Payment solution
After much consideration, research and consultation, ZINC decided to implement a freemium subscription payment plan which can be paid for in tokens and fiat. Using a credit system in app to simply the UX for users. Recruiters and companies hiring can sign-up to Zinc and try it out for free, enabling them to test the platform, request up to 3 references per month. After this is used up, recruiters can opt to sign-up for the Startup or Enterprise plan, choosing to pay in fiat or ZINC tokens. The monthly subscription will enable them to conduct 20 or 50 references (plan dependent), and very shortly this will include ID checks. The credits can be used across the platform and one reference and one ID check will cost 10 credits each. This offers maximum flexibility where a user can choose where to use their credits each month.
https://medium.com/zinc_work/october-update-7c5cc3e687bc
Topic: [ANN][PRE-ICO] R_Block | Blockchain Based Referencing - page 2. (Read 4302 times)
Third party integrations
ZINC thrilled to announce that they have successfully integrated with Greenhouse, and profile is now live within their app. ZINC will be releasing a press release with Greenhouse in the coming months. Customers of Greenhouse can now validate their candidates skills easily through Zinc. ZINC can be found within the partners page: http://www.greenhouse.io/partners
What is an applicant tracking system?
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a softwareapplication that enables the electronic handling of recruitment needs. An ATS can be implemented or accessed online on an enterprise or small business level, depending on the needs of the company and there is also free and open source ATS software available.
Who are Greenhouse?
Based in New York City and San Francisco, Greenhouse Software is the fastest-growing provider of enterprise talent acquisition software. Thousands of the smartest and most successful companies like Cisco Meraki, Time Inc., and Airbnb use Greenhouse's intelligent guidance to design and automate all aspects of hiring throughout their organizations, helping them compete and win for top talent. Greenhouse has won numerous awards including #1 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, Forbes Cloud 100, and Talent Acquisition FrontRunner leader by Software Advice. To learn more, visit http://www.greenhouse.io
ZINC thrilled to announce that they have successfully integrated with Greenhouse, and profile is now live within their app. ZINC will be releasing a press release with Greenhouse in the coming months. Customers of Greenhouse can now validate their candidates skills easily through Zinc. ZINC can be found within the partners page: http://www.greenhouse.io/partners
What is an applicant tracking system?
An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a softwareapplication that enables the electronic handling of recruitment needs. An ATS can be implemented or accessed online on an enterprise or small business level, depending on the needs of the company and there is also free and open source ATS software available.
Who are Greenhouse?
Based in New York City and San Francisco, Greenhouse Software is the fastest-growing provider of enterprise talent acquisition software. Thousands of the smartest and most successful companies like Cisco Meraki, Time Inc., and Airbnb use Greenhouse's intelligent guidance to design and automate all aspects of hiring throughout their organizations, helping them compete and win for top talent. Greenhouse has won numerous awards including #1 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, Forbes Cloud 100, and Talent Acquisition FrontRunner leader by Software Advice. To learn more, visit http://www.greenhouse.io
ZINC had some great coverage this week. Check the links out below and show your support:
YouTube
Ken The Crypto has reviewed Zinc and included ZINC in a low supply, high demand gem https://youtu.be/6Yg0ZPVXHCs
Medium
-This article has been updated with ZINC testnet: https://blog.goodaudience.com/spotting-the-silent-bombs-of-the-crypto-market-and-how-r-block-might-just-be-one-of-them-8d4b5b53a2ff
YouTube
Ken The Crypto has reviewed Zinc and included ZINC in a low supply, high demand gem https://youtu.be/6Yg0ZPVXHCs
Medium
-This article has been updated with ZINC testnet: https://blog.goodaudience.com/spotting-the-silent-bombs-of-the-crypto-market-and-how-r-block-might-just-be-one-of-them-8d4b5b53a2ff
The Zinc Brand Series 🕺
As part of the Zinc rebrand, we will be releasing a series of articles and documents to give the community an insider perspective on the design and thought-process. Here’s the first in the series: R_Block becomes Zinc
https://medium.com/zinc_work/r-block-becomes-zinc-4cad6c60f5fb
As part of the Zinc rebrand, we will be releasing a series of articles and documents to give the community an insider perspective on the design and thought-process. Here’s the first in the series: R_Block becomes Zinc
https://medium.com/zinc_work/r-block-becomes-zinc-4cad6c60f5fb
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Read more about this on:
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FROM TELEGRAM
#08/06 WEEKLY PROJECT UPDATE
R_Block becomes ZINC
After working hard on the company name and conducting market research and the Telegram vote (thanks to those who contributed) we are thrilled to announce that along with changing our brand, we will be changing the company name to ZINC.
Expect to see A LOT more in the coming weeks...
We have included CVT since it’s still viable, IDEX will be a less important market for us as we move forwards. However we are open to changing the name if that is the consensus. Here are the other options:
- WORK - related to our market
- ZINCT - ZINC Token
- ZN - The chemical name for ZINC in the periodic table
- ZINC - Consistent with the name (One dormant contract listed on Etherscan)
Start-up Grind Conference & Start-up Grind Top 20 Europe Program.
We are exhibiting at the Start-up Grind Conference next week which will act as a soft-launch for our new brand. We will be distributing a press release in the morning of the 12th to coincide with the event - this will will include our new company name. We are really looking forward to exhibiting and networking with potential investors, customers and partners. In other news....
:mega: We received a huge accolade from the Start-up Grind Conference which is a big win for everyone…
ZINC have been selected as one of the Top 20 Start-ups to watch in 2018. They will be releasing a press release regarding this (we will send a link next week), but here’s an extract from Start-up Grind:
‘This has been the most time that we have ever spent in deliberation over selections. There are so many fantastic companies that the selection process has been extremely difficult to narrow to 20 companies.
We are pleased to announce that Zinc has been inducted into our Europe 2018 Startup Program. You are guys are part of the most elite group of companies we have ever had to choose from and it was very difficult to narrow to 20.
As a part of the Startup Grind family, now and forever, you have a corp of people who are and will be advocates for you on your entrepreneurial journey.’
Smart contracts
We’re in the final stages of implementing our own unique smart contract design and setting up Web3 functions that will record work identity claims on the blockchain.
Login & components.
We’ve worked on integrating the BE API login flow into our application so users can securely access their profile data and interact with the platform. We’ve also been integrating Vuetify into the MVP code base to leverage a suite of battle tested components that implement Google's Material Design spec. To differentiate ourselves from a generic Google application, we’ve been overriding Vuetify's variables and theme constants to make the components look like the ones Josh, our UX designer has created.
‘A race against time: future of blockchains’ 🥁
Ali Azam from the core Zinc team presented the keynote ‘A race against time: future of blockchains’ at Blockercon yesterday. Over 100 people attended the event and his presentation was very well received. We have already been speaking with a couple of companies regarding partnerships as well as some blockchain companies keen to start using the product at the end of the month.
#08/06 WEEKLY PROJECT UPDATE
R_Block becomes ZINC
After working hard on the company name and conducting market research and the Telegram vote (thanks to those who contributed) we are thrilled to announce that along with changing our brand, we will be changing the company name to ZINC.
Expect to see A LOT more in the coming weeks...
We have included CVT since it’s still viable, IDEX will be a less important market for us as we move forwards. However we are open to changing the name if that is the consensus. Here are the other options:
- WORK - related to our market
- ZINCT - ZINC Token
- ZN - The chemical name for ZINC in the periodic table
- ZINC - Consistent with the name (One dormant contract listed on Etherscan)
Start-up Grind Conference & Start-up Grind Top 20 Europe Program.
We are exhibiting at the Start-up Grind Conference next week which will act as a soft-launch for our new brand. We will be distributing a press release in the morning of the 12th to coincide with the event - this will will include our new company name. We are really looking forward to exhibiting and networking with potential investors, customers and partners. In other news....
:mega: We received a huge accolade from the Start-up Grind Conference which is a big win for everyone…
ZINC have been selected as one of the Top 20 Start-ups to watch in 2018. They will be releasing a press release regarding this (we will send a link next week), but here’s an extract from Start-up Grind:
‘This has been the most time that we have ever spent in deliberation over selections. There are so many fantastic companies that the selection process has been extremely difficult to narrow to 20 companies.
We are pleased to announce that Zinc has been inducted into our Europe 2018 Startup Program. You are guys are part of the most elite group of companies we have ever had to choose from and it was very difficult to narrow to 20.
As a part of the Startup Grind family, now and forever, you have a corp of people who are and will be advocates for you on your entrepreneurial journey.’
Smart contracts
We’re in the final stages of implementing our own unique smart contract design and setting up Web3 functions that will record work identity claims on the blockchain.
Login & components.
We’ve worked on integrating the BE API login flow into our application so users can securely access their profile data and interact with the platform. We’ve also been integrating Vuetify into the MVP code base to leverage a suite of battle tested components that implement Google's Material Design spec. To differentiate ourselves from a generic Google application, we’ve been overriding Vuetify's variables and theme constants to make the components look like the ones Josh, our UX designer has created.
‘A race against time: future of blockchains’ 🥁
Ali Azam from the core Zinc team presented the keynote ‘A race against time: future of blockchains’ at Blockercon yesterday. Over 100 people attended the event and his presentation was very well received. We have already been speaking with a couple of companies regarding partnerships as well as some blockchain companies keen to start using the product at the end of the month.
FROM Telegram
#04/06 WEEKLY PROJECT UPDATE
* Data modelling & smart contract design.
In the past week we refined the design of our data models and improved infrastructure set-up, the smart contract designs are in progress and are on track to be QA'd & audited in time for the V1 mainnet launch. We’ll be implementing a bespoke contract to record the provenance of work identity claims on the blockchain. Web3 and IPFS helper functions have been completed for QA to speed up development in coming weeks. We will now be focusing on implementing the core web functions of the dApp and implementing processes for security by design.
* Styling & components
We set up Fela—a CSS in JS framework for styling our components and application. Storybook was also integrated into the application so that components could be visually tested and shared internally in isolation from the application. We spent some time looking into UI libraries and have decided to use Vuetify for the first version of the application so we can efficiently test and validate the UX ahead of investing time building our own components. Vuetify is a very popular and mature UI library built in Vue and implements near enough all components from Google's Material Design suite. This week we will start to flesh out the login flows and user profile page using components from this UI library.
* Using cryptography (TweetNaCl-js) to protect user data.
We have written and published an extended version of the encryption wiki page.
* Data science workshop. :
R_Block are partnering with Birmingham Uni and a Coding school to host a Data Science workshop this weekend (9th - 10th June). It's a 2 day beginners course into all aspects of Data science hosted at the R_Block office.
#04/06 WEEKLY PROJECT UPDATE
* Data modelling & smart contract design.
In the past week we refined the design of our data models and improved infrastructure set-up, the smart contract designs are in progress and are on track to be QA'd & audited in time for the V1 mainnet launch. We’ll be implementing a bespoke contract to record the provenance of work identity claims on the blockchain. Web3 and IPFS helper functions have been completed for QA to speed up development in coming weeks. We will now be focusing on implementing the core web functions of the dApp and implementing processes for security by design.
* Styling & components
We set up Fela—a CSS in JS framework for styling our components and application. Storybook was also integrated into the application so that components could be visually tested and shared internally in isolation from the application. We spent some time looking into UI libraries and have decided to use Vuetify for the first version of the application so we can efficiently test and validate the UX ahead of investing time building our own components. Vuetify is a very popular and mature UI library built in Vue and implements near enough all components from Google's Material Design suite. This week we will start to flesh out the login flows and user profile page using components from this UI library.
* Using cryptography (TweetNaCl-js) to protect user data.
We have written and published an extended version of the encryption wiki page.
* Data science workshop. :
R_Block are partnering with Birmingham Uni and a Coding school to host a Data Science workshop this weekend (9th - 10th June). It's a 2 day beginners course into all aspects of Data science hosted at the R_Block office.
Hello! Tell me, what will be spent on the funds that are collected at the pre-ICO?
Analysts expect the HR technology market to grow significantly over the next few years with old/incumbent vendors, services and solutions providers getting replaced by agile, easy to use, mobile applications. Introducing R_Block 😀 http://bit.ly/2sjoN79
WEEKLY PROJECT UPDATE
* Encryption protocol public-key cryptography.
This week R_Block has designed and implemented the encryption protocol which will protect user data. We’re using public-key cryptography to ensure that only the user themselves can access and control their work history data – true to the decentralised nature of the project. Read about it in our open-source repo: https://github.com/R-Block/wiki/wiki/Encryption-and-Key-Management
* Roadmap.
Despite some delays we have an official launch date for the end of June. The team are working very hard to ensure this happens and we don’t go over our estimates again. We are working with our PR agency to build relationships ready for the end of June and expect to send out two press releases between now and then. We will have a very soft-launch of the new brand at the Startup Grind Conference in 3 weeks time.
* Will dApps trigger the evolution of internet login?
We share our solution to the crypto communities login problem we think is holding dApps back from going mainstream. We walk through the R_Block first time desktop web login journey as a example use case for the newly created login standard EIP 1078…Read about it here: https://medium.com/r-block-blog/will-dapps-trigger-the-evolution-of-internet-login-369a3e85045a
* Encryption protocol public-key cryptography.
This week R_Block has designed and implemented the encryption protocol which will protect user data. We’re using public-key cryptography to ensure that only the user themselves can access and control their work history data – true to the decentralised nature of the project. Read about it in our open-source repo: https://github.com/R-Block/wiki/wiki/Encryption-and-Key-Management
* Roadmap.
Despite some delays we have an official launch date for the end of June. The team are working very hard to ensure this happens and we don’t go over our estimates again. We are working with our PR agency to build relationships ready for the end of June and expect to send out two press releases between now and then. We will have a very soft-launch of the new brand at the Startup Grind Conference in 3 weeks time.
* Will dApps trigger the evolution of internet login?
We share our solution to the crypto communities login problem we think is holding dApps back from going mainstream. We walk through the R_Block first time desktop web login journey as a example use case for the newly created login standard EIP 1078…Read about it here: https://medium.com/r-block-blog/will-dapps-trigger-the-evolution-of-internet-login-369a3e85045a
When is the network launch. Wasn't it supposed to be in April according to the roadmap? Thanks for any answer. I hope - R-blook will be greater soon.
Developers wrote the roadmap last year. The crowdsale and token distribution kept they busy until the end of March. They then went through a hiring process and had the full team by mid-April. These are some of the reasons things have been delayed. Developers will be providing more information on the launch later today.
Developers are working on marketing through building a strong partnership network (which will soon be released) and of course the rebrand. They are building close relationships with ICP so that when they launch they will have companies and subsequently workers using it immediately.
Their target customer to begin with are blockchain companies as opposed to workers which requires a lower marketing acquisition budget.
As mentioned developers are working with a PR agency to coincide news articles with the launch of the product. They are continuously looking for new news angles and they are in talks with some big conferences towards the end of the year.
Their target customer to begin with are blockchain companies as opposed to workers which requires a lower marketing acquisition budget.
As mentioned developers are working with a PR agency to coincide news articles with the launch of the product. They are continuously looking for new news angles and they are in talks with some big conferences towards the end of the year.
In venture capital there are always several rounds. If we have shortage of money for big exchange and marketing then print more tokens and raise more money.
And there are more coinceptions in the future, they also get access to more funds from the first funding once the product is released.
Read the whitepaper.
Great post by Luke explaining the model of funding, and a insight to their thoughts.
https://medium.com/r-block-blog/the-coinception-crowd-sale-framework-ecd67a8e4283
From telegram
As some of you know we are going through a rebrand and as part of this we are considering a company name change. Obviously this is a very big decision and a lot of factors are at play so we want to make the right decision taking all factors into consideration. In changing the R_Block name we will inevitably lose brand awareness as well as ranking organically on page 1 - we currently dominate the first page (bar one website) and a new more popular name might prevent this from happening for a few months at least. (These are things to bear in mind when making your decision)
For the new name we have been looking at the following factors:
~ The name must be memorable.
~ The name must convey trust.
~ The name must have some relevance to what we’re doing.
~ The name must have a cutting edge or futuristic feel to it.
~ The name must be one or two syllables max.
~ SEO friendly and searchable.
~ The name must not be an established crypto company or recruitment company in the UK (we have particularly struggled with this one due to the sheer number of crypto companies)
~ Reasonable domain available.
Over the past few weeks we’ve produced and sifted through over 6000 suggestions and conducted independent research as well as consulting with an agency. Based on the criteria above, we’ve narrowed it down to 3 options. After this hard work we want to gift the R_Block community with the power to dramatically shape the future of this project. We are handing over the reigns to you, our valued community to define what we call ourselves and shape the future name of this movement. Here are the options…
1. RBLOCK - as you can see the beloved underscore has gone! We appreciate this doesn’t bode well for SEO and ease of use. RBlock is arguably the most relevant because of the ‘recruitment’ and ‘reference’ element as well as being powered by blockchain. As mentioned above we have also got some brand recognition for the name. If we change it we will lose the SEO presence in the short term (3- 6 months)
2. ZINC
It’s short, it’s punchy, it’s memorable. Zinc is typically used as a catalyst in bringing two organic things together. Although the relevance is somewhat tenuous we think it best fulfils the criteria in other areas.
3. KAIZO
Derived from the term ‘Kaizen’ (the philosophy of continuous self-improvement) which is one of our core values (https://rblock.co/mission.html). Kaizo or Kaizu is short and memorable and has a futuristic feel to it. Both versions of the word are SEO rankable. We have also read that highly ranking scrabble letters work well for memorability and it doesn’t get much better than Z.
Please vote (link below) for your favourite name based on the criteria above. (please note we are waiting for the full report back from the trademark lawyer to see if they can find any potential infringements)
*Instructions to vote*
dApp: http://rblock.co/vote.html
We’re holding the vote on the blockchain! So you’ll need to have Metamask installed and be connected to the Ropsten network. You'll also need some Ropsten ETH to vote (get it for free here: https://faucet.metamask.io/). You can only vote once.
As some of you know we are going through a rebrand and as part of this we are considering a company name change. Obviously this is a very big decision and a lot of factors are at play so we want to make the right decision taking all factors into consideration. In changing the R_Block name we will inevitably lose brand awareness as well as ranking organically on page 1 - we currently dominate the first page (bar one website) and a new more popular name might prevent this from happening for a few months at least. (These are things to bear in mind when making your decision)
For the new name we have been looking at the following factors:
~ The name must be memorable.
~ The name must convey trust.
~ The name must have some relevance to what we’re doing.
~ The name must have a cutting edge or futuristic feel to it.
~ The name must be one or two syllables max.
~ SEO friendly and searchable.
~ The name must not be an established crypto company or recruitment company in the UK (we have particularly struggled with this one due to the sheer number of crypto companies)
~ Reasonable domain available.
Over the past few weeks we’ve produced and sifted through over 6000 suggestions and conducted independent research as well as consulting with an agency. Based on the criteria above, we’ve narrowed it down to 3 options. After this hard work we want to gift the R_Block community with the power to dramatically shape the future of this project. We are handing over the reigns to you, our valued community to define what we call ourselves and shape the future name of this movement. Here are the options…
1. RBLOCK - as you can see the beloved underscore has gone! We appreciate this doesn’t bode well for SEO and ease of use. RBlock is arguably the most relevant because of the ‘recruitment’ and ‘reference’ element as well as being powered by blockchain. As mentioned above we have also got some brand recognition for the name. If we change it we will lose the SEO presence in the short term (3- 6 months)
2. ZINC
It’s short, it’s punchy, it’s memorable. Zinc is typically used as a catalyst in bringing two organic things together. Although the relevance is somewhat tenuous we think it best fulfils the criteria in other areas.
3. KAIZO
Derived from the term ‘Kaizen’ (the philosophy of continuous self-improvement) which is one of our core values (https://rblock.co/mission.html). Kaizo or Kaizu is short and memorable and has a futuristic feel to it. Both versions of the word are SEO rankable. We have also read that highly ranking scrabble letters work well for memorability and it doesn’t get much better than Z.
Please vote (link below) for your favourite name based on the criteria above. (please note we are waiting for the full report back from the trademark lawyer to see if they can find any potential infringements)
*Instructions to vote*
dApp: http://rblock.co/vote.html
We’re holding the vote on the blockchain! So you’ll need to have Metamask installed and be connected to the Ropsten network. You'll also need some Ropsten ETH to vote (get it for free here: https://faucet.metamask.io/). You can only vote once.
40% more of the funds will be released upon main network launch. When this happens we will have more money to consider applying to some of the bigger (more expensive exchanges)
Developers anticipate the rebrand to be the same time as the launch of the product. When this happens (combined with the 40% of additional funds) they will have more time to concentrate back on applying and speaking with exchanges.
Currently developers have only released 30% of the funds from the ICO - so at the time of the close of the ICO it was $858,826
Developers anticipate the rebrand to be the same time as the launch of the product. When this happens (combined with the 40% of additional funds) they will have more time to concentrate back on applying and speaking with exchanges.
Currently developers have only released 30% of the funds from the ICO - so at the time of the close of the ICO it was $858,826
Developers are working on an exciting new brand that embodies their vision, tone of voice and style. Stay tuned… all will be released in the coming months.
What happens with unsold tokens??? they are locked 2 years i think, after that the team decides what to do with them
As developers said, they had a good event last week in Shoreditch London. I hope soon will be good news and price will be rise.
Team is working hard thinking about name and brand identity. The team is coming together and more new joiners are expected shortly.
CVT lack the daily volume req. I think the team is making a push in symbiosis with the product release.
Do you mean as an recruiter? If yes, then maybe, it all depends on how it pans out and what I'm doing in the future, since it might year/s away this gets traction in my country.
I probably wont use it as someone getting recruited, I've never written a CV and don't plan on doing it.
But the tech is interesting and it fills a gap I know exists, and the potential adoption is unlimited for the future.
There is alot of interested people here, but right now it feels like it's no use writing until we see what the dApp actually can perform and looks like, we can't discuss anything unless we know what we're discussing about.
The ones screaming the same questions over and over are the ones who think "crypto" is about making money on quick flips and most likely are in over their heads. They are everywhere in this space.
I probably wont use it as someone getting recruited, I've never written a CV and don't plan on doing it.
But the tech is interesting and it fills a gap I know exists, and the potential adoption is unlimited for the future.
There is alot of interested people here, but right now it feels like it's no use writing until we see what the dApp actually can perform and looks like, we can't discuss anything unless we know what we're discussing about.
The ones screaming the same questions over and over are the ones who think "crypto" is about making money on quick flips and most likely are in over their heads. They are everywhere in this space.
Hello!
Why do you copy my words from telegram without leaving a source?
I do NOT want to get impersonated by you.
/P
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