Index
A
- advisors / Advisors
- airdrop
- reference / Airdrops
- AMA (Ask Me Anything) / Thought experiment #2 – monetizing excess processing power
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- about / Cosmos
- AML (Anti-Money Laundering) / AML/KYC
- Announcement Thread (AN) / Bitcointalk
- anonymity
- about / Privacy and anonymity
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / The Useless Ethereum Token
- Application Blockchain Interface (ABCI)
- about / Cosmos
- artificial intelligence (AI) / The Internet of Things
- asset tokens / Security or asset tokens
- Auditchain
- reference / Auditchain
- about / Auditchain
- Augur
- reference / What is this and how does it work?
- Augur post-ICO analysis / Blogs
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC
- reference / Australia (https://asic.gov.au/)
B
- Bakkt
- Basic Attention Tokens (BAT) / The bust
- BAT (Basic Attention Token)
- reference / The evolution of white paper legality clauses
- binary digit (bit) / Classical computer
- Bitcoin
- versus Nasdaq / Bitcoin versus the Nasdaq
- reference / There is only one Bitcoin
- about / There is only one Bitcoin
- killer app / The killer app
- Bitcoin Core
- reference / There is only one Bitcoin
- Bitcointalk / Bitcointalk
- bitcointalk forums, Gamercoin
- reference / GameCredits (GAME)
- Blockchain
- information, storing / Storing information on the blockchain
- Op Return / Op Return
- scaling / Scaling
- IOTA / IOTA
- bitcoins, coloring / Coloring bitcoins
- blockchain
- reference / Thought experiment #1 – monetizing excess digital storage
- about / Thought experiment #1 – monetizing excess digital storage
- need for / Did these ICOs really need a blockchain?
- properties / Step three – do you need a blockchain?
- advantages / Step three – do you need a blockchain?
- governance / Governance
- blockchains / A network of markets
- blogs / Blogs
- bonuses
- about / The presales strategy and bonuses, No bonuses, Bonuses
- Civic / Case study – Civic
- Cryptobeer / Cryptobeer
- Ethereum / Ethereum
- Waves / Waves
- FirstBlood / FirstBlood
- Humaniq / Humaniq
- TenX / TenX
- Tezos / Tezos
- Synereo / Synereo
- NEM / NEM
- pre-ICO / Presales or pre-ICO and private sales
- private sales / Presales or pre-ICO and private sales
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG) / Tokenization of securities and real-world assets
- bounty / Bounty campaigns
- brand/site launch
- build-up / Build-up to brand/site launch
- Brave's BAT / Brave's BAT
C
- Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
- capped ICOs
- about / Capped ICOs
- soft cap / Soft cap
- hard cap / Hard cap
- hidden cap / Hidden caps and presales: Aragon
- presales / Hidden caps and presales: Aragon
- dynamic ceiling / Dynamic ceiling – Status
- CENNZ
- about / Token details
- circa 1994 / Circa 1994 and email
- Civic / Case study – Civic
- app / The Civic App
- token / The Civic token
- Closed, Selective, and Controlling (CSC) / Supportive
- coin
- versus token / The difference between coins and tokens
- Coinbase
- coins with privacy features
- versus privacy coins / Privacy coins versus coins with privacy features
- Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) / Side note: multiple tokens
- colored papers
- about / Other colored papers
- yellow paper / Yellow paper
- grey paper / Grey paper
- green paper / Green papers
- light paper / Light paper
- mauve paper / Mauve paper
- Columbus Capital Blockchain Index (BLX) / ICONOMI (ICN)
- Columbus Capital Pinta (CCP) / ICONOMI (ICN)
- companies, with ICOs
- GameCredits (GAME) / GameCredits (GAME)
- Kin from Kik (KIN) / Kin from Kik (KIN)
- Brave's BAT / Brave's BAT
- KODAKOne / Eastman Kodak Company – KODAKOne
- Humaniq / Humaniq
- ConsenSys
- about / ConsenSys
- Cosmos
- Counterparty (XCP)
- about / Counterparty (XCP)
- Storj (SJCX) / Storj (SJCX)
- Factom (FCT) / Factom (FCT)
- Ripple (XRP) / Ripple (XRP)
- cryptocurrency coins / Cryptocurrency coins or payment tokens
- CryptoKitties / Network congestion
- Crypto Valley
- about / Crypto Valley
- current tokenized economy / What does the current tokenized economy look like?
- custom blockchains
- ICO on / ICOs on custom blockchains
- Nxt / Nxt
- Ethereum / Ethereum
- Lisk (LSK) / Lisk (LSK)
- Waves (WAVES) / Waves (WAVES)
- Tezos (XTZ) / Tezos (XTZ)
- NEM (XEM) / NEM (XEM)
D
- DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) / The DAO
- decentralization
- about / Decentralization
- decentralized exchanges
- about / Decentralized exchanges
- decision-making platforms / Thought experiment #5 – decision-making platforms
- Digital Asset Array (DAA) / ICONOMI (ICN)
- Digital Cash (Dash)
- distribution / Token supply and distribution, Distribution
- dot-com
- versus dot-coin bubble / The dot-com versus dot-coin bubble
- DOT token
- reference / Polkadot
E
- Ecademy / Case study: Thomas Power
- EIP20 / ERC20/EIP20
- EOS distribution / EOS distribution
- EOS token sale page / US citizens
- ERC20 / ERC20/EIP20
- Ethereum / Script
- reference / What is this and how does it work?
- Ethereum blockchain
- ICO on / ICOs on the Ethereum blockchain
- Augur (REP) / Augur (REP)
- ICONOMI (ICN) / ICONOMI (ICN)
- EOS (EOS) / EOS (EOS)
- Bancor / Bancor
- Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) / ERC20/EIP20
- Ethereum smart contract / What does an Ethereum smart contract look like?, Fees in Ethereum smart contracts
- European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
- reference / Europe (https://www.esma.europa.eu/)
- excess digital storage
- excess processing power
F
- FaceBookCoin (FBC) / ICOs
- FaceBookToken (FBT) / ICOs
- FaceCoin (FC) / ICOs
- Factom
- reference / What is this and how does it work?
- Factom (FCT) / Factom (FCT)
- Family Resemblance Test
- reference / The Howey Test (US-based companies)
- Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- reference / United Kingdom (https://www.fca.org.uk/)
- Financial Instruments Directive II (MIFID II) / United Kingdom (https://www.fca.org.uk/)
- Financial Market Authority (FMA)
- reference / New Zealand (https://fma.govt.nz/)
- Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) / Different types of tokens
- reference / Switzerland (https://www.finma.ch/)
- Financial Services Commission (FSC)
- reference / South Korea (http://www.fsc.go.kr/)
- Financial Supervision Authority (FSA)
- reference / Estonia (https://www.fi.ee/)
- first-generation white papers / First-generation white papers – lots of maths
- foundations
- about / Foundations
- Crypto Valley / Crypto Valley
- LLC, Ltd, GmbH / LLC, Ltd, GmbH
- fourth-generation white papers / Fourth-generation white papers – the executive summary
- Free Society
- about / Free society
- reference / Free society
G
- GameCredits (GAME) / GameCredits (GAME)
- General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) / Build-up to seed funding (private pre-sale)
- Ghash.io
- about / There is only one Bitcoin
- reference / There is only one Bitcoin
- Global Crypto Offering Exchange (GCOX) / Influencer ICO platforms
- global stance
- about / Global stance
- Singapore / Singapore (http://www.mas.gov.sg/)
- Canada / Canada (https://www.securities-administrators.ca/)
- China / China (http://www.pbc.gov.cn/)
- Switzerland / Switzerland (https://www.finma.ch/)
- Hong Kong / Hong Kong (https://www.sfc.hk/)
- Australia / Australia (https://asic.gov.au/)
- South Korea / South Korea (http://www.fsc.go.kr/)
- Estonia / Estonia (https://www.fi.ee/)
- Europe / Europe (https://www.esma.europa.eu/)
- United Kingdom / United Kingdom (https://www.fca.org.uk/)
- New Zealand / New Zealand (https://fma.govt.nz/)
- DAO / The DAO
- Harbour / Harbour
- Protostarr / Protostarr
- PlexCoin / PlexCoin
- Munchee / Munchee
- Golem
- Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (GAFA) / Decentralization
- governance, blockchain
- about / Governance
- on-chain governance / On-chain/Off-chain governance
- Auditchain / Auditchain
- green paper
- reference / Green papers
- grey paper
- reference / Grey paper
H
- hacker / The hacker, hustler, and hipster
- Harbour
- reference / Harbour
- hard cap
- about / Hard cap, soft cap, and no cap
- hash / Op Return
- Hashgraph / Hashgraph
- hashtimelock function / Smart contracts in Bitcoin
- Hedera hashgraph, case study
- about / Case study – Hedera hashgraph
- Hedera name / The Hedera name
- consensus / Consensus
- licensing model / Licensing model
- network / The network
- platform / The platform
- quantum blockchains / Quantum blockchains
- particles, using as qubit / What can be used as qubits?
- blockchains, linking to / The link to blockchains
- hipster / The hacker, hustler, and hipster
- Howey Test / The Howey Test (US-based companies)
- Humaniq
- hustler / The hacker, hustler, and hipster
I
- I2P
- ICO
- peak / The peak of ICOs
- participating / Participating in an ICO
- raising / The fastest ICO raises
- network congestion / Network congestion
- Useless Ethereum Token / The Useless Ethereum Token
- about / What is an ICO?
- statistics / The numbers
- risks / Risk in ICOs
- on Bitcoin blockchain / ICOs on the Bitcoin blockchain
- Omni (OMNI) / Omni (OMNI) (formerly MasterCoin)
- MaidSafe (SFE), on Omni / MaidSafe (SFE) on Omni
- tether, on Omni / Tether on Omni
- on custom blockchains / ICOs on custom blockchains
- on non-blockchain technologies / ICOs on non-blockchain technologies
- ICO, terminologies
- airdrop / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- ATH (All Time High) / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- bounties / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- burning / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- FUD / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- locking / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- freezing / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- meta coin / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- shilling / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- white paper / Common ICO terminologies and acronyms
- ICO community
- about / The community
- partnerships / Partnerships
- public relations / Public relations
- networking, into investor groups / Networking into investor groups – without this, the ICO dies
- Bitcointalk / Bitcointalk
- bounty campaigns / Bounty campaigns
- signature campaigns / Signature campaigns
- airdrops / Airdrops
- ICO innovation / A new era of ICO innovation
- ICO launch
- about / The launch
- listings and ratings / ICO listings and ratings
- rating and listing sites, reference / ICO listings and ratings
- events / Events
- GDPR / GDPR and marketing
- marketing / GDPR and marketing
- marketing, best practices / GDPR and marketing
- ICO marketing
- state / The state of ICO marketing
- workload / Don't underestimate the workload
- team / Don't underestimate the workload
- key campaign elements / Key campaign elements and phases
- phases / Key campaign elements and phases
- messaging framework / The message and tools
- quality / Quality of the brand and the presentation
- presentation / Quality of the brand and the presentation
- grammar, correcting / Mind your grammar
- product users / Products with real users
- pay-per-click feature / Pay-per-click
- alternative social media / Alternative social media
- Telegram / Telegram
- email marketing / Email marketing
- community / The community
- ICONOMI
- reference / What is this and how does it work?
- ICOs
- social media / Social media in ICOs
- influencer ICO platforms / Influencer ICO platforms
- influencers
- about / Influencers
- and ICOs / What's the relationship between influencers and ICOs?
- in crypto community / Influencers in the crypto community
- Kylie Jenner / Kylie Jenner
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- about / What is an ICO?, ICOs
- Initial Token Offering (ITO)
- about / What is an ICO?
- Initial Token Sale (ITS)
- about / The ICO acronym
- innovation, ICO ideas
- about / Innovation in ICO ideas
- health tokens / Health tokens
- digital identity / Digital identity
- supply chain / Supply chain
- energy / Energy
- innovation, ICO mechanism
- about / Innovation in the ICO mechanism
- private investors / Going private
- well-known advisors / Well-known advisors
- creative discounting / Creative discounting
- second round / Second round
- Inter-blockchain Communication (IBC)
- about / Cosmos
- Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) / Tokenization of securities and real-world assets
- Internet / The Internet of information
- Internet of Blockchains
- about / The Internet of Blockchains
- Cosmos / Cosmos
- Polkadot / Polkadot
- other cross-ledger blockchains / Other cross-ledger blockchains
- Internet of Things (IoT) / The DAO
- Internet of Things (IOT) / IOTA
- Internet of Tokens
- about / The Internet of Tokens
- ICOs / ICOs
- tokenization, of securities / Tokenization of securities and real-world assets
- real-world assets / Tokenization of securities and real-world assets
- non-fungible tokens (NFT) / Non-fungible tokens (NFT)
- token volumes / Token volumes, saturation, and communication
- saturation / Token volumes, saturation, and communication
- communication / Token volumes, saturation, and communication
- Internet of Things / The Internet of Things
- in virtual world / Tokens in a virtual world
- Internet of value / The Internet of value
- InterPlanetary File System (IPFS / SAFT
- Inter Planetary File System (IPFS) / Did these ICOs really need a blockchain?
- investment contract
- about / What is an investment contract?
- Invisible Internet Protocol (I2P)
- IOTA
K
- killer app
- about / The killer app
- Kin from Kik (KIN) / Kin from Kik (KIN)
- Know Your Customer (KYC) / The Useless Ethereum Token, The Civic token
- Know Your Customer/Anti-Money Laundering (KYC/AML) / AML/KYC
- KODAKOne / Eastman Kodak Company – KODAKOne
- Kyber Networks / Kyber Networks
- KYC (Know Your Customer) / AML/KYC
L
- LAToken / Security or asset tokens
- light paper / Light paper
M
- macroeconomics / Micro and macro
- macrotokenomics / Micro and macro
- market capitalization / Market capitalization
- markets / A network of markets
- MasterCoin / Ethereum
- mauve paper
- reference / Mauve paper
- Medium
- references / Blogs
- messaging framework
- creating / The message and tools
- messaging platforms / Thought experiment #4 – messaging platforms
- microeconomics / Micro and macro
- microtokenomics / Micro and macro
- Miner Reward Tokens (MRT) / Waves (WAVES)
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) / Eastman Kodak Company – KODAKOne
- Monaco ICO page citizenship enquiry / US citizens
- Monero
- about / Monero
- Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
- reference / Singapore (http://www.mas.gov.sg/)
- Mt. Gox
- about / Decentralized exchanges
- Munchee
- about / Munchee
- MyEtherWallet / Participating in an ICO
- My Unique Token (MUT) / Market capitalization
N
- Nasdaq
- versus Bitcoin / Bitcoin versus the Nasdaq
- NEM / Smart contracts in Ethereum
- NEM (XEM)
- about / NEM (XEM)
- side note / Side note – proof of importance
- NEO / Smart contracts in Ethereum
- no cap
- about / Hard cap, soft cap, and no cap
- non-blockchain technologies
- ICO on / ICOs on non-blockchain technologies
- IOTA / IOTA
- non-fungible tokens (NFT)
- about / Non-fungible tokens (NFT)
O
- Omni / Ethereum
- on-chain governance
- about / On-chain/Off-chain governance
- Open, Random, and Supportive (ORS) / A network of markets, Organization, ORS®, Open, Random
- and social media / ORS® and social media
- Thomas Power case study / Case study: Thomas Power
P
- pay-per-click (PPC) / Build-up to seed funding (private pre-sale)
- payment cards / Thought experiment #3 – payment cards
- payment tokens / Cryptocurrency coins or payment tokens
- People's Bank of China website
- reference / China (http://www.pbc.gov.cn/)
- personally identifiable information (PII) / Case study – Civic
- Pillar / Blogs
- PlexCoin
- about / PlexCoin
- Polkadot
- post-ICO
- about / Post-ICO and ongoing community development and engagement
- community development / Post-ICO and ongoing community development and engagement
- pre-ICO
- Simple Tokens / Simple Tokens
- Telegram / Telegram
- Vesting periods / Vesting periods
- presales strategy / The presales strategy and bonuses
- privacy
- about / Privacy and anonymity
- of cash and coin / The privacy of cash and coin
- Monero / Monero
- Zcash / Zcash
- Dash / Dash
- Verge / Verge
- Hedera hashgraph, case study / Case study – Hedera hashgraph
- governments / Governments and society
- society / Governments and society
- Free Society / Free society
- privacy coins
- versus coins with privacy features / Privacy coins versus coins with privacy features
- private blockchain / Side note: public or private blockchain?
- promise
- modifying / Changing the promise
- Protostarr
- about / Protostarr
- public blockchain / Side note: public or private blockchain?
- public ICO
- build-up / Build-up to the public ICO
- Public Trello board
- reference / Public Trello board
Q
- quantum blockchains, Hedera hashgraph case study
- about / Quantum blockchains
- classical computer / Classical computer
- quantum computers / Quantum computers
- superposition / Superposition
- entanglement / Entanglement
R
- Reputation (REP) / Augur (REP)
- reverse Dutch auction / Reverse Dutch auction – Gnosis
- ring confidential transactions (RingCT)
- about / Monero
- Ripple (XRP)
- about / Ripple (XRP)
- working / How did Ripplepay work?
- creating / When was Ripple created?
- funding / Funding
- coin / XRP coin
- purpose / The purpose of XRP
- Risk Capital Test
- reference / The Howey Test (US-based companies)
- risks, ICOs
- about / Risk in ICOs
- infrastructure / Infrastructure
- education / Education
- ICO road maps / ICO road maps
- new technologies / Working with new technologies
- token saturation / Token saturation
- community saturation / Community saturation
- greater fool theory / Greater fool theory
S
- Safecoin (SFE) / MaidSafe (SFE) on Omni
- SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens)
- about / SAFT
- SEC
- about / Security tokens and the SEC
- second-generation white papers / Second-generation white papers – color
- SEC statements / SEC statements
- Secure Identity Platform (SIP) / Case study – Civic
- Securities Act
- reference / What is an investment contract?
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) / Different types of tokens, EOS (EOS)
- Securities and Futures Act (SFA)
- reference / Singapore (http://www.mas.gov.sg/)
- Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
- reference / Hong Kong (https://www.sfc.hk/)
- Securities Exchange Act
- reference / What is an investment contract?
- security
- about / Security tokens and the SEC
- Security Coin Offering (SCO)
- about / The ICO acronym
- Security Coin Offerings (SCO) / ICOs
- Security Token Offering (STO)
- about / The ICO acronym
- Security Token Offerings (STO) / ICOs
- security tokens / Security or asset tokens
- about / Security tokens and the SEC
- seed funding (private pre-sale)
- build-up / Build-up to seed funding (private pre-sale)
- Sia
- Siafund
- smart contracts
- about / Smart contracts: are they that smart?
- in Bitcoin / Smart contracts in Bitcoin
- script / Script
- Ethereum / Ethereum
- in Ethereum / Smart contracts in Ethereum
- Distributed Autonomous Organization (DAO) / The most unfortunate famous smart contract – the DAO
- social media
- about / What is social media?
- misperceptions / What is social media?
- history / How has social media arisen?
- significance / Why is social media important?
- reputation / Your brand, your voice, your face, and your profile
- organization / Organization
- future / So what does the future hold?, Where is social media going?
- social media, in ICOs
- about / Social media in ICOs
- Factom / Factom
- soft cap
- about / Hard cap, soft cap, and no cap
- Software as a Service (SaaS) / SaaS analogy
- Solidity / Smart contracts in Ethereum
- stakes / Bounty campaigns
- steemit / Alternative social media
- Storj / Did these ICOs really need a blockchain?
- Storj (SJCX) / Storj (SJCX)
- Synereo
- reference / What is this and how does it work?
T
- team / Team
- technology
- future enhancement, with tokens / Technology
- decentralization / Decentralization
- decentralized exchanges / Decentralized exchanges
- Internet of Blockchains / The Internet of Blockchains
- governance / Governance
- TenX / Blogs
- Tenzorum
- case study / Case study – Tenzorum
- user experiences / What problem does Tenzorum solve?
- components / Tenzorum components
- Tenzorum Service Node Network (TSNN) / Tenzorum components
- The Onion Router (Tor)
- third-generation white papers / Third-generation white papers – project timelines
- token
- about / What is a token?
- versus coin / The difference between coins and tokens
- questionnaire / Token questionnaire
- token economy / The token economy
- Token Generation Event (TGE)
- about / The ICO acronym
- tokenization / What is tokenization?, The tokenization of everything
- Tokenized Security Offering (TSO) / Thought experiment #1 – monetizing excess digital storage
- token mechanics
- consideration / Token mechanics considerations
- token model / Token details
- tokenomics / What is tokenomics?
- history / First occurrence of the word
- tokens
- types / Different types of tokens
- payment tokens / Cryptocurrency coins or payment tokens
- utility tokens / Utility tokens
- asset tokens / Security or asset tokens
- security tokens / Security or asset tokens
- purpose / The purpose of a token, Step one – the purpose of the token
- considerations / Critical considerations when creating a token
- functionalities / What does the token do?
- multiple tokens / Side note: multiple tokens
- custom token / Step two – existing token or custom token?
- tools / Token tools
- TokenStars / Influencer ICO platforms
- token supply / Token supply and distribution
- Token Utility Canvas (TUC)
- reference / ConsenSys
- Twitter / Twitter
U
- uncapped ICOs
- about / Uncapped ICOs
- Ethereum / Ethereum
- Tezos / Tezos
- United States Dollar Tokens (USDT) / Tether on Omni
- utility tokens
- about / Utility tokens
V
- Verge
- about / Verge
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) / MaidSafe (SFE) on Omni
W
- Waves Community Token (WCT) / Waves (WAVES)
- Waves post-ICO analysis / Blogs
- website
- about / Website
- working / What is this and how does it work?
- white paper
- about / The white paper
- reference / The white paper
- content considerations / White paper content considerations
- white paper legality clauses
- evolution / The evolution of white paper legality clauses
- World of Warcraft (WoW) game / First occurrence of the word
Y
- yellow paper
- reference / Yellow paper
- YouTube influencers
- about / YouTube influencers
- Ian Balina / Ian Balina