Topic: [ANN] [ICO] ATLAS.WORK | 4th Industrial Revolution | AI & Global Freelancing (Read 236 times)

Hey guys, here is a quick overview of Atlas.work ICO ($WORK) I think is worth sharing with your community.

This is not financial advice, do your due diligence before investing. And mind the scammers: they are particularly active in the field of ICOs.

Note that Atlas.work ($WORK) and WorkCoin ($WRK) are different projects. It seems that WorkCoin is trying to steal Atlas.work's idea, c.f. https://twitter.com/AtlasWorkCoin/status/968209697017917447

* Official website
    * https://www.atlas.work
* White paper
    * https://www.atlas.work/whitepaper-viewer
* Goal
    * An autonomous and decentralised freelancing platform
    * Aims to disrupt freelancing platforms.
    * The main limitations that dissuade freelancer engagement from traditional freelancing platforms: heavy service fees (10-20%) and delayed compensation.
    * Atlas has tiny fees
        * 2 USD for the freelancer
        * or no fee at all if transaction done with WORK token
    * Atlas provides immediate withdrawals of compensation.
* Description
    * ATLAS wallet & ATLAS digital asset exchange
        * conduct transactions in various crypto-currencies
        * however, decided not to support USDT (for now at least)
    * Jobs advertised with a reward in crypto value - vs crypto reward indexed on a fiat.
    * Built-in secure peer-to-peer communication system and file sharing capabilities
    * Ranking system for users
    * Career Guidance
        * via Machine Learning & a virtual assistant
            * "refined data-analysis system to pin-point the exact needs for clients and freelancers”
* Funding
    * ICO
        * "A smoother ICO. Instead of a typical ICO crowdsale where investors would send Ethereum for a token, early adopters of Atlas can utilize the Atlas wallet to purchase pre-mined Work coins using Bitcoin or Ethereum"
* Organization
    * Name
        * Atlas.Work
    * Locations
        * HQ in Bangkok, Thailand
    * Linkedin
        * https://www.linkedin.com/company/13438063
* Team
    * Paul Giganti - CEO
        * CFO at Vehicle Optimization Systems
        * Commoditities Trader at Unity Assets
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-g-778286b0
        * https://twitter.com/paul_giganti
    * Cyrus James Khan - Co-Founder & Creative Director
        * 8 years of experience in computer graphics & freelancing for 5 years within the design industry
        * Artist (Visual Effects, Motion & Graphic Design, Film & Photography) at CJK Production
        * Graphics & VFX at Bangkok Productions
        * Creative Director & Co-Founderat Vehicle Optimization Systems
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrus-james-khan-hauri-932696148
        * https://www.cjkproduction.com
    * Patrick Lismore - Co-Founder and Lead Developer
        * Cyber-Security expert with over 14 years of experience
        * Founder of coderdojo.com, “a global network of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people”
        * Cyber Security Expert, Product & Solution Security at Siemens
        * Lead Software Security Engineer at Siemens
        * Founder & Main Engineer at Biometric Advertising
        * Senior Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/lismore
        * http://www.patricklismore.com
        * https://twitter.com/patricklismore
    * David Gallego - Co-Founder and Lead Developer
        * 15 years of experience in the analysis, design, development and maintenance of software. expertise in AI and machine learning.
        * focuses on Atlas platform user experience, data management and machine learning
        * Senior Software Engineer at Siemens
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-gallego-lobato-7090132a
    * Apurva Adit - Marketing Advisor & Content Editor
        * Corporate Finance Intern at PwC
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/apurva-adit-a9772a123
* Advisors
    * Adrian Neamtu - Financial Advisor
        * head of operations at Siemens Financial Group
        * warning: linkedin not up to date
        * https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrian-neamtu-8a60221
* Targeted market
    * people getting into crypto
    * trillion of USD
    * freelancing expected to represent 50% of the job market by 2020 in the US alone
    * Freelancing platforms not only speed up the job-matching process but that eliminates traditional pains that have plagued this talent pool
    * lead the 4th Industrial Revolution. The initial jobs that will be attracted will mainly be web-related. However, as cryptocurrencies become more popular and accessible with the help of Atlas, our efforts will eventually shift to provide a larger variety of jobs.
    * Exemplar fields of work Atlas aims to accommodate:
        * Website, Mobile & Software Development
        * Engineering, Artitecture, Science & Medicine
        * Machine Learning & Data Analytics
        * IT & Networking
        * Administrative Support
        * Communication
        * Sales & Marketing
        * Writing & Fine Arts
        * Media, Design & Creative
        * Customer Services
* Crypto competition
    * Ethearnal?
    * block lancer
        * august 2017
        * beta version
        * unprofessional
        * doing their ICO
        * no KYC/AML
    * EthLance
        * very simple
        * live
        * Atlas is a much more complex ecosystem though
    * Canya koin
        * strong team
        * no beta yet
        * doing ICO
* Reviews
    * https://longcatchain.com/ico/atlas
* Tech
    * Created their own blockchain.
        * fork of ethereum
            * "Although this new blockchain is independent of Ethereum, the Atlas Blockchain is a fork of the latest Ethereum Release and inherits the best features from the public Ethereum blockchain"
        * "full independence from the Ethereum blockchain in terms of infrastructure, more control over critical decisions such as utilizing proof of stake or proof of work, it gives users the ownership of the platform and it allows us to create an ambitious open blockchain in freelancing that can extend beyond the limits of ERC20”
        * the WORK coin will now have to be mined
        * "able to create a coin that is fully owned by the community”
            * wouldn’t it be if it was ERC20 ?
            * "implies that it is the freelancers and clients that use the platform who propose improvements" … improvements on the coin ??
            * "opens up avenues for the establishment of an Atlas DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization)”
            * "Through the Atlas blockchain, Atlas promotes the building of work/employment related decentralised applications and services that accept the WORK coin”
                * the ATLAS blockchain could be used by other platforms?
    * Platform
        * AI and machine learning - for career guidance
        * tech stack ?
    * Digital asset exchange
        * "being user-friendly, it reduces the infrastructure overhaul necessary to accommodate other cryptocurrencies or payment means in the future"
* History
    * Previous milestones
    * Project status
        * Q4 2017: beta platform - not publicly accessible though
    * Roadmap for future
        * Q1 2018: searching for investors.
        * Q1 2018: securing partnerships.
        * Q1 2018: marketing team member to be announced
        * Q1 2018: ICO - Feb 15th to March 15th (tbc)
        * Q1 2018: platform go-live after ICO
* Product
    * Lightweight & Cross-Platform - from raspberry pi to MacBook
        * "The Atlas platform is meticulously crafted to be accessible from any device. Whether it be a raspberry pi, mobile phone or a high-end desktop, any person running a modern operating software should be able to use the platform in order to engage in work online."
* Exchanges to be launched
    * Binance and Kucoin most likely
* Legal
    * Profit sharing feature was remove
* Transparency
    * blockchain code is on github
    * platform code will be on github after launch
* Revenue
    * No plan to get significant income from fees
    * Team gets tokens during ICO - so they cash out after some years
    * vesting?
* Token usage
    * Maintenance
    * Join as an organisation
        * team builder (A social feature on Atlas) you are able to quickly link with other users in order to form organizations and microbusinesses
* Community
    * Medium
        * https://medium.com/@info_81522
        * almost totally inactive
    * Twitter
        * https://twitter.com/AtlasWorkCoin
        * 3.3K
    * Youtube
    * Bitcointalk
        * https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.27531743
    * Telegram
        * https://t.me/atlaswork
        * almost totally inactive
* Bounties
    * https://www.atlas.work/bounties
* Sources
Patrick Lismore presents blockchain, crypto and the Atlas platform https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WYptjWAjuk

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Thank you for your interest in our project! We believe competition is healthy in driving exposure to these new concepts.
The goal is not to simply become another freelancing platform, but to lead the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Atlas has features of its own that heavily distinguish it from other projects out there.
Most notably, having its own Blockchain. This allows for the integration of a true Utility Coin that is minable, creating a user-driven platform.
As well as bringing more unique features, with less constraints.

You might find this Medium publication interesting: https://medium.com/atlas-announcement/we-have-some-big-news-55a8ecc51e1a
For more discussions please join our Telegram! https://t.me/joinchat/G98o6A15WNPrQ_jgjCscmQ

Here is the link of our latest article called "Community Engagement". It outlines our recent event at Goldsmith University of London.

https://medium.com/atlas-announcement/community-engagement-dd2c3a382d00

The Bounties program can be found at https://www.atlas.work/bounties

Interesting... Quite an impressive whitepaper.
I am curious to see how this project grows, most importantly what the main market will be.

How do you primarily distinguish yourself from other similar projects such as Ethlance, Blocklancer and Coinlancer? (Apart from Branding, which is one of the best i've seen in the space by the way...)

Thank you! Pleasure to have you on board, we will let you know once our public beta is out.

Atlas is exactly what I was asking for.

I do some coding for a few companies as a freelancer. I often have some spare time between jobs and that’s when I turn to freelancing platforms, most of which I am not very fond of.
They often leave you with a bitter taste, having to give 15-20 percent of your earnings just for a referral...

I also trade crypto's, mid to long terms. I believe in residual income as I sleep and do everything to set up some cash in-flow. I already ''risk'' my time and energy when devoting myself to a job on these platforms so why not have two in one. ( I actually just joined bitcointalk as I saw all the ''jobs'' being posted here, it’s filled with freelancers and clients that are missing a proper platform.) I would love to put a bit of time aside, work for a client and have him pay me in the coin I've been tracking for a while... Having the opportunity to potentially double my earnings later down the road.

I believe this is the new way more and more people will want to work and ''creatively mine'' digital assets!

I am sold!
Good luck Atlas Team, you have an amazing project.