Ink Pre-ICO Global Launch — London

Ink Labs Foundation
4 min readNov 2, 2017

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Top Floor of The Gherkin, Top of London, Top of the World

On Sunday, the Ink Labs Foundation hosted its long-awaited global meetup in London. On Floor 40, the pinnacle of London’s most iconic skyscraper the Gherkin, we welcomed renowned Blockchain researchers, investors, venture capitalists, leading developers, new generation innovative founding teams and crypto-enthusiasts from all over the world. Our distinguished guests witnessed the inauguration of Ink, the very first Intellectual Property (IP) Blockchain set to reshape the global IP Ecosystem, as well as a decentralised solution to the problems of IP rights and ownership in the creative industry.

Combining the power of Consortium Blockchains, a Public Blockchain and Cross-chain Interoperability for the global Creative Industry, Ink is essentially a blockchain-based ledger where artists and content creators can register works and generate businesses, a trustworthy exchange where arts can be incubated and thrive, and an ecosystem advocating for anyone who creates original content. Ink aspires to serve artists and creators’ best interest and guard their intellectual property.

Daniel Zhai, the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ink, inaugurated the event with welcome speech and the launch presentation of Ink Labs Foundation. He introduced the Ink Ecosystem, comprising of IP Registration System, IP Asset Management, IP Asset Exchange, Decentralised Content Incentive Platform and many more The system connects publishing houses, media platforms, application developers, judicial office, governments, public clouds and others worldwide. Based on public blockchain Qtum, the IP Assets Exchange is built as a trusted corridor for cash generation and token issuance, making it an integrated ecosystem. At the same time, the cross-chain protocol enables value and information to flow freely between public blockchain and consortium blockchains.

Daniel also highlighted Ink’s roadmap, with the timeline stretching from seed round finance in early 2017 to the establishment of a stabilized and globally adopted network by 2021.

The second phase of the event was the speaker series, with speeches from three renowned professionals in the blockchain space to introduce their latest development. Michail Basios, a leading blockchain researcher and the key developer of InkChain system, presented the pioneering technology integrated in Ink’s ecosystem. Zuo Zheng, the Founding Partner of HQ and Founder of SpaceChain, the world’s first fintech team that deploys blockchain nodes on satellies, added a new dimension to blockchain’s core concept of distributed ledger by tapping into space technology and resources. Alejandro Jimenez, the founder of Olympus Labs, presented a decentralised, privacy-preserving ecosystem of financial products, services and applications which is accessible to everyone.

Following the speakers series, the guests were given a lunch break and networking opportunity to exchange thoughts with fellow guests, speakers and the Ink team over canapés and champagne.

The afternoon session started with an insightful panel discussion among Ink Team and Laurenzo W. Mefsut, friend of Ink Team and Founder of ArtChain. The session was moderated by Ink COO Daniel Zhai. The panelists engaged in a thought-provoking conversation on the presence and the future of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. The guests had the chance to pose key questions to the panellists. There were also constructive debates such as the underlying value and the future prospects of crypto-coins and crypto-tokens. Ismail Malik, the Co-Founder of Ink, a renowned Blockchain and ICO strategist and Founder of ICO CROWD, world’s first publication for the ICO industry, expressed his optimism on the value of INK tokens and the future expansion of InkChain.

We have opened our Ink token presale on 28 October. Presale volume is equivalent of 800,000 QTUM (QTUM-only in presale) and the price is set with 15% discount. The crowdsale starts with Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on the 5th of November with the goal of raising 5500 Bitcoin. Contributions can be accepted in the forms of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and QTUM. Stay tuned to our latest ICO update on the website below:

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