchange. The promotion is valid for a month from the date of registration.

Thank you all for participating! Don't forget to subscribe to the official IQeon community  to stay tuned – there are many more exciting contests ahead!

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How can you cancel an unconfirmed BTC transaction?

Blockchain can modernize many areas of our life, from logistics to voting systems. The uniqueness of the technology allows making operations unchangeable and irreversible. In particular, this also applies to financial transactions.

However, we can exclude the human factor, which can lead to mistakes in the process of conducting transactions. Unfortunately, the process of canceling Bitcoin transfers is much more complex than just pressing one button.

Today we will tell you why crypto operations can be delayed and how to avoid mistakes when sending assets, as well as share possible ways to cancel a Bitcoin operation.

Can you cancel a BTC transaction?

It’s not possible to cancel a confirmed transaction. Crypto enthusiasts have repeatedly stated how inconvenient this is: there were cases when a user carefully checked all transaction data, but accidentally sent assets to the wrong recipient. Unfortunately, in such a situation, it’s impossible to return the money.

Bitcoin system is not subject to central control. The transfer of funds is carried out exclusively between the sender and the recipient without the participation of third parties. Moreover, the movement of assets in the blockchain cannot be tracked, just like the name and surname of the wallet owner. Only its ID and the sum of money are publicly available. Of course, you can try to follow the recipient by doing your own long investigation and ask him to return the coins. But this is as likely as the fulfillment of promises by the notorious John McAfee.

However, there are still cases when you can reverse a transaction and get your assets back. For example, if the operation is pending.

Why do transactions become suspended?

The reasons for that may be different: poor Internet connection; the user completes the next transaction without waiting for the completion of the previous one; wrongly selected commission and heavy transfer weight.

Any transaction has a weight that depends on the number of inputs (sender addresses) and outputs (recipient addresses) of the operation. If the sender tries to make many transfers during one transaction, its weight will make the network process the request a bit longer. Therefore, multiple operations should be separated.

Operations are confirmed by bitcoin miners, who set the priority to transfers with higher rewards. Today, traders themselves determine its size, so the higher the established fee, the more likely the transaction will be confirmed earlier than others.

Blocks on the blockchain are generated every 10 minutes, however, due to the huge popularity of bitcoin, the network is often busy. Because of this, the average request processing time is reduced to 60–90 minutes.

In this case, you can use transaction accelerators.

How to force the processing of a BTC transaction?

If you’re too impatient and you need to make the payment as soon as possible, we offer to pay attention to several accelerators.

• ViaBTC mining pool

 


Source: ViaBTC.

One of the most popular accelerators in the Bitcoin community is the ViaBTC mining pool. To make the exchange of cryptocurrency faster, you need to go to the service website, insert a unique transaction ID and indicate the commission for the accelerated transaction.

Important: it should not be lower than 0.0001 Bitcoin per kilobyte!

Registered users can use the paid service which provides even greater acceleration, the fee for which will be debited from the Bitcoin Cash balance of the pool account.

• Child Pays for Parent method

An alternative to accelerator services is the Child Pays for Parent (CPFP) method. The sender of Bitcoins creates an additional operation using the funds that remained in the account after the suspended transfer.



Algorithm of the Child Pays for Parent method.

To speed up the transaction via CPFP, you need to create a new “child” transaction with an increased commission, which compensates for the low cost of the “parent” operation.

With CPFP, miners will be more willing to process lucrative sets rather than well-paid transactions. Thus, they will choose the deal with low commission if the associated transaction offers sufficient commission to compensate. In this case, the miner will include both transactions into the block. The funds of the second one, by the way, can be sent to your account.

• Increasing scalability through the Segregated Witness soft fork

Another way to speed up a transaction is to increase the scalability of the blockchain. The Segregated Witness soft fork from the Bitcoin Core wallet developers can help. Whereas previous methods focused on manipulating fees, the updated SegWit protocol optimizes transaction size. Thus, a larger number of transactions will fit in a 1 MB block, which will also speed up their recording.

Of course, the most reliable solution is to wait for the completion of the bitcoin payment. However, if your patience is running out, you can try canceling the transaction and launch its processing once again.

How can you cancel an unconfirmed transaction?

Before canceling the transaction, you need to make sure that the cryptocurrency transfer is actually pending.

Check if you received an identifier – a long numeric code that the wallet system sends after the transaction is completed. It must be entered on the explorer website, which allows you to view key information about the operation in the blockchain. We recommend using Blockchain.com or Block Explorer services.

If the number of confirmations in the search is greater than zero, then the transaction was completed and became irreversible. However, if there are no notifications or the transaction is still pending, there is a chance that it can be cancelled.

There are several basic methods that you can use to reverse a transaction without confirmation.

1. Commission replacement

Some wallets support the Replace-By-Fee function, which allows you to replace an existing transaction with a new one by increasing the commission. Replacement doesn’t imply duplication of translation, because a new operation will have the same data as the old one. Thus, only one block with a transaction will be added to the blockchain.



The only flaw is that the Replace-By-Fee feature is available in very few cryptocurrency wallets and services – Bitcoin Core, Trustee Wallet, Electrum, BTC.com, Bitcoin.com and Coinb.in.

2. Rolling back the transaction

• If you are convinced that the exchange operation is really frozen, then there might be hope. We suggest taking the following steps to try to get your funds back:
• Log into the account of the wallet you are working with.
• Go to the debug console via the Help tab.
• Enter the walletpassphrase <pass> command and the wallet password. It is necessary to access it.
• Get the private key from the desired address via the dumpprivkey <address> command (replace <address> with the one that was used to send funds) and copy the received key.
• Export the private key.
• When finished, close the client and delete the wallet, or rename its installer and move it to a different folder.
• Restart the client. Thus, a new wallet will be created. Then you need to import the previously obtained key using the importprivkey <privkey> command.
• The new wallet will display the account with the restored transaction. Locked assets will be available again. Now you can send them. Don't forget to set the recommended commission.
• This guide is suitable for all cryptocurrency wallets except cloud apps.

3. Retrievable Transfer tool created by Kirobo

Recently, the Israeli company Kirobo has developed a technology that protects coins accidentally sent to the wrong Bitcoin wallet.

The company has developed a blockchain addition that assigns an encrypted code to the transaction, which must be entered by the recipient of the cryptocurrency transfer. Until the code is used, the sender can cancel Bitcoin transaction.



You just need an Internet connection to access the tool. In addition, the technology may not be available in case of a technical problem with the Kirobo servers.

To prevent the transaction from pending, set a higher commission in advance

The demand for Bitcoins is increasing every year. At the same time, the block size in its network remained the same – 1 MB. That is why transactions have to “fight” to get into the block.

The most common reason for unconfirmed operations is low fees. The network members are interested in transactions with high rewards, which is why usual deals wait for their glory hour all day long.

To ensure that the transfer operation doesn't freeze, try to set an adequate reward for its processing. The current cost per byte can be viewed in the block browser, for example on Blockchair website. If you think that you have set a decent commission, try increasing the transaction processing speed.

Remember that a blockchain is a chain of blocks, and each operation in it is closely intertwined with the previous one. Therefore, if you have several frozen transactions at once, then you need to speed up the last one in the chain.

The main rule is that before accelerating or canceling an unconfirmed transaction, you need to make sure that the operation really became suspended. You shouldn't panic in advance: maybe your transaction's queue just didn't come up.

And remember: when transferring funds to someone, be as careful as possible!

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

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Top IQeon players: who was the best in 2020?

We continue to sum up the results of 2020 and name the best platform players for this period!

IQeon team is pleasantly surprised by your activity in the last year! Over the past 12 months, you’ve played about 30 thousand matches!

Today we sum up users’ gaming results and list the nicknames of the most active ones. When compiling the leaderboard, we took into account all winning battles carried out in all platform games over the past year.

We congratulate every gamer who got listed on the leaderboard! We also thank all our users for their proactivity and dedication. It is you who inspire our team to improve the gaming platform, develop our project and ecosystem. Thank you for being with us!



Join the official IQeon community to keep abreast of the most important project news!

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IQeon is summing up the results of January!

IQeon sums up the results of January. What important happened during the month, read below.

Adding IQN to TradingView platform

In early January, IQN was integrated into the popular online service for traders – TradingView. So, users got access to a wide range of tools for analyzing a digital asset, statistics and charts, as well as the ability to monitor IQN rate changes, work out strategies and share their ideas with like-minded people.

This event not only helped to build community confidence in IQN, but also demonstrated the potential of an asset to TradingView's multimillion audience.

Completion of the collaborative IQeon&EXMO drawing

IQeon and EXMO have summed up the results of the 900 IQN drawing. To receive an asset and cashback up to 70% of commissions when conducting transactions on the exchange, contestants had to register on EXMO platform via a referral link and enter their EXMO login in the contest card on IQeon.com among the first 500 users.

As a result of the drawing, the first 50 participants received 5 IQN to their gaming account, each of the next 100 users became the owner of 3 IQN, and 350 more contestants got 1 IQN to their gaming accounts.

New monthly competition on the platform!

IQeon team has launched a new competition for the best player of the month! The conditions are very simple: prize IQN will go to users who play as many winning matches as possible within four weeks. If two or more players win an equal number of battles, the gamer who scored the maximum points in a month will be rewarded.

The prizes will be distributed as follows: the winner will receive 10 bonus IQN, the silver medalist will gain 5 IQN, and the third-placed user will get 3 bonus IQN to their accounts! The results of the competition with the best players leaderboard will be published at the beginning of each month.

Rating of the best platform players

IQeon team summed up the gaming results of platform users for 2020: over the past 12 months, about 30 thousand matches were played.

So, we presented the rating of the most active players. When forming the leaderboard, all winning battles fought in all platform games over the past year were taken into account.

PvP gaming platform changes:

• the loading speed of games was optimized;
• the data storage reliability was increased;
• the adaptability of elements on game pages to different screen resolutions was enhanced;
• the light and dark versions of the website were improved;
• the bugs in the platform game module were fixed.

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Why IQN assets come to accounts with a delay?
 
In a new issue of the "Frequently Asked Questions" section, where IQeon team answers the most popular questions about the gaming platform, transactions and much more, experts explained why IQN digital assets may be delayed to users' wallets.

How to cancel an unconfirmed BTC transaction?

It is known that bitcoin transactions are irreversible. However, there are situations when it is still possible to cancel the deal. In the January issue, IQeon experts told how and with what tools this can be done, and also shared ways to speed up BTC transfers.

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Keep abreast of the main events in the life of the project – follow the news on the website and in official Telegram chat.

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Announcing the best player of January! Who will grab prize IQN?

Friends, the January round of the competition for the best player of the month is over! Telling you who is the champion and who will receive the prize IQN assets.

We remind you that the participants had to win as many matches as possible within four weeks on IQeon.com platform to gain the title of the best player of the month.

At the end of January, we’ve determined the top three winners!

1st place – Gatteras who played 336 winning matches!
2nd place – VARG who has gained 185 victories in games in a month!
3rd place – BOSS who turned out to be the best in 183 PvP battles!

So the player who heads the list gets 10 bonus IQN! Silver medalist wins 5 IQN! And the user who takes third place gets 3 bonus IQN to the gaming account!

Our most sincere congratulations to the winners! Thank you for your activity and efforts. Also, we ask the other gamers left to take the chance and compete for the "Player of the Month" title in the new February round of the competition!

Subscribe to the official IQeon community to stay tuned: your name may appear on the following list of winners!

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IQeon PvP-platform Development Update – February 4

Dear friends! We would like to present our new report on the development of IQeon platform for the period from January 5 to February 3, 2021.

General platform changes:

• The display of transactions’ data carried out by the user was fixed. Now, the pop-up window shows the relevant information instead of the code.
• The bug caused by digital assets pending in the Withdraw lock status when they meant to be withdrawn from the platform has been eliminated. This operation is now performed correctly.
• The improvement of the language versions of the gaming platform is still underway.

User profile:

• The restrictions on information entered in the personal profile were made. In particular, the list of swear words that are unacceptable to use as a nickname on the platform has been expanded.

Bonus system:

• The bug caused by displaying tasks on the "Starting" section has been fixed. Now all the steps are available for completion.
• The display of steps in the guide for unauthorized users has been changed. In particular, the step “Become the player of the week” has been replaced by “Become the player of the month” in connection with the launch of the new IQeon competition.

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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The same contest, but new prizes: IQeon&EXMO is underway!

IQeon project and EXMO exchange are extending the collaborative competition and presenting a unique offer for all new participants!

Friends, recently we’ve summed up the results of IQeon&EXMO contest with a prize pool of 900 IQN! 500 lucky winners have already received prizes to their gaming accounts and become owners of cashback up to 70% of trading commissions. We thank all participants for their activity and congratulate the winners!

As you know, there are never too many prizes! For those who missed the opportunity to participate in the contest, we’ve prepared cheering news! EXMO trading platform will open up weekly access to the Professional Cashback rate to all IQeon users.

To activate the cashback, you need to:

• Go to "My IQN" tab on IQeon.com platform.
• Find a campaign with EXMO exchange under the "Partner" tab and follow the referral link indicated in the contest card.
• Complete registration and verification procedures on the trading platform.

Please note that only new verified users of the exchange can become the owners of the prize.

What do participants get? Cashback 75% at the Taker rate and 100% at the Maker rate from commissions while trading on EXMO throughout the week! It will be activated within two days after registration.

Take part in IQeon&EXMO contest and get the opportunity to trade without fees today!
Disclaimer: IQeon.io employees are not representatives of organizations mentioned in this and other materials as well as in publications on other information channels. Before you use the mentioned services we strongly recommend you to read Terms&Conditions.

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IQeon Software testing specialist: why every project needs a testing engineer?

We continue to acquaint you with people who are developing and improving IQeon. We are glad to introduce Tatsiana Kulesh, our Software testing specialist!

Tatsiana delved into the world of development and QA engineering after graduation from university. Then, after completing software testing courses, she went through all kinds of advanced training programs and attended seminars to beef up her knowledge and boost her skills.

IQeon project became the girl's first experience of working in a product company. Here the specialist is engaged in functional testing of the team's developments, namely, she checks their performance and seeks out all kinds of bugs and vulnerabilities.

According to Tatsiana, it is crucial for a testing specialist to “catch” the most critical defects before the production stage so as not to give the user a shoddy product and ruin his first user experience.

“All developers and testers understand that it is impossible to create a system with no bugs. But there are critical errors that can be fatal for the program and the project as a whole. It is important to pay attention not only to complex processes but also to elementary actions, where bugs can lead to the collapse of the system. This is why every project needs a tester as much as developers or managers who control processes. And the sooner the specialist gets down to work, the better the final product will be.”

Testing attracts Tatsiana by the constant monitoring of all possible scenarios. This requires not only a deep knowledge of the product, but also an inquisitive mind, attentiveness, perseverance and, to some extent, even pedantry. Moreover, a specialist needs to have good communication skills, because he or she constantly interacts with the PM, developers, designers and other team members.

“It is important to understand that a tester doesn’t create a feature, he tests it thoroughly, looking into every dark corner (sometimes even those places a programmer or user would never pay attention to). I really enjoy the result, when the feature works as it should work, when a tricky bug that reproduces sometimes is fixed. But it is even more exciting to work in a team of excellent specialists and participate in the creation of something truly non-trivial and useful.”

Tatsiana considers the specifics of IQeon.com gaming platform a good experience, which is very important for any specialist.

“It doesn’t matter what project a tester is working on, the profession unites people of various scopes, who love asking “How?”, “What for?”, “Why?” and strain after research and analysis. If you know how to ratiocinate and, which is important, quickly shift from one task to another, then the profession of a tester is definitely for you."

Now Tatsiana plans to dive into test automation and studying programming languages.

“The benefits of autotests are enormous. It’s common knowledge that a tester's job means a lot of routine work. And with the help of scripts, you can speed up the search for vulnerabilities. When you can bring automation into your routine and save time for yourself and your managers, that's very cool.”

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