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Decentralizing The Power of Data - Introducing Essentia

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Essentia: Project Introduction  The Internet is a truly amazing thing, from its invention to its tons of different applications. In this internet age humans have grown more dependable on the internet for different needs and wants, from business, financial, social, recreational needs and so much more. The question nevertheless is "at what cost?". In an age where hacking, malware attacks and other malicious acts are common online, personal information/data used online for different purposes are stolen mostly without the owner's knowledge. According to the Identity  Theft Resource Center , through  privacypolicies.com : Over the past decade there have been over 5,500 data breaches. That’s 550 data breaches a year, and more than 1 a day. Today there is a chance that everyone's data has been *compromised at one point or the other. The importance of privacy cannot be overstated as it helps people maintain their autonomy and individuality. The Blockchain  "the...

EQUI : TRANSFORMING VENTURE CAPITAL - Problem and Solutions

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The Problem In this technological age, innovative ideas are never short to come by, an idea gave birth to Facebook in the social media industry, eBay in the ecommerce industry, Tesla in the electric car industry and a bunch of projects that are forerunners in their industries.  The problem however is that for the average entrepreneur who is looking for investment opportunities in the ideal and mega project that will propel them to the next level seldom have the exposure or the required capital to invest.  While doing some research I discovered according to Wikipedia that; before an individual can qualify as an accredited investor in the United states and Canada he/she needs to fulfill a bunch of criteria including having a net worth of at least $1,000,000, excluding the value of one's primary residence, or have income at least $200,000 each year for the last two years and have the expectation to make the same amount this year.  A criterion like this is impossib...

EQUI Capital: Limitless Venture Capital Opportunities for Everyone - Part 2: How It Works

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EQUI Capital - How it works The EQUI platform has three classes of actors; The Investors  The Holders  The Traders The investors are those who uses the EQUI platform to invest in businesses using the EQUI tokens. Investors commit the amount of their choosing into projects, the EQUI tokens are then sold for Fiat at a fixed rate. The investors are rewarded 75% of investment profits over a certain period if time on pro rata basis. The holders are actors who are yet to commit themselves to any investment but hold their EQUI tokens on the EQUI platform while the traders are people whose EQUI tokens are not held on the EQUI platform. Benefits of having token on the EQUI platform Aside from the returns and profits made by the investors, both the investors and holders are entitled to participate in a loyalty program which reaps rewards shared among the actors in the ecosystem. The profits of the traders however comes from the appreciation in the value of EQUI tokens ...