More than 170 token sales kick off each month. Every blockchain project has its own ‘innovative’ idea and marketing scheme to stand out from all the rest. But what is so often overlooked – by blockchain investors, news junkies and even the companies themselves – is that the token sale is not the finish line, but the starting block.

A token sale is a promise between A) the investors who see a project’s potential and B) the developers brave enough to create something new and valuable. And promises are made to be kept.

Since its token sale closed last September and the mainnet launched in January, ICON has been busy keeping its promise to build a real business, rather than working to “moon” its token price.

Min Kim, ICON Foundation Council Member explains: “Our goal was to go out there and best position ourselves for success, which means that we continue to build the technology, recruit the best people and go out there and win deals.”

Hyperconnecting the world

ICON made its promise almost exactly one year ago to build a community. ICON depicts a world full of connections. Real-time transactions enable truly free collaborations among diverse fields such as finance, public service, logistics, healthcare, IoT, energy, manufacturing and e-commerce. Any community can start improving its work efficiency internally and then expand the network by increasing transactions with other communities. A hyperconnected society beyond boundaries with infinite scalability – this was what ICON promised to deliver to us.