ICON x Deblock August Update — Accelerating the ICON Ecosystem

August has been of the busiest months for Deblock which has seen a host of several developments. Today I unpack Deblock’s updates.
Acceleration
As we elaborated on last month’s update, regarding ICON’s position in Korea, we continue to meet with several projects everyday that hope to get acceleration from Deblock and build on ICON.
These include projects from Korea and the rest of the world. What do we look for in a team? Teams that have proven track records, looking to do real business, and have killer applications of blockchain. ICON already boasts one of the largest blockchain ecosystems in the world. For a comprehensive overview: have a look at the excellent SpecR Overview:

ICON Growth
We are proud to announce that Deblock will be working even closer with ICON to accelerate not only ICON projects, but to further assist with ICON’s growth.
This will be done through various implementations beginning in the form of deeper communication/analysis that will cover ICONLOOP and ICON announcements with additional depth: to explore their significance and how they relate to the public chain, ICON via discussions and interviews with key team members of ICON.
We’ve also been pushing to grow our presence in Korea through events such as Friday Night ICON: the largest Demo Day in Korea, themed: “Blockchain for Good,” an event that featured Blockchain Projects that aim to create a beneficial impact on society. The panel comprised of the leaders of Korea’s blockchain space: representatives from LINE Unblock, Deblock, Lambda 256 (Korea’s premier blockchain research institute), and ICON.

Deblock Transparency Initiative
One of the larger initiatives we’ve been working on has been the Transparency Initiative that we’ve been discussing both internally as well as with our projects.
At Deblock, we believe that accountability and transparency are critical. Not only with regards to the project’s responsibility to its investors, but also with regards to the likely success of a project. We think that a lack of these initiatives actually hurt the success and efficiency of a project, and we’re determined to work with projects that share these beliefs.
ICX Station
This month we also announced our partnership with the global ICON Acceleration Program, ICX Station to manage the Seoul Launchpad.

Deblock will continue to accelerate the growth of the ICON ecosystem as before, but with additional global support from our partners in San Francisco, Tokyo, and Singapore. Crypto is a field that can ignore national borders and the ICX Station Launchpads enable ICON in this aspect. We look forward to working with and expanding launchpads even beyond these regions.
Follow Deblock on Twitter for instant updates.
