Tachyon (TYX) hopes to be Ethereum’s little brother

A tachyon is a particle hypothesized to be faster than the speed of light. It’s also now a cryptocurrency made for Ethereum.

Tachyon, with its futuristic fitting name, hopes to leave its mark on the Ethereum community with the release of its new TYX token. Its website, roadmap, and whitepaper were just released recently at https://tachyontoken.com.

With its fitting name, the goal of Tachyon is to be Ethereum’s complement for tipping and micro-transactions as its network continues to expand. And they may be on to something: With Ethereum’s positioning in the global market, via their Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, they are well-poised to dominate many sectors of the global economy in the future, from supply-side logistics to decentralized applications to corporate record-keeping. However, according to Ethereum's own description of itself, it is the 'crypto-fuel' for the network and not a currency. What then will be the used to transact small amounts of everyday value on Ethereum?

This is where Tachyon comes in: an on-the-go token created for instant transfers, mobile payments, embedded tipping on forums, and online purchases. It will be the cheapest token to send on the Ethereum blockchain, meant to facilitate the many small payment channels that will develop as Ethereum's network grows. Tachyon is made to make Ethereum work better. Tachyon thus hopes to be Ethereum's little brother, a complement to the network just for payments.

TYX is unique in so far as it does not rely on an ICO model that failed us all so miserably last year. A large number of the ICOs held on ETH in the past year have been found to be scams or money-grabs — and, to make matters worse, most ICOs have failed to materialize on their promises. Thus, Tachyon argues that they are averting the pitfalls of the ICO model by instead distributing TYX via an airdrop campaign where 5% of their circulating supply will be airdropped to all those who signed-up. They plan to host 8 airdrops in total, airdropping 40% of their circulating supply to "as many wallets as possible."

If you're interested in being part of Tachyon and receive some TYX, please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOc31DoQFMDVbGIjFpPO981YMeN6XqeLbEGTktCqRnh8FM9A/viewform?usp=sf_link

With an early, free, and fair distribution at the beginning of its creation, TYX’s goal is to be the easiest-to-use and the most fungible token on the Ethereum blockchain.