Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Expanse Newsletter for 2017. This publication is a bi-monthly newsletter issued on the 1st and 15th of each month to share happenings within our community. Keep in mind that breaking news can come at any time, but the Expanse Newsletter is a great overview of progress, news, and our current focus.

CONSENSUS 2017, TOKEN SUMMIT, JAXX PARTNERSHIP, GANDER ROADMAP, EBS ROADMAP

In this edition of the Expanse Newsletter, we will cover the exciting events from the Consensus 2017 and Token Summit conferences in NYC. We will share information about our new wallet integration partner, Jaxx, and the release of the Expanse.Tech™ Explorer, Gander, which goes way beyond most blockchain explorer systems setting new standards of quality. You will also find the Gameboard Press Release in this Newsletter. In addition to the development updates, we have exciting information about our new Gander and EBS Roadmaps.

CONSENSUS 2017 AND TOKEN SUMMIT PHOTOS AND INFORMATION

Expanse.Tech participated in Consensus 2017 and the Token Summit in New York City. Timothy Suggs, Business Development Manager, had some interesting talks that could lead to collaborative deals. The conferences provided more exposure for Expanse and introductions to many influential people and companies in the world of blockchain technology. Below, are some photos of the events with some brief descriptions to highlight some of the exciting times, what the team was working on, and to forecast news that may come from Consensus 2017 and the Token Summit.

Expanse.Tech goes to the Big Apple for Consensus and Token Summit Conferences!

We had a great conversation at Consensus with Lon Wong, president of NEM, and identified some of their partner needs.

We met the folks at SZZC Chinese Exchange and are working to get listed on their exchange.

We spoke to the group from Ledger to get insights into how to get added to their hardware wallet.

We continue to set our sights on Shapeshift integration.

Timothy Suggs, Expanse, and Manuel Pena, Banco Digital Maré of Brazil, discuss ICO creation at one of the Consensus networking events.

The team from Iconomi discussed the rigorous project investment standards they comply with.

Token Summit followed Consensus and was an all day event with talks by industry leaders.

Token Summit discussions were over-capacity as hundreds of attendees crammed into an auditorium at NYU where the conference took place.

Joey Krug of Augur discusses things they learned from launching their ICO back in 2015.

The analyst panel released some incredible growth numbers regarding the cryptocurrency market.

The legal discussion was insightful as the experts discussed the SEC’s role in global token sales.

The fund managers were bullish on platforms and protocols.

Expanse advisors Ahmad Siddiqi and Timothy Suggs met while in New York to discuss expanding the advisory board, the direction of development and the bond exchange.

JAXX WALLET PARTNERSHIP & INTEGRATION

Jaxx recently announced 70+ partnerships and integrations. Expanse.Tech was among those selected by Jaxx and added to their roadmap. This is fantastic news as now people will be able to store Expanse in the Jaxx wallet, once implemented, along with their other top cryptocurrencies.

GANDER EXPLORER SYSTEM NEWS

Gander is a cutting edge explorer, worlds beyond other projects out there in terms of its ability to handle a great deal of volume. It provides a way to interact with the Expanse.Tech blockchain in new and creative ways, like token support. It even helps with the ability to create your own blockchains and tokens on Expanse or to store and see them easily on the blockchain in a friendly, easy-to-use way everyone can understand. On the next page, you can view the Gander Roadmap and a preview of the upcoming redesign of the Gander system.

GANDER ROADMAP

PREVIEW OF THE NEW GANDER ‘Expanse Explorer’ SYSTEM

EBS (EXPANSE BOND SYSTEM) ROADMAP

Along with the Roadmap for Gander, we also ready to share the Roadmap for EBS. Soon to come, New Bonds, fixing all outstanding trivial UI bugs, and improving the installer package for Windows and Mac. Then later, EBS multi-language support starting with Chinese, Japanese, German, Russian, and Spanish. We plan to issue Bonds with different coupon rates and variables. Finally, in Q4, we will have a decentralized fixed- income exchange for EBS. Bond issue schedule, and an EBS mobile phone application.

MULTI LANGUAGE WEBSITE AND EBS UPDATES ON THE WAY

JAPANESE

CHINESE

RUSSIAN

GAMEBOARD PRESS RELEASE

Click here to see the original press release, or just read below:

http://bitcoinprbuzz.com/press-release-expanse-tech-gameboard/

May 22, 2017, WASHINGTON, NC. – The Expanse Project today announced a new partnership with Guatemala-based Power Development, creators of Gameboard, to integrate their incentive-based gamification system into the Expanse.Tech™ blockchain platform. Expanse.Tech is a fork of Ethereum founded by one of the earliest blockchain developers and cryptocurrency entrepreneurs out there, Christopher Franko. Co-founder James Clayton is also the founder of the Cryptocurrency Collectors Club, (CCC). Dan Conway, another blockchain expert, is the third Expanse founder.

Gameboard, a gamification system already in production, is an online platform that allows the tracking of an individual’s gaming actions—measuring and comparing each member, team or department—using a rewards system to award points and badges at various levels. The rewards earned are incentive to play on the gamification playground now accessible at the www.gameboard.site.

“Expanse is blockchain agnostic, using cutting-edge blockchain technology to build anything the community, team, and partners can imagine. Integrating solid, working dApps, like Gameboard, help the Expanse community evolve and grow while adding value for EXP holders, partners, and investors.” – Christopher Franko, Founder of Expanse Project

Omar Alvarez, Power Development CEO and Founder, describes Gameboard as a gamification playground that uses rewards to incent players, with built-in recognition and reporting capabilities. It can be used in many types of disciplines, such as marketing, education, and psychology, for behavior modification. Alvarez explains, “We have been searching for an established partner with proven blockchain technology experience and expertise, and we could not be happier with our choice to integrate with Expanse.Tech.”

This new collaboration will partner the skilled developers of Expanse and Gameboard, creating a mutually beneficial relationship for both, while greatly enhancing the real-world use potential of the EXP token. Both companies are looking forward to collaborating to reach the great potential foreseen in the partnership.

EBS (EXPANSE BOND SYSTEM) INSTRUCTIONS

Click the link below for detailed instructions on setting up EBS, keeping in mind that currently they are sold out. You can set up the dApp in advance and be ready for the next distribution.

http://forum.expanse.tech/topic/150/how-to-buy-bonds-and-redeem-your-coupon-using-the-expanse-bond-dapp-version-1-0-ebs

WHY CHOOSE EXPANSE?

Expanse is the first stable alternative public Ethereum chain. Expanse has some key differences from Ethereum, in that it has unique dApps designed beyond just speculation and targeted at mass adoption and real-world use. For example, Borderless Corp., Inc. has created EXP.Life, a decentralized governance system being built on Expanse that can provide Borderless Citizenship ID, Marriage, A Web of Trust, Nation Creation, Public Notary, and Asset Registry. Votelock™ is another EXP.Life dApp focused on implementing and perfecting blockchain-based voting systems, working in tandem with any system where blockchain-based immutable voting and record keeping are greatly needed.

Smart contracts cost 1/50th as much to run as Ethereum, making Expanse practical to use as a dApp platform. The design is highly efficient with less than .05% uncles per 1000 blocks compared to over 8% with Ethereum. The Expanse Bonds System (EBS) is the first to use smart contracts as simulated staking granting rewards for holding Expanse (EXP) – like a time-locked savings account – almost like a Masternode that you do not even have to leave a computer running to gain rewards from. Lastly, Expanse has a dedicated team and advisors, a marketing team in China, and a very low entry price and market cap with great potential to grow as it incentivizes holding with the EBS system.

One concern many traders and investors have about cryptocurrency is the concept of infinite tokens issued over time. While this is not a reality unless a crypto lasts for infinity, this is still a very real way that people think about the total supply of tokens and coins. Christopher Franko and James Clayton, the original Expanse founders, propose that we limit the total supply of EXP and put a cap on it in 80 years. This will not change inflation or impact utility in the slightest bit; this is not about halving block rewards, but simply capping them 80 years from now. The only thing this would change is the monetary policy and the creation of more scarcity for Expanse.

This is a trivial change that we can easily put on Testnet and implement with a safe soft fork. However, this is a change that we feel is important for the community to vote on, so this will be an ideal way to test out the new Votelock technology of Expanse. The community will vote on this proposal in the near future, and if approved, we will implement the soft fork and change the monetary policy to be more limited in the long run, without having any negative impact on utility. Even in 80 years, Expanse is divisible and the ecosystem could work just fine this way.

At block 42,000,000, the EXP block reward will go to 0. (If approved)

That’s about 80 years from now

About 350m EXP total Expanse to exist at block 42,000,000.

What this proposal means is that in around 80 years Expanse would reach Block 42,000,000 with 60-second block timing, and then the block reward would go to zero, meaning no more new Expanse are generated in 80 years and the total supply would be limited as soon as this proposed soft fork goes into effect.

DOWNLOAD THE EXPANSE BOND SYSTEM (EBS)

https://github.com/expanse-org/bond-dapp/releases





LIST OF CURRENT PARTNERS





JAXX

https://jaxx.io/

GAMEBOARD

http://gameboard.site/

HONGICO

http://www.hongico.com/portal.php

CENTURYLINK

http://www.centurylink.com/

MICROSOFT AZURE

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-blockchain-update-7/

MICROSOFT BIZSPARK PLUS

https://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/startup/profile.aspx?startup=693057

CHANGELLY

https://changelly.com/exchange/BTC/EXP/1?ref_id=expanse

CHANKURA

http://chankura.com/

COINOMI

https://coinomi.com

EXPANSE SLACK

If you have not already joined the Expanse Slack, please do so. Take advantage of the friendly community of over 2300 people. This is the best place for providing feedback on developments like the new EBS. You can also ask the Expanse team and community questions directly.

http://slack.expanse.tech/

LINKEDIN

We have recently launched our Expanse.Tech Linkedin page. Be sure to follow Expanse on Linkedin. Thank you in advance! Additionally, our lead marketing director, Marcia, is now taking lead at expanding and improving our LInkedin presence, as she is the most experienced with fortune 500 companies and Linkedin standards.

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/16212682/

EXPANSE DISCORD

We recently launched Expanse on Discord, Discord is a communication system much like Slack, but Discord normally has been used by gamers. As it is feature rich a lot of platforms are now offering Discord as well as Slack, so we are also offering it. So you can now join and follow Expanse on Discord instead of, or, as well as on Slack

https://discord.gg/PYGXjmh

EXPANSE TELEGRAM

If you prefer the Telegram platform you can follow and chat about Expanse here.

https://t.me/ExpanseTech

TOKENLAB TELEGRAM

This is the channel for Tokenlab on Telegram

https://t.me/tokenlab

INTERLEDGER PROTOCOL OF RIPPLE XRP

Expanse is one of the first Alternative Blockchain projects to join ILP, Interledger protocol of Ripple. There are a few “Internet of Blockchain” projects out there, but this is perhaps the most promising of them all. Expanse is staying ahead of the curve and ready, just in case this works out and is a success. It is an open source project and anyone can join. The Expanse team was one of the first to sign up to be a part of it back in September 2016.

SHOPPING WITH EXPANSE MADE EASY BY COINPAYMENTS

You can shop at many merchants right now using the Coinpayments Platform. We are one of the Alternative Tokens listed on Coinpayments, and they are a reliable trustworthy payment provider that works much like Bitpay does for Bitcoin.

https://www.coinpayments.net/

DOWNLOAD BORDERLESS TECH ALPHA PREVIEW

Current features include Marriages, Status updates, Web Of Trust, Notary, Citizenship, and many more features on the way soon!

https://github.com/borderlesstech/borderless-dapp/releases/

TOKENLAB WHITE PAPER

http://www.borderlesscorp.com/docs/tokenlab-whitepaper.pdf

EXPANSE WHITE PAPER

http://www.expanse.tech/docs/whitepaper.pdf

BORDERLESS WHITE PAPER

http://www.borderless.tech/docs/BorderlessWhitepaper.pdf

ADDITIONAL EXPANSE LINKS

http://blog.expanse.tech/

http://www.expanse.tech/

http://www.borderless.tech/

http://www.borderlesscorp.com/

http://www.borderlesscharity.org/

http://forum.expanse.tech/

http://slack.expanse.tech/

https://twitter.com/expanseofficial

http://www.exp.life/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ExpanseOfficial/

https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/16212682/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/expanseofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/ExpanseTech/

VIDEOS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dzhbDCXyQM&feature=youtu.be&a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R2EK1Cnink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWPeWQrnYVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyiJOCDUUcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFzA7w7FScc

POOLS

https://exp.suprnova.cc

http://exp.digger.ws

http://dwarfpool.com/exp

http://clona.ru:8083

http://exp.minandoando.com/

http://exp.hashpower.farm/#/



