Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the Expanse Newsletter for 2017. This publication is a bi-monthly newsletter issued on the 1st and 15th of each month to share happenings within our community. Keep in mind that breaking news can come at any time, but the Expanse Newsletter is a great overview of progress, news, and our current focus.











Lots of news going on in the Expanse community these days. In this issue of the Expanse Newsletter, we are releasing the Tokenlab™ White Paper and revealing the new logo. We are sharing the recent news that MyEtherWallet has gone live and now natively supports Expanse. Also, the Ledger Hardware Wallet release, that provides the ability to store your EXP offline, is imminent and could go live at any moment. We are also sharing some updates and instructions for Expanse Rewards, EXR. Lastly, we are sharing photos of a recent Blockchain conference Timothy Suggs attended representing Expanse. Timothy and Christopher Franko have been at many Blockchain conferences in the last year helping to get the word out about Expanse.tech™, including the DC Blockchain Summit, Collision 2017, Consensus 2017, Token Summit NYC, Money Conf Madrid, Spain, and Coinagenda Barcelona Spain.

As for the timeline, which I am sure many of you are interested in, the landing page and countdown for the Tokenlab Exclusive Sale will begin this month. We are getting everything 100% ready before the countdown starts, and then it will be a two-week countdown until a two-week EXP-only sale for Tokenlab begins. This will be a 20% discount, or bonus, based on USD prices, as cryptocurrency markets are changing all the time and this is the best way to make sure people get fair discounts. After the exclusive sale will be the normal presale that will accept Expanse, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Litecoin offering a 10% discount, followed by the final sale with no discount. At the end of the main sale, Tokenlab (LAB) will launch and listed on Exchanges for trading. Additionally, MyEtherWallet is live now,





NEW BRAND STRATEGY





Borderless Corp., Inc. has recently commissioned the services of a design agency to develop a complete brand strategy for Tokenlab. We are proud of the new logo and color palette, (featured as the key image for this newsletter), that will also be captured in the design of the web site we are soon to launch for the ICO. Watch for Facebook and Twitter ads, website banners and other promotions that are coming your way to promote the upcoming initiatives, carrying the new brand imagery.













TOKENLAB WHITE PAPER

Tokenlab White Paper v0.0.1

This link is for the first version of the Tokenlab White Paper.

http://www.borderlesscorp.com/docs/tokenlab-whitepaper.pdf























MYETHERWALLET AND LEDGER UPDATE

MyEtherWallet (MEW) is live now and fully supports Expanse natively. You can now go to MyEtherWallet.com, select the Network EXP on the right, and use MEW to safely store your EXP and future Expanse-related tokens (including LAB) without needing to download the Expanse Blockchain. This works the same as it does for Ethereum just on the Expanse.tech network. MEW is without a doubt one of the best options for Expanse and Ethereum. As for Ledger, the release is imminent, so soon you will also be able to store Expanse on the industry-leading Ledger Hardware Wallets, along with the other top crypto tokens and currencies supported by Ledger. We have also recently issued a press release for this news that you can check out below in more detail if you wish.

http://www.einpresswire.com/article/396920979/myetherwallet-ledger-hardware-wallet-poised-to-support-expanse-exp?r=pauVwO3Vh0_qYUeqS4













BLOCKCHAIN CONFERENCE PHOTOS

With the Tokenlab release coming up, the team has been quite busy. Timothy Suggs, in his role as Expanse Business Development Manager, has continued attending various Blockchain conferences to promote Expanse. He and Ahmad Siddiqi, Tokenlab Technical Director, are set to attend more Blockchain conferences soon, spreading the word about Expanse.tech and Tokenlab, which should get a lot more people interested as we approach the ICO and upcoming sales. Here are some photos from a recent event.





















































EXR (EXPANSE REWARDS) INSTRUCTIONS

Below is an updated PDF with specific instructions for using Expanse Rewards, a new video is on the way and will also be ready soon.

https://dochub.com/scottwilliams6c8c0fb1/DgNb2B/exr-official-documentation-7-2017-pdf-version?dt=8ycm03zcq3toqayd&pg=5

DOWNLOAD THE EXPANSE REWARD SYSTEM (EXR)

https://github.com/expanse-org/bond-dapp/releases













ETHEREUM AND EXPANSE

This is not about Ethereum vs Expanse, but rather, Ethereum and Expanse. That said, here are some reasons to consider Expanse.

Launched 9/15/15, Expanse is the first stable public Ethereum Chain.

Expanse has unique dApps focused on real world use and creating a network effect that will grow trust, value, and use over time.

Borderless Corporation allows for business in the real world. Many other projects have anonymous developers and are not suitable to actual business partnerships and cannot move past the speculative phase.

Borderless Corp., Inc. is creating EXP.Life, a revolutionary gamification system, and Borderless Tech, a decentralized governance system that can provide Borderless Citizenship ID, Marriage, A Web of Trust, Nation Creation, Public Notary, and Asset Registry. Additionally, Votelock™ is focused on implementing and perfecting blockchain-based voting systems, working in tandem with any system where blockchain-based immutable voting and record keeping are greatly needed.

We also have partnerships with important blockchain related companies, such as Jaxx, Gameboard, HC.Blockchain, Centurylink, Microsoft Azure, Bizspark+, Changelly, Chankura, and Coinomi, with more to be announced.

The Expanse Bonds System (EBS) is the first simulated staking smart contract system, granting rewards for holding Expanse (EXP) – like a time-locked savings account – That you do not even have to leave a computer running to gain rewards from. This is more secure than traditional staking or masternodes and much easier to use, tokens are locked in your private keys, no 3rd party control. The first of the kind.

The Gander block explorer system is one of the most robust in all of the Blockchain, and an innovative Tokenlab and DAO rating system is coming to Gander, along with a new website explaining all of this, along with EBS integration.

Smart contracts cost around 1/50th as much to run as Ethereum, making Expanse practical to use as a dApp platform. We are also working on dual chain solutions so businesses can use both Expanse and Ethereum for different applications. Saving costs when needed, and using the network effect of Ethereum when desired.

The team is friendly, available, and accessible. You can talk directly to the lead developers of Expanse on the Expanse Slack. We are not isolated from the community, rather, we are part of the community and working with them building Expanse together.

The project had no ICO, it had a fair launch and a fair test launch, and uses proof of work consensus. The team has worked hard almost non-stop since the launch of Ethereum itself, building up the value by improving and expanding the stable platform of Expanse.

No smart contracts of Expanse have ever been hacked and funds have been secured since the start of the project. No outside funding, no outside influence.

Using Votelock Tech and the upcoming Expanse DAO, the community will directly vote and participate with genuine user based consensus for any important changes or updates to the Expanse Blockchain and project.

This is not a clone of Ethereum, this is a unique public blockchain with different choices from the Ethereum team. A monetary policy will also be voted on by the community in the future using Votelock, rather than just implementing some choice without consensus.

















EXPANSE VALUE PROPOSITION

http://blog.expanse.tech/post/161767944458/the-expanse-value-proposition

















VOTELOCK AND MONETARY POLICY

One concern many traders and investors have about cryptocurrency is the concept of infinite tokens issued over time. While this is not a reality unless a crypto lasts for infinity, this is still a very real way that people think about the total supply of tokens and coins. Christopher Franko and James Clayton, the original Expanse founders, propose that we limit the total supply of EXP and put a cap on it in 80 years. This will not change inflation or impact utility in the slightest bit; this is not about halving block rewards, but simply capping them 80 years from now. The only thing this would change is the monetary policy and the creation of more scarcity for Expanse.

This is a trivial change that we can easily put on Testnet and implement with a safe soft fork. However, this is a change that we feel is important for the community to vote on, so this will be an ideal way to test out the new Votelock technology of Expanse. The community will vote on this proposal in the near future, and if approved, we will implement the soft fork and change the monetary policy to be more limited in the long run, without having any negative impact on utility. Even in 80 years, Expanse is divisible and the ecosystem could work just fine this way.

At block 42,000,000, the EXP block reward will go to 0. (If approved)

That’s about 80 years from now.

About 350m EXP total Expanse to exist at block 42,000,000.

What this proposal means is that in around 80 years Expanse would reach Block 42,000,000 with 60 second block timing, and then the block reward would go to zero, meaning no more new Expanse are generated in 80 years and the total supply would be limited as soon as this proposed soft fork goes into effect.









LIST OF CURRENT PARTNERSHIPS

JAXX

https://jaxx.io/

GAMEBOARD

http://gameboard.site/

HONGICO

http://www.hongico.com/portal.php

CENTURYLINK

http://www.centurylink.com/

MICROSOFT AZURE

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-update-7/

MICROSOFT BIZSPARK PLUS

https://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/startup/profile.aspx?startup=693057

CHANGELLY

https://changelly.com/exchange/BTC/EXP/1?ref_id=expanse

CHANKURA

http://chankura.com/

COINOMI

https://coinomi.com

EXPANSE SLACK

If you have not already joined the Expanse Slack, please do so. Take advantage of the friendly community of over 2300 people. This is the best place for providing feedback on developments like the new EBS. You can also ask the Expanse team and community questions directly.

http://slack.expanse.tech/

LINKEDIN

We have recently launched our Expanse.Tech Linkedin page. Be sure to follow Expanse on Linkedin. Thank you in advance! Additionally, our lead marketing director, Marcia, is now taking lead at expanding and improving our LInkedin presence, as she is the most experienced with fortune 500 companies and Linkedin standards.

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/16212682/

EXPANSE DISCORD

We recently launched Expanse on Discord, Discord is a communication system much like Slack, but Discord normally has been used by gamers. As it is feature rich a lot of platforms are now offering Discord as well as Slack, so we are also offering it. So you can now join and follow Expanse on Discord instead of, or, as well as on Slack

https://discord.gg/PYGXjmh

EXPANSE TELEGRAM

If you prefer the Telegram platform you can follow and chat about Expanse here.

https://t.me/ExpanseTech

TOKENLAB TELEGRAM

This is the channel for Tokenlab on Telegram

https://t.me/tokenlab

INTERLEDGER PROTOCOL OF RIPPLE XRP

Expanse is one of the first Alternative Blockchain projects to join ILP, Interledger protocol of Ripple. There are a few “Internet of Blockchain” projects out there, but this is perhaps the most promising of them all. Expanse is staying ahead of the curve and ready, just in case this works out and is a success. It is an open source project and anyone can join. The Expanse team was one of the first to sign up to be a part of it back in September 2016.

SHOPPING WITH EXPANSE MADE EASY BY COINPAYMENTS

You can shop at many merchants right now using the Coinpayments Platform. We are one of the Alternative Tokens listed on Coinpayments, and they are a reliable trustworthy payment provider that works much like Bitpay does for Bitcoin.

https://www.coinpayments.net/

DOWNLOAD BORDERLESS TECH ALPHA PREVIEW

Current features include Marriages, Status updates, Web Of Trust, Notary, Citizenship, and many more features on the way soon!

https://github.com/borderlesstech/borderless-dapp/releases/

TOKENLAB WHITE PAPER

http://www.borderlesscorp.com/docs/tokenlab-whitepaper.pdf

EXPANSE WHITE PAPER

http://www.expanse.tech/docs/whitepaper.pdf

BORDERLESS WHITE PAPER

http://www.borderless.tech/docs/BorderlessWhitepaper.pdf

ADDITIONAL EXPANSE LINKS

http://blog.expanse.tech/

http://www.expanse.tech/

http://www.borderless.tech/

http://www.borderlesscorp.com/

http://www.borderlesscharity.org/

http://forum.expanse.tech/

http://slack.expanse.tech/

https://twitter.com/expanseofficial

http://www.exp.life/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExpanseOfficial/

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/16212682/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/expanseofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/ExpanseTech/

VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzhbDCXyQM&feature=youtu.be&a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2EK1Cnink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWPeWQrnYVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyiJOCDUUcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFzA7w7FScc

POOLS

https://exp.suprnova.cc

http://exp.digger.ws

http://dwarfpool.com/exp

http://clona.ru:8083

http://exp.minandoando.com/

http://exp.hashpower.farm/#/