Topic: [ANN][ICO LIVE] Decentralized Capital: fiat assets, BTC, & exchange on Ethereum - page 2. (Read 1954 times)

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Decentralized Capital's DVIP crypto-membership ICO has begun!

What is DVIP?

DVIP Membership is a limited supply Ethereum token that entitles the member to:

• 3+ years of free services from Decentralized Capital, a fiat and BTC gateway that’s just launched on the
  Ethereum network
• 3+ years of unlimited free trades on IDEX, our new Ethereum smart contract exchange
  that is currently in development
• An additional $150 in fees on DC services, starting at the end of the membership period in 2020

Only 2000 memberships will ever be created. 1500 memberships will be sold in the initial sale, which is already underway,
and the remaining 500 will be reserved by DC for sale at a later date. Customers can purchase as little as 1/100th of a
membership (benefits are pro-rated), there is no upper limit to the number per customer, and memberships and fee
bonuses are transferable. Prices start at $150 per membership and the first price increase is in 6 days.

DVIP is just $1.50 for 1/100th of a membership, or $150 for a full membership; this price is equivalent to the amount of fee
discounts members receive beginning in 2020.  However, by pre-paying for these fees now you also get the incredible bonus
of free transfers and trades for the next 3+ years! As our ecosystem grows these limited tokens will become highly sought
after, so don’t miss your chance to get in on the ground floor of the next big Ethereum product!

DC Vision

The past year we’ve witnessed the launch and growth of the Ethereum platform. The promise of programmatic control of
asset movement has led to an explosion of development activity and the creation of new applications and business models.
A fire has been lit, and the community has taken the torch and is spreading the idea to all corners of the business world,
looking for opportunities to improve operations via the use of decentralization.

As this movement has taken hold, it’s highlighted the need for the other part of the equation: a variety of digital assets. To
date we’ve seen a limited offering, consisting of a commodity and a few DAO tokens. While these assets represent an
important step in the development on the ecosystem, they don’t align with the way a large portion of the world does business.
A deposit for the use of physical goods should be denominated in the same currency as the replacement costs. A business
with expenses denominated in their local currency needs a way to match their on-chain revenue with these costs. A user
wagering over the outcome of the presidential election needs an Ethereum asset whose value doesn’t fluctuate wildly during
the course of the wager. In short, a decentralized economy needs Decentralized Capital.

Company Description

Decentralized Capital is on a mission to bring finance to the 21st century. It is our opinion that the dominant players in the
future will create hybrid products that combine the best attributes of both the centralized and decentralized worlds. We are
taking services that have shown to have great traction in the centralized world and are redesigning them to fit in with the
decentralized future. Execution on this vision started with our fiat and BTC backed assets, and will continue to expand into
many more assets and products such as our smart contract exchange, IDEX.

Product line

Decentralized Capital is broadly focused on all activities associated with the issuance and trade of digital assets on the
Ethereum network. Our initial DC Asset product offering focused on the issuance of fiat backed digital assets. DC currently
supports 7 different fiat currencies.

Fiat Currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, CNY, HKD, JPY, and CHF

Video Explainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WNLKGYk4YM

On Nov 1st we announced the release of our newest DC Asset, BTC.DC.  This 100% collateralized token will directly track the
price of BTC, enabling BTC use on any Ethereum application that follows the coin standard.

Customers can acquire DC assets by trading for them with other users on the Ethereum network, or by “purchasing” new
assets directly from DC. We have integrated with two cryptocurrency companies, Crypto Capital and Coinapult, to facilitate
the purchase of assets via both Bitcoin and bank transfer. Purchases via Bitcoin are available for four currencies, BTC.DC,
USD.DC, EUR.DC, and GBP.DC, while Crypto Capital users can purchase any of the seven fiat currencies available.

https://i.imgur.com/1UAr7dC.png

Though the idea itself is relatively simple, the impact of having fiat currencies represented on the Ethereum blockchain will be
far reaching. Many users, especially business, are unwilling to weather the exchange rate fluctuations associated with holding
crypto currency, and as a result have been unable to reap the benefits that blockchains provide. This represents a huge
untapped market, a group of customers who hunger for the speed and transparency that’s only found in cryptocurrencies, but
have yet to adopt this technology. DC helps onboard these customers into the Ethereum ecosystem by providing them a
cryptocurrency that’s familiar, removing one of the largest barriers to widespread adoption.

For those who prefer to use cryptocurrencies, we help by bringing all of them on to one blockchain. Our BTC token allows for
faster transfer and settlement times, while also opening up integration with other Dapps for BTC payment. With BTC.DC
customers can now use their BTC on prediction markets such as Augur and Gnosis, and create BTC trading pairs on smart
contract  exchanges such as IDEX and EtherDelta.

IDEX

In addition to bringing fiat currencies and BTC onto the Ethereum blockchain, DC is also building a trading platform that meets the
needs of the modern investor. IDEX (International Distributed Ethereum Exchange) is a cryptocurrency exchange built using
the Ethereum smart contract system. The goal is to address some of the current shortcomings of cryptocurrency exchanges by
providing a new product that is:

• More secure than centralized exchanges due to the use of smart contracts
• Faster than existing decentralized exchanges due to the use of a centralized order book

IDEX will exclusively trade Ethereum based cryptocurrencies, those that comply with the ERC 20 token standard. These include
DC Assets, e.g. USD.DC/EUR.DC/BTC.DC, as well as other ethereum based tokens. The fee structure on IDEX is 0.15% maker/0.25%
taker. IDEX aims to provide an improved experience over existing crypto trading markets, as well as become the default choice for
trading new Ethereum based assets as they are released.

Market Analysis

Today our primary target market is cryptocurrency traders. Centralized exchanges have time and again proven themselves to be
the most risky component of the trading ecosystem, a promising target for hackers and a liability to those trading on them. The
creation of smart contract exchanges such as IDEX represent the future of crypto trading, and the incorporation of DC assets
enables the creation of fiat/crypto trading pairs.

Outside of the crypto trading community, DC assets are valuable for anyone creating an Ethereum based business who doesn’t
want to collect their revenue in cryptocurrency. The price volatility associated with cryptocurrencies makes it difficult to use them
for revenue collection while also managing to a traditional budget forecast. This can be mitigated by spot conversion, but this is
a costly and time consuming process, and it doesn’t allow for the revenue to stay on the blockchain for a period of time. It is
more efficient to simply collect DC assets and withdraw the underlying deposit from DC once the need arises. We’ve talked with
multiple start-ups and VC firms that echo this sentiment, that as they’re working to bring their business on-chain, they need a
payment service provider to go along with it. DC assets allow businesses to harness the benefits from building on the Ethereum
platform without subjecting their revenues to the risk associated with crypto price volatility.

The following is a not so comprehensive list of situations where DC assets will prove themselves valuable.

• Fiat/crypto pairs on decentralized exchanges
• Fiat denominated crowdsales & ICOs
• Fiat denominated predictions markets
• International money transfer
• Deposits/collateral
• On chain accounting & cash management

We also are not blind to the fact that the traditional finance system could greatly benefit from the services provided by DC.
Financial settlement today is an arcane and lengthy process taking multiple days, introducing time and liquidity risk. Corporations
or individuals that make international payments often pay large fees to existing service providers. However, we think that
convincing these businesses and users to adopt this technology is a longer and more costly process, and that by focusing on
Ethereum specific use cases today we can grow our business and increase adoption, positioning us to enter these markets
in the future.

Security

Our smart contract structure and asset issuance protocols are state-of-the-art and ensure that all transactions to create new
assets are valid, and occur only after the collateral has been received. For example:

• All actions are managed through a ⅔ multi-sig process, with each transaction signed offline before being sent to a separate
  server to be broadcast to the network.
• Newly minted assets can only be sent to one specific “hotwallet”, which is controlled by a separate set of keys.
• Hotwallet transfers to customers can only be done after receiving approval from a third set of “oversight” keys. Approval is
  dependent on validation of the purchase transaction from both our website and our financial institution.

Our contracts are open source, so check out our github repo if you'd like to
take a closer look.

Team

https://i.imgur.com/QnK6VG2.png - DC team (missing Forrest) and Vitalik at Devcon2 Demo Day in Shanghai

We have a qualified team with a healthy mix of business and development experience, all with a lengthy track record of
successful projects.

Alex Wearn - CEO  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwearn)
Alex is an expert at managing teams in the design and delivery of cutting edge software products. Most recently he led the
product management efforts for a company re-platforming their application using a private Ethereum blockchain as the
backend database (project still in stealth mode). A graduate of the Kellogg MMM program, a dual MBA in Finance and
Operations and MS in Design and Innovation, he has managed a wide range of marketing and sales analytics products for
both Adobe and IBM. He's excited to bring his expertise to Decentralized Capital in order to build the next generation of
financial products and services.

https://i.imgur.com/Pb833a7.png - Alex presenting DC at Demo Day in Shanghai

Phil Wearn - COO (www.linkedin.com/in/phil-wearn-3a739412a)
Former Co-founder of EtherEx, Phil has been building blockchain based companies since the time when Ethereum was
little more than a white paper. While developing EtherEx he identified the pressing need for a fiat gateway into Ethereum,
an insight which served as the basis for Decentralized Capital. Phil has a background in engineering and leadership.

Raymond Pulver - CTO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymond-pulver-iv-9504038a)
Raymond is an avid mathematician, cryptographer, and software developer with over a decade's worth of development
experience. An expert in multiple languages, Raymond has been designing secure systems on Ethereum since its inception,
and actively stays informed on topics related to Ethereum’s security. Raymond's multi-signature authentication systems,
upgradeable contracts, and emergency oversight controls ensure that the hackers stay out, and DC Assets stay secure.

Peter Reitsma - VP Engineering (https://nl.linkedin.com/in/preitsma)
A nuclear physicist by training, Peter has been a professional software developer for over fifteen years. During this time he’s
held almost every role possible including developer, architect, team lead, analyst, tester, and designer on a variety of projects
for a wide range of customers. Peter has recently turned his focus to blockchain technologies, in particular the Ethereum
ecosystem and Decentralized Assets.

Anthony Castro - VP Compliance
Anthony is a securities expert specializing in derivatives, in particular equity and forex options and futures, who for the past
five years has served as the chief compliance officer at two different international investment firms. His experience with global
compliance regulations and background in computer engineering and crypto-currencies make him an ideal fit for the role of
chief compliance officer at DC.

Forrest Whaling - VP Marketing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/forrestwhaling)
Forrest specializes in executing comprehensive digital marketing strategies across all major media platforms for both Fortune
500 companies and startups alike. As Digital Marketing Director for Colorado's Advertising Technology Meetup and Senior
Marketing Manager for Altitude Digital, he has spent the latter part of his career developing awareness, promoting adoption
and creating thought-leadership content for some of the adtech industry's most cutting-edge technology.

DVIP

DVIP Membership is a limited supply ERC 20 token that entitles the member to free or discounted services from Decentralized
Capital. In particular DVIP members are entitled to:

• ZERO transaction fees on all DC Asset transfers
• ZERO fees for purchasing and redeeming BTC.DC
• ½ off fees for purchasing and redeeming DC Assets through Crypto Capital
• Unlimited free trades on the upcoming smart contract exchange, IDEX

Only 1500 DVIP are available between now and Nov. 30th, starting at $150 per membership. DVIP can be purchased in
increments as small as .01 DVIP. When holding less than one whole DVIP token the discount is pro-rated, i.e. 0.5 DVIP entitles
the member to ½ off on-chain transfer fees. These benefits last until the beginning of 2020. Upon expiration of membership
benefits, each 1/100th of a token is redeemable for an additional $1.50 in fees on eligible DC products. This additional discount
expires on January 1st, 2022.

Users can purchase more than one membership, but only one membership can be active at a time for any one wallet.
At just $150 per DVIP, our tier 1 membership provides an opportunity to pre-pay for $150 in DC fees, redeemable beginning in
2020, and in the interim benefit from free/discounted services. DC charges a 0.3% transaction fee on all dapp withdrawals
(excluding wallets), as well as a 0.2% fee for BTC.DC purchases/redemptions and transfers initiated via Crypto Capital. The fee
structure on IDEX is 0.15% maker/0.25% taker. As our ecosystem of fiat assets and IDEX grow, so will the demand for DVIP. Our
membership provides an opportunity for those who believe in our vision to get in early and obtain a membership that will be
highly coveted as our offerings grow.

The sale has already begun, so head on over to our website for the
complete details and to purchase your DVIP membership!