ICO and Blockchain are live!

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The past few days have been intense for the team, however we are pleased to announce that our ICO and Atlas Blockchain (MainNet) are now live! As ATLAS moves towards in creating a sustainable platform for freelancing, the launch of our blockchain marks the next step in achieving that goal: community driven testing of the infrastructure that will eventually support the platform. 

The deployment of the Blockchain is aimed to attract early adopters who wish to contribute in growing Atlas’ network. As such, contributors will be able to make transactions as well as mine for coins.  Over the coming months the ATLAS aims to scale its platform to create a rich ecosystem for completing work, populated globally with freelancers and job-posters. 

In addition to an early distribution of the initial supply of WORK coins, the ICO provides the platform with a capital source to invest in platform growth.  This growth, however, is not sustainable if the core functions of the platform are lacking.  The launch of the MainNet allows for the network on which ATLAS is built to be verified by the community which will in turn, secure the road ahead.

The WORK coin and ATLAS blockchain are intrinsic functions of the platform and through this early engagement, in terms of transactions and mining, ATLAS is able to establish a step by step approach in making the platform user ready. 

This step by step strategy is currently centred on the testing of the core infrastructure of the platform before its full utilization.For the purpose of creating an organic and increasingly stronger community. Bringing value to the asset via community initiatives, the Atlas team has decided to alter the structure of the distribution of WORK.

The planned distribution is as follows:

40'000'000 WORK= Maximum Cap

5’000’000 WORK = Initial Coin Offering

5’000’000 WORK = Initial Bounty Offering

24’000’000 WORK = Mining community

6’000’000 WORK = Atlas Foundation

With the ICO currently underway, the team at ATLAS. Work is eager to bring to the community a working prototype of the platform. A platform that we hope will sustainably support freelancing and with it, the fourth industrial revolution. The launch of our test net shows this sentiment and we are excited to have the community test a part of the product that we have been developing. 

While the ICO continues until the 15th of March, we hope to continue updating the community on key developments that take place. Over the next few weeks we hope to provide information on our teams plans following the ICO, including more details surrounding the Beta, as well as an IBO that will further promote community engagement and incrementally utilize the platform as it matures into its full-release state.

As always you can find us on Telegram, Facebook, Twitter and contribute to the development of the platform through the ICO.