We love how Ethereum is providing a platform for a new world of decentralised applications. ERC-20 tokens enabled many wonderful development teams in the Ethereum community to get funding for incredible software projects which can change the world.

Dr. Mike, our very own Astrophysicist / Rocket Scientist (formerly of JAXA) is hoping that he can use Stellar to take us to the moon! 🚀

But the mission of Tontine Trust is to create a new social security, pensions & retirement savings system for the World which is ALWAYS fully funded and can secure low-fee lifetime incomes for hundreds of millions of savers and retirees worldwide.

To take this platform to the world, we are building a global financial partner ecosystem and this is the key reason why we have chosen to build our platform on Stellar.

Stellar’s vision is an open & affordable financial system where people of all income levels can access simple-to-use, secure, and low cost financial services using a global financial network that allows sending money to be as simple as sending email.

In 2017 alone, Stellar has established 37 new partnerships adding names such as IBM & Tempo (which has over 105,000 payment locations across 55 countries) to a lengthy partner list which already includes Stripe, Deloitte, ICICIBank (India’s largest private sector bank).

So the synergies between the Tontine Trust platform and the Stellar ecosystem is clear but if most Token Sales have previously used Ethereum, then why would we issue our TON Tokens on Stellar?

Well there are several very important reasons:

Negligible Transaction Fees

Transaction costs on Stellar are negligible with (approximately 100,000 transactions costing less then $0.01. Lower transaction costs, facilitate development of a liquid market in our TON Tokens.

Faster Transaction Speeds

The Stellar ledger can already process up to 1,000 transactions per second with a median confirmation time of only 5 seconds.

Native support for TON$ throughout the Stellar Global Financial Ecosystem

The Stellar Financial Network already includes banks, payment processors & remittance companies covering most of the planet with many more partners & anchors expected to join in 2018 giving us a readily accessible global product distribution network.

TON$ will immediately be fungible against FIAT and other currencies on SDEX, StellarPort & other Exchanges including FairX are on the way

The Stellar Network is essentially a decentralised exchange which can immediately support atomic swaps of TON$ & several new exchanges are expected in 2018.

Additionally, the many Exchanges & multi-coin Wallets which support Stellar Lumens (XLM) will find it extremely simply to add TON$ on top of the existing range of Stellar wallets which will soon include the Ton Card Platform below.

The TON Card Platform will enable currency swaps with FIAT & other Stellar assets in addition to supporting payments at over 40 million merchants & ATMs worldwide.

Greater security in the simplicity of the Stellar Codebase

Atomic transactions on Stellar are comprised of simple operations running provably safe & highly auditable code which is the ideal basis upon which to build a provably safe & highly auditable retirement savings platform.

So given the amazing fit with Stellar, we hope that our friends in the amazing Ethereum community will understand our decision and continue to support our mission to create more secure & prosperous retirements for the world.

About TON Tokens:

The Tontine Trust platform is powered by TON$, a new digital currency designed to facilitate global settlements & to reward financial advisors as well as partner issuers on the platform.

To participate in the upcoming TON Token Sale & support the development of the Tontine Trust Platform, please visit:

https://tontinetrust.com/GetTONs

We look forward to you joining us as we:

About Tontine Trust:

Tontine Trust Limited is a not-for-profit developer of a Patent-Pending peer-to-peer retirement savings platform to issue internationally regulated ALWAYS-fully-funded low cost retirement savings products including:

Gold-Standard Tontine Pensions fully backed by RMGs, the new digital assets of The Royal Mint representing ownership of physical gold in the Royal Mint Vaults.

ETF Tontine Pensions backed by globally diversified portfolios of the largest & most established exchange traded funds.

We have first mover advantage and a patent-pending solution to a major global problem & we have been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, RIJ (twice), Huffington Post, Nasdaq / Seeking Alpha & other publications.

For further information, visit https://tontinetrust.com

Or Contact Us on:

Email: prosper@tontinetrust.com

Telegram: https://t.me/TontineTrustSupergroup

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TontineTrust

Notes:

Tontine Trust Limited does not offer trustee services & is a not an approved trustee in any jurisdiction. Appropriate international partnerships as well as regulatory applications are in preparation with the goal of issuing the first fully-regulated cryptographically-secured lifetime income tontine products in 2020.

Announced in September 2017, the TON Token Sale does not constitute an offer of securities or a promotion, invitation or solicitation for investment purposes. The terms of the contribution are therefore not intended to be a financial services offering document or a prospectus. The TON Token offering involves and relates to the development and use of experimental software and technologies that may not come to fruition or achieve the objectives specified in the white paper. The purchase of TON Tokens represents a high risk to any contributor. TON Tokens are essentially a bridging / settlement currency with added functionality and do not represent equity, shares, units, royalties or rights to capital, profit or income in the network or software or in the entity that issues tokens or any other company or intellectual property associated with the network or any other public or private enterprise, corporation, foundation or other entity in any jurisdiction. Only Accredited US Investors may participate in the Pre-Sale & Token Sale by means of entering into a SAFT Agreement.