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In a few hours, the snapshot for the $ICY and $ICZ airdrops will occur.
🪂 These airdrops have undoubtedly introduced many opportunists to ICON, which is great!
But, if you're thinking of leaving after the snapshot.. I'd like to convince you to stick around.
Thread 👇
The real significance of Samsung Pass announcement is not SAMSUNG, but seeing ICON's NETWORK EFFECT beginning to kick in. This means that our partners like KOFIA will help drive adoption and grow our ecosystem. This is how you scale. The value of the blockchain is in the network.
"Icon's listing in local exchanges is significant itself as the coin is South Korea's first platform coin," built on code that can be used for other applications, said Park Nok-sun, a cryptocurrency analyst at NH Investment and Securities.
What I've done for the past month? 📅
✅ 6 new grants to dev teams for ecosystem growth
✅ 3 new hires (+ more on the way)
✅ 2 new investments (not closed yet)
✅ 1 new banking partner (warchest ready)
✅ Restructuring for ops improvements
TL;DR - Reloading 🔫
Next wk, we’re all moving into our brand new home. ICON v1 python was our starter home. ICON 2.0 BATANG is a state-of-the-art mansion. And we’re getting some cool new neighbors to party with via BTP. So yeah, it’s a big freakin’ deal.
We got the JV deal done!
@helloiconworld
@LINEjp_official
- 2 world-class organizations join forces. LINE is a publicly traded company w 200M+ global users. This is great news for the blockchain industry. One step closer to mass adoption. Even more work ahead~
Ready Set Go! 🐇 BTP integration has officially started w
@Polkadot
. Exciting times. We have some of the best partners to build an interconnected, borderless digital society where values can be transferred freely. SO, WHO'S NEXT?
Hyperconnect the World 🌏
#AggregatorChain
#BTP
1/ Clearing up confusion + Short Update on ICON 2.0
ICON 2.0 is already built and on testnet. No further development needed here. Period.
To launch on mainnet, all data on ICON 1.0 has to be migrated over. Almost 35M blocks have been created so that's A LOT.
ICX inflation is looking REAL GOOD. Real ICX Circulating Supply (minus staked ICX) is at ATL near 25%!!!
NEXT:
1.
@ommfinance
@BalancedDAO
@ICONFiWorld
➡️ More ICX locked up
2. ICON 2.0 ➡️ Enterprise Adoption + BTP + Unannounced Projects ➡️ More txn
3. 1+2 ➡️ Also new K inflow
Here you go. Communication is so yesterday. We need in-depth reporting. The first dedicated news site for the ICON Republic! - The Iconist aims to be The New York Times of the ICON Republic
No more fake IDs. No more physical Driver’s License in your wallet. No more selfies for KYC. Let’s build a better world together.
Korea is leading the way w
@ICONLOOP1
and
@helloiconworld
. Join the revolution!
Yes we're starting 2022 with a $200M Interoperability Incentive Program 😎
Very confident in BTP’s value to the world 🌐 Time to go ALL-IN on decentralized interoperability!
We care about our community.
@helloiconworld
whitepaper is all about communities and how we connect them. Our plan to improve communication/transparency is already being worked on. You’ll see soon enough.
“ICON cut its teeth by rolling out the world’s first blockchain-based authentication service for the financial industry... Yet it’s the more recent partnerships that reveal the potential reach of ICON’s platform”
#icon
$icx
#blockchain
#cryptocurrency
The ICON community is out if full force with 1-year high social activity today.
👉6,037,958 social engagements
👉4,948 social mentions
👉5 out of 5 Correlation Rank, measuring the correlation between social activity and price movements
#iconproject
$ICX
ICON = Aggregator Chain (repeat after me 🔁 + stick this in your 🧠)
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
1⃣BTP is coming soon
2⃣Other blockchains will be integrated into ICON (vice versa)
3⃣Reputable teams are joining hands to take ICON to the next level w BTP
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1/ We are very excited to announce the creation of the Blockchain Transmission Protocol (BTP) Working Group, a team of ICON core members along with a growing set of 3rd party developer groups.
I look at it this way. It took 3yrs for gov't + big enterprise to acknowledge and use ICON's public blockchain $ICX. It took a decade for $BTC. I don't care if the txn is miniscule today. We're on the right track and that's what important today.
All ICON Validators will now be held accountable for block production due to:
1. Bonding ➡️ P-Reps are required to lock $ICX or lose $ICX rewards
2. Slashing ➡️ P-Reps that don't operate will get their bond slashed
This should lower circulating $ICX supply. NO MORE FREEBIES.
1/ Late Tweetstorm. Been busy.
Congrats to ICONLOOP w the launch of ‘Shinhan KYC Authentication’ on Zzeung app. Many of you don’t know much about banking + ID system in Korea so I’ll explain in here. Then you’ll know why this news has caught the entire country’s attention.
Balanced is excited to announce the ICON Community Airdrip program 💧💧
In collaboration with
@helloiconworld
, we're making sure that all $ICX holders have the chance to benefit from Balanced, read more below:
Time 🪰🪰🪰. Let's kick off 2nd half of 2021 🎉
What to expect for ICON:
✅ New Marketing Lead AND Communications Lead joining this month
✅ Continue hiring spree (more Product Managers + Devs)
✅ BTP + ramp up integration efforts
✅ $ICE
✅ Continue strategic investments
Made many mistakes and still fixing things. BUT I’m more excited about ICON today than ever b4. We have more capital, more team members, more partners, more builders, and much more focus. We’re going to surprise a lot of ppl this year.
Things people don't yet understand about DAOs:
- There's a rich spectrum from fully decentralized to centralized
- They're not all autonomous
- They're not all organizations
- They're a social technology & create onchain social graphs + networks
- They're the next big thing
We just made another fresh 7-figure investment. This time in the NFT space. More details to come.
Recently, many projects are raising new money. ICON does not need to. We're the one making investments. 😎
The word ICON is an anagram for COIN. 🤔
Congrats to $COIN and everyone who was part of its journey. And I'd like to thank some of current and past Coinbase employees who have personally helped me over the years. 🙏
This one is a special one. I’ll write more about why $ICX listing on
@CoinoneOfficial
is meaningful and... “not just another exchange listing” later in time.
But first, I’d like to thank
@kevin_coinone
and his team. Great times ahead!
Remember when you weren’t able to sleep the night before Disneyland?
@helloiconworld
team is supposed to take the week off but seems everyone just wants to charge right into 2021. 🤷♂️
Too excited for 2021. Let’s go! Let’s get 2020 over with!
Why is ICON team so slow? Actually, we’re building quite fast contrary to the rumor and given the complexity of the tech. We’ve built a native chain from ground up. Soon, we’ll have a unique on-chain governance that will raise the bar for the whole industry.
#BeProud
#ICONproject
2yrs ago, crypto advocates were saying, “institutional money is coming.” Nope. Didn’t see it.
But today, I’m actually seeing genuine institutional interests. Recently talked to a few money managers.
The world is changing. Be bold. Be strong.
#HODL
This is the gateway where Seoul Metropolitan’s governance team is running POCs on ICON public chain (yes, w $ICX). More details to come. Now this is a meaningful real-life blockchain use that is far more exciting and disruptive than what you see out there.
You are witnessing history today. This is the birth of a new digital nation. From this day forward, it’s up to YOU to participate in ICON governance by voting and taking action. It’s up to US to help build the ICON network together.
#ICONproject
We're excited to share
@helloiconworld
has received a Bridges SupaGrant to integrate
@Algorand
into ICON's BTP Interoperability Ecosystem. This BTP integration sees Algorand join the growing web of interoperable connections within the BTP Working Group. 👉
It's an honor for
@helloiconworld
to be included in the early batch of
@Gemini
's new Cryptopedia initiative. Crypto education has always been one of our top priorities. Thank you
@tyler
for personally reaching out to me and letting us be a part of this.
Who's excited for ICON 2.0? And the next 10x improvement?
Alphanet is now live... let's get it $ICX
Find out more details here, and come join the best community in the space:
A couple of algo traders told me last wk that $ICX is best for moving money between exchanges b/c it’s ridiculously fast. They don’t know why more traders don’t do it.
FB gets all the attention but ICONLOOP + ICON is already revolutionizing our digital identities. We have been relentlessly experimenting w ChainID and DPASS. And again, contrary to the rumors, we are making HUGE progress and the world will soon learn why.
Minor bug. Quick solution initiated. Permanent solution already in the works and expected to be done today. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
1/ First, I’d like to congratulate
@extendjh
and ICONLOOP team for this exciting MyID launch. MILLIONS of ppl will interact with the ICON public network thru this partnership w Jeju Gov't alone. Here’s the official Korean announcement directly from Jeju.
ICON has one of the most impressive networks in all of crypto, which will continue to grow exponentially with every additional BTP integration. Soon, ICON will be hyperconnecting the world.
$ICX
#ICX
@helloiconworld
@minhokim
In comparison, most “decentralized projects” today use forum + centralized treasury. ICON also did. Now CPS uses ICON smart contracts that utilize $ICX to self-govern. ICON is years ahead.
Ppl sadly just don’t give a sh*t about decentralization. But we stick to our ethos.
1/6
The Contribution Proposal System (CPS)💰 is a decentralized grant program that supports developers and teams wanting to build on ICON.
Any and all proposals that benefit ICON🌐 or ICE🧊, whether that be for Infrastructure, DApps, Marketing, Hackathons, etc., are welcome.
1/ MYTH: ICON is the Korean Ethereum
An exchange first used this slogan when listing $ICX and it caught on. In reality, it couldn't be further from the truth. Altho it could be seen as a compliment, it also carries a stigma of being an ETH copy🐱. ICON is different.
I see his point and that’s why BTP will be so much more than bridging tokens between networks. The multi-chain future is native networks talking to native networks, never needing to wrap anything. That’s where
@helloiconworld
’s BTP comes into play
My argument for why the future will be *multi-chain*, but it will not be *cross-chain*: there are fundamental limits to the security of bridges that hop across multiple "zones of sovereignty". From :
Great to see 'Unchain' our JV (not just another 'partnership') on LINE's official website. And yes,
@helloiconworld
is mentioned on the page. Thanks to our amazing team for spending countless nights/weekends. I love it when ideas come to life.
All the years of hard work has finally led up to INTEROPERABILITY. I've mentioned b4 many times that interoperability is the end-game/final stage.
Thank you ALL for joining & supporting the ICON project. We have so much more to share. Stay tuned!
HYPERCONNECT THE WORLD 🌎🔗
With many new projects launching on
@IconRepublic
in coming months, we must bolster smart contract audit and security.
@helloiconworld
is dedicating our resources to make this
#1
PRIORITY.
⏲️ is NOWWW
#HODL
$ICX
We are very excited to announce a new audit fund focused on securing ICON's growing ecosystem. 💸
Projects launching on $ICX now have access to a ~$1mm fund dedicated to security audits for their respective projects. 🛠️
Let's BUILD 🤝
This is actually happening! We're officially disrupting paper diploma that's been useless for verification in today's digital world. This is meaningful use of $ICX. We're starting w/ hundreds of students but BILLIONS have some edu credentials that are in paper form.
#ICONProject
$ICX Staking is now available on
@BithumbOfficial
. I'd like to thank the Bithumb team for continuing to support the ICON project. $ICX staking rewards are now even more accessible to our fast-growing community.
🥩🥩🥩
🔥🔥🔥
5/ Obviously, ICON 2.0 has been sucking up the majority of our core dev's time. When mainnet launches, everything else like BTP 2.0 will move into GEAR 2.
ICON Summer 2021 is going to be fun.
The future is Multichain ⛓️⛓️⛓️⛓️⛓️
ICON is the 1st project that will run multiple networks. This is in addition to being interoperable w even more networks. This makes the value of $ICX multidimensional.
Yes, this market is 🩸🩸🩸
@ICONFiWorld
team reassured that there’s absolutely nothing to worry about customer funds.
@helloiconworld
hired +1 starting next wk. +4 job offers out. 💪
#STFUandBUIDL
❗️HUGE NEWS!!! JINDOgecoin is coming to ICON 🐶
Get your $JDOG
#AIRDRIP
💧💧💧
Move over
#dogecoin
$DOGE b/c
#JINDOgecoin
$JDOG is coming to steal your 🦴. JINDOge is a bigger, faster, and smarter version of Doge.
JINDO breed is native to Korea 🇰🇷
@elonmusk
What do you think?
We all knew that tis' going to be a HOT SUMMER🔥 for
#ICONProject
. And we leveled up w $ICE 🧊announcement this wk. And $ICE airdrop💧= HAILSTORM 🌨️
Simply put: BTP brings other ASSETS into ICON Network. ICE brings other DAPPS into ICON Network.
In the end, more utility to $ICX
A new EVM compatible blockchain called "ICE" is coming to ICON. ICE will become the application hub for the
#ICONProject
w/ its own native token.
What does this mean for the $ICX community? Keep reading 👇
Received this beautiful physical piece for my Mythic planet Avastus in first NFT game -
@ProjectNebula_
on
@helloiconworld
$icx blockchain. Gorgeous! My space journey. $ICX started to moon right in time, lift off coincides with PB's Beta launch in a couple of weeks!
Incredibly excited about the upcoming launch of ICONFi. In less than 12hrs, 1000+ users from 72 countries committed $12M+. ICON community is just amazing.
#thankyou
#ICONProject
Get ready ICON Community! ICONFi is coming this December.
We'll have a 20% fixed-term APY SPECIAL PROMOTION for all the early birds. Go sign up on our website () TODAY.
Congrats to the
@ICONFiWorld
team! Current v1 is just a glimpse of big things to come. It's a simple app but an enormous amount of tech/financial/risk/legal expertise went into this.
There's still not enough ratings/reviews. I'd appreciate greatly if you can hit 5 STARS!
Ppl ask if I'll have a fund to invest into ICON ecosystem projects. NO, we already have a fully functional decentralized ecosystem fund called CPS that is wayyy better. CPS self-funds itself forever and its sole purpose is to increase the value of $ICX.
1/ I’d like to thank ICON 2.0 team for all the hard work that went into building this new state-of-the-art blockchain from ground up. ICON 2.0 is arguably the biggest announcement we’ve ever made.
@helloiconworld
thread explains why, so I won't repeat.
1/ Today, we are excited to announce our next significant technical advancement - ICON 2.0: BATANG, a new blockchain software architecture based on Go $ICX
$ICX Staking is now available on
@BithumbOfficial
. I'd like to thank the Bithumb team for continuing to support the ICON project. $ICX staking rewards are now even more accessible to our fast-growing community.
🥩🥩🥩
🔥🔥🔥
ICONLOOP team has been working hard integrating $ICX into its business and applications, providing clear benefits to the ICON public network. Any doubts or argument is an insult to the team. FWIW they even changed company name to include "ICON."