Dear Brickblock Community,

I want to give you a quick round-up of our token sale and what is in the pipeline for the upcoming weeks and months.

In the public token pre-sale, we received around 1 million USD from 784 unique contribution addresses in just five days. We are very humbled that so many people gave us their trust and believe in the future of easily and cheaply buying and trading any assets on the blockchain.

For the people who don’t know Brickblock yet, here is a short introduction:

“For us, there are three major points we are fighting for: accessibility, ease of use and cost-effectiveness of financial investments without geographical restrictions. We want to make it uncomplicated to invest in real estate and generate a lifelong monthly passive income, no matter how small your investment is. We strive to make it as easy as possible to invest in foreign stocks or ETFs without a third-party and without paying a fortune to specialists or expensive trustees. Get your Apple and Facebook shares on the blockchain. We found a way to invest in the top 30 cryptocurrencies at once and make it as smooth and safe as transferring a bitcoin. And the neat thing about Brickblock: You can have your share of an apartment building, your Apple shares and the top 30 cryptocurrencies in your Ethereum wallet. And without doing anything, your monthly income from real estate or dividends is coming straight to you in Ether.”

What‘s next?

It’s only 14 days since the end of the contribution period, but it already feels like an eternity since so much has moved forward. So here is what we worked on since our last update:

1) The biggest step forward has happened on the real estate part. We have decided to sell the first apartment building over the blockchain in 2017, and maybe even sooner as you expect! What does it mean for you? BBT token holders will have the first privilege to be part of history and buy a share in a managed apartment building which is located in Berlin, Germany. The transaction will happen with Ether using the Brickblock platform. After that, you will receive your monthly income directly into your Ethereum wallet. Register your email here, for any updates on the platform.

2) As Philip announced, we pushed our “heart smart contract”, or PoA contract on Github. This contract is the centerpiece between brokers, the digital trust, and users. This news did not get so much attention during the pre-sale, which is why I wanted to invite you to take a look again. Feedback is always appreciated.

3) We had the first interviews with developers to expand the team and found a very good match. Matt Stevens a senior full stack developer will join the team and help us finish the alpha version of the Brickblock platform, so we can finally bring it live. Welcome Matt!

4) Martin and Max will travel around the world and visit the most important blockchain conferences in places like Vancouver, Singapore, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Dubai, Moscow, Kiev and more are coming soon. Check out this site, which will be updated as conferences, speaker slots and booths are confirmed.

5) You can check your contribution status here at https://wallet.brickblock.io The tokens will be distributed after the second token sale only, but to give you the peace of mind, you can insert your ether-address or Bitcoin/Litecoin transaction ID into the field and receive a confirmation on how many Brickblock tokens you will receive. If you contributed via Cubits, we will provide you a separate solution soon.

6) We finally had time to finish the bounty app. If you are taking part in our bounty program, published on Bitocoin talk, you can check it here: https://bounty.brickblock.io. Just enter your email you registered with and your stakes will be shown. We try to improve our bounty program to make it even more transparent and easy to use for participants.

7) We are also doing our own Meetups in Europe. Starting with London, England (24.08.17) then Berlin, Germany (28.08.17) and lastly Zürich, Switzerland (31.08.17). Please join the community and meet us in person! We are always looking for interesting discussions, productive feedback, new people and great ideas.

So that was it for now. We are super excited to bringing Brickblock to life and be the first platform to sell an apartment building on the blockchain! And more is following soon.

Thank you again to all contributors.

Regards,

Jakob

Brickblock Co-founder