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It is normal for you to be skeptical when finding/reading a crypto-related article (as this one) and I really think that you have to take everything you find in this space with a grain of salt. \n\nI totally understand you and this is why I do not try to influence you in any way regarding your investments. I still think that it’s my duty to let you know whenever I find a really honest and professional team that tries to develop a game-changing product, though. \nJust give this article a chance and I’m sure you won’t be sorry! It’s not going to be that short, because there’s enough to talk about, but I’ll try to be as brief as possible.\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nI know that not all of you are very tech-savvy, so I will try to present the facts in such a way, so that **all of you** can understand the main idea, while still approaching all the necessary details. Let’s take a look at a wonderful project and I’ll try to briefly explain why I think it’s going to someday become one of the most popular crypto projects!\n\nI present you **[AERGO]([https://www.aergo.io/)**, **a blockchain to remember**!\n\n<center>![aergo ico.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPbjTMBYXrL8ivTLto3kDiYdjZy4eLEaFxTYQ5vNYNkBj/aergo%20ico.JPG)</center>\n\n## What is AERGO, after all?\n\nAERGO is a 4th generation blockchain protocol, based on advanced technologies. It aims to provide the companies with an enterprise-ready platform that will offer developer tools, dApp orchestration and deployment framework, in order to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology. \n\nAERGO is backed by **[Blocko](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocko/)**, the leading blockchain solutions provider of South Korea and aims to become an open-source platform and supporting ecosystem, allowing businesses to achieve distributed trust at scale. \n\nFor achieving this, AERGO will focus on some key principles:\n\n•\tOpen-source development\n•\tOpen-source software licensing\n•\tDecentralized development approach\n•\tPragmatic leadership\n•\tSupport for developers, integrators and businesses\n\n## Is there any problem that needs to be solved?\n\nWell, since I’ve been talking about a new blockchain-based project, you would righteously presume that it offers a product, as a solution to something. \nIf there’s a solution, there must be a problem, right? \nYou bet there is! \n\nAs a new and still emerging technology, blockchain still has some issues that must be stringently solved! \nI will mention just a few:\n\n•\t**scalability** (the ability to offer the same performance as the system grows and develops)\n•\t**enhanced confidentiality**\n•\t**distributed governance**\n\nUntil these issues will be solved, the companies will most probably be reluctant to adopt the blockchain technology, as they obviously require a functional and solid framework before deciding to migrate.\n\nWell, AERGO plans to tackle and successfully solve the abovementioned issues, while making sure in the same time that no compromise regarding the inherent security and immutability will be made. \n \n## How does AERGO see the solution?\n\nHere comes the part where we go a little bit more in depth! :)\n\nAERGO plans to provide the companies with the ability to deploy on public/private blockchain networks, as this gives flexibility and higher speed, performance and scalability. \n\nBeing designed as a flexible, plugin-based smart contract infrastructure, AERGO will allow the clients to execute smart contract written for AergoSQL (a smart contract that will enable storing and accessing data and SQL-like scripting language) or the Ethereum Virtual Machine.\n\nMore than this, the network that AERGO plans to build will be backboned by public and permissioned repositories of Distributed Directories (DD). By Smart Oracles implementation, the smart contracts will consume data with external services (or internal databases) and trigger events.\n\nThe AERGO platform will be based on three main architectural functions:\n\n•\t**AERGO Chain**\n\nThis is a proposed blockchain that aims to mitigate the current issues of the public blockchains. Alongside an SQL-based smart contract plaftorm, it will include some advances features (concurrency control or a distributed version). \n\n<center>![aergo chain.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdqsrDkJJcebckpgeeiHdGvuEL9nGTC9umXej3ziKhjc5/aergo%20chain.JPG)</center>\n\n•\t**AERGO Hub**\n\nThe Hub aims to be a blockchain hosting service, acting as a public interface for building/testing/managing independent blockchains that are based on AERGO Chain.\n\n<center>![aergo hub 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNNmED2ZT8XoESCi8wByup3e8rPCwuuQeuA6x2Q9ehaPp/aergo%20hub%202.JPG)</center>\n\n•\t**AERGO Marketplace**\n\nThe Marketplace (accessible via the AERGO Hub public interface) will enable the sale/purchase of peer-to-peer computing assets (including: algorithms, contents, computing power, storage).\n\n<center>![marketplace.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUogwd1jiPSpsog2T3qJsCACxZsXhPy8L13xbiiMwtff7/marketplace.JPG)</center>\n\nAs about the AERGO ecosystem, it targets five key stakeholder groups:\n\n•\tGeneral community and future end-application users (supporters and enthusiasts)\n•\tOpen-source developer community\n•\tTechnology providers (blockchain hosts and cloud providers)\n•\tGeographic enablers (regional business partners)\n•\tPlatform users\n\n<center>![ecosystem.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRoEHGKv2iqp2oDDX6eyxfD6goff1sGgKzB5MTzbkcLJ4/ecosystem.JPG)</center>\n\nThat sounds more than great, right? \nWell, in order to implement all these exciting features, you definitely need a highly skilled team for that. \nLet’s see if AERGO has what it takes, shall we? :)\n\n## How about the TEAM?\n\nI suppose that it’s easy to see how ambitious this project is. Making sure that it gets real is definitely not an easy task, so this is precisely why a strong team is required. As you will see below, the team behind AERGO is really able to deliver. \n\n<center>![aergo team.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb5Gi3BCj7WTzUTKLujY2vparSoDT5Q1cv12tNqN11oPz/aergo%20team.JPG)</center>\n<center>**AERGO Board**</center>\n\nThe members of the AERGO Board have a strong background, with giant companies like Santander, Deutsche Telekom, Redhat or HSBC. \n[Phil Zamani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philzamani/), for example, has 20 years of experience in the open source and cloud business, working for [Red Hat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat) and being directly involved in the [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) open-source mania . \nWe will speak more about him later (just make sure you don’t forget this name!). ;)\n\n<center>![aergo committee.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeDZqosBzQX18LyAXQ8SBqBtSjSCLrWposr4cHLiBKUny/aergo%20committee.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Committee Heads**</center>\n\n<center>![aergo tech.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdMuutXmrFMr5n1x1JrPPRHJ6zKmWunQzfp8X87ydspwQ/aergo%20tech.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Tech Team**</center>\n\n<center>![business aergo.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd362NebVwykZdsN9mXHDXW3XVwUAAS7eUuiF8E9qb9A3/business%20aergo.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Business Team**</center>\n\nThe other members of the team have a solid background as well, in fields like computer science, computer engineering, economics, finance, marketing and social science.\n\n<center>![advisors 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdaeLfhseVdQ4mw22juxdag77zXTyx33FEtQDMVsED65j/advisors%201.JPG)</center>\n<center>![advisors 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSRZ9eV3VBrgj3byxSXTY4CAFEFJaRpQxjs6U3V9F5d2f/advisors%202.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Advisors**</center>\n\nThese advisors add plenty of years of experience in fields like secure communications, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, investing and business administration.\n\nAs you might have noticed, the team is large, highly skilled and experienced. \nThey don't try to aggressively shill themselves (as so many other projects do), because they focus more on delivering, rather than trying to convince people to support a project (that in most cases has actually no viable product yet to offer). \nThe result of their work speaks for itself and, once the AERGO project will be polished enough, people will understand that value and the ability to really deliver speaks volumes. \n\n## Does anyone trust or support this project?\n\nThere are many projects with good teams, you might say…\n\nBut AERGO is really special, because it doesn’t only have a strong team, but it is also backed by **[Blocko](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocko/)**, a South Korea-based company, that supplied about 80% of this country’s blockchain enterprise solution projects over the last 4 years for over 23 enterprise clients, with over 25 million end points. \n\nThis means that we are talking about some years when most of us were not yet interested in blockchain or crypto or we didn’t even think to get the blockchain technology to the enterprise world (yet)! \n\nThe team at Blocko has over 50 senior developers and has already proven that it is capable of delivering blockchain, cloud and IT solutions to companies. Some of their clients and partners include (I could list them, but we all know that a picture is worth a thousand words, right? :) ):\n\n<center>![clients aergo.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPBxnB1qej6Bf3fjE3Po18NeQyqpcW7PDdyMGRzhX9Ba7/clients%20aergo.JPG)</center>\n\nIt should be pretty obvious that AERGO will not lack the blockchain expertise, as its team will include experts from Blocko, who have already built systems for big enterprises (including Samsung SDS, Hyundai Motors or Korean Stock Exchange). \n\nCan you name a company with more blockchain expertise up to this moment? \nWell, IBM comes to my mind, but let’s be honest: even with such a competitor, there’s pleeeenty of room to grow! \nGiven this fact, AERGO hopes to potentially become the foundation of the so-called **Web 3.0**.\n\nMoreover, some of the key backers of AERGO include:\n\n<center>![key backers.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdMXEBf8xdW2RQr2zXEKefTm4BgVHu1rYWrNECcstfGyh/key%20backers.JPG)</center>\n\nBeing supported by Blocko, AERGO will focus on creating a product based on the following criteria: \n\n•\tthe best of existing blockchain technologies\n•\tthe best and most cost effective techniques for secure serverless cloud delivery\n•\tthe best of enterprise software development methods\n•\tbest practices proven to work in full-scale enterprise deployments with clients around the world\n\nEven if AERGO does not lack the technological skills to make its ambitious project become a reality, the history shows that this was not always enough. If there is no business plan, the nice story could be over after only a few years. \nLet’s see if AERGO has something ready, shall we?\n\n## AERGO Business Plan – make it or break it!\n\nIn [this wonderful article]( https://medium.com/aergo/drawing-a-parallel-between-linux-and-blockchain-160f79ca74e6) (to be honest, it’s really my best read this month), Phil Zamani (do you still remember this name? :) ) presents his view on how AERGO should look like, what it aims to become and how it can be successful. If you will read it, you’ll soon understand why **this project is not just a usual one**!\n\nLet me explain why…\n\nAs I have already mentioned, [Phil Zamani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philzamani/) has 20 years of open source and cloud business experience. As he explains in the abovementioned article, he had the chance to see the Linux recipe for success at its best. He understands why and how an open-source project can be successful and has the connections and the know-how to make sure that AERGO gains the market share it deserves (or at least die trying :) ). \n\nIf you really read that article, you noticed that Phil makes a parallel between the current state of blockchain technology and the early days of Linux and Red Hat. \n\n<center>![aergo linux.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZiFtdd2SGPKhg3qeDeUu9bsuewQTX3QxXDoK7BsyE9Do/aergo%20linux.JPG)</center>\n\nAs he states, Linux became so popular because:\n\n•\tit was open-source end-to-end\n•\tits development was centralized, yet maintained\n•\tit took a pragmatic approach to execution\n•\tit was supported by firms with customer know-how that relentlessly drove adoption of the technology\n\nPhil doesn’t only know this from the books. He lived it for 20 years and was part of the process. This is why he is so sure that, by implementing the same approach, he will be able to make AERGO an important name in the blockchain industry. His plan is for AERGO (with the support from Blocko) to emulate for the blockchain technology the success that Red Hat and Linux had during their rise to the current status of open-source giants. \n\nIf everything goes according to the plan, I think that AERGO will be miles away by the time its blockchain-based competitors will start to grasp the necessity of a similar approach or will be able to find a successful (even if different) business recipe.\n\n## Final thoughts: will it worth it or not?\n\nI don’t know what you guys think after reading all of the above (if any of you really took the time to do it), but this project is the most exciting one that I found since this summer!\nThis is precisely why I took the time to talk to you about it. \n\nIt might not have the same hype as other projects that invest a lot in marketing before the ICO stage and then procrastinate soon after, when it comes to deliver a real product. \nBut you know what? \nThis is what a hidden gem looks like! \n\nI’ve been talking to you about other projects in the past and you can now see how successful some of them have  already become. You don’t have to take what I say for granted (I might be wrong as well, from time to time...), but just make sure you really analyze the facts before deciding for yourself! \nAs about me, I am at least sure that I made my part to let you know about this project. \nThis is my small contribution to the better world of tomorrow!\nIt’s up to you to decide further!\n\nThe cryptosphere is full of projects that have big plans (or at least this is what they claim) and want to change the world. But very few of them have the vision, the team, the expertise and the connections to open the blockchain world to the big companies. \nThe big industries surely have the money, but they need a trustworthy platform to rely on, a solid and safe framework and the technical support for it, before they would even think of migrating to blockchain technology. \n\nIf AERGO project does not meet all the abovementioned criteria, I don't know which one does!\nJust mark my words and take another look at what they have accomplished, once the product is ready and fully functional! We'll thank them later for facilitating the mass adoption of the blockchain technology (at least at an enterprise level). \n\nAfter all, you know how they say: \n\n[**“If you build it, they will come!”**]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3c_pJ_CLJQ) :)\n\nIf you don’t trust me now, you’ll still have the chance to make sure later that I really had a point here, when you’ll see AERGO going full-steam on the road to success. Only time will tell when this will happen. \nIn the end, I think that the best definition of AERGO is precisely how Phil Zamani described it: \n\n**“a complex platform made easy”**! :)\n\nUntil next time, take care and don’t forget: choose wisely and always be a step ahead!\n\n**PS:** If you are still hungry for more tech details, I strongly encourage you to check the (business or technology) [AERGO whitepaper]( https://www.aergo.io/paper/)!",
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      "body": "Hello folks and welcome back to another crypto-related article!\n\nIt’s been a while since our last review of a blockchain-based project, but sometimes the real life takes over and leaves no (or not enough) room for the fascinating cryptosphere (as I like to call it)…\n\nI still can’t dedicate enough time (definitely not as much as I would like to) to present you the best crypto projects that deserve keeping an eye on, but I just had to talk to you about a fantastic project. It’s simply too genuine and will add soooo much value to this space, that it would have been a shame for you not to be “warned” about it coming. I really have to “warn” you: **this is NOT just another project!** :)\n\nI know that there are sooo many people out there trying to convince you to buy a specific coin or invest in a specific ICO. It is normal for you to be skeptical when finding/reading a crypto-related article (as this one) and I really think that you have to take everything you find in this space with a grain of salt. \n\nI totally understand you and this is why I do not try to influence you in any way regarding your investments. I still think that it’s my duty to let you know whenever I find a really honest and professional team that tries to develop a game-changing product, though. \nJust give this article a chance and I’m sure you won’t be sorry! It’s not going to be that short, because there’s enough to talk about, but I’ll try to be as brief as possible.\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nI know that not all of you are very tech-savvy, so I will try to present the facts in such a way, so that **all of you** can understand the main idea, while still approaching all the necessary details. Let’s take a look at a wonderful project and I’ll try to briefly explain why I think it’s going to someday become one of the most popular crypto projects!\n\nI present you **[AERGO]([https://www.aergo.io/)**, **a blockchain to remember**!\n\n<center>![aergo ico.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPbjTMBYXrL8ivTLto3kDiYdjZy4eLEaFxTYQ5vNYNkBj/aergo%20ico.JPG)</center>\n\n## What is AERGO, after all?\n\nAERGO is a 4th generation blockchain protocol, based on advanced technologies. It aims to provide the companies with an enterprise-ready platform that will offer developer tools, dApp orchestration and deployment framework, in order to facilitate the adoption of blockchain technology. \n\nAERGO is backed by **[Blocko](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocko/)**, the leading blockchain solutions provider of South Korea and aims to become an open-source platform and supporting ecosystem, allowing businesses to achieve distributed trust at scale. \n\nFor achieving this, AERGO will focus on some key principles:\n\n•\tOpen-source development\n•\tOpen-source software licensing\n•\tDecentralized development approach\n•\tPragmatic leadership\n•\tSupport for developers, integrators and businesses\n\n## Is there any problem that needs to be solved?\n\nWell, since I’ve been talking about a new blockchain-based project, you would righteously presume that it offers a product, as a solution to something. \nIf there’s a solution, there must be a problem, right? \nYou bet there is! \n\nAs a new and still emerging technology, blockchain still has some issues that must be stringently solved! \nI will mention just a few:\n\n•\t**scalability** (the ability to offer the same performance as the system grows and develops)\n•\t**enhanced confidentiality**\n•\t**distributed governance**\n\nUntil these issues will be solved, the companies will most probably be reluctant to adopt the blockchain technology, as they obviously require a functional and solid framework before deciding to migrate.\n\nWell, AERGO plans to tackle and successfully solve the abovementioned issues, while making sure in the same time that no compromise regarding the inherent security and immutability will be made. \n \n## How does AERGO see the solution?\n\nHere comes the part where we go a little bit more in depth! :)\n\nAERGO plans to provide the companies with the ability to deploy on public/private blockchain networks, as this gives flexibility and higher speed, performance and scalability. \n\nBeing designed as a flexible, plugin-based smart contract infrastructure, AERGO will allow the clients to execute smart contract written for AergoSQL (a smart contract that will enable storing and accessing data and SQL-like scripting language) or the Ethereum Virtual Machine.\n\nMore than this, the network that AERGO plans to build will be backboned by public and permissioned repositories of Distributed Directories (DD). By Smart Oracles implementation, the smart contracts will consume data with external services (or internal databases) and trigger events.\n\nThe AERGO platform will be based on three main architectural functions:\n\n•\t**AERGO Chain**\n\nThis is a proposed blockchain that aims to mitigate the current issues of the public blockchains. Alongside an SQL-based smart contract plaftorm, it will include some advances features (concurrency control or a distributed version). \n\n<center>![aergo chain.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdqsrDkJJcebckpgeeiHdGvuEL9nGTC9umXej3ziKhjc5/aergo%20chain.JPG)</center>\n\n•\t**AERGO Hub**\n\nThe Hub aims to be a blockchain hosting service, acting as a public interface for building/testing/managing independent blockchains that are based on AERGO Chain.\n\n<center>![aergo hub 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNNmED2ZT8XoESCi8wByup3e8rPCwuuQeuA6x2Q9ehaPp/aergo%20hub%202.JPG)</center>\n\n•\t**AERGO Marketplace**\n\nThe Marketplace (accessible via the AERGO Hub public interface) will enable the sale/purchase of peer-to-peer computing assets (including: algorithms, contents, computing power, storage).\n\n<center>![marketplace.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUogwd1jiPSpsog2T3qJsCACxZsXhPy8L13xbiiMwtff7/marketplace.JPG)</center>\n\nAs about the AERGO ecosystem, it targets five key stakeholder groups:\n\n•\tGeneral community and future end-application users (supporters and enthusiasts)\n•\tOpen-source developer community\n•\tTechnology providers (blockchain hosts and cloud providers)\n•\tGeographic enablers (regional business partners)\n•\tPlatform users\n\n<center>![ecosystem.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRoEHGKv2iqp2oDDX6eyxfD6goff1sGgKzB5MTzbkcLJ4/ecosystem.JPG)</center>\n\nThat sounds more than great, right? \nWell, in order to implement all these exciting features, you definitely need a highly skilled team for that. \nLet’s see if AERGO has what it takes, shall we? :)\n\n## How about the TEAM?\n\nI suppose that it’s easy to see how ambitious this project is. Making sure that it gets real is definitely not an easy task, so this is precisely why a strong team is required. As you will see below, the team behind AERGO is really able to deliver. \n\n<center>![aergo team.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb5Gi3BCj7WTzUTKLujY2vparSoDT5Q1cv12tNqN11oPz/aergo%20team.JPG)</center>\n<center>**AERGO Board**</center>\n\nThe members of the AERGO Board have a strong background, with giant companies like Santander, Deutsche Telekom, Redhat or HSBC. \n[Phil Zamani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philzamani/), for example, has 20 years of experience in the open source and cloud business, working for [Red Hat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat) and being directly involved in the [Linux](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux) open-source mania . \nWe will speak more about him later (just make sure you don’t forget this name!). ;)\n\n<center>![aergo committee.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmeDZqosBzQX18LyAXQ8SBqBtSjSCLrWposr4cHLiBKUny/aergo%20committee.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Committee Heads**</center>\n\n<center>![aergo tech.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdMuutXmrFMr5n1x1JrPPRHJ6zKmWunQzfp8X87ydspwQ/aergo%20tech.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Tech Team**</center>\n\n<center>![business aergo.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmd362NebVwykZdsN9mXHDXW3XVwUAAS7eUuiF8E9qb9A3/business%20aergo.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Business Team**</center>\n\nThe other members of the team have a solid background as well, in fields like computer science, computer engineering, economics, finance, marketing and social science.\n\n<center>![advisors 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdaeLfhseVdQ4mw22juxdag77zXTyx33FEtQDMVsED65j/advisors%201.JPG)</center>\n<center>![advisors 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSRZ9eV3VBrgj3byxSXTY4CAFEFJaRpQxjs6U3V9F5d2f/advisors%202.JPG)</center>\n<center>**Advisors**</center>\n\nThese advisors add plenty of years of experience in fields like secure communications, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, investing and business administration.\n\nAs you might have noticed, the team is large, highly skilled and experienced. \nThey don't try to aggressively shill themselves (as so many other projects do), because they focus more on delivering, rather than trying to convince people to support a project (that in most cases has actually no viable product yet to offer). \nThe result of their work speaks for itself and, once the AERGO project will be polished enough, people will understand that value and the ability to really deliver speaks volumes. \n\n## Does anyone trust or support this project?\n\nThere are many projects with good teams, you might say…\n\nBut AERGO is really special, because it doesn’t only have a strong team, but it is also backed by **[Blocko](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blocko/)**, a South Korea-based company, that supplied about 80% of this country’s blockchain enterprise solution projects over the last 4 years for over 23 enterprise clients, with over 25 million end points. \n\nThis means that we are talking about some years when most of us were not yet interested in blockchain or crypto or we didn’t even think to get the blockchain technology to the enterprise world (yet)! \n\nThe team at Blocko has over 50 senior developers and has already proven that it is capable of delivering blockchain, cloud and IT solutions to companies. Some of their clients and partners include (I could list them, but we all know that a picture is worth a thousand words, right? :) ):\n\n<center>![clients aergo.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPBxnB1qej6Bf3fjE3Po18NeQyqpcW7PDdyMGRzhX9Ba7/clients%20aergo.JPG)</center>\n\nIt should be pretty obvious that AERGO will not lack the blockchain expertise, as its team will include experts from Blocko, who have already built systems for big enterprises (including Samsung SDS, Hyundai Motors or Korean Stock Exchange). \n\nCan you name a company with more blockchain expertise up to this moment? \nWell, IBM comes to my mind, but let’s be honest: even with such a competitor, there’s pleeeenty of room to grow! \nGiven this fact, AERGO hopes to potentially become the foundation of the so-called **Web 3.0**.\n\nMoreover, some of the key backers of AERGO include:\n\n<center>![key backers.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdMXEBf8xdW2RQr2zXEKefTm4BgVHu1rYWrNECcstfGyh/key%20backers.JPG)</center>\n\nBeing supported by Blocko, AERGO will focus on creating a product based on the following criteria: \n\n•\tthe best of existing blockchain technologies\n•\tthe best and most cost effective techniques for secure serverless cloud delivery\n•\tthe best of enterprise software development methods\n•\tbest practices proven to work in full-scale enterprise deployments with clients around the world\n\nEven if AERGO does not lack the technological skills to make its ambitious project become a reality, the history shows that this was not always enough. If there is no business plan, the nice story could be over after only a few years. \nLet’s see if AERGO has something ready, shall we?\n\n## AERGO Business Plan – make it or break it!\n\nIn [this wonderful article]( https://medium.com/aergo/drawing-a-parallel-between-linux-and-blockchain-160f79ca74e6) (to be honest, it’s really my best read this month), Phil Zamani (do you still remember this name? :) ) presents his view on how AERGO should look like, what it aims to become and how it can be successful. If you will read it, you’ll soon understand why **this project is not just a usual one**!\n\nLet me explain why…\n\nAs I have already mentioned, [Phil Zamani](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philzamani/) has 20 years of open source and cloud business experience. As he explains in the abovementioned article, he had the chance to see the Linux recipe for success at its best. He understands why and how an open-source project can be successful and has the connections and the know-how to make sure that AERGO gains the market share it deserves (or at least die trying :) ). \n\nIf you really read that article, you noticed that Phil makes a parallel between the current state of blockchain technology and the early days of Linux and Red Hat. \n\n<center>![aergo linux.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZiFtdd2SGPKhg3qeDeUu9bsuewQTX3QxXDoK7BsyE9Do/aergo%20linux.JPG)</center>\n\nAs he states, Linux became so popular because:\n\n•\tit was open-source end-to-end\n•\tits development was centralized, yet maintained\n•\tit took a pragmatic approach to execution\n•\tit was supported by firms with customer know-how that relentlessly drove adoption of the technology\n\nPhil doesn’t only know this from the books. He lived it for 20 years and was part of the process. This is why he is so sure that, by implementing the same approach, he will be able to make AERGO an important name in the blockchain industry. His plan is for AERGO (with the support from Blocko) to emulate for the blockchain technology the success that Red Hat and Linux had during their rise to the current status of open-source giants. \n\nIf everything goes according to the plan, I think that AERGO will be miles away by the time its blockchain-based competitors will start to grasp the necessity of a similar approach or will be able to find a successful (even if different) business recipe.\n\n## Final thoughts: will it worth it or not?\n\nI don’t know what you guys think after reading all of the above (if any of you really took the time to do it), but this project is the most exciting one that I found since this summer!\nThis is precisely why I took the time to talk to you about it. \n\nIt might not have the same hype as other projects that invest a lot in marketing before the ICO stage and then procrastinate soon after, when it comes to deliver a real product. \nBut you know what? \nThis is what a hidden gem looks like! \n\nI’ve been talking to you about other projects in the past and you can now see how successful some of them have  already become. You don’t have to take what I say for granted (I might be wrong as well, from time to time...), but just make sure you really analyze the facts before deciding for yourself! \nAs about me, I am at least sure that I made my part to let you know about this project. \nThis is my small contribution to the better world of tomorrow!\nIt’s up to you to decide further!\n\nThe cryptosphere is full of projects that have big plans (or at least this is what they claim) and want to change the world. But very few of them have the vision, the team, the expertise and the connections to open the blockchain world to the big companies. \nThe big industries surely have the money, but they need a trustworthy platform to rely on, a solid and safe framework and the technical support for it, before they would even think of migrating to blockchain technology. \n\nIf AERGO project does not meet all the abovementioned criteria, I don't know which one does!\nJust mark my words and take another look at what they have accomplished, once the product is ready and fully functional! We'll thank them later for facilitating the mass adoption of the blockchain technology (at least at an enterprise level). \n\nAfter all, you know how they say: \n\n[**“If you build it, they will come!”**]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3c_pJ_CLJQ) :)\n\nIf you don’t trust me now, you’ll still have the chance to make sure later that I really had a point here, when you’ll see AERGO going full-steam on the road to success. Only time will tell when this will happen. \nIn the end, I think that the best definition of AERGO is precisely how Phil Zamani described it: \n\n**“a complex platform made easy”**! :)\n\nUntil next time, take care and don’t forget: choose wisely and always be a step ahead!\n\n**PS:** If you are still hungry for more tech details, I strongly encourage you to check the (business or technology) [AERGO whitepaper]( https://www.aergo.io/paper/)!",
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      "body": "It is not an easy task to talk about ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) in the middle of this hysteria generated by the community’s suspicions regarding the possibility that some influencers (or even smaller social accounts) could shill specific projects, for various reasons (it’s hard to resist profits, isn’t it?)! \nI will not stop presenting the coins/projects I like, though, even if people could accuse me as well. In the end, I am just expressing my thoughts and convictions (even if I can be wrong, I admit) and I think that, whenever I find something valuable, you have the right to know that. It’s then your right (and duty) to judge what you read and decide if it’s right or wrong and if it’s worth your time and support.\n\nI know that my previous articles were about some projects that were already well-known in the ICO space and people most probably had at least a vague idea/opinion about them. This time, I chose to talk about something different. It’s not about upcoming ICOs or some already launched coins. It’s rather about a solution to a real pain of the crypto-sphere… I am not trying to convince anyone around here, as I truly believe that people have the right to decide for themselves. I’ll just present some facts and my opinion about them and I’ll let you conclude if I am right or wrong.\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!** \n\nThe project that I want to cover is still in its early days. It’s not an ICO, even if it deals with what we today call ICOs. It’s not about quick wins, but about a healthier crypto landscape. It’s not about the money, but about the technology. It’s not only a solution, but also a new vision of doing things better. This being said, let’s talk about **ETO (Earlybirds Token Offering)**, an ambitious idea, that could change the concept of an ICO forever. Just give me a minute of your time and we’ll see why!\n\n<center>![eto.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcjePsTnrVR11urvaDC9BaHCUJYgJecmRkKyLMdXqMLNM/eto.JPG)</center>\n\n## What’s the problem, after all?\n\n\nIf there’s a solution for something, let’s firstly try to understand the initial context that led to its emergence and what problem does it precisely try to solve… I find it particularly important to explain you why do I think ETO is a real solution to one of the biggest problems of the crypto-sphere!\n\nIt is already obvious that the blockchain industry is growing at an accelerating pace and a month brings so many events, to fill a whole year in traditional industries. Some of the main factors that influence these events are the cryptocurrency exchanges and the various policies that shape the way this environment works.\nTo better understand what I mean, let’s take a specific example and see how the Chinese crypto landscape evolved recently. September of 2017 marked the introduction of some specific regulations in China, which led to plenty of ICOs raising their investments in private token sales. Binance became a world class exchange, with constantly increasingly volumes. The crypto-sphere was full of innovation and eager to conquer the world of finance. But, despite all of the above, the market turned bearish and the coins’ prices started to drop. \n\n*What’s the explanation for this?*\n\nTo continue with the Chinese example, it seems that, despite the growing industry, a sense of chaos was also present and the regulations actually forced many domestic projects to relocate overseas. The media hype kept popular interest at a high level and, given the so many ICOs launched all over the world, people actually were even eager than before to contribute to those projects. What made things even worse was the lack of some reliable platforms that would allow people to securely participate to those new ICOs. This helped the “ICO agents” to prosper, as common people were not able to gain access to the new projects they looked for. \n\nEven if people struggled with so many difficulties, the institutional investors considered this context as a potentially profitable one. There were some ICOs that had an excellent whitepaper, skilled advisors and successful seeding rounds/private sales, so the ICO space was perceived as a huge opportunity, even if there were enough shady projects or scams out there. Both common people and institutional investors contributed with huge amounts of money, sometimes even investing into virtually nothing.\nBecause the ICOs had their own troubles with various regulations worldwide, some of them decided to skip the public sales and rely only on institutional money. This drastically limited common people’s ability to invest in the best deals and there was no legitimate community consensus anymore. \n\n*Why is this important, you may ask?*\n\nLet’s consider a classic example: **the Ethereum ICO**. Even if the crypto-space was not as large back in 2014 as it is today, the team managed to secure the allocation from a large number of people, after a transparent long-term promotion and by proving the ability to address any challenge. \n\n*What was the result of this fundraising?*\n\nA large and strong community that was instrumental for its future success and mass adoption!\n\n<center>![consensus.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPZQKE3bYtaqEPaU6HBvS3K6PLfL5Zf2jA1xbuTnaFdmz/consensus.JPG)</center>\n\nA project’s success should be measured and valued by its community consensus, so its ability to create a large community that shares the same values. \n\n*If this is missing, what’s left?*\n\nWithout those values, the ICO landscape would be full of greedy actors, only eager to gain some nice profits from the weaker hands. In such cases, the main focus is not on the community anymore, but on the cryptocurrency exchanges. \nThese exchanges are vital for the crypto-sphere and they play therefore an influential role in this space. Exchanges like Mt. Gox, OKCoin, Binance or Huobi are big names in the industry. What people seem to be missing is that, even if the exchanges have their role in this space, the main focus should be on the blockchain technology: the public chains and the various decentralized applications (dApps) built upon them. \n\nTo continue with the Chinese example, the cryptocurrency exchanges became one of the easiest ways to secure the profits after the ICO stage. Once the projects managed to raise the desired amount of money from several big investors (that was easier and faster for those projects, we have to admit, as there was almost no investment required for marketing purposes), exchange listing became an imperative, for speculative purposes. \n\n<center>![quick win.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmb4rNXrUTyZQYb4EvuBvGNVTa2tE8ks1eeQC295e8yRQa/quick%20win.JPG)</center>\n\nAs not all the ICOs really have a viable roadmap in mind, some of them have no real intention whatsoever to develop a functional product, so they are more than aware that the tokens have a short term value. What for some ICOs is only a way to increase the total valuation of the project, could soon prove to be the only way for some others.\n\n*What consequences does the need for exchange listings have?*\n\nAs in any case where there is high demand, the costs increase. As a result, running a cryptocurrency exchange soon proved to be very profitable in China. We are of course speaking only from a listing perspective, without considering the trading fees and so on.\nThis led to another big problem: the legit projects had to choose between using the funds for exchange listings or funding the project development. \nMoreover, the exchanges would issue their own tokens, to maximize their profits even more. All of the above threatens to turn the blockchain industry into a cryptocurrency exchange industry. This would not be beneficial for the crypto-sphere, because technological advancement is a much healthier approach than trying to attract new investors to a tokens/coins volatile market.\n\n## The purpose\nI think that one of the vital points in the blockchain industry (at least for the moment) should be to make sure that the best projects get the funding they need, in a transparent way, so everybody interested could participate. If we acknowledge that the technology is more important than some short term profits, then establishing a community consensus, based on the blockchain core values, is a must! As more and more people will join the community, the consensus will become stronger and the overall value will obviously increase.\n\nThe most widely used solution for project funding in the crypto-sphere up to this moment is the ICO structure, even if it has some flaws. For example, there were enough cases when the team changed the token metrics several times or did not reveal some aspects of the project that would have been crucial for the investors, **before** they had to take the decision to participate or not. What’s even worse, there is nothing that could stop the teams to change their initial plans and roadmap or even to abandon them.\n\nThere is clearly a need for a more reliable solution, since the ICO system proved its limitations… And this is where we start talking about a potential replacement solution that could solve the ICO flaws. If you don’t know anything about it already, I present you the **ETO (Earlybirds Token Offering)** concept, developed by **[James Gong]( https://www.crunchbase.com/person/james-gong)** and backed by **[Cybex](https://cybex.io/en)**.\n\n<center>![cybex gong.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNMKDPr4ztcH9p8w6XzoZjNzzgUs4YryTu3hSJSXK8bcV/cybex%20gong.JPG)</center>\n\n## The solution\n\n*What is **ETO**, after all?*\n\nETO is basically a better way for the legit blockchain projects to raise the funds they need, via a decentralized exchange. 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Building such a community is not easy, and only the good projects will still be here in several years from now, precisely because people will ultimately understand which projects deserve their attention and support in the long run. \nIf you wonder what **\"Earlybirds\"** in the **\"Earlybirds Token Offering\"** stands for, this term refers to those community members that get themselves involved in the projects right from their early stages, so they should be rewarded for being supportive that early. \n\n*How can ETO accomplish this?*\n\nETO is designed in such a way, so that it allows the projects to raise the required funds in several steps, depending on the percentage of the total funds they need at each specific development phase. By implementing such an approach, this new ICO system brings more transparency into the ICO world, making the crypto-sphere a safer place for investors. \nThis way, the projects can share a precise roadmap with the community (which includes the potential investors), with detailed expense expectations, so that people can understand when and why more funds are needed. \n\n<center>![transparency.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPtFQZqM3ZYytbqbLuC7vje1pbxdZxBdYwzHkK5tv9gYU/transparency.JPG)</center>\n\nBy being able to directly track projects' development and understand how and why things work in that specific way, the community will eventually support only the best and most promising ones in the long run and will not fall for weak or scam projects anymore.\n\nThe advantages are not only on the community side. Since the projects will have a rather step-by-step approach, they will be able (and pretty much incentivized) to carefully plan their development stages and really deliver, in order to be able to raise more funds, as they must firstly prove that the future roadmap is actually based on something already developed in the past. \nThere’s another detail that must be mentioned here: there are some countries (such as Switzerland and Japan), where ICOs have to spend the collected funds no later than 1 year, as otherwise those funds will be considered as profits and will be taxed accordingly. By implementing a phased fundraising, the ICOs will not have to cope with such issues anymore.\n\nAnother direct consequence of implementing the ETO standard will be that the new projects and their coins/tokens will no longer be subject to financial speculation, as the main incentive will be directly connected to project development, rather than pumping and dumping the released tokens, only because the projects are not able to actually develop what they promised. Given this fact, the projects that will actually deliver will generate competition and as we all know, competition leads to progress.\n\nAs I have already mentioned, there is a platform ready to offer an ETO-based solution. **[Cybex](https://dex.cybex.io/eto/)** comes with several auditing options, so the potential investors could check at any time all the funds-related details directly on the blockchain (who invested, how much was raised, what are the funds used for, etc.). For implementing those options, Cybex uses a software and hardware multi-signature mechanism, so that the funds are safe and hack-proof. More than this, most of the major cryptocurrencies will be supported, so that people can contribute the way they like. \n\n<center>![cybex 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYfus4TxyXAWe1fBXgoVCoTLxfazYJR6izni19SwqQoxP/cybex%202.JPG)</center>\n\nIt is also worth mentioning that Cybex has already a team of around 50 developers, so this is a clear sign that this decentralized exchange is really serious when it comes to product development and achieving the short- and long-term goals. By deciding to implement the ETO approach to the current ICO landscape, Cybex proves an ambitious long-term vision and the will to help the crypto-sphere develop and become a more transparent and welcoming space for the newcomers. \n\nBy having a partnership with **[LongHash](https://www.longhash.com/)**, it should be easier for Cybex to become more popular and sign some deals with important blockchain projects. If you are not already aware of this, **LongHash** served as an incubator for several good crypto-projects, including: [Taraxa]( http://taraxa.io/), [MXC]( https://www.mxc.org) or [everiToken]( https://everitoken.io). This proves that LongHash has both the capability and experience not only to help the new projects develop, but to also find the really good ones out of the many that try to succeed in this space.\n\nBorn from the will to improve the fundraising phase for the new projects, the ETO concept will most probably change the way we think about this. The change should obviously be a positive one, as the new projects will not only be able to raise the funds they need, but to also create a strong and involved community. Even if this can be achieved in a short period of time, running an ETO will have long-term benefits. \n\nFrom the community perspective, since ETO rewards the Earlybirds, people will have their own incentive to support the good projects as early as possible. This will lead to a more educated community, as people will learn to distinguish the good projects from the shady ones. There is no other chance to find the best projects, other than becoming an educated investor. \n\nNobody knows how the fundraising landscape will look like in a year or five years from now. Maybe we will have the same ICO model as the most popular way to do it. One thing is certain, though: ETO introduces important improvements, so it should become more and more popular. 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      "body": "Sometimes, it is hard to find the projects that are really promising or able to succeed, as there are plenty of ICOs out there, asking for your support. I know how that feels, I have my own hard times trying to filter the good ones from the weak ones, but let me tell you this (over and over again): the good projects will succeed, no matter what! \nIt’s a matter of time. \nThey do not always distinguish themselves too obviously right from day one, but if you give them time, you’ll have the signals that you expect for. \n\nThere are a few ICOs that are obviously a future hit even before their launch, though. It is not always easy to spot them, but once you do, you should better not miss the opportunity to be one of their early backers. I am not a crypto-sphere veteran, but I’ve seen so many ICOs already and I can tell you this: at some point, you’ll know when you found what you were looking for! \nIf you ask yourself why do I write this article, you probably think that I have another ICO to talk about. You know what? You are so right! I just found another promising project to talk about and, as usual, I want to share it with you! \nLet’s take a look at [TIM]( https://www.talking.im/) and allow me to explain why I chose to talk about it!\n\n<center>![tim cover.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWWWtNYkzpUyCB4k8L6129h42WKeW5xi8WqW5jZYzGDK5/tim%20cover.JPG)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nI’ll try to keep things simple: I am not trying to convince or influence anyone. You don’t have to take what I say for granted. If you want to agree with me, I have a thousand reasons to for you. If you want to disagree, I have none. It’s just my humble opinion and I’ll keep it honest. This time, I will try to briefly explain the reasons that made me choose [TIM]( https://www.talking.im/), so that you can easily understand its value. No need to over-explain it. Since it’s a good project, that should be enough.\n\n## TIM – The Internet of Money\n\n\n\nIf you ever read some other article(s) of mine, you know what I always look for, when talking about a project: it’s **the team**. \nLet’s see what TIM has for us:\n\n<center>![tim 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmezsJsmaqiRVMS3Jt1MxTqnYz2X6B9rLmEBNpYyRtEdh4/tim%201.JPG)</center>\n<center>![tim 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXdaGqPmRB7CLJUc6UcZoQEUN4iqr5xxdEwqJzMAz413f/tim%202.JPG)</center>\n\nAs you can easily see, the team is extraordinarily skilled in a suite of programming languages, allowing it to develop the ambitious product that they aim to.\n\nNext to the team, I always check **the advisory board**, to see who backs the team, as a guarantee that their target is achievable:\n\n<center>![tim 3.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQvW4RTQcKXUqaJUhkeS7iS21ZfUPDngi4enYiM1tJHgd/tim%203.JPG)</center>\n\nIf you ask me, they chose some experienced advisors, as achieving the goals that this project aims to is not possible without a huge experience in various fields. Since the team managed to have this important detail covered, I consider this as another plus for TIM.\n\nIt’s now the moment to actually see what this project is all about. To put it in a single word, let’s check **the idea**. TIM aims to become the world’s first GPS-powered, Quantum secure blockchain, focusing on several key features:\n\n- high transaction rate\n- low transaction fee\n- quantum secure encryption\n- micro payment\n- minimal mining power consumption\n\nWhat’s so exciting about it, after all? \nUsing an elastic DAG architecture, TIM promises to provide a speed ranging between 100 TPS (transactions per second) and **100,000,000 TPS**, which is an incredible speed, even with so many other competitors around here! \nThey recently got a 50,000 TPS speed using their testnet (6 shards and 36 nodes). \nIf this is not promising, I don’t know what else could be!\n\nBut how do they manage to achieve such speeds, after all, what’s **the technology** involved? \nLong story short and in order to keep things simple (even if I have to use some tech terms…), TIM vertically divides the network using dynamic graphs known as DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph), where each graph uses an ABFT mechanism. TIM will have a 2-layered blockchain and divide all areas into triangles, using GPS-operated nodes. \nThis should make their ambitious TPS target achievable.\n\nThe last important feature that I will mention here is the fee-free **subchain**. \nTIM will be able to host 2^60 subchains, that will offer the same level of performance and security as the main network. What is so exciting about these subchains is that they will allow people to personalize their use, in order to suit their own needs!\n\nHow long will it take until TIM will achieve its goals? \nLet’s take a look at their short- and long-term **roadmaps**!\n\n<center>![tim 4.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVGykcyGNBVvrucN4ejdi48YckWHeJKAoNVg7bGwWwCEW/tim%204.JPG)</center>\n\n<center>![tim 5.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcCSL8GMXuz6Yg5rjCEYj5rF7qjDHKRvTfmWAuc4mrKbq/tim%205.JPG)</center>\n\nAs I always mention, I hope that we are all here for the technology, but I know that there are some of you who are interested in the project sale(s), so here you have **the token metrics**:\n\n<center>![tim 6.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUXAPyQS2vTG7soWfcjozQ5DMKXiZ3HVLTYfuwzuUSTRQ/tim%206.JPG)</center>\n\nI know that I tried to cover the main points regarding this project in a briefly manner... \nNow you definitely know more about it, though! \nAs I always do, I strongly encourage you to **do your own research** and read the project’s **[whitepaper]( http://www.talking.im/assets/collat/TIM_Whitepaper.pdf)**. \nIf you still have questions, you can address them to the helpful community on [Telegram]( https://t.me/joinchat/GQ9YGFCHzx_vZvglnMdYyA), or you can check by yourself all the useful the information available on [Facebook]( https://www.facebook.com/timblockchain/), [Twitter]( https://twitter.com/tim_coin), **LinkedIn** ([here]( https://www.linkedin.com/company/voncoin/ ) and [here]( https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10342158 )), [YouTube]( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraL3Z49taZpRKXlRbbC9Bw ), [Reddit]( https://www.reddit.com/r/TIMCOIN/) or [Medium]( https://medium.com/@tim_coin/).\n\nAs I already said above, you do not have to trust me without checking everything by yourself. 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      "body": "As I was already saying in [this article](https://steemit.com/sparkster/@yourcryptonews/the-good-the-bad-and-the-spark-part-1), I am not trying to promote [Sparkster](http://sparkster.me/), because it is such a good project, that it simply doesn’t need me to promote it. More than this, I was announcing in the same article, that I plan to write three articles on this amazing project, a sort of a trilogy, for a very simple reason: there is so much to talk about Sparkster, that a single article would be too long and hard to follow. Breaking the main points in three articles seemed like an obvious choice to me, so that I would have the possibility to focus on the main topics that I wanted to cover: [the good](https://steemit.com/sparkster/@yourcryptonews/the-good-the-bad-and-the-spark-part-1) (the numerous advantages of this project), [the bad]( https://steemit.com/sparkster/@yourcryptonews/the-good-the-bad-and-the-spark-part-2) (the potential challenges that it will have to face) and **the SPARK** (the brilliant parts of this project, that can help it to perform outstandingly in the crypto-sphere).\n\n<center>![sparkster 0.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUCrvG8FNZkYfwXkf2D69WKPfChTpGn3CX3eXBoT5XThZ/sparkster%200.jpg)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nThis being said, let’s try to focus on the main factors that can help Sparkster stand out as one of the most promising projects that could deliver a real functional product, at the same technological level that it already claims it will. There are enough projects in the cryptospace that claim to come with outstanding improvements or performances. Most of them start to delay delivering a real product and are citing various reasons for that. It’s not Sparkster’s case, as we’ll see right away. Let’s start talking about **the SPARK**, as I like to call the brilliant idea(s) behind one of the most promising projects of 2018!\n\n## **Part 3 - The SPARK**\n\nIt’s hard to decide what to mention here first, but I think that the most game-changing advantage that Sparkster will have over the competition will be **plain English programming**. I know that I’ve expressed my concerns regarding its success in the short-term, but on the long-term this **will** be successful! Why is that?, you might ask…\n\n<center>![sparkster plain eng.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTSaq9BCDdbnZg5SkGq3aZwgWGpQR5UqHJHZnyD4i9HgD/sparkster%20plain%20eng.JPG)</center>\n\nThe answer is pretty simple: the blockchain technology is still in its early days. People still lack the required programming skills, in order to create applications. This means that even if we would already have the infrastructure we need (and I mean an already deployed and secured infrastructure), without the applications built on top of it, the mass adoption wouldn’t come too easy or this early. People need to understand what they use, as otherwise they will be reluctant about it. Without mass adoption, we’ll have fewer programmers interested. \n\nBut what if people get interested, but they really lack the programming skills for contributing to the development of this space? Here it comes Sparkster and saves the day! Plain English programming will allow anyone to create the applications they want to. Imagination will be the limit! And with so many people still to discover the plenty of benefits that the blockchain technology could offer, that limit is still pretty far away! :)\n\nSecondly, another promising feature that Sparkster aims to achieve is to offer **tens of millions of transactions per second (TPS)**! And the team plans to do it not only for a small number of users, but for millions of users worldwide!\n\n<center>![sparkster tps.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQGywTqyfLUSscxxNs7EKrBQr8jT7cyY8J5wBFLjznx3D/sparkster%20tps.JPG)</center>\n\nThere are many projects that came out in the last months and were emphasizing the fact that they were aiming to bring higher speeds into the crypto-sphere, speeds that were incomparably higher than those of Bitcoin or Ethereum. Some of those projects managed to achieve some good speeds (but not the highest speed they claimed they will), while others are still trying to procrastinate. The speed that Sparkster claims to achieve is incredibly high, but there is something that helps it stand out from the crowd. And here we come to speak about another wise move.\n\nThere’s nothing more vital for a project like Sparkster, given its progress stage (let’s not forget that it’s still in its ICO stage), than being able to prove that its claims are real and backed by a functional product, even if it’s in its Alpha or Beta. Well, the team was smart and waited for the project launch only after they were able to back it up with a **functional product** (even if it is still in an [MVP (Minimum Viable Product) stage]( https://sparkster.me/try/?#Try)), capable of achieving 52,963 TPS (transactions per second), as of lately. \n\n<center>![sparkster mvp.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPjWZahEXgquLJLXvUpjfNJEfpzWdpSHjpcXQG7bXFa5K/sparkster%20mvp.JPG)</center>\n\nThat’s a huge number, if compared to so many other projects that already managed to secure billions of dollars in funding, after having enough time (some of them even years) to try to improve their technology. Of course it’s a small number, if compared with the tens of millions of TPS that the team aims to achieve by the time the product will be fully functional. It must be mentioned, though, that the work is still in progress, so there is nothing to worry about.\n\nThe last but not the least, even if it’s not something related to the technology behind Sparkster, it worth mentioning that the way the team chose to perform the **[bounty campaign](http://sparkster.me/try?r=hT9G0izo)** was a really smart one. Let me explain you why!\n\n<center>![sparkster bounty.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXiH3zdTDUo423iaxnPid1c1CGyV7TqE3eePBj3tGknMr/sparkster%20bounty.JPG)</center>\n\nUsually, the bounty campaigns are planned in such a way, that the users are rewarded for helping the project promote itself. There are some projects that ensure their popularity by deciding the crowdsale participants via a lottery system. Well, Sparkster decided to use both of these approaches: 25% of the tokens will be sold to the crowdsale participants (decided via a lottery system), while 75% of the tokens will be sold to the **[bounty campaign](http://sparkster.me/try?r=hT9G0izo)** participants. \n\nWhy is this so different, in my opinion? Because it gives a strong incentive to the bounty participants, so that they will promote the project not only thanks to the tokens rewards, but also because this is the easiest way for them to be able to buy tokens during the crowdsale. A smart move from the Sparkster team, as well as a convenient way for people to secure their crowdsale allocation, if you ask me!\n\nGiven all the above-mentioned features, I honestly think that Sparkster is one of the very few projects that have what it takes to outperform people’s expectations. The team had some brilliant ideas that were implemented as well, so this is not one of the so many whitepaper ICOs. Since I mentioned it, you should make sure to do your own research! And what a better way to do it, other than reviewing the Sparkster **[Whitepaper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_341kbDEDc9PWn4lbsCGpAmcqDqcggUq/view)**?\n\nThis being said, this is the end of my trilogy on Sparkster. It’s an amazing project and those of you who still don’t think so, will soon have the chance to see how ambitious the Sparkster mission is. Just give it some time. Let the SPARK make the future bright! ;)\n\n**PS**: In case you have any questions, you can also find me on [Bitcointalk](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1750543)!",
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      "body": "As I was announcing in the [previous article]( https://steemit.com/sparkster/@yourcryptonews/the-good-the-bad-and-the-spark-part-1), where I presented some of the numerous upsides of [Sparkster]( https://sparkster.me/)(you don’t have to trust me, you can check their **[Whitepaper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_341kbDEDc9PWn4lbsCGpAmcqDqcggUq/view)**), there must be some downsides as well , even if they are not necessarily related to the project itself, but could actually represent external/independent factors. This will be the second part of what I intend to be a trilogy on Sparkster, so I will try to focus on presenting precisely the worrying elements of the big picture for this amazing project. \n\n<center>![sparkster 0.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUCrvG8FNZkYfwXkf2D69WKPfChTpGn3CX3eXBoT5XThZ/sparkster%200.jpg)</center>\n\nI was trying to get some suggestions from the community on what these elements may be, but since [my Reddit post]( https://www.reddit.com/r/Sparkster/comments/8o08rx/sparkster_as_good_as_it_gets_any_downsides_though/) is still unanswered, I had to think a little bit more by myself and come up with some ideas that I would like to discuss here. This being said, let’s see what we may find on the other side of Heaven (you know [that movie]( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250371/?ref_=nv_sr_1), right? :P).\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nAs far as I’m concerned, I didn’t find any intrinsic downside of Sparkster, anything that would have something to do with their technology or their vision. It’s just that, in this complex climate that the crypto-space has to bloom and develop in, low are the chances not to be influenced by a series of factors that, let’s be honest, influence so many other projects too. Let’s start to briefly discuss each one of them (no specific order intended), so that you can easily understand what I mean…\n\n## Part 2 - The Bad\n\nFirst and foremost, I think that we have **the competition**, as I briefly presented already in [this Reddit post]( https://www.reddit.com/r/Sparkster/comments/8ptltu/the_usual_suspects_what_competitors_will/). Even if it is one of the most hyped ICOs in the whole crypto-sphere at this moment, there are other projects that are not in their ICO stage anymore and may have a development advantage (more or less significant). Given the product they try to develop, the Sparkster team will have to compete against other crypto-projects, such as:\n\n- Bluzelle\n- Dfinity\n- DADI\n\n<center>![sparkster competition.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWM8gs51FFVyxMACF9a8KPMJAbHhYq6fq7NVUsPAEhn3H/sparkster%20competition.jpg)</center>\n\nIt doesn’t mean that Sparkster doesn’t have serious chances, no matter the competition. I am just trying to say that in this still emerging technology, the first project to have a fully functional product can gain an important edge against all others, an edge that could help it secure an important market share, at least for several years to come. \nI’m not saying that Sparkster will be on the losing side, but that the team (and all of us as well) must be aware of this and develop its strategy (both short-term and long-term) accordingly.\n\nLet’s not forget the non-blockchain competitors, as we have some giants here, such as:\n\n- Amazon AWS\n- Microsoft Azure\n\nSecondly, **there is a slight possibility that one of the most important features that Sparkster plans to offer, namely plain English programming, will not be that successful and will not lead to mass adoption as soon as we expect or hope it will**. I don’t think it will be the case, but it worth mentioning it. \n\n<center>![sparkster plain eng.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTSaq9BCDdbnZg5SkGq3aZwgWGpQR5UqHJHZnyD4i9HgD/sparkster%20plain%20eng.JPG)</center>\n\nGiven the current lack of skilled blockchain programmers, it may last for some time until people will be able to see the real benefits of using the blockchain technology and start imagining and developing projects based on it. In order for a technology to go mainstream, people have to understand it. The means of programming are obsolete, if people have no idea what they can use them for. I really hope it won’t be the case, but I’ll definitely keep an eye on how the idea of codeless software creation will perform.\n\nAnother important factor (not only for Sparkster, but for all the other cryptocurrencies and for the market as a whole) is the usual **FUD** (fear, uncertainty and doubt), that is present (at least from time to time) and causes the prices to go down, for no obvious or rational reason. \n\n<center>![sparkster fud.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXvGbVVYdEuHHjB5E3AKNETiBri4pN8jiTBiVpuJnhGPQ/sparkster%20fud.JPG)</center>\n\nI am not talking here about the price of the token after the public sale. What I mean here is that a bear market can lower the chances for mass adoption of a specific project, because people will judge it by its price evolution. When nothing happens for some time, people will eventually choose some other projects to follow. 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      "body": "The whole world is in motion and this Brownian motion generates data. Random or not, this data exists. You may ask if it makes any sense or if it is useful. Maybe not, but it’s there. We all know that knowledge is power, so we can’t let such a humongous amount of data unexplored, unexplained and unexploited. This is why the humankind needs to be able to organize and understand big data. Otherwise, we will lose the progress train, as we will not be able to understand the information that the research in so many various fields generates. \n\nThis is where the projects that come with a solution to handle, organize and understand big data are not only useful, but may prove themselves to be vital. Given the current development pace of the blockchain technology, there is no wonder that some big data projects have emerged in the crypto-sphere as well. It’s actually better to have some alternatives built on the blockchain. I won’t start to quote the advantages of doing it this way, because I don’t want this article to have hundreds of pages. \nI just wanted to let all of you know that I found a promising project that aims to solve this big data problem not only in a viable way, but also by making sure that all the parties involved can benefit from joining the proposed ecosystem. Meet [Quadrant Protocol]( https://www.quadrantprotocol.com/), the future of big data!\n\n<center>![Quadrant 0.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmT651MBPFbrwo7BN6oRMdHar4EUrL7UBUjHE2CGQJcynQ/Quadrant%200.JPG)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nTo put it simple, Quadrant Protocol aims to be “a blueprint for mapping decentralized data”, as the team itself describes it. As a blockchain-based protocol, it will enable “the access, creation and distribution of data products and services with authenticity and provenance at its core”. I’ll have an in depth look at the way it actually works later in this article. Actually, I’ll keep it for the end of this review. For now, let me firstly explain what factors convinced me that this project will succeed. \n\n## You're gonna need a bigger boat\n\n\nAs you may already know, I use some specific criteria while reviewing the potentially promising projects of the crypto-sphere. The first thing that I check at a project (and I suggest everyone else does the same) is **the team** behind it. This will usually make it or break it. The team behind Quadrant Protocol is not only experienced, but has the required expertise in the field of big data. \n\n<center>![quadrant 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPMxnawHDZKzt9rwNnQqt5LChxcXexTTt593qMvct3zkM/quadrant%201.JPG)</center>\n\nThe team doesn’t consist of too many members yet, but what is important for me is that they have the skills that prove they know what they’re talking about. The project focuses on big data, and they eat this for breakfast. There’s nothing else to add here, it’s the best scenario I could have asked for from a potentially successful ICO.\n\nI always stressed the importance of a highly skilled **advisory board** and I’ll make no exception for Quadrant Protocol. Even if my expectations are high, I’m very happy with the advisors they chose. Names like **BitGo** and **Bluzelle** shouldn’t need any introductions anymore. \n\n<center>![quadrant 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmc9roh1MxdxkWoV1qGDdcc9GVkeiRFkBTk1vxKxRoHrvG/quadrant%202.JPG)</center>\n<center>![quadrant 3.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbKAoXyUFUnPRrA9VedTx1opujMKtnZLXg5tBU9pfDeL3/quadrant%203.JPG)</center>\n\nThere’s something special about this project, as it has even at this early stage an important advantage: the team managed not only to gain some early supporters, but to also secure a series of **partnerships**, and that’s not something that you’ll easily find in the crypto-sphere. \n\n<center>![quadrant 5.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbieNZWUCZfnQHdw9g1UaLZS33xbrdHFjXHDiJYD7gYoz/quadrant%205.JPG)</center>\n\nIf this wasn’t enough to convince you that Quadrant Protocol team has big plans ahead, just take a look at the **roadmap** and decide for yourself if they try to procrastinate or not. If you ask me, given the magnitude of the project and the problem it could potentially solve, this looks like an ambitious roadmap and proves that the team really plans to deliver a functional product, with a precise use case.\n\n<center>![quadrant 6.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbQh3eVL1QZQL4voNtzP5SeMHChUudwWDwnTeMxfQtbru/quadrant%206.JPG)</center>\n\nAll of the above would be pretty irrelevant without a sparkling **idea**, that should (or at least try to) solve a stringent problem. Let me now explain why I think this project could be so successful...\nBig data is a serious challenge for our future. We have to figure out a way to cope with the wild amount of data we create. The solution will be of little use, if it’s not going to be scalable. I see no better opportunity to make it the right way, other than use the blockchain technology for it. \n\nThe Quadrant Protocol solution envisions a solution for the following issues: non-transparency, lack of access to huge existent data volumes, unauthentic data, unfair compensation and lack of incentives. \nHow does it precisely plan to solve all these problems?\n\nTo put it simple, Quadrant Protocol will serve as the blueprint for an organized system of decentralized data utilization. The data will be split into several categories: \n- raw data (code name: Stars) \n- metadata (DNA) \n- data products (Constellations)\n\nThe system entities can play the following roles:\n- Nurseries: their role is to produce Stars and to stamp the hash and DNA onto Quadrant\n- Pioneers: they are creating the Constellations, by mapping the disparate collection of Stars\n- Elons: for creating the tools needed for solving real-world problems, Elons can link Constellations together, in order for them to form mega Constellations\n- Data Consumers: entities (companies interested in AI and Machine Learning, for example) that purchase Constellations and use them for powering their own projects.\n\nBy stamping data to prove its authenticity, Quadrant Protocol will provide a traceable and transparent data record and this should be an incentive for the companies that could be interested in purchasing such data. The Pioneers are incentivized to create Data Smart Contracts and new data products and services on top of Quadrant and this will lead to a win-win situation. As more and more data will be processed, purchased and used, the ecosystem will expand and all the involved entities will enrich it, enhancing its capabilities and use-cases. \n\nI strongly advise all of you to check the [Whitepaper]( https://www.quadrantprotocol.com/whitepaper.pdf) , in order to better understand the consensus algorithm of Quadrant Protocol (**Proof of Authority**) and the initial features and services that it will offer, including:\n- Data Stamping Protocol\n- Stamp Verification\n- Open Constellations\n- Network Nodes and Clients\n- Data Enhancement by Elons\n- Public Chain Anchors\n\nJust make sure to do your own research before anything else! \nIf you still have any unanswered questions after checking the [ANN Thread]( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3676988.0), you’ll probably get the answers you are looking for from the Quadrant Protocol community on [Telegram]( https://t.me/quadrantprotocol). If you’re good at it, you can also start spreading the word about this amazing project, by joining the [Bounty campaign]( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3739014.0).\n\nAs you might have noticed, I didn’t say anything about the token metrics or the token sale, as I presume that we are (or should be) interested in the technology and we are not here for quick and easy gains. The stake is higher than that. Actually, our very own future is at stake. We need to be able to anticipate the issues we will face and we better pre-emptively come with solutions for it. This is why Quadrant Protocol may play a vital role in the big data market, as time goes by. \n\nIf everything goes according to their plan and vision, this team will prove that using the blockchain technology could be a game changer for big data. Otherwise, “we’ll need a bigger boat” (you all know [Jaws]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT9BeGNnCqw), right?;) ), for us to be able to cope with the exponentially increasing amount of data. But what happens when we reach out of wood? Let’s be environmental friendly and use Quadrant Protocol instead, shall we? :)",
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      "body": "The whole world is in motion and this Brownian motion generates data. Random or not, this data exists. You may ask if it makes any sense or if it is useful. Maybe not, but it’s there. We all know that knowledge is power, so we can’t let such a humongous amount of data unexplored, unexplained and unexploited. This is why the humankind needs to be able to organize and understand big data. Otherwise, we will lose the progress train, as we will not be able to understand the information that the research in so many various fields generates. \n\nThis is where the projects that come with a solution to handle, organize and understand big data are not only useful, but may prove themselves to be vital. Given the current development pace of the blockchain technology, there is no wonder that some big data projects have emerged in the crypto-sphere as well. It’s actually better to have some alternatives built on the blockchain. I won’t start to quote the advantages of doing it this way, because I don’t want this article to have hundreds of pages. \nI just wanted to let all of you know that I found a promising project that aims to solve this big data problem not only in a viable way, but also by making sure that all the parties involved can benefit from joining the proposed ecosystem. Meet [Quadrant Protocol]( https://www.quadrantprotocol.com/), the future of big data!\n\n<center>![Quadrant 0.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmT651MBPFbrwo7BN6oRMdHar4EUrL7UBUjHE2CGQJcynQ/Quadrant%200.JPG)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nTo put it simple, Quadrant Protocol aims to be “a blueprint for mapping decentralized data”, as the team itself describes it. As a blockchain-based protocol, it will enable “the access, creation and distribution of data products and services with authenticity and provenance at its core”. I’ll have an in depth look at the way it actually works later in this article. Actually, I’ll keep it for the end of this review. For now, let me firstly explain what factors convinced me that this project will succeed. \n\n## You're gonna need a bigger boat\n\n\nAs you may already know, I use some specific criteria while reviewing the potentially promising projects of the crypto-sphere. The first thing that I check at a project (and I suggest everyone else does the same) is **the team** behind it. This will usually make it or break it. The team behind Quadrant Protocol is not only experienced, but has the required expertise in the field of big data. \n\n<center>![quadrant 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPMxnawHDZKzt9rwNnQqt5LChxcXexTTt593qMvct3zkM/quadrant%201.JPG)</center>\n\nThe team doesn’t consist of too many members yet, but what is important for me is that they have the skills that prove they know what they’re talking about. 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Names like **BitGo** and **Bluzelle** shouldn’t need any introductions anymore. \n\n<center>![quadrant 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmc9roh1MxdxkWoV1qGDdcc9GVkeiRFkBTk1vxKxRoHrvG/quadrant%202.JPG)</center>\n<center>![quadrant 3.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbKAoXyUFUnPRrA9VedTx1opujMKtnZLXg5tBU9pfDeL3/quadrant%203.JPG)</center>\n\nThere’s something special about this project, as it has even at this early stage an important advantage: the team managed not only to gain some early supporters, but to also secure a series of **partnerships**, and that’s not something that you’ll easily find in the crypto-sphere. \n\n<center>![quadrant 5.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbieNZWUCZfnQHdw9g1UaLZS33xbrdHFjXHDiJYD7gYoz/quadrant%205.JPG)</center>\n\nIf this wasn’t enough to convince you that Quadrant Protocol team has big plans ahead, just take a look at the **roadmap** and decide for yourself if they try to procrastinate or not. If you ask me, given the magnitude of the project and the problem it could potentially solve, this looks like an ambitious roadmap and proves that the team really plans to deliver a functional product, with a precise use case.\n\n<center>![quadrant 6.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbQh3eVL1QZQL4voNtzP5SeMHChUudwWDwnTeMxfQtbru/quadrant%206.JPG)</center>\n\nAll of the above would be pretty irrelevant without a sparkling **idea**, that should (or at least try to) solve a stringent problem. Let me now explain why I think this project could be so successful...\nBig data is a serious challenge for our future. We have to figure out a way to cope with the wild amount of data we create. The solution will be of little use, if it’s not going to be scalable. I see no better opportunity to make it the right way, other than use the blockchain technology for it. \n\nThe Quadrant Protocol solution envisions a solution for the following issues: non-transparency, lack of access to huge existent data volumes, unauthentic data, unfair compensation and lack of incentives. \nHow does it precisely plan to solve all these problems?\n\nTo put it simple, Quadrant Protocol will serve as the blueprint for an organized system of decentralized data utilization. The data will be split into several categories: \n- raw data (code name: Stars) \n- metadata (DNA) \n- data products (Constellations)\n\nThe system entities can play the following roles:\n- Nurseries: their role is to produce Stars and to stamp the hash and DNA onto Quadrant\n- Pioneers: they are creating the Constellations, by mapping the disparate collection of Stars\n- Elons: for creating the tools needed for solving real-world problems, Elons can link Constellations together, in order for them to form mega Constellations\n- Data Consumers: entities (companies interested in AI and Machine Learning, for example) that purchase Constellations and use them for powering their own projects.\n\nBy stamping data to prove its authenticity, Quadrant Protocol will provide a traceable and transparent data record and this should be an incentive for the companies that could be interested in purchasing such data. The Pioneers are incentivized to create Data Smart Contracts and new data products and services on top of Quadrant and this will lead to a win-win situation. As more and more data will be processed, purchased and used, the ecosystem will expand and all the involved entities will enrich it, enhancing its capabilities and use-cases. \n\nI strongly advise all of you to check the [Whitepaper]( https://www.quadrantprotocol.com/whitepaper.pdf) , in order to better understand the consensus algorithm of Quadrant Protocol (**Proof of Authority**) and the initial features and services that it will offer, including:\n- Data Stamping Protocol\n- Stamp Verification\n- Open Constellations\n- Network Nodes and Clients\n- Data Enhancement by Elons\n- Public Chain Anchors\n\nJust make sure to do your own research before anything else! \nIf you still have any unanswered questions after checking the [ANN Thread]( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3676988.0), you’ll probably get the answers you are looking for from the Quadrant Protocol community on [Telegram]( https://t.me/quadrantprotocol). If you’re good at it, you can also start spreading the word about this amazing project, by joining the [Bounty campaign]( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3739014.0).\n\nAs you might have noticed, I didn’t say anything about the token metrics or the token sale, as I presume that we are (or should be) interested in the technology and we are not here for quick and easy gains. The stake is higher than that. Actually, our very own future is at stake. We need to be able to anticipate the issues we will face and we better pre-emptively come with solutions for it. This is why Quadrant Protocol may play a vital role in the big data market, as time goes by. \n\nIf everything goes according to their plan and vision, this team will prove that using the blockchain technology could be a game changer for big data. 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      "body": "I’m just another movie fan, so don’t panic if you’ll randomly find some links to movies or quotes in my articles! :)\nPrecisely because I’m a movie fan, I have to ask you this: did you notice how real some Sci-Fi movies of the 20th century look today? You may even think that people back then were really able to take a look into the future. Or maybe today’s engineers took their inspiration from older works? One thing’s for sure: [“where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874ZbBlO87w). :)\n\nJust as the previous generations did, we’re building the future, day by day. We can make it or break it. This means that our decisions must be the best ones, in order for us not to break it. And I don’t know too many aspects of this future of ours, that could be more important than this simple word: **autonomous**. \nIt’s one of the key words for the way technology will look like some years from now. In this article, I will focus on a specific project of the crypto-sphere, a project that aims to automate a vital sector of our lives: **the transportation system**. It’s going to be all about [DAV Network]( https://dav.network/), as you might have already guessed! ;)\n\n<center>![dav 0.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmcqDqXGF5MBFzGUUzLagwyUe8FDa3pb71pw74FRLhYFHk/dav%200.jpg)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nWhat’s this project all about, after all? What’s **the main idea** behind it? In just a few words, DAV Network aims to create “the coin of transportation”, by deploying a blockchain-based transportation protocol, that will enable a decentralized, peer to peer and global transportation network. \n\nWhy is this so vital? \n\nBecause this is how the future will look like in several years from now: the transportation network will become completely autonomous, so it is critical for the humankind to create and shape it the right way, so that it will serve all our needs properly, without leading to any potential downsides while doing so. If we fail, then [Houston, we have a problem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTSVOnhLtCs)!\n\nThere are already some projects (even in the crypto-sphere) that try to use the blockchain technology for rethinking the transportation system. For example, you can check my [review on MVL]( https://medium.com/@mihairusu08/why-mvl-is-or-should-be-your-friend-a7f56b2af488). What differentiates DAV Network from other projects, though, is the fact that it tries to envision and create the technology of tomorrow, rather than change the already deployed one. \n\nSo what’s the difference?\n\nIt’s actually pretty simple: the blockchain technology could improve today’s transportation system by allowing the sharing of vehicles and related services, as well as decentralized manned deliveries. DAV Network doesn’t plan to offer only this, but much more: the technology of tomorrow. This includes autonomous drone deliveries, autonomous carriers and autonomous ride sharing. For more detailed information on how they will do it, I strongly recommend you to check their [whitepaper]( https://dav.network/whitepaper.pdf)!\n\nI don’t think we have enough space here to talk about why the transportation system will become autonomous. It’s just the natural way of evolution for this sector. It will simply better serve our needs this way. \n\nI would rather ask if people already have what it takes to create this type of system. The answer is: with the right team, you definitely can! DAV Network managed to put together **a team of skilled professionals**, which will lay the foundation of what could become the very protocol of the transportation network of the future. \n\n<center>![DAV 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZgD92ZX13qvu1QxjX3zmNDoaGMYjKXhBQ5JLAVBxYJAm/DAV%201.JPG)</center>\n\nAs you may already know, the team, no matter how good it is, really needs some highly-skilled advisors, who have the ability to make sure the development has the right direction and can bring valuable knowledge of the sectors the project aims to disrupt. In DAV Network’s case, I honestly admit that we are talking about **one of the best advisory boards** I have seen in a long time in the crypto-sphere, including specialists associated with technological giants, such as: GM, Cisco, NASA, UPS, IBM, Ethereum, SAP or Ford.\n\n<center>![dav 3.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmf7ufnwb1XYEDGEV5Eq7stt7bVcvKE1jjTXGeA1zy1gfN/dav%203.JPG)</center>\n<center>![dav 4.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTmsMssYRuCVuyRaXykVUJVdTTX6i67pGtAbcWTcQoMQC/dav%204.JPG)</center>\n<center>![dav 5.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZjzLv8DWtxrX4paChk3iQqC8Kn8mL9pkPZRZ9oZpixpo/dav%205.JPG)</center>\n<center>![dav 6.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfJ6HvbpwWE4pAaGSfiTi9UZdKPx3sFmWnQ3xGQu1xyGF/dav%206.JPG)</center>\n\nWhat does all of this prove? For me, it seems like DAV Network really takes its mission seriously, as it put together a strong team and a significant number of advisors (if compared to other ICOs in the crypto-sphere). This project is not messing around and, given the big plans it has for the future, you bet it really doesn’t have time for anything else, but hard work. \nFor achieving its target, DAV Network [has developed an extensive number of partnerships and joined some technology-focused alliances](https://alliance.dav.network/), as you may see below.\n\n<center>![dav 7.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmSRQBMnNk2LEsEUK2h51z4HwrjfQZzYktQfNU3PqetZia/dav%207.JPG)</center>\n\nThe **roadmap is pretty ambitious** as well. If you ask me, considering the comprehensive approach it has and the huge amount of technical details that need to be tackled, analyzed and properly designed/deployed, 2019 is an excellent milestone for having everything done!\n\n<center>![dav roadmap.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbNmr4s9rtt8gv3mfMgiKtUMACaV46G9WXxSsE1yrAPfw/dav%20roadmap.JPG)</center>\n\nI am here for the technology, but I know that at least some of you are interested in the **token metrics** of the projects I talk about, so I’ll briefly present you [DAV Network’s token sale details](https://dav.network/token-sale-details.html) as well:\n\n<center>![dav token sale.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmTixZHHEFYycZs59aBshWQ1d7Fb2bvEqTaLDazcgXvTw9/dav%20token%20sale.JPG)</center>\n\nA detail that could be vital for the people who still try to decide if they want to participate to the token sale is the fact that **DAV will be classified as a Utility Token by the Swiss regulator**! \nIt may be important to also mention here that the **public sale will start on June 11th, at 1 PM GMT(UTC)+0**. \nThe **Hard Cap is 63,123 ETH**, which isn’t too high, considering the costs of developing the network we’ll most probably all use in the future. \n**Token sale is restricted to people from US and China.**\n\nWhat excites me about DAV Network is that we are talking about an infrastructure that is still in its creation phase, so it can still be tweaked and improved, before it will be physically deployed on a worldwide scale. This means that we still have the chance to create a better future, by doing it in a decentralized manner. This way, we can make sure that we don’t break it. \nMoreover, we’ll properly lay the foundation of something not only vital (as this is how the transportation system is for our society), but also expensive and game-changing (if done the right way), so we’ll better treat it as if we only have one try. \nI don’t think there’s another team that could approach the matter more responsibly than DAV Network, so let’s watch them doing it the right way! \n\nIn the end, don’t forget: [“where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”]( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=874ZbBlO87w). \nDAV Network should be enough! ;)",
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      "body": "Good projects don’t need to be promoted. They will simply succeed! It’s just a matter of time, that’s true, but when something is valuable, it’s going to become famous. Mainstream adoption doesn’t happen overnight, this is also true, but it finally will. Marketing will probably accelerate the adoption process, but it also requires additional funds, that could otherwise be used for developing the product and ensure that edge over the competitors. \n\nIf what I stated above is true, then I suppose this article is useless. I don’t need to promote a good project, since it’s going to succeed anyway, right? :) \nWell, you know what? \nI’m not trying to promote a project here. I know it doesn’t need me to. \nI am just happy to have found a great project, so I have to tell why I’m so excited about it. If you didn’t guess already, I’m going to talk about [Sparkster](http://sparkster.me/). \n\n<center>![sparkster 0.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUCrvG8FNZkYfwXkf2D69WKPfChTpGn3CX3eXBoT5XThZ/sparkster%200.jpg)</center>\n\n**DISCLAIMER: This is NOT financial advice!**\n\nBecause I have so much to say about this project, I will try to organize my thoughts in three main sections: its strong points (the good), its weak points (the bad) and what makes it have such a bright future (the spark). You may already know that I love movies, so I have to admit that I took my inspiration from [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/) (what a distinct title, after all, right?), but modified it a bit, to match our topic. The main characters of the movie were searching for that treasure, while Sparkster will give us a bright future, full of unsuspected treasures. \n\nAs you may have already noticed, I plan to publish three articles (this being the first), in order to discuss this promising project and maybe get some feedback from you, so that I can have a second opinion. Let’s start with what I consider to be the strong points of Sparkster.\n## **Part 1 - The Good**\n\nI found out about Sparkster some days before the Amsterdam meeting, planned by Ian Balina, where you may know that this project won the first place, out of several other ICOs. This helped Sparkster gain popular attention and got the potential investors already interested. I found this gem some days before, and I saw its potential from the very beginning. Ian Balina just strengthened my conviction that this ICO will succeed.\n\nNow let me tell you why I think in its future: when reviewing such projects, I usually look for several key factors that could make or break them. Sparkster is doing great at each and every one of them. To name the first (as you may already know): it’s all about **the team**! \n\n<center>![sparkster 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmYeU8yVASJ7wTrUnf9tQky9hR2jJRyBttqkXbGudGuayX/sparkster%201.JPG)</center>\n\nWe are talking about a large team (considering that the project is still in its ICO phase), with various backgrounds. Some of them worked for some big companies, such as: Cisco, IBM, AT&T, Accenture, HSBC, Wipro, Citi, Pfizer, etc.\n\n<center>![sparkster 2.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmccCa3PpSaHdB6AWe7CmRcB2Gr6ZWNCf1WfK76miKJMb8/sparkster%202.JPG)</center>\n\nPersonally, I can’t ask more from a team behind an ICO! I don’t know what you think about it, but for me it’s simply a dream team!\n\nBut what’s a team without some skilled **advisors**, to help it focus on what matters the most and guide its efforts in achieving the best results in the right direction? In Sparkster’s case, we have two hand-picked advisors:\n\n<center>![sparkster 3.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmU8ARKRyjRLAzZQN29rq68in5ktQ8vPHgQZhEdtxqAWxz/sparkster%203.JPG)</center>\n\nDoes anyone need more than MIT, SAP and Oracle? That’s enough of a confirmation for me, that the advisors have what it takes to help the team get the best out of their plan, roadmap and the final product!\n\nNow we are reaching a vital point of this review: **the idea**. You can have a magnificent team, backed by some high skilled advisors, if they lack the **SPARK**. :) In a nutshell, Sparkster aims to create a Decentralized Cloud solution, capable of executing tens of millions of transactions per second. But that’s not all: Sparkster will also enable anyone to build Smart Software in plain English. If this is not game-changing, I don’t know what else ever will! This will enable an unimaginable level of adoption for the crypto-sphere, taking things to a totally different level! It’s a vital step that the blockchain technology needs to make and Sparkster is here to make sure that this becomes a reality.\n\nEven if you have a brilliant idea, you could lose the race against other projects that manage to get an important advantage, by achieving some results sooner, as this means that they will always be a step ahead of their competitors. When this gap becomes too significant, the winner is pretty obvious. In case of Sparkster, **the roadmap** is carefully planned. Most of the public releases are planned for this year, while 2019 should bring integration with other networks (NEO, Cardano, Stellar) and the launch of a platform for Enterprise customers.\n\n<center>![sparkster roadmap.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmacj2tRrU6EWe5wuX5tynq1RzGgzLnZEXJu2ht8KH4R8X/sparkster%20roadmap.JPG)</center>\n<center>![sparkster roadmap 1.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPVqDKCRsatTiMq8rymvCWahfA68kMuYMz1r95y1FSiiJ/sparkster%20roadmap%201.JPG)</center>\n\nI’m here for the technology, and this is precisely why I’m so excited about the potential that Sparkster has. I presume (and hope) that you are interested in the technology as well. But for those of you who are curious about the token metrics, those numbers were carefully chosen as well. It’s simply another wise decision from the Sparkster team! \n\n<center>![sparkster token.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmUXhJrzsurzQnc3Wwk5n9ED6f37j4STzheEZEjb35R9S6/sparkster%20token.JPG)</center>\n\nJust take a look at the image above and let me know if raising $30,000,000 for 67% of the tokens is not an excellent decision, if compared with most of the projects in this space! ;)\n\nIf it seems to you that I am trying to shill this project, you don’t have to take my word for granted: just check the **[Whitepaper](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_341kbDEDc9PWn4lbsCGpAmcqDqcggUq/view)** and you’ll see why I’m trying to emphasize its importance and the impact it will have, once the product will be fully functional! You can also find more information about the project and discuss with the community on [Telegram](https://t.me/SparksterICO).\n\nEven if their token sale is planned for July, they have already launched a very challenging [bounty campaign](http://sparkster.me/try?r=hT9G0izo), where you can participate and reserve your contribution when the sale will start. Otherwise, you can try to win your status as a token sale participant by participating in a [lottery](https://medium.com/sparkster/sparkster-crowdsale-announcement-bd295b67b72c). If you want to make sure that you will be able to contribute during the token sale, I suggest you to join the [bounty campaign](http://sparkster.me/try?r=hT9G0izo), because otherwise you take additional risks by hoping to win the lottery. ;)\n\nThis is it for this article, I’m sure you’ll spot more good parts of this project. Just make sure you discuss them in the comments! In the next article, I will try to focus on the negative aspects of Sparkster. I didn’t find too many, though, so I encourage you to comment to [my Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Sparkster/comments/8o08rx/sparkster_as_good_as_it_gets_any_downsides_though/), in case you have any suggestions about its potential downsides! I'll make sure to include your feedback in my next article. ;)\n\nUntil then, don’t forget about the [bounty campaign](http://sparkster.me/try?r=hT9G0izo) and remember: **stay safe , do your own research and only choose the good projects**! \n\n**PS**: In case you have any questions, you can also find me on [Bitcointalk](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1750543)!",
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