iexec RLC
> the Airbnb of cloud computing
> french-chinese project (offices in Lyon and HK)
> 3 Phd in computer-science with background in distributed computing
> founders are former scientists study in the distributed computing since 15 years (cf. Gilles Fedak and Haiku He on Google Scholar)
> team designed grid computing softwares used in scientific research (Bitdew, XtremWeb-HEP, and authored several algorithm in the field
> sponsored by the CNRS, Chinese Academy of Science, Tsingua university and INRIA
> supported by the french state (part of the NETVA program)
> member of the EEA
> released their product (the V1) at the Devcon3 the 3rd of November
> did an AMA on reddit the 8th of November
> focused on providing off-chain computing power to Dapps and a range of other fields at term (finance, research, VR, etc…)
> works one an innovant PoCo (Proof of Contribution algorithm)
> business contacts with IBM and microsoft
> RLC (the token) is used for staking and payment
> 90% of the tokens already in circulation
> already on Bittrex, HitBTC, Liqui and Upbitary
UPCOMING ROADMAP'S MILESTONES:
> will release the first decentralized app store by mid december
> immediately after the dapp store will go live there will be a dapp development challenge to grow the iexec platform ecosystem
> team will talk at a big supercomputing\cloud computing conference in denver, colorado
> marketing firm has just been hired and they'll start to target both developer and investor communities
> in the first weeks of december the chinese website will be launched
https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/rlc/
what do you think about this cryptocurrency startup? is blockchain cloud computing the amazon cloud's killer? comfiest investment i've ever made tbh