Website

Version 0.1 of our new website is now live. We’ve improved the language to make it easier for people to understand how Brickblock works

Airdrop app

The design and front end of our airdrop app is complete; we are now developing the back end

Target release is in two weeks

Events 🚀

MIPIM — the world’s largest real estate conference

On March 15, Brickblock will be in Cannes for an event organized by MIPIM, the world’s leading property market. Here, we will present our vision to tokenize real estate and announce the first sale of a tokenized real estate asset. This is the world’s largest real estate conference and we are excited to make some headlines.

Blockchain for Real Estate meetup

Matt and Gonzalo from Brickblock spoke about the development and rationale for using smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain at Brickblock at Thursday’s Blockchain for Real Estate meetup.

The recording of the meetup will be published next week.

Brickblock at the Cryptotank

We are presenting at Catena Capital’s Cryptotank on March 7th. Our presentation at this meetup will cover the following aspects:

- Why we are using an ERC20 token to tokenize real-world assets

- The opportunities presented by smart contracts

- Some of the basic building blocks of smart contracts

- An overview of our token ecosystem (Brickblock tokens / Access tokens / Proof-of-Asset tokens)

- Introduction to strategic partnerships and upcoming projects

- Highlights of our roadmap

Blockchain and real estate meetup in Austria

Brickblock will present at a blockchain and real estate event sponsored by PWC in Graz on March 9th.

Space Shack

Brickblock is hosting a meetup on March 26th in Berlin that will be focus on our sale of the world’s first tokenized real estate asset. We will be also sharing our roadmap for the rest of 2018.

Click here to RSVP.

Want to invite Brickblock present at your event? Please get in touch with us via email: mark[at]brickblock.io / gonzalo[at]brickblock.io.

Partnerships 💼

Our partnership with Jaxx has come to fruition: As of February 5th, Brickblock Tokens (BBK) are supported in the Jaxx wallet ecosystem.

The partnership will enable Brickblock to sell tokenized exchange-traded funds (ETF) from Intercam Banco’s portfolio through our smart contract platform. The ETFs are provided by Intercam partner Quanta Shares. Intercam will be able to offer its ETFs to investors from all over the world through Brickblock. For us, it represents the first step in our effort to make investing in ETFs more accessible and cost-effective.

We’re excited to start working with a firm like Blocks Investments, which understands how beneficial the application of blockchain technology can be to real estate investment. More details about our partnership will be published soon.

Fidem will connect Brickblock with key investors by inviting our team to top-level events and roadshows in the Asia-Pacific region. This effort will be reciprocated on our behalf as Fidem looks to expand its presence in Berlin and Europe.

Tokenized Real Estate Sale 🏠

This was an important milestone for us as we conducted this internal sale to confirm that we are technically and legally on track to execute the public sale at the end of Q1 2018.

We are now awaiting approval of our prospectus by European regulators, as well as the final results of our smart contract audit. These are the final steps before we can proceed with the sale.

What’s next?

In the upcoming weeks we will publish our roadmap for 2018

Selling the world’s first tokenized real estate asset (Q1 2018). More details will be released soon

Final ICO round, which will start shortly after the real estate sale

Brickblock tokens (BBK) listed on exchanges after the final ICO round

More real estate assets for sale through our smart contract platform

Continue hiring more developers and real estate, ETF, and digital currency experts

Continue developing, improving, and polishing our product

Listing our first tokenized ETF (end of Q3 2018)

Listing our first tokenized coin funds (end of Q4 2018)

Brickblock token (BBK) distribution 📣

We’ve distributed BBK to all ETH contributors, as well as BTC and LTC contributors who have successfully signed their transaction. Cubits contributors who filled out our verification form have also received their BBK.

Our next priority is distributing tokens to bounty participants and those who contributed from a multisig or segwit wallet and therefore couldn’t sign their transaction.

If you contributed with BTC/LTC and have not yet received your tokens, please make sure that you have successfully submitted your signature.

Click here to read how to claim your tokens if you contributed with BTC or LTC.

We would like to remind everyone who contributed from an exchange that the process for receiving your tokens will be announced at a later date. Since exchange contributors cannot verify their contribution with absolute certainty, we are developing a claim process to deter scam attempts.

During our final ICO period, we will only accept contributions in Ether. This will significantly reduce the complexity of token distribution and ensures you will receive your tokens in a timely manner.

You will need to contribute from an ERC20-compatible Ethereum address for which you own the private key. If you contribute from an exchange, your BBK will be sent to the address used for the contribution.

Human Resources 👨‍💻👩‍💻

As we mentioned in our last monthly update, it takes a great team to bring all these things to life. That’s why our office in Gibraltar is expanding with new executive and support roles, while our office in Berlin is also looking to fill several vacancies.

If you or someone you know would be a great candidate to join our team, please feel free to apply or pass along the info. We are currently looking for a:

Senior Designer

Frontend Developer

QA Manager

Blockchain Engineer

Tech Lead

We are always looking for new talent, so be sure to stay tuned to our job board. We are also looking for strategic advisors that can help us find new partners in the real estate, blockchain, and finance industries.

Please get in touch with us if you would like to join Brickblock.

This month we are introducing three new team members: Denis Timofeev, Matías Fornés, and John Evans.

Denis joins Daniel to complete our team of experienced product development professionals. John is joining the marketing team to aid in the development of the airdrop campaign and Brickblock’s marketing strategy. Matías is an experienced web developer and front end engineer.

Click here to meet the Brickblock team.