The Atek Grid has launched a new cryptocurrency, which will become the primary in-world currency, grid owner Frank Corsi told Hypergrid Business.
The new currency, Dosh Coins, is based on blockchain technology. This is similar to the way Bitcoin works, except that its based on a slightly different cryptocurrency technology, Etherium ERC20. While Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency in public use, Ethereum is a common platform for companies who want to set up their own cryptocurrencies and private blockchains for internal use.
Dosh was launched late last year, and, according to Etherscan, it has 22 users, with a total distribution of the equivalent of $180,000. Users can buy the currency on the Dosh Coins website, where one Dosh Coin is worth US $1. However, almost all of the users have at least $1,000 worth of the virtual currency, meaning that its unlikely that its being widely used for in-world transactions as of yet. In fact, only three users have less than $100 worth of the currency.
Frank Corsi
The Dosh Coin project is currently in development, and has only been deployed and tested on the Atek Grid since January, said Corsi. We hope to make these services and more fully available in the coming months but we can assure that this will be one of the best investments in the market.
Among the other cryptocurrency services the company is working on is a shopping platform, Coin Shopping Zone, which is designed to work both in-world and online, called
“This system will enhance both virtual and real life merchants by using cryptocurrency technology,” he said.
Ad billboard on Atek Grid. (Image courtesy Frank Corsi.)
Another cryptocurrency project is the Magnet Coin, another Ethereum-based currency. This one will be used at the Magnet Ad Agency to buy and sell advertising space both online and on in-world billboards and signs.
“Sign owners can now collect Magnet Coins for use of its signs, and advertisers can pay for sign spaces with Magnet Coins,” Corsi said.
According to Etherscan, there are currently 10 accounts holding Magnet Coins, each of which has 20,000 coins or more.
Dosh Coin trading history on Integrity Cryptocurrency Markets.
The company is also launching an online currency exchange, Integrity Cryptocurrency Markets, which is intended to trade any Ethereum-based coins that fall under the “functional utility token” category. It will also hold initial coin offerings — ICOs — for companies looking to raise money for projects that use functional utility currency in a virtual world setting. It currently only lists Dosh Coins and Magnet Coins.
“We will have the first virtual world trading platform for cryptocurrencies,” said Corsi. “This building is much like the trading floor of a worldwide stock exchange.”
Before online trading became popular, stock exchanges all had physical floors where traders conducted business face-to-face. Only a few exchanges still do, chief among them the New York Stock Exchange. But even the NYSE only as a fraction of the people on the trading floor that it did before, as most trading moved online. The floor trading still serves a purpose, however, in dealing with large and complex trades, in gauging sentiment, and, of course, for public relations as many media outlets now have a presence on the trading floor. Many companies also use different trading methods such as Outsourced Trading Solutions for all of their trading needs
Atek, a commercial grid that allows users to connect their own regions, previously had the Game Tokens currency for in-world transactions, which is a more traditional type of virtual currency, not based on blockchain technology.
“Our parent company, and sole owner of the Game Tokens, has maintained and active FinCEN registration since 2014,” he said. Atek is owned and operated by Florida Web Council, Inc. a Florida Corporation which is a member of the Smartstart Business incubator operated by the Pasco County, Florida Economic Development Council and the Dade City, Florida Chamber of Commerce.
Source: Hypergrid Business
