Dear Community,

First of all, a big hello to everyone from me, Filippo, Co-founder and CEO here at Pigzbe. I wanted to write to all of you with an update on where we are with the Pigzbe project and product development (things are moving at pace!) and also explain why we’ve decided to move the date of our ICO. So without further ado…

Our launch event was a great success!

Last week, on Wednesday 27th June, many of you joined us for our London launch event, ‘Can crypto ever be family friendly?’. What an evening! The purpose was to show off, first-hand, working prototypes of our game and Pigzbe Pink and Black devices. But it was also an important opportunity to debate the topic of crypto and family ahead of our public ICO. The Financial Times’ Hannah Murphy chaired a lively panel of experts from Virgin, London Block Exchange, Pentagram and City A.M., with leading members of London’s design, fintech and blockchain community in attendance.

The experience was one of openness, transparency, and coming together over a topic that goes to the very heart of what we do, and we look forward to announcing a new series of events in the coming weeks. Thank you again to all of you who attended! If you couldn’t come, don’t worry! We made this video to remember it by.

Funding progress / $600,000 prize / Bitfinex listing

As of today, the Pigzbe train has been running at full-steam for 6 months. We’ve raised over $6,000,000 of our $8,800,000 hard cap, from institutional investors, high net-worth individuals, and smaller crypto enthusiasts, all over the world.

On June 7th, at ICO-Race in Lugano, Switzerland, we battled over 160 start-ups on a public stage for a grand prize of $600,000, and a listing on Bitfinex, one of the world’s top three crypto exchanges. An incredible win, an incredible experience, and another feather in our cap, making this project a truly special one.

Winning the ICO race

Product development

As I mentioned above, Pigzbe Pinks and Pigzbe Blacks were proudly on show at our launch event. The design team has been sprinting to get our devices out of our lab and onto the factory floor, gearing up for mass production. We’re going to send a much meatier update on this topic in the coming days, but you get the gist… IT’S ALIIIIIIIIVE!

Whitelisting and moving the ICO date

Ten days ago we opened our whitelisting process. Some of you managed to successfully join the 20,000+ whitelisted members already on Eidoo’s platform. Unfortunately, for many of you, the two-step process on Eidoo, which involves downloading a wallet and then whitelisting on a separate platform, ICO Engine, has been frustrating.

We have good news. We’ve been working closely with the Eidoo team to help roll-out a version of their application with a new and improved UX, making the KYC process much more straightforward. There will now be one platform instead of two, and it will be easier for community members to complete the KYC to a tier that is relevant to them.

Pigzbe has always been about opening up crypto to all. It’s been challenging watching many give up on the KYC process, and we would like to give all community members a fair chance at participation. As a consequence, we have decided to move the date of the Pigzbe ICO, to give community members more time to register using the new, improved Eidoo UX.

The ICO will now launch on Wednesday 5th September 2018. For those who have already whitelisted and for those who are just about to, thank you for your patience. We’re putting a VIP whitelist scheme in place with special rewards just for you. More details coming soon…

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Filippo

Filippo Yacob is CEO and Co-founder of Pigzbe