Markethive Coin [MHV] To Become The Premier Consumer Blockchain Coin. 

CEO and Founder of Markethive, Thomas Prendergast says;

“Bitcoin [BTC] is the premier Fintech blockchain. MarketHive Coin [MHV] will become the premier Consumer Blockchain coin.” 

Markethive’s decision to convert to the blockchain was multiple reasons…

• To create our own asset coin as an instrument to our Ecosystem for Entrepreneurs.

• A Blockchain system to guarantee and deliver a secure system to each subscriber. 

• To offer security to assure members they own and control their data we don’t, to ensure nothing like banning, shadow banning and political agendas ever controls the network. 

Only Blockchain offers this solution.

So Markethive will establish their niche as the only Social (Market) Network that has an infinity Airdrop and a system that rewards the users for using the platform, receiving additional consistent daily micropayments called a faucet.

Markethive Wallet

The Markethive wallet is an ERC-20 type wallet and built to hold a selection of coins including the Markethive coin. [MHV] The Wallet app also employs an encrypted private messaging system incorporating texting, voice and video rooms, a coin wallet and exchange key, a Know Your Customer Key, and a 2FA Login Security Key accessed via the downloaded Markethive app for Windows, Apple, MACOS, and Droid.

Infinity Airdrops

Markethive is determined to take a large share of the new Market Network that is the next generation following the Social Network phenomena. That Market Network is defined as a platform that is integrated with a 

• Social Network (like Facebook)

• Business platform (like LinkedIn)

• SAAS tools (like GoToMeeting, ZOOM and Google Apps)

• Inbound Marketing (like Marketo, Hubspot, Aweber)

• Blogging Platform (Steemit, Medium, Quora)  

• Video Channel (like Youtube, Google Hangouts)

• Commerce platforms (like eBay, Freelancers, Coinbase, Alibaba)

• News Site Publisher (like Cointelegraph, Bitcoin.com)

Notably, Paypal established themselves with a viral campaign giving away money, $20 if you signed up, $20 more if you attracted someone to sign up through you. Dropbox did a similar campaign by giving away more space by inviting 3 people to join through you. This has always been the holy grail to incredible results.

When signing up in Markethive you will receive 500 MHV Coins which will be instantly paid to you in your Coin Clip within the Markethive Platform after a phone number verification which you will be asked to do so upon joining. The Entrepreneur Upgrade qualifies you to receive a 100% matching bonus of 500 MHV every time you invite a person to join Markethive. That can add up to a pretty penny! 

Since Markethive placed MHV onto its first of many Coin Exchanges in the first quarter of 2019, at 1 penny, $0.01, MHV is already valued at $0.20c. That means your 500 MHV Airdrop is worth $100usd. You get that just for joining. How cool is that?! 

The Markethive Coin is now listed on a second exchange. This exchange will be allocating the Airdrops to new signups. All will be revealed at this Sunday’s meeting on August 18, 2019, at 10 am MST.  Please join us. Everyone is welcome. You will find the Zoom link to join the meeting by clicking on Calendar situated on the menu bar at the top of your Markethive page.

Markethive Micropayment System [Faucet]

The traditional Bitcoin faucet is a reward system in the form of a website or app that dispenses rewards in the form of a Satoshi or micropayments for completing a task. Likewise, Markethive is integrating this reward system to qualified members just for utilizing the Markethive system. 

The Markethive platform pays you micropayments of Markethive coin, (MHV), similar to faucets. After you have 3 people subscribed into the free Markethive Network via your profile page, the faucet, Micropayment system activates and from there on, all activity within the system pays you small but consistent MHV coinage to your Coin Clip/Wallet all day long in real-time as you engage in the Markethive Platform. 

NOTE: Being the entire system runs on Markethive coin, (MHV) you can expect the volume demand and increased velocity of the coin to also drive coin value accordingly. This is one of the main reasons we refer to our system as being a legitimate alternative to universal income, one based on ethics and integrity, not government-mandated theft and graft.

Tips Instead Of Likes

Comments get paid, instead of giving a Like, members give Tips and Markethive pays you just for giving a tip. So you’re never out of pocket. 

• Make a capture page, get paid. 

• Publish a blog, get paid. 

• Post on the newsfeed, get paid

• Comment on someone’s post, get paid

• Create a group, get paid

• Accept a friend request, get paid

• Set up a series of autoresponders, get paid. You get the picture. 

Markethive will reward you while you build your business just by using Markethive’s valuable Inbound Marketing platform.

Just refer three new free subscribers to Markethive to activate the faucets and develop a lifetime income. 

Markethive System Tutorials – Get Paid To Learn

Markethive pays all members to learn the Markethive system, as well as how to write copy, set up Inbound Marketing campaigns, find answers. You get paid to learn how to make a group, set up capture pages, set up autoresponders, upload videos, and a whole lot more. You get paid in Markethive coins. (MHV) No qualifications required, just a Markethive Wallet and each lesson you complete you receive an accolade on your profile and coin in your wallet. 

Markethive is truly dedicated to your education, success, and sovereignty. This is why we have made the Inbound Marketing Platform free (Compared to Marketo that costs up to $25k per month)

Bottom Line

By joining Markethive as a free member, you will be part of a collaborative Social Network. You will get a Market Network Inbound Marketing platform worth $2500 per month for free and get “Airdropped” paid up to 500 Markethive coins just for joining. And continue to receive these coin assets for the duration of your life within the hive.

Not only are Markethive’s inbound marketing tools free to utilize for your business, you actually get paid for learning and using the system. Markethive embraces gamification thus making it fun and more rewarding by way of the loyalty and bounty program, so not only are you gaining quality leads and customers for your business, you are creating extra income, brand and personal presence in the one and only Ecosystem For Entrepreneurs – Markethive 

Deb Williams
Market Manager for Markethive, a global Market Network, and Writer for the Crypto/Blockchain Industry. Also a strong advocate for technology, progress, and freedom of speech.  I embrace "Change" with a passion and my purpose in life is to help people understand, accept and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals. 
 

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The Demise Of The ICO. The Uprise Of The ILP 

In the world of new technology, we saw a brief era between 2106 and 2018 with very little to no intervention by the authorities called the Initial Coin Offering (ICO). This was a new revolutionary way to raise capital for new projects and start-up companies. With the advent of Blockchain and Bitcoin starting to make its mark, scores of new creative projects with its own tokens or coins were popping up with promises and unfounded speculation every week. The best part was, even the public could get involved. In 2017 ICOs had reached their peak. Their tokens were reaching new highs and Bitcoin was going through the roof. This was a huge and very exciting time. Investors made money and some turned into millionaires in a very short time. It was perceived to be a win/win situation for everyone. But in fact, it turned out to be a devastating time for many. 

There were companies that had creative ideas and products underpinning the project that truly made a difference in the world. Others were not thought through when they jumped on the bandwagon and launched promising big things but failed miserably. As it evolved and since there was no accountability, the ICO ecosystem was an easy way to make money. The ICO platform that was meant as a way to raise capital for genuine tech companies was now a haven for scammers. This led to the involvement of regulatory authorities and the rest is history. Many met their demise and the investors found themselves as proud owners of tokens and coins that were totally worthless. 

As Brian Kerr, CEO and Co-Founder of Kava Labs exemplified,

“It’s part poor incentives, poor professional conduct, and part dev’s realizing they are working on bad ideas. Exit scamming was rampant in the early ICO era, but so was repeat ICO entrepreneurs that spun up ICOs as fast as they left them. Early ICOs were structured to pay out very quickly to founders, creating horrible incentives to stick around.”

As I stated some ICOs were a success and have made a difference in our lives bringing decentralization and worthwhile products in this new era of technology and cryptocurrency. So what made them a success? Below are 20 ICOs some successful with 45% of them failing.

These are based on 3 main criteria.

1. Roadmap and Milestones Accomplished by Deadlines
   Number 1 criteria being the project is judged based on the roadmap provided and if the project is meeting its deadlines. If the project is on track for the developments detailed in the whitepaper along with updates which gives a brief idea about the development of promised products or necessary updates to the ecosystem.

2.  Community Engagement
   This step involves the amount of activity and engagement with the community about its project on the social media pages (Twitter, Telegram, Facebook, Medium, etc) It also includes how frequent the updates are and the official announcements made on these pages as well as assisting the community with issues, etc. 

3. Price Performance
   The price and the utility of the token or coin and its performance since its launch and a comparison with other altcoins in the ecosystem. So it’s basically the return on investment or ROI of the token as well as the listing of these tokens on exchanges and the liquidity of these coins on the listed exchanges.

Alexa Ranking plays a big part in knowing how popular these ICOs are. The lower the rank, the more traffic is visiting the site. It also demonstrates merit when securing potential advertisers and investors, as a representation of a site’s impressionable audience size. Alexa ranking is considered a relevant and important metric for webmasters and the public alike. 

It is not uncommon for users to take a look at your Alexa ranking and rating before deciding if your website is safe and trustworthy enough to buy from.  It serves as a valuable metric to indicate a website’s popularity. It also serves as a comparative tool, to compare a website with that of competitors and see how well it’s doing in terms of traffic and popularity. A ranking of 100,000 and under is considered the benchmark for a popular site. 
 

Top 11 Successful ICOs                 Alexa Ranking 

Huobi (HT) https://www.hbg.com/en-us/                          9,007

Qash (QASH) https://www.liquid.com/                            19,378

EOS (EOS) https://eos.io/                                               86,325   

Bancor (BNT)  https://www.bancor.network/                 147,997 

TenX (PAY)  https://tenx.tech/en/                                  158,216  

Tezos (XTZ)  https://tezos.com/                                    198,672 

Polkadot (DOT) https://polkadot.network/                     240,547 

Kin (KIN)  https://www.kin.org/                                      259,879 

Filecoin (FIL) https://filecoin.io/                                     369,957  

Sirin Labs (SRN)  https://sirinlabs.com/                        382,920  

Orbs (ORBS)  https://www.orbs.com/                           567,855 

In the case of the failed ICO’s, they were very quick to launch with very little thought and nothing underpinning their projects. However, in many cases, it resulted in a quick way to make a profit and then exit. Since then there has been more regulation, fewer projects and less capital raised as a result. 

Although ICOs are similar to an IPO, it’s important to note, it does not result in having an ownership stake in the company. ICOs essentially gamble with the idea that the currently worthless coin you pay for now will increase in value later and make you money. It is pure speculation and it has left many people devastated when these ICO’s and founders just disappear almost overnight as their promises just fade away into oblivion. Interestingly, 90% of the ICOs launched in 2017-18 have never produced anything. 

A fundamental issue with ICOs is the fact that most of them raise money pre-product. This makes the investment extremely speculative and risky.

The ICO has become nefarious and been scrutinized by governments, institutions and even the average person looking for new opportunities to invest in the hope of a more financially secure future. 
 

In Contrast To The ICO

The Incentivized Loan Program ™ (ILP) is a new way to finance projects by utilizing blockchain and has been created and utilized by Markethive, the first Social Market Network. It is an alternative crowdfunding means of raising funds, and it does bypass some of the issues that have slammed ICO’s credibility.
 

The ILP is essentially a loan and is regulatory friendly and in compliance with the UCC Code, in that, they can be compliant even with the most stringent regulatory frameworks around the world when it comes to fraud and money laundering. ILP holders also share in the success of the company and enjoy a form of a return via interest from the net profit of the company after the initial loan is reimbursed. 

Markethive Hits The Mark

It was just a matter of time and some forward-thinking for the Blockchain and crypto to be integrated into Inbound Marketing and Social Media. It’s not just for the benefit of supply chain industries or crypto traders anymore. Blockchain-based technologies can provide marketers, bloggers, commercial artists, in fact, anyone on social media or marketing platforms, with greater benefits for their products and services such as fairness and honesty, freedom, better cost control, heightened security, and privacy.

In Markethive’s case, the Incentivized Loan Program ™ is an effective way to engage individuals globally, who otherwise wouldn’t have the funds to participate, given that an IPO often asks for a hefty minimum dollar value. Markethive is the first to offer the Incentivized Loan Program ™ and will be one of the first companies to raise capital by decentralized crowdfunding of debt.

Markethive has been in Beta for the last 4 years ensuring all aspects of the company are in place with perfection. Although still in Beta many products and services are already in operation, earning revenue. These are a hybrid mixture of a full suite of inbound marketing tools and digital media sites with a dynamic integrated social network. The system is constantly being updated with portals and hubs and some are still to be added prior to Launch. 

Markethive has seen tremendous growth through its proprietary Incentivized Loan Program ™ and has raised over $500K and at the end of 2018 had 2,000 members, which is now approaching 25,000 members to date and growing every day. Markethive has built the technology, has the products and services and now requires funding to market.

Furthermore, at the end of 2018, Markethive was generating about $1,800 per month in revenue, and now approaching $10K in monthly recurring revenue. 4 more revenue streams have also been added. Markethive is increasing its revenue at a rate of approx. 30%-40% each month.

Markethive is currently in 187 countries and has an Alexa ranking of 16,357 as of this publication, from 50,000 at the end of 2018. This means Markethive is placed at No. 7 in the Crypto Media Sites category of approx 1250 sites. 

Notably, looking at the list of successful ICOs above, Markethive is placed at No. 2 in terms of Alexa Ranking.

Markethive.com, the website, is receiving 50,000 unique visitors a day and over 1Million page hits each day according to Cloudfare Statistics. With a total social reach of 40K followers and growing every day as well as a community reach of 45K+, by years end the projection is a reach of over 333 Million social media/internet users. 

It’s also worth noting Markethive’s Consumer Coin (MHV) has a current Marketcap of $18.7B as per Coinranking.com 

The CEO and Co-Founder of Markethive, Thomas Prendergast said:

“I have every confidence that we have sitting in front of us the ability to reach 500 million subscribers in Markethive within a year. Our social networks have grown exponentially in the last few weeks now at 40,000 with functions in place to increase our followers into the multi-millions.”

Conclusion

Given that Markethive has survived the crypto winter, the demise of the ICO era and regulatory intervention and crackdowns, the future looks very bright. Markethive is solid and backed up by being 4 years in Beta. It has raised the funds and built the technology. Now requiring funding for the marketing of the system. It has the products and the underpinning technology needed to be the success and fulfill the vision as originally intended by Thomas Prendergast. 

Markethive’s growth and ever-improving Alexa Ranking, community involvement, the fact Markethive is a Social Network with continued interaction and engagement on the platform, becoming more prevalent each day moving forward. A social media platform with all the essential inbound marketing tools needed for growing a business, along with a cryptocurrency ecosystem to ensure universal income for its members. This company is not only poised for a successful launch of its system and Consumer Coin, but it is also set for long term growth and is the next generation of how we interact and conduct business online. 

Deb Williams
Market Manager for Markethive, a global Market Network, and Writer for the Crypto/Blockchain Industry. Also a strong advocate for technology, progress, and freedom of speech.  I embrace "Change" with a passion and my purpose in life is to help people understand, accept and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals. 
 

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A Complete Blockchain Commerce System At Markethive – THE SOCIAL MARKET NETWORK

Markethive has in the wings and in the works, scores of traffic portals to enhance the Entrepreneurs’ pursuit for online business. Coming soon is the Markethive Coin Exchange, a freelancing platform and a voice, video, copywriter’s platform. Similar to eBay, Freelancers, Binance. 

Markethive’s exchange is integrated into the social network and can be used as an Inbound Marketing target when Markethive Entrepreneurs offer commission-free trades via promo codes binding the customer to the designated Markethive Entrepreneur. 

The same goes for Markethive’s Beelancers platform built to sell services only (not goods), Markethive’s Hivebroker designed to promote artists copywriting, videography services and voice-overs talent. Other commerce platform traffic portals include About bitcoin, a news service that sells article publishing and press release publishing also displayed  on the Markethive home page and Markethive.net

Notably, because of our blockchain and coin exchange, transactions and communications between buyer and seller are left to the discretion of the sellers within the platforms. Markethive does not control the transaction and in fact, transactions are peer to peer and kept private.

Markethive is a commensurable dynamic integrated amalgamation of a social network like (Facebook, LinkedIn) and Inbound Marketing platforms like (Hubspot and Marketo) and commerce portals like (eBay and Amazon) Digital Media Publisher like (Cointelegragh and Bitcoin.com), also an Advertising Agency where professionals work closely with the client to gather information, followed by the creative process of actually making whatever the client needs, whether it be Press Releases, articles or blogs, banners, images, and research. 

Markethive is an all-in-one incentivized, a gamified and powerful secure blockchain platform. Our goal is to deliver a powerful portfolio of integrated business portals to build a foundation of revenue, a sphere of influence, a hub of backlinks and a dynamic collection of quality leads for our Entrepreneur upgrade members.

Copyright Directive

With recent legislation enacted, namely Article 11 (link tax) and Article 13 (designed to stop users uploading copyrighted content by forcing platforms to build massive filters or face huge lawsuits and fines), we simply give you your own domain for all your content, videos and images to originate from. When you join Markethive you receive (for free) a CPanel control panel and WordPress system built into your assigned domain, a subdomain of hivesfeed.com AKA username.hivesfeed.com. This way you control all your content, without the worry or hassles of government overreach and anti-freedom regulations designed to stifle the start-ups and small entrepreneur.

Ongoing Traffic Portals

Markethive is the leading Inbound Marketing platform pioneering an ever-growing portfolio of traffic portals for you. With 8 Portals, 5 in production so far, Markethive looks at Traffic Portals as the intuitive entrance in launching new services and technologies, primarily to profit our Entrepreneurs and to also fund the economic velocity of our Universal like Income for Entrepreneurs. Here they are with a summary of their services and benefits:

Markethive Exchange (http://markethive.exchange/ in development)

Markethive’s public exchange will offer top 100 coins of the world and the top 20 paired to the Markethive coin. With the passing of the  Wyoming legislation on cryptocurrency being recognized as money, (Markethive is a Wyoming Corporation), we are very likely to become a financial service offering USDA wired in, wired out and paired to top 10 crypto coins for exchange along with our own coin, MHV. Markethive membership and KYC verification are required to use the exchange. Entrepreneurs can initiate contests with a promo code type system.required to use the exchange. Entrepreneurs can initiate contests with a promo code type system.

About Bitcoin (http://aboutbitco.in/ in development)

A newsletter article site similar to “Cointelegraph” and “DailyHODL” where the cost to publish an article or Press Release runs from $150 to over $5000 depending on traffic, size of the Twitter account, Telegram account, and Youtube account. So totally depends on the Entrepreneur Upgrade members assets as well as Markethive’s to set price. Only Entrepreneur upgrades can sell the service and set the price and terms and keep all the revenue.

Beelancers (http://beelancers.com/ in development)

Anyone can come and buy services from Beelancers (very similar to Freelancers). Only Entrepreneur upgrades can sell. And it is up to the Entrepreneur on how the communications occur or how and where the transactions are done or what is charged. It is a peer to peer system unlike any of the others. Being part of the Markethive social network, KYC, transactions, and work are validated, graded and publicly displayed.

Big Caboodle (http://bigcaboodle.com/ in development)

BigCaboodle is a classic traffic portal example that will be one of many included in your portfolio of portals. It is a web builder in the same way Sitebuilder and Wix are. Big Caboodle makes available all the tools needed to create a website easily and quickly. Drag and Drop content and images into a large selection of templates allowing customers to build their dream sites.

As an Entrepreneur Upgrade, your portal is designated by the promo codes you produce, allowing you to set the price, terms of your offer and keep all the revenue you generate. Promote the site with your unique promo codes and build revenue and leads with amazing ease.  Imagine Wix combined with Facebook Groups so collaboration and sharing are integrated. That’s Big Caboodle.

Hive Room (http://hiveroom.com/ in development)

A web and app-based conference room utilizing avatar options, payment transfers (think built-in wallets), VOIP call in and call out during room broadcasting, live streaming to web pages, social networks and Smart TV Apps, whiteboards, web browsers, and language translators. Only Entrepreneur upgrades can sell the service and set the price and terms and keep all the revenue.

Hive Broker (http://hivebroker.com/ in the wings)

A vertical talent portal for voice talent, video acting, imaging, animation, copywriting, directing, producing and distribution. Regarding distribution, for example – You have a Youtube channel with 500,000 subscribers, you could set up an account here, get validated, and make your distribution available for sale. Only Entrepreneur upgrades can sell the service and set the price and terms and keep all the revenue.

Hive Tube (http://www.hive.tube/ in the wings)

Markethive’s video channel similar to Youtube. Advertising is only available through 2 channels. Entrepreneurs get exclusive banner ad placement and Entrepreneur upgrades can sell pre-video 10-second ads leading into their own channels at their price and terms, peer to peer.

Hive Stuff (http://hivestuff.com/ in the wings)

A premium fulfillment system, you can set up and choose Markethive premiums, like T-Shirts, Hats, Gold Coins, Hoodys, bumper stickers, etc. to run from your WordPress or other sites as an incentive to join, etc. Only Entrepreneur Upgrades can access this system.

$100/mth gets you all of this and a lot-lot more. Exclusive, qualified, amazing leads, state of the art inbound marketing tools, eco-centered traffic portals, and Markethive coins (MHV) that can and most likely will crest to the moon in record time. MHV was placed on its first of many 3rd party exchanges on March 6, 2019, at 1 penny, $0.01. At the time of this publication, MHV is now valued at $0.23 and we haven't even launched yet. 
 

We Call Them Money Machines

Money Machines, traffic portals, inbound marketing. By any name, the foundation of the portals dates back to 1996 when Thomas Prendergast, the Founder, and CEO of Markethive, built Blastomatic. 

CEO and Founder of Markethive, Thomas Prendergast says,

“Blastomatic was an amazing traffic portal and built from that first concept, we have refined the entire process into a well-tuned money machine and lead system. It is really quite simple. Build a service entrepreneurs want, turn it into a dynamic web portal, make it easy to join, and deliver more than expected.”

Markethive delights the new member by Tipping & Airdrops and rewards the Markethive Entrepreneur one hundredfold. The rewards are numerous. Increased traffic, qualified, awesome leads and MHV coin as a reward and commission. 

Deb Williams
Market Manager for Markethive, a global Market Network, and Writer for the Crypto/Blockchain Industry. Also a strong advocate for technology, progress, and freedom of speech.  I embrace "Change" with a passion and my purpose in life is to help people understand, accept and move forward with enthusiasm to achieve their goals. 
 

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RISE Aims To Take the B2B Blockchain Space By Storm

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Reddit Co-Founder to Stream Blockchain Game Skyweaver Face-Off

                                               

Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian will live stream a face-off match
of the latest blockchain collectible card game he's invested in, SkyWeaver.

Reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian, will be live-streaming a face-off match between himself and the lead developer of the latest collectible card game to hit the blockchain, SkyWeaver. Ohanian, also known as kn0thing to Redditors, has famously invested in numerous successful startups. He is now playing his hand in the crypto space thanks to his latest investment. Horizon Blockchain Games last month received $3.75 million in seed funding from Ohanian and other investors. SkyWeaver is an Ethereum-based title that hopes to take on the kingpin of all digital card games, Hearthstone. In its five year foray, Hearthstone has attracted more than 100 million players to its franchise and it’s this drawcard, so to speak, that the Reddit co-founder is banking on.

So What’s SkyWeaver’s Value Proposition Then?

That’s a good question and one that basically all boils down to asset ownership. In Hearthstone and other digital equivalents, cards are not freely transferrable. If, as a player, you move on to other gaming pastures, your years of hard work collecting prized fighters will mean jack. You can’t sell them, you can’t take them with you, and you certainly can’t give them to anyone else – unless they take control of your account, of course. This limitation has been the bane of many online card collectible players who’ve put in the time only to see very little in the way of monetary reward. Gameplay From a SkyWeaver Community Stream. | Source: Horizon Blockchain Games YouTube Channel. Then there’s the problem that experienced players face by frequently unlocking duplicate cards. The result is a frustrated fanbase with limited or zero exchange options.

As one Horizon employee puts it:

“With Skyweaver using Ethereum, it means you can send your cards to your friends, trade them with other players on our platform, trade them on another website, buy/sell them on Reddit, burn them, lend them to people that want to play with your cards while you are on vacation, etc. Basically, we can’t prevent you from doing whatever you want with these cards, just like physical cards.”

Last month, Hearthstone fans ripped into developer Blizzard for censoring the game’s long-standing art by dumbing down certain violent and sexual aspects of the cards. Could blockchain’s immutability preserve the evolution of a game’s art? It’s possible. What’s clear is the potential value of rare digital card collection. Ten years from now, hardcore SkyWeaver players may have built up an impressive set that could pocket them some serious change.

SkyWeaver Livestream Face-Off Details

SkyWeaver is currently still in private beta and is expected to launch later this year. In the meantime, Horizon is inviting new players to try out the game every week thanks to a random selection process for registered players. The game is free to play, and players will be able to build decks for free up to a point. Additional cards can be bought or traded with other players or from Horizon itself. The showmatch with Jon Loucks was initially scheduled for go-live on Aug. 8 but has since been postponed. Ohanian is the clear underdog here but will probably be more interested in evaluating his massive investment before anything else.

Article Produced By
Ryan Smith

https://www.ccn.com/news/reddit-co-founder-to-stream-face-off-in-blockchain-game-skyweaver/2019/08/08/

David https://markethive.com/david-ogden

Etihad Airways to Pilot Winding Tree Blockchain

                             

United Arab Emirate’s national airline has teamed up with a Switzerland-based blockchain

startup to provide its internal information systems. Winding Tree, a decentralized business-to-business marketplace built on ethereum, will provide logistical support for Etihad Airways’ distribution system, according to a Reuters report on Thursday. The move will allow the airline to bypass third-party operators that currently manage its inventories – such as flight times, travel itineraries, and baggage tracking. Tristan Thomas, Etihad’s director of digital and innovation, told Reuters these third parties often provide an overpriced service. Pedro Anderson, Winding Tree’s chief operating officer, redoubled that claim and

told Reuters:

“We have been doing experiments and new solutions on the platform. Ultimately, that benefits the consumer. When there’s innovation, you start to have disruption, you have competition which results in better prices for the consumer.”

“Very few have chosen to disrupt the distribution world and that’s because those are major players with very significant margins that have acted to keep that kind of a closed shop,” said Thomas In fact, Winding Tree provides real-time information systems for a number of airlines, hotels, and tourism offices around the world. In 2017, the firm partnered with Lufthansa to develop a blockchain-based travel marketplace powered by a cryptographic token. Months later, Russian airline S7 revealed it was using the distributed ledger to issue air tickets. AirFrance also combined its APIs to oversee its airline management systems. With its wide birth and ability to manage a vast array of data, Winding Tree counts not only global distribution systems run by entrenched firms like Amadeus and Sabre, but also consumer facing websites like Expedia and Booking.com as competitors.

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