Ejiszky
6 min readJul 22, 2018

ONLINE.IO: REINVENTING INTERNET EXPERIENCE USING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION
According to Wikipedia, The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. Initial concepts of wide area networking originated in several computer science laboratories in the United States, United Kingdom, and France.

THE INTERNET

The Internet can be seen as a global network of inter-connected computers, where one computer can be connected to any other computer (or computerized device) in any portion of the world. Internet uses various internet protocol technologies. The recent introduction of the mobile internet has been equally successful. Considering that over 40% of world’s population has Internet access, the advertising business have had a massive uptrend due to easy access to available data.

The Internet is one of the greatest inventions, which gives everyone in the world with Internet access immediate access to an endless supply of knowledge and entertainment. The internet is beneficial in these areas:

• Email and personal communication
• Social networks and mass communication
• General research
• Information about hobbies and Interests
• News, Shopping, Ecommerce.
• Watching videos or listening to music
• Playing games
• Banking
• Searching and applying for jobs

The advertising industry is yet to be reshaped by the blockchain technologies, which accordingly to market experts could be the most groundbreaking change within the industry.

The Internet of Things provides a handful of opportunities for cybercrimes aiming at gathering data regarding intellectual property, confidential personal information, financial data and more.

PROBLEMS FACING INTERNET USERS TODAY

Cost of Accessing the Internet: There are truly no free sites currently operating. Users pay for internet usage either via Advertising, Ecommerce or Subscription fees.

  • Security: Majority of websites on the Internet are loaded with malware infected ads. Operators who promote ads, put their webpages and their website visitors to the risk of being the victims of bad ads, or other types of malware software attacks.
  • Privacy: Some huge companies invest massively in tracking users across a myriad of websites and actions so they can profile users to better sell to them ads, products or even information.
  • Quality: Most website operators use shady tricks such as clickbait, spam and phishing techniques to attract users to them, this in turn diminishes the quality of the service the render.

Cyber security market specialists consider that Blockchain technology can help companies improve cyber defense because it can secure and avoid deceitful activities through the consensus algorithm. Blockchain Tech can detect data tampering based on its characteristics of transparency, auditability, data encryption and operational resilience. The evolving of cryptocurrency ecosystem brought about the race to create a better consensus algorithm like Online.io.

ABOUT ONLINE.IO

Online.io is a blockchain technology that is designed to implement a decentralized ecosystem that combines all necessary features for a faster, safer, and more private Internet browsing experience that will benefit both the internet end users and website operators at large.

  • Free Internet Access: Online.io will make internet completely free for website users. This will be done by integrating Online.io solution with websites , so that Website operators can have a completely new revenue stream based on time spent by their visitors on their webpages.
    Security: Online.io platform will integrate a custom anti-malware and ad-blocking solution that will be made available to end users, so they can enjoy a better experience on all websites.
    Privacy Secured: Online.io will integrate a tracking script blocker that will severely disrupt the ability of companies to track and profile real people.
    Improved Quality: Online.io will integrate a voting platform that will allow users to voice their opinions on the quality of the websites they visit, warning them if websites they are about to visit are deemed low quality. This means that users will be able to rate a website from 1 to 5 stars, 5 stars representing the highest quality Websites, 1 star representing the lowest quality websites.

Online.io solution is designed for the Internet end user or Visitor who is browsing the web for his own needs, The one who owns a website and wants to monetize on the time spent by his visitors on the webpageby earning the ICE tokens (Webmaster), and also the organization which maintains guardian, security rules and token issuing procedures (Infrastructure Operators).

ONLINE.IO ECOSYSTEM

PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE

Desktop Browser Extensions: Extensions for all the major browsers will contain the ad blocker, tracking script blocker, anti-malware as well as a web wallet. The voting system will also be included in the extensions allowing users to rate on all websites.
Mobile Applications: Mobile applications will function as a wallet, ad blocker, tracking script blocker, anti-malware.
Wallet: Online.io wallets will have dedicated apps for all major operating systems and browsers. Mobile phones, Desktops and Tablets will have one app for wallet, ad blocker, tracking script blocker, anti-malware. The wallet will feature advanced security such as Two-factor authentication, Fingerprint and face recognition, Second device, Passphrase + pin, and Automatic wallet encryption.
Merchant System: You can accept payment in multiple cryptocurrencies and receive the funds either in fiat or in ICE. Opting to receive the funds in ICE will come with a 0% commission guaranteed, while fiat payments will have a 3% commission.
Marketplace: A section where you can find all the places where you can pay with the ICE token.
Other: Plugins for all major ecommerce shopping solutions (Shopify, Magento, Prestashop, Opencart, WooCommerce, WHMCS, etc.); API SDK for custom integrations.

TOKEN INFORMTION

Online Ethereum token (OIO): OIO Tokens are the key element in the ecosystem. The web operators will be required to stake OIO Tokens in order to use the technology to mine ICE tokens. (through Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Online algorithms).
ICE Ethereum token (ICE):The purpose of the ICE coin is to be used for micropayments and daily use.
Trust token (TST): Exists only within the private blockchain. It is used for stimulating users to rank websites and for ranking gamification.

TOKEN DETAILS
Symbol: OIO
Token Total Supply:
2,500,000,000 OIO
Ico Price:
$0.04 USD
Token type:
ERC-20 Compatible
Contract Address:
0xa3efef1a1e3d1ad72b9d0f4253e7c9c084c2c08b
Decimals:
18
Hard cap:
$50,000,000 USD
Soft cap:
$5,000,000 USD
Accepted methods of Payment:
Ethereum, Bitcoin, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, Dash, Ethereum Classic.

TOKEN DISTRIBUTION

After the OIO Token Generation Event and after some time since the first production of ICE tokens, they will be available on various exchanges. The basis of rewards for website operators will be the Proof-of-Online which is a number that quantifies how many minutes users spend on each website.

ROADMAP

THE TEAM

ADVISORS

CONCLUSION

Online.io has come to stay. This platform promises to reinvent the world wide web experience by placing people’s privacy as top priority, thus offering a more secure, non-trackeable, malware free and ad free internet.

FOR MORE INQUIRIES VISIT:

| Website | Bitcointalk Ann | ICO 1 || ICO 2 | ICO 3 | Twitter |

| Telegram | Token Sale | Whitepaper | Reddit | Facebook | Medium|

Writer: Best Okotie

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