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EventChain Co-founder Interview: ‘We’ve Delivered All of the Promises of Our Road Map’

The online Ticketing industry is controlled by only a handful of giants that have been dominating the industry for more than 20 years. The industry is expected to reach more than $65 billion by 2025 due to exponential increase in internet availability in the past two decades. There’s no doubt that hassele free online ticket booking saves a lot of time as compared to traditional booking of tickets at event venue.

As the industry is controlled by only a few, there is a dire need of new players to disrupt their monopoly. One platform that got my attention is EventChain, a blockchain based online ticketing platform that caters to the problems crippling the industry. Many consider EventChain as an underdog but it is commendable that they’ve achieved their targets and delivered a fully functional platform in a year!

I got in touch with young and energetic CEO Ashton Addison, who co-founded EventChain along with his father, Jay Addison. Ashton gave BlockPublisher his exclusive insight about the platform and what he thinks about the future of blockchain.

Please tell our audience where are you based and what are the founders background?

Ashton: I co-founded the company with my father Jay in the beginning of 2017. My father is CTO of EventChain and he has been a tech entrepreneur since the dot com days. I grew up in a very tech entrepreneurial environment as my father taught me website development and internet marketing that I combined with double majors in Finance and Accounting with the early knowledge of cryptocurrency, we are now providing tech solutions to the ticketing industry through EventChain.

That’s great! So how long have you been in to crypto?

Ashton: My father and I first become interested in the blockchain industry in 2013. We joined the Vancouver Bitcoin communities and quickly became evangelists of the technology. When the Ethereum ICO happened we really started focusing our attention on growing the community and have been involved in many projects ever since. Since then we’ve become involved in some really great projects like Pundi X, Syscoin, CoinPayments.net and more.


Let’s come to EventChain. Please tell our audience how it works if I want to use the platform?

Ashton: Sure! As an event organizer, you can freely create an event and submit your basic event details like the name of the event, description, ticket price. Then you can choose to accept cryptocurrencies for the tickets of that particular event as well as credit cards or Paypal for traditional payment services. On top of that it allows you to turn on blockchain functionality where you can create a smart contract, securing the tickets through the blockchain. This allows any fans or ticket holders to check the authenticity of the ticket and verify ownership anytime by referencing the transaction hash on the blockchain, eliminating counterfeit tickets from the market.

Since the platform is taking alternate payment methods, is it a hybrid solution?

Ashton: The tickets can be checked in a distributed manner like if they’re available all over the world since they’ll be over blockchain. The ticket transfer takes place directly from the event organizer or artist to the attendees, and they have the freedom to transfer that ticket again if they wish. Just like centralized cryptocurrency exchanges, there is some level of central processing of information that is not over blockchain. We know that blockchains are very fragile when it comes to data input and pushing an excess amount of data to the chain is cumbersome for most blockchains. There is other event information which isn’t relevant to the tickets is not stored on the blockchain. To facilitate payment processing of tickets in fiat currency, you need some providers to assist with these services, and that’s where we help facilitate the process.

Decentralization and scalability is always a trade-off and we understand the limitations of a fully decentralized platform. Right now we want to help blockchain achieve mainstream adoption that we need to achieve and ensuring the user experience is non-technical and easy to use will be the key for blockchain adoption.

So which cryptocurrencies is the platform currently accepting?

Ashton: Our ideology is that the artists or organizer of the event should be allowed to accept whichever currency they wish and through our partnership with CoinPayments, which processes over 2 million different vendors for cryptocurrency transactions, organizers can accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other tokens like EventChain Tokens, our platform’s utility token. They also have the freedom to accept other currencies if they wish like Dogecoin, Ripple and any other major coins.

Does the platform currently have a wallet?

Ashton: Wallets are not integrated into the platform and through our partnership with CoinPayments organizers are able to accept to any coins from the ticket page directly into their CoinPayments wallets. Wallet integration and the need for 3rd party applications like MetaMask cause confusion for a lot of people who are still learning to use cryptocurency. Many fans will purchase tickets with fiat currency as well and may not be familiar with cryptocurrencies. We’re educating and incentivising them to use it but are not forcing people to use a wallet on the platform.

Will there be a wallet on the platform in future?

Ashton: As we develop secondary market place, there is a possibility of including an integrated wallet, but at this time the platform is fully functional and running events internationally without one.

That’s great! So how does the platform monetize? 

Ashton: For the use of platform, all EventChain charge is a simple ticket processing fee for the event organizers utilizing the platform. Our platform is very competitive with all of the other competitors that are in the ticketing space. The cost is 2.5% of the ticket price plus 80 cents per ticket. However, artists and organizers are also able to host free events on EventChain all the time.

How things have worked out for EventChain since it started?

Ashton: We started the development of the EventChain platform in August of 2017 and with some persistence and about 14 months of software development, we have a revenue generating platform that is running internationally. The traction has been great and the community has grown rapidly leading up to the platform release. We are excited and thankful for all the community members supporting EventChain.

How much funding have you raised ever since the inception of the platform?

Ashton: We really were the under dogs as we didn’t raise as much as some of the other blockchain startups in 2017, however, we’ve delivered all of the promises of our road map exactly according to the dates we mentioned, guided by our brilliant community, despite not raising nearly as much as everybody else we managed to build the platform within 12 months.

You told us how EventChain delivered a running platform in 12 months, how big is the team currently?

Ashton: There are 6 people on the executive team, and 10 others in development that include blockchain developers, business analysts and UX engineers. The executive team has already worked together in tech startups

Does the development team work remotely and what are the challenges EventChain is facing at the moment?

Ashton: All of our developers are under one roof in BC. One of the challenges that pertains to EventChain is the fact that the ticketing space is very cut throat and players that have been in the business for 20 or 30 years have a stronghold on certain parts of the industry. We’re utilizing the community to help us bring awareness to this solution and the fact that our development team works as a cohesive team in the same location strengthens our position in the industry.

What is the problem development team is facing at the moment?

Ashton: The development team have had minimal problems throughout our development road map, and hit all of our targets within the last 12 months, producing all the major features and functions of EventChain. The dev team is now focusing on added value features that we plan to release in the coming months. We’re really working hard and developing some features that have never been seen before in any other ticketing platform.

Right! So what is the frequency of people actually using the platform?

Ashton: Our community has been growing since the start of 2017 and we are grateful for everyone participating on the platform and those involved in the social community. Right now our Telegram chat has about 45,000 followers and we are nearing 23,000 wallet holders. EventChain’s major release came out in the first week of November 2018. On our first day, we launched events in 5 different countries. Many more event organizers and artists are signing up and creating events after seeing others do it on EventChain, showing that word of mouth marketing works, and when people realize that anybody has freedom to create an event and sell tickets without any barriers to entry, they naturally gravitate towards this type of model.

Tell us about World Crypto Con as you were the attendee and spoke to the audience as well?

Ashton: The World Crypto Con event in Vegas was great! I took two speaking opportunities to discuss on how blockchain can affect the future of gaming with a focus on VR, as well as another panel where we highlighted the need for community growth for blockchain projects that are looking to grow their communities. We’ve been supporting World Crypto Con since they first announced the conference back in the beginning of 2018 and supported them as a media partners. We are looking forward to the four conferences they will be organizing in 2019.

What can we expect from EventChain in the near future?

Ashton: In the next 6 months we are bringing more features for event organizers and artists to gain more control over their events and tickets they sell, it goes for both primary and secondary market. We’re also integrating ticket security enhancements to our live event tickets and ticket purchasing processes. We understand that organizers want control over their event data, their tickets and the way their event is marketed and presented to the world. At the same time, we want ticket buyers to have a customized experience which allows them to access tickets easily.

Specifically, what features will be added to the platform?

Ashton: One of the major features that we are finalizing is our ABI which allows event organizers to sell tickets through blockchain from their own website or elsewhere. We also expect to integrate a platform for online events and events that are livestreamed. As well, we are planning an Easter egg feature in the second half of 2019 which may include some VR and AR aspects.

Being a young entrepreneur, tell us how you see the future of blockchain?

Ashton: We’re still in incubation of blockchain adoption; everyone in communities is working really hard to make this new technology mainstream. There are many projects including EventChain that are taking strides to introduce people to blockchain through other applications in non-financial environments. In our case, we are proving to ticket holders the authenticity of their tickets through the transparency of the blockchain. We may be years away for incorporating blockchain in to other industries with traditional business models and higher barriers to entry, however in industries that are high cost and low value, like ticketing, blockchain technology is clearly already penetrating the market.

You already have a few competitors, how EventChain is going to compete them?

Ashton: There are a few blockchain startups also looking to solve the obvious problems in the ticketing industry, and we would like to see the blockchain community working together to bring more fairness to the industry. We’re also looking to bring the best user experience and focus on simplicity as we know blockchain technology can sounds confusing. If everyone has the same ideology in providing services that utilize blockchain but are easy to use, the industry will grow a lot faster as we all work together.

What you think will trigger the massive blockchain adoption?

Ashton: I think massive blockchain adoption will be a mixture of a few things. The price rise of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has already played a big part in spreading the word about blockchain technology, however, a lot of people will learn the difference between cryptocurrency and blockchain as more early adopters and then early majority join into the scene. Thanks to the last bull run of 2017, a lot more people are coming in this space and the community is stronger than it ever has been. Even in the bear market, the use of the Ethereum blockchain and the amount of Ethereum wallets has doubled throughout the bear market of 2018. As more application like EventChain provide solutions that solve non-financial industry problems, we will definitely see cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology being used in every day life.

Source: https://blockpublisher.com/eventchain-co-founder-interview-weve-delivered-all-of-the-promises-of-our-road-map/

ENGAGE VANCOUVER IS AVAILABLE ON EVENTCHAIN


DATE & TIME
Saturday, December 15, 2018
10:00 AM - 6:30 PM PST

LOCATION
Vancouver Convention Centre
999 Canada Pl
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3E1

DESCRIPTION
We believe in challenging the status quo. We believe that we can change the future. We believe in Vancouver's ability to rise above and establish itself as a leader in the emerging blockchain/crypto industry.
That starts with a conversation, a spark, a moment of inspiration.
Are you ready to dive into the world of crypto? We'll show you the full spectrum of ways that you can take your skills and immerse yourself in the world of blockchain and crypto.
Get inspired and take action with this series of exciting and inspirational talks at this full-day crypto event.
Our speakers are local industry professionals; experts in blockchain entrepreneurship, mining, programming, marketing, and much, much more. They're fired up and ready to share their experiences, challenges faced, and every achievement along the way.


HOST
Crypto Vancity


Hurry up to buy tickets of the event on https://eventchain.io/event-details/140


Please take a look at the growing list of events right on www.eventchain.io


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Nam, Telegram and community manager

Sorry, currently we don't have any bounties.

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Nam, Telegram and community manager

Has the signature of EventChain is a paid one, or only for free supports?
If it is a paid one, please give me link, application form, and details to join it.

UNITE UPLEVEL ~ NEW YEAR'S EVE ~ FULL DAY WELLNESS EXPO, MUSIC, & WORKSHOPS IS AVAILABLE ON EVENTCHAIN


DATE & TIME
Monday, December 31, 2018
11:11 AM - 11:11 PM PST

LOCATION
St James Community Square
3214 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia V6K 2L2

DESCRIPTION
ELEVATE YOUR HEALTH, WEALTH, & RELATIONSHIPS
READY TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR IN A NEW WAY?
Join us for a full day immersive experience with transformational teachers and artists, presented by UNITE.
On Dec 31st, New Years Eve Day… we will be setting the stage for a deep unraveling of the past year and an uplifting and inspiring way to set intentions and align with your BEST EVER VISION for 2019!!

HOST
UNITE


Hurry up to buy tickets of the event on https://eventchain.io/event-details/136


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EventChain Token EVC was just featured on the CoinPayments coin Spotlight


EventChain is the world’s leading Blockchain based ticketing and event technology platform. Through the power of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies like the EventChain token, fans can pay event organizers and artists directly and keep more of the profits out of the hands of ticket scalpers. The tickets the fans receive can be encoded on the Ethereum blockchain and use a simple process to check for authenticity.

EventChain announced its integration with CoinPayments to provide EventChain (EVC) Token payment processing, upon the release of their recent event ticketing software. With the ability to process crypto payments, EventChain’s users are now able to accept up to 250 different crypto currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and EventChain’s own EVC tokens. EventChain is the only event ticketing platform in North America today that accepts crypto payments in addition to traditional credit card or PayPal payments. The company is onboarding many different blockchain conferences as well as event organizers in the Arts & Fashion, Finance and Investment Industry as well as AR/VR, streaming industries, and other niche technology fields. Anyone can create an event and sell tickets, accept EventChain tokens and other cryptocurrencies with no financial intermediary costs.

Read more on https://blog.coinpayments.net/coin-spotlight/eventchain-token


Stay tuned to more great blockchain and cryptocurrency events at https://eventchain.io as we help grow the communities, promote events and sell tickets, with crypto and fiat.

Nam Suri, EventChain Community Manager

JUST LEARN CRYPTO AND KENN BOSAK PRESENT SATOSHI'S BALL

Join the event for a night of networking, crypto and partying as we celebrate surviving another year in the Bitcoin world. We welcome everyone to attend the first ever Satoshi's Ball hosted by Ottawa based startup Just Learn Crypto. Doors open at 7 pm for casual networking, food, and drinks. 9 pm is when the real fun starts, bring your dancing shoes because we've got 3 DJs that are going to keep the party going until 3 am!

Get your tickets to Satoshi's Ball in #Ottawa. Available on EventChain, pay with Crypto ONLY! https://eventchain.io/event-details/116

Stay tuned to more great blockchain and cryptocurrency events at https://eventchain.io as we help grow the communities, promote events and sell tickets, with crypto and fiat.

Nam Suri, EventChain Community Manager

BLOCKCHAIN GOLF CLASSIC EVENT IS NOW LIVE ON EVENTCHAIN


DATE & TIME
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
9:30 AM - 9:00 PM EST

LOCATION
International Links Miami - Melreese Country Club, 1802 N 37th Ave - Miami, FL 33125

DESCRIPTION
This event was designed to engage blockchain companies with investors on the golf course to start a dialogue. This is a great way to interact with each other and do business in a fun atmosphere.

HOST
Blockchain Events Company


Hurry up to register the event on https://eventchain.io/event-details/121


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Thanks for the answer.

Many events are popping up in every continent of the world. We look forward to seeing you at some events.


There is a difference between marketing the revenue generating application which brings utility through the EVC Token to support people with the application, and then just paying for market making services. The token volume and traction will come as we grow the platform and as the bull market kicks in everything should move up together. The Release 1 launch maybe did not seem as large because we did not change the UI from the MVP, however we implemented many features which if we did not have the organizers would not be able to sell tickets. We are well on our way in the upcoming months to have huge traction from all angles!

Regards,
Ashton

You need to work on marketing. There is no volume. People are not interested about EVENTCHAIN or they don't know about it. And launch of platform release 1 is a big disappointment. MVP was more important I see. Official release should be BIG!!

So many events have been lined up waiting for the asia event and hoping that i can get on it and have the opportunity to meet some of you guys.

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for following us and contributing as we grow the platform. The Launch is going amazing and we have already hosted events in North America, Europe, and Asia successfully!

Please take a look at the growing list of events right on www.eventchain.io

Regards,
Ashton

UCIM, UNITED CONFERENCE OF INTERNET MONEY EVENT IS NOW LIVE ON EVENTCHAIN


DATE & TIME
Monday, November 26, 2018 9:00 AM
to
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 6:00 PM

LOCATION
Resorts World Convention Centre, Sentosa Island 8 Sentosa Gateway, Singapore
Sentosa island, South West 098269

DESCRIPTION
UCIM is an unconventional conference that will explore what the crypto and blockchain world holds beyond all the hype. It will provide over 800 investors, thought leaders, entrepreneurs and delegates from across the globe an opportunity to evolve and network in the company of like-minded people. The evolution of futuristic technologies like blockchain has blurred the lines between physical and digital spheres; thus, paving way for a seamless adoption of internet money. It’s an idea that can foster a paradigm shift in the way economies function, power changes hands, and information disseminates. UCIM proposes to unravel how the global democratic order is getting reinvented.

HOST
UCIM


Hurry up to register the event on https://eventchain.io/event-details/112


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We just returned from attending the World Crypto Con as Speakers, Media, and Ticket Sellers.

A very big thank you to the World Crypto Con Team (Adam, Dominic, Ashley & more) for hosting such a wonderful conference, full of credible speakers, great networking, and overall excitement. The conference took place on 4 separate floors at the Aria Resort and Hotel, from October 31st to November 2nd. Kicking off the convention, we celebrated Bitcoin's 10th birthday. It was 10 years ago that Bitcoin released their whitepaper, on Halloween of 2008.

The first night included larger than life Bitcoin and Litecoin tokens running around and other crazy costumes. It was also the birthday party of Kenn Bosak, a Crypto thought leader in the space who focuses primarily on adoption of cryptocurrency by those who are hesitant about entering in the space. The conference was blessed with his attendance. Some attendees were even dressed up as Mr Bosak for Halloween. Needless to say everyone had fun.


I had the pleasure of speaking on two different panels this World Crypto Con. The Blockchain and Future of Gaming Panel, as well as the Post Tokensale: Growing your community panel. It was an honor and pleasure to speak beside companies like WAX/OPSkins, Terra Virtua, XYO Networks, Blockchain Beach, Buttrfly, CoinPayments.net, and the other companies involved.


A big shoutout to Austin Davis and the team at Blockchain Beach, who helped to moderate and lead many of the speeches throughout the conference. Your dedication really made an impact in the success of the conference. I had the pleasure of speaking alongside Austin as he moderated our second panel, on community growth and how to attract and retain customers for your blockchain business.

After some very motivational keynote speeches from Brock Pierce, Charlie Shrem, Charlie Lee, Vinny Lingham, and Ronnie Moas the conference closed out with Travis and Joel from the Bad Crypto Podcast. Their live episode of the Podcast featured some of the conference headliners. Thanks to the Bad Crypto Podcast team for making the entire conference a fun and educational environment, that brought people together through laughs... even with the bear crypto market's downwards pressure on traders.

World Crypto Con was a great overall experience for myself and everyone I spoke with. Every minute was packed with great speakers and exhibits. I am seriously looking forward to not just World Crypto Con 2019 in Vegas, but the 3 other events Evolv and World Crypto Con will be hosting in the next 12 months. We will be ready to sell those tickets and ensure these events are successful through the help of EventChain. Crypto Hodlers unite!

Stay tuned to more great blockchain and cryptocurrency events at https://eventchain.io as we help grow the communities, promote events and sell tickets, with crypto and fiat.

Ashton

Thank you to everyone who helped participate in World Crypto Con Vegas, the event was considered a success and with 4 floors of exhibits and speakers there was more than enough value to go around. A big thank you from the teams at WCC, Evolv and EventChain. We will be helping WCC expand even further in 2019 with 4 major events globally. P.S. Who can identify the WCC lambo drivers

https://i.imgur.com/oDKxIio.jpg

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Hey Macish, thanks for asking. iFlyer is still very interested in securing their tickets using blockchain secure measures. As we further develop out our BPIs (blockchain APIs) in Release 2 and 3, we'll be looking to have iFlyer and other current ticketing service providers utilize this technology. We are first focused on finalizing the development of our Primary ticketing market with many large upcoming releases in November.

Best Regards,
Nam Suri, EventChain Community Manager

Hello. Any news on iFlyer?? Since EventChain ICO the iFlyer subject disappeared.

CRYPTOBOOKS.CLUB EVENT IS NOW LIVE ON EVENTCHAIN MVP...


DATE & TIME
Thursday, November 8, 2018
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CET

LOCATION
DS Avocats, 6 rue Duret, 75116 Paris, metro Argentine

DESCRIPTION
Blockchain Networks cordially invites you to the launch of Cryptobooks.club
Cryptobooks.club is the first books publishing and distribution platform on the Ethereum blockchain. This launch party is planned on November 8, 2018.
This event will provide the opportunity of a book sign session for the promotion of Libre, second novel from Thibault Verbiest.
Copies of the first novel of Thibault Verbiest (Amalek) will be available during this signing session.
Libre and Amalek (en français et anglais) will be the first novels across the world that can be purchased with cryptocurrency via Cryptobooks.club.
Limited to the first 200 registrants and free ticket!
More information on the author and his novels: www.thibaultverbiest.com
In partnership with DS Avocats, Renaissance du Livre, and BCDiploma.
With the support of Finance Innovation.

HOST
Blockchain Networks


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Although there is the ability to accept many cryptocurrencies, we will he defaulting organizers to purchase using EventChain Token, Ethereum, and Bitcoin. We also understand to grow a business and find an event where 100% of the attendees know how to pay with EventChain token exclusively is near impossible. There are many utilities of eventchain token beyond paying for tickets which include organizers receiving tokens for successful events, accessing the API functionality, access VIP benefits and amenities, marketing efforts and more.



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