Komodo Platform Newsletter View this email in your browser Komodo Platform: Year 2017 in Review Let's look back at our journey, and focus on a few highlights.



Our earliest roots extend to the year 2014, when we established much of the groundwork on which we stand today. In 2014, our lead developer created the technology that lives at the heart of much of the Komodo ecosystem: Iguana Core. Furthermore, our lead developer also performed the world's first atomic swap.



These important steps led to our strong advancements in the years 2016-2017. Some of the technology we recently built are delayed Proof of Work, Jumblr, Komodo 5 % rewards, independent asset chains, and KV-storage to store key/value information on a blockchain.



While our roots extend into the many different projects that we were working on separately when we first met, we drew closer together in 2015. This is the time when we decided to become a team and form our own independent platform. Last year we successfully brought our platform online, and we are now developing a thriving ecosystem. One significant milestone we reached was our atomic-swap based, decentralized exchange, BarterDEX. While our lead developer performed the first-ever manual atomic swap in 2014, the aspect of making this technology publicly available was the true challenge. Perfecting this atomic-swap capability occupied much of our attention for several months. Our dICO technology is now working flawlessly, and we are preparing for the first dICO launch on our platform. We are meeting with the Monaize team at the end of this week to craft a final road map for the launch, and to pick a new dICO date. Read our blog post for the complete story. Blog Post Exclusive Marketing Report We promised our community a thorough marketing report, to discuss how our marketing team is taking our strategy to the next level. A PDF of this report is already finished, and we want to share it with our newsletter subscribers before we make more noise about it.



Contents of the report: TEAM & PROCESS AUDIT: Understanding our situation and identifying possible solutions

BRAND AUDIT: Understanding the market’s perception of Komodo, and how we can transform our brand

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & BRAND MANAGER: The full-time appointment of Adrian Pante, creative lead at In10tion Creative Digital Agency.

CURRENT BRAND IDENTITY ISSUES: The current issues facing our brand identity, and the importance of resolving them

BRAND IDENTITY VERSION 1.5: Progressing the current logo identity to a more professional version 1.5

BRAND DELIVERABLES TIMELINE: 2018 branding and identity tasks and deliverables for BarterDEX and Komodo

SOCIAL MEDIA & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Maximizing social-media outreach & creating bi-directional communication with our community

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGIC ALLIANCES: Accelerating the growth of our ecosystem and fostering strategic partnerships

PUBLIC RELATIONS & EVENTS: Increasing Awareness, Exposure and Geographical Presencem Download the report from the link below. Marketing Report Final Reminder: BTCD Swap + Payout Request Earlier we sent a newsletter about the BTCD swap deadline. We also need to remind you that after you have made the BTCD deposit, you must also make a KMD payout request as well. Only one request can be made, so make sure to swap all of your BTCD before submitting the request.