Gladius
Review
Idea (8/10)
Gladius is a project for creating a decentralized peer-to-peer (p2p) and serverless network to protect against DDoS attacks and improve access to web content using blockchain technologies. Using free network capacity and Ethereum smart contracts, Gladius is going to create a system of protection and easier access to internet resources, which is intended to be the most effective and safe one, and accessible to any user.
Product (9/10)
The product of the company Gladius is a desktop client, which is a cross-platform application for creating a network node. Тodes form the decentralized Gladius network and use the available computer power to process incoming requests.
The company has developed a client V1.0
By March 2018 work on phase 1 is expected to be completed, including:
Smart Contract V2.0
Gladius Client V2.0 — Full pool integration, headless client mode, and improved blockchain integration
Gladius Node Pools V2.0 — Improved blockchain integration, and the start of a vetting process for new nodes
Fully Encrypted communications.
Monetization (8/10)
The monetization channel is the provision of DDoS and CDN protection services by consumers. An individual or company send a request to the Gladius website, after that an agreement is concluded and the services are paid.
Market (6/10)
According to Marketsandmarkets research[1], the volume of the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection and mitigation market was $824 million for 2016.
Team (8/10)
CEO Max Niebylski
CTO Alex Godwin
CBDO Marcelo McAndrew
CMO Jim Brinksma
Goals (8/10)
Min cap — 2,000,000 USD
Max cap — 12,500,000 USD
The required investments are adequate for the project
The situation of deficiency of tokens on IKO is possible, it can lead to an increase in the price of the token
Token function (9/10)
Gladius makes use of the computing power of its users and pays them a reward in the form of GLA tokens. Users — node owners — will form mining pools. Owners will be paid for their individual work in these official mining pools.
Token model (7/10)
Ticker: GLA (ERC20)
ICO Price — 1 GLA = 1.25 USD
ICO dates: 24.11.2017–12.02.2018
Token issueance : 48,200,000 GLA
Sale Issuance: 34,000,000 GLA
Bonus: First 24h — 20%, First week — 5%, Second week — 3%, Third week — 1%.
KYC and restrictions (10/10)
KYC — yes
Restrictions — no
Token sale policy — yes
Registration country — USA
Risks (7/10)
The project risks are balanced. The main difficulty is the technical implementation of the project.
The price of the token is quite high, this may lead to a reduction in the price at the start of trading.
Score (80/100)
