Hello folks, Iconists and supporters of the ICON-Network. The crypto space didn‘t get so much good press from the official side in the last week; the opposite was the case and we had to face a correction. Even if the market is recovering, the price of ICX still is flatlined, BTC dominance is increasing and for some of the ICX-holders this is really depressing. Some of us take the chance to increase their stack; some are watching the market closely and wait. What‘s needed is patience, a level-headed mind and a rational focus on the longterm goals of this project. So putting the current market situation aside, we want to delve into the progress of the ICONSENSUS campaign and the upcoming P-Rep elections. Every week more and more candidates are joining the list and so we want to take a closer look at some of them.

1. HUOBI WALLET

It was really exciting to see Huobi Wallet joining the candidate list. Some of you might know, that Will Huang, the general manager of the Huobi Wallet from the Huobi Group, makes strong efforts to built better entry gates for customers and to make staking more attractive. According to his speech at the StakingCon in Peking, he is totally convinced that the future POS-market will increase drastically over time.

My first impression having Huobi Wallet on the list was definitely good, but I have to admit, that the proposal lets some room for discussions. Personally, I would have wished some more information and a concrete plan from the team how they will exactly support ICONs network. There is no doubt, that they have a big influence in Chinas crypto realm, but the voters will know more about the details of how the Huobi Group will help ICON expanding into Chinas market. There is also the question: Will Huobi Wallet as a main P-Rep have enough influence to bring ICX to Huobi‘s US exchange? Time will tell and we will following Huobi closely. Definitely sure is, that Huobi can bring more awareness to the customers in terms of ICON. Check out the website via:

https://www.huobiwallet.com/en/

2. POS Bakerz

Based in London POS Bakerz caught my attention with the sixth point of there proposal — „Giving back to the ecosystem“. POS Bakerz is convinced, that a strong community of developers and product builders will let the ecosystem grow and can bring great value to it. Therefore they will reinvest a portion of the fees towards the development of projects built on ICON. In combination with their fourth point „the enhancement of the community“ and especially the organization of events and meet-ups, new talents and start-ups could be found and get some backup. This is something I absolutely share with them and in my opinion, it is a must for the main P-Reps! Check them out via:

https://posbakerz.com/

3. MixMarvel

MixMarvel is a multiplayer online game community powered by blockchain and a large-scale virtual 3D world created by global players and developers. Despite the fact, that they are a young start-up, they already built some products, which are really great and create much traffic.

In general, the gaming sector is and will be very important for the blockchain industry. There are several projects which gained attention in the last months; especially Enjin. It would be great to see ICON as one of the top leaders in this sector too.

As far as I know, MixMarvel is working hard and full steam. But there are also questions, we want to have answered and especially when it comes to the point „bringing in resources“ — How exactly can MixMarvel provide resources? Is there an option, that they work together with ICXstation? Will they also support people, which have a detailed and worked-out game but no developers? Are their options for crowd funding and partnerships in terms of funding a new project? Many many questions.

Without a doubt, MixMarvel is a great candidate for the P-Rep elections and can bring high value to the network with building games! Check them out at: https://www.mixmarvel.com/#about

This was a little impression of the ICONSENSUS candidate list and I want to invite all ICON supporters and ICX-Holders to check out the full list. https://icon.community/iconsensus/candidates/

And if you want to share your opions about the list, your favorite candidates, let us know in the comment section below!