Hassan Maishera
Mark Weaden
Review
Learn more about IOStoken.
IOST Token Review
IOSToken (IOST) is a digital asset based on the Internet of Services (IoS). It aims to provide a firm financial system. The company behind IOST uses novel technologies to achieve its goals. The entire network is partitioned into secondary spaces through randomly assigned nodes. These nodes work with one another. The result is a platform that is more efficient compared to competitors. The Singapore-based token currently ranks among top 100 digital assets based on market cap.
Launch, ICO and Market Cap
The idea for IOST started in January 2017. It was officially launched in January 2018. Since it is open-source, developers can create, innovate, and build their next big ideas on the platform. The coin bypassed a traditional ICO by funding the project privately. This boosted confidence in its value and potential price growth.
These are the highlights of the sale:
- Token sale end date – 3rd January 2018
- 40% IOST sold during ICO
- Amount raised – USD 31.3 million worth of ETH.
- Total Supply – 21 billion IOST
Current market status based on CoinMarketCap (30/10/2019).
- Market cap – USD 89,370,127
- Market rank – 60
- Current price – USD 007439
Main Focus Areas
One of the biggest problems facing blockchain technology is transaction speed. It seems to slow down with mass adoption rather than speed up like torrents. Even Ethereum would crumble if it would handle the kind of traffic Google and Amazon do. But IOST is the Hail Mary of blockchain. Although it is not yet as popular as ETH, IOST made waves by advancing the blockchain tech. There is also evidence that IOST handles more transactions than ETH’s blockchain.
IOST token is a utility token of the IOS blockchain. The network offers security, scalability and privacy protection to online service providers.
IOSToken Roadmap
- 2017 – Inception and development of the IOST.
- Q1 2018 – The MVP private net test (v0.1 Apollo) was launched.
- Q2 2018 – Implemented and tested EDS and PoB on the test net.
- Q3 2018 – Released IOS smart contract.
- Q4 2018 – The HUDS and supporting modules were deployed on the test net.
- Q1 2019 – deployed the IOSVM to the test net.
- Q2 2019 – Testing and security audit of the IOS network was completed. Then IOST network and client wallet were launched.
- Q3 2019 – official release of the IOS network.
- Q4 2019 – IOSToken plans to launch dAPPs to the IOS network. They also plan to optimize by integrating the platform with machine learning.
Considering IOST’s progress since inception, the team has really managed to follow the project’s roadmap.
Team and Founders
IOSToken co-founders include:
- Jimmy Zhong – CEO
- Terrence Wang – CTO
- Justin Li – CIO
- Ray Xiao – COO
- Kevin Tang – CDO
The rest of the team apparently consists of over 50 blockchain professionals. Academic backgrouns of these people include Harvard, Brown, Princeton, and Tsinghua University. According to IOST’s website, the team also features professionals with experience from organizations such as Uber, Google, LinkedIn, Linux, Deloitte, KAYAK, and Morgan Stanley.
The IOST Foundation has offices in Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, Berlin, New York, and San Francisco.
IOSToken Technology
Algorithm
IOST is a true novelty. It aims to have 100,000 transactions per second. It targets scalability and high transaction rates as tangible measures for improving the blockchain.
Generally, IOST uses many features that make it a viable option as an enterprise blockchain. The protocol is designed to support service-oriented products and services. Especially those with a large customer base. It uses several innovative technologies including:
- EDS (Efficient Distributed Sharding)
- PoB (Proof of Believability)
- HUDS (Hyper Universe Distributed System)
- FTFS (Fair & Transparent Feedback System)
Item 1, the EDS, and item 2, PoB consensus, set this blockchain apart from other blockchain platforms. Sharding is a concept in database architecture. It describes how a database table partitions for performance. Limiting each line into its server reduces index size. In turn, this improves performance.
Furthermore, similar to a torrent, each shard contains different information. Think of them as books at a library indexed for easy access. It sounds simple, but sharding is quite complex. In addition, spreading information across different nodes can be very risky.
Platform
The IOS coin is based on the ERC20 standard protocol. It can also be stored on any Ethereum-compatible wallet. This includes MEW, MetaMask, Mist and so on. At first, IOST was an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain. The swap from ERC-20 IOSTokens to Mainnet Tokens was at a 1:1 ratio.
Smart Contracts
IOST supports multi-language smart contracts. Smart contracts can be published in JavaScript and Golang.
IOSToken Scam Accusations
So far, there have been no fraud allegations against IOST. But, of course, that’s not a guarantee that there never will be any.
Where to Buy IOStoken
IOST is also available on many exchanges. Listed below are some of the exchanges where you can buy IOSToken:
Conclusion
The IOStoken shot into the limelight by breaking into the top 50 coins by market cap. Within a month of porting to Mainnet, IOST handled over 25 million transactions. It peaked 580,231 transactions daily, thus beating the entire ETH network by over 22,000 transactions. It is certainly here to stay.
