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Main => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stan on October 11, 2015, 01:32:45 am

Title: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Stan on October 11, 2015, 01:32:45 am: Here's a sneak preview from the pitch deck Cass just finished for my presentation to potential investors and partners in Shanghai.

A new way to look at what we've been up to and where we are going.

ProtoShares was written on what you might call "POW-DOS", a distant relative of MS-DOS and a not-too ambitious coin "operating system" (i.e. a Bitcoin clone with a few twists to return it to a decentralized solution resistant to custom hardware forces of centralization).

BitShares ran on DPOS ("BitSharesOS") which was an exchange on a coin platform capable of supporting SmartTokens and SmartCoins.

BitShares 2.0 just upgraded to GrapheneOS which is a real-time OS meta-platform for implementing industry-specific business platforms like BitShares, MUSE, and Identabit.

You can view each of those platforms like a local economy operating under a blockchain-enforced set of rules for businesses that want to relocate there because of the infrastructure provided and preferred rule set that is enforced.

On the BitShares platform a number of exchanges (manned businesses) hosting an exchange-in-a-wallet Application allowing them to pool their customers and order books to form the OpenLedger network of exchanges. These include CCEDK, BANX, BunkerDEX and others joining at the rate of roughly 1 per month for the foreseeable future.

Each of these member businesses bring products like SmartTokens or Collateralized Bonds and services like on-ramps and debit cards to the OpenLedger network where all can benefit from each other's offerings and combined liquidity.

And, of course, every ordinary coin from Bitcoin on down could move onto this platform if they felt like being competitive. Some will stay back on POW-DOS for a while longer but eventually they will want to move to a more powerful OS. Nobody uses MS-DOS any more, do they?

That's exactly the way I'll be describing it to investors next week in Shanghai.

This chart illustrates our new slogan:

(https://i.gyazo.com/77f02f0e124e30d4a4f90fc9b606c908.png)

That's both businesses on a blockchain and blockchains that are businesses. Not to mention businesses that use businesses on blockchains that are businesses. You get the idea...

Yes, these businesses use advanced cryptocurrencies, but they really are becoming completely new applications of blockchain technology that you can invest in with coinmarketcap tokens that represent a ticket to access their products and services.

(https://i.gyazo.com/8525c8bd62cb17236b9b019abd2c2779.png)
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: puppies on October 11, 2015, 02:29:37 am: nice take. Cass's handiwork looks very nice as always.
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: eagleeye on October 11, 2015, 02:33:23 am: Looks good Stan and Cass
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: cube on October 11, 2015, 03:54:57 am: I would prefer a much brighter backgound colour for 'We build blockchain businesses'. After all, these businesses will have a bright future. :)
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: testz on October 11, 2015, 04:40:00 am: Nice works +5%
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: betax on October 11, 2015, 04:50:14 am: Very good Cass and Stan.
Cass you damm work hard!! Very impressed +5% +5% +5%
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Stan on October 11, 2015, 05:02:20 am: Quote from: betax on October 11, 2015, 04:50:14 am
Very good Cass and Stan.
Cass you damm work hard!! Very impressed +5% +5% +5%

You have no idea how hard he worked. He has huge responsibilities and is helping half a dozen teams with their graphics. Our Pitch Deck team really worked him over good while he was coming up on deadline to catch a flight to the other side of the planet. He pulled it off. Can't wait to use the final product in combat!
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: mike623317 on October 11, 2015, 05:17:59 am: I hope we can see the whole presentation posted here later.
Great job, it looks great.Appreciate the effort. +5% +5%
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: betax on October 11, 2015, 05:25:03 am: Yes I know at certain level what he is doing, but always keeping surprising me.
Good luck guys in Shangai, most important enjoy it, step back and look how far your work has gone in 2 years.
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Ben Mason on October 11, 2015, 08:12:45 am: The analogy and pitch has been extremely well refined and the graphics look brilliant......very professional, very compelling. Really good luck!
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: xeroc on October 11, 2015, 09:22:51 am: Quote from: Ben Mason on October 11, 2015, 08:12:45 am
The analogy and pitch has been extremely well refined and the graphics look brilliant......very professional, very compelling. Really good luck!
This!
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: jakub on October 11, 2015, 09:40:01 am: I'm just wondering if OpenLedger is meant to be an exchange platform leveraging the BitShares blockchain only or will it also include other blockchains like Identabit.
In other words: can OpenLedger become not only an exchange platform but also a bridge between BitShares and Identabit and other Graphene-based blockchians?
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Chris4210 on October 11, 2015, 11:05:54 am: Great design the history and future potentials of Graphene :) I am looking forward to positive feedback from the Shanghai conference!
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Stan on October 11, 2015, 12:39:22 pm: Quote from: jakub on October 11, 2015, 09:40:01 am
I'm just wondering if OpenLedger is meant to be an exchange platform leveraging the BitShares blockchain only or will it also include other blockchains like Identabit.
In other words: can OpenLedger become not only an exchange platform but also a bridge between BitShares and Identabit and other Graphene-based blockchians?

It will grow to provide a seamless experience that integrates all major blockchains and highlights which trades are counterparty free and which are not. This will provide incentives for developers to move their assets onto the counterparty free threads where there is less "friction" to moving between assets. A year or so from now these distinctions will be irrelevant.
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: openledger on October 11, 2015, 12:57:49 pm: Its a great pitch, an considering the amount of views we have had sofar on the Fobes article of yesterday more than 6800 in less than 24 hours, I cant wait to see how the next one will turn out given present interest, and who knows there might even be one more up the sleeve before launch time :) ;)
Title: Re: Sneak Peak at my Shanghai Pitch Deck
Post by: Empirical1.2 on October 11, 2015, 03:38:27 pm: +5% Looks good. Hopefully you'll also be touching on the basics about why BitShares is great for e-commerce and should have a lot more success than Bitcoin in that area. I.e...

- Without middlemen like BitPay, Bitcoin is unsuitable for online business due to volatility. BitShares solves that with price-stable Smartcoins that hold the value of major currencies like the Yen, US Dollar and even Gold.

- A Bitcoin wallet only allows for single payments but BitShares has recurring and scheduled payments functionality thereby appealing to the large subscription based business market. https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3l08e1/why_cant_netflix_just_accept_bitcoin_nothing/

- Businesses are not incentivised to promote Bitcoin as a payment option. While BitShares has a lucrative referral rewards programme, incentivising businesses and networks to convert their existing & new users to BitShares.