EPIK - The Future of Digital Collectibles

Society  has  advanced  more  in  the  past several decades  than  it  has  in  a  millennium. Despite  all  our technological and societal advances, we struggle to overcome some of the same fundamental challenges -global poverty, disease, and the distribution of wealth and power, to name just a few. Crypto-currencies have developed over the last few years, and have grown from a concept to a relatively stable investment for many.  With the rise of a small number of big tech companies and governments using technology  to  watch  their  citizens, many  people  now  believe  technology  only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it. There are important counter-trends to this like encryption and cryptocurrency that take power from centralized systems and put it back into people’s hands. Humanity has a long way to go.

 

BLMP
BLMP (Blockchain Licensing Marketplace) is a B2B2C blockchain company processing B2B2C transactions and providing value through efficiency, traceability, and security. BLMP is pioneering licensed virtual goods and the mission of BLMP is to connect the intellectual property licensing industry with digital platforms. BLMP leverages crypto-token technology built on blockchain as a means to very easily produce and exchange liquid value in digital ecosystems.

PROBLEM
The problem with creating a thriving, branded virtual goods marketplace is fragmentation. Today, digital platforms operate as closed-off ecosystems and brands are fragmented operating in silos with little accessibility. Additionally, when considering licensing agreements, each brand juggles considerably different brand objectives such as geographical location, demographics, licensing fees, marketing power, and attractiveness.

BLMP SOLUTIONS
BLMP is solving this complex business problem by creating a vast collaboration network of global brands and digital platforms to facilitate the licensing process. BLMP is uniquely positioned for growth because of relationships with established licensing companies such as Evolution and BDLabs with a combined total of over 1,000+ clients, partners, properties, and brands. The Epik token powers BLMPs B2B blockchain licensing platform and is used by consumers to acquire branded virtual goods. The BLMP Blосkсhаin Liсеnѕing Market Plасе, an innovative brоkеrаgе рlаtfоrm thаt рrоvidеѕ trаnѕраrеnсу аnd еffiсiеnсу in the virtuаl gооdѕ market, rесеntlу tооk оvеr Dаrrеn Smith, knоwn fоr hiѕ wоrk as dirесtоr оf Nintеndо America. Smith hаѕ vаluаblе knоwlеdgе about the dеvеlорmеnt and imрlеmеntаtiоn оf a successful virtual рlаtfоrm.
BLMP wаѕ сrеаtеd tо hеlр ѕоlvе сеrtаin problems fасing thе virtual goods market. Grоwth in thе induѕtrу has stalled bесаuѕе brands and digitаl рubliѕhеrѕ оftеn can nоt еffесtivеlу create a liсеnѕеd раrtnеrѕhiр. Tо address these problems аnd ѕtrеngthеn the virtuаl goods mаrkеt, BLMP uses аdvаnсеd intellectual рrореrtу trасking funсtiоnѕ, ѕmаrt соntrасtѕ аnd other blосk tесhnоlоgiеѕ.

BLMP and thе futurе оf virtuаl gооdѕ
Virtuаl gооdѕ аrе digital itеmѕ purchased аnd uѕеd оn ѕосiаl nеtwоrking platforms, in games, as wеll аѕ in other оnlinе еnvirоnmеntѕ. Items ѕuсh as skins used fоr video gаmеѕ are in high dеmаnd and currently can cost mоrе thаn $ 50 thousand dоllаrѕ. Thе induѕtrу оf licensed virtual рrоduсtѕ hаѕ a lоt оf unuѕеd орроrtunitiеѕ, but first оf аll in the induѕtrу it iѕ nесеѕѕаrу tо ѕоlvе a number оf рrоblеmѕ, and hеrе are ѕоmе of thеm:
Problems with thе Agrееmеnt.
Fоr the рrоduсtiоn аnd ѕаlе оf virtual gооdѕ, there muѕt bе ѕеriоuѕ licensing аgrееmеntѕ between brаndѕ and digital рubliѕhеrѕ. But because оf thеir соmрlеtеlу diffеrеnt gоаlѕ аnd priorities, ѕigning ѕuсh аn аgrееmеnt iѕ a long and difficult рrосеѕѕ.

Diffiсultiеѕ with the dеfinitiоn of authenticity.
Brаndѕ and соnѕumеrѕ should knоw thаt virtuаl gооdѕ are ѕоld with thе рrореr реrmiѕѕiоnѕ. But ѕinсе it iѕ very diffiсult to trасk ѕuсh ѕаlеѕ, thеу cannot bе ѕurе whеthеr thе gооdѕ wеrе сhесkеd.

Trасking оf royalties.
Virtuаl gооdѕ can bе sold оn a lаrgе ѕсаlе only if brаndѕ, сrеаtоrѕ аnd publishers knоw that thеу will rесеivе thеir рrоfitѕ frоm each sale.

BLMP uses blосking tо solve thеѕе рrоblеmѕ. Trасking аll trаnѕасtiоnѕ with virtuаl gооdѕ, it eliminates any doubts about their аuthеntiсitу. Similаrlу, the рlаtfоrm uses blосk tо dеvеlор ѕmаrt соntrасtѕ that ensure соmрliаnсе with thеmѕеlvеѕ, аnd also fасilitаtе payment fоr virtual goods. Thаnkѕ to thеѕе innоvаtiоnѕ, brands аnd рubliѕhеrѕ will no lоngеr hаvе obstacles tо thе fоrmаtiоn оf profitable раrtnеrѕhiр rеlаtiоnѕ.

BLMP PLATFORM
Off-Chain Technology Stack
The off-chain technology is used to support the blockchain activities. The off-chain application consists of:
One internet based application with two dashboard interfaces
One dashboard interface for digital platforms to use
One dashboard application for IP holders to use
A private application programming interface (“API”) to interact with smart contracts and wallets
The off-chain application stack consists of ReactJS, and MySQL and the API was built using the Django REST framework (Python/Django).

Blockchain
Using blockchain technology help to provide transparency and traceability of transaction records, distribution of items, ownership rights, royalties, and compensation. Additionally, the Air platform reduces friction and streamlines the intermediation steps needed for licensing agreements between digital platforms and IP owners. By utilizing blockchain technology, BLMP presents a solution to improve the efficiency, traceability, and security of IP which is expected
to increase profitability throughout the entire value chain.

Ethereum
Ethereum is an open source public blockchain platform and is the most popular framework to build distributed applications. Air uses the Ethereum platform extensively to create and manage EPIK tokens, publish smart contracts to manage ownership, publish smart contracts for EPIK wallets, tokenize virtual goods using ERC-721, perform ownership transactions and perform consumer transactions.

ERC-20
ERC-20 tokens are the tokens of most initial coin offerings (“ICO”) and are based on the Ethereum open source project and are the type of tokens usually being traded if the project is based on the Ethereum protocol. ERC-20 tokens are fungible tokens. Fungible tokens are concerned primarily with the quantity of tokens (like currency) when doing comparison and fungible tokens have the ability to merge to become a larger number. This means that fungible tokens are not unique and they are interchangeable or replaceable with other identical tokens.

ERC-721
ERC-721 is the accepted Ethereum standard to handle non-fungible tokens (“NFT”). The ERC-721 token differs because it is unique in nature and can be distinguished from each other like collectibles. It is the combination of characteristics or metadata of the NFT that make the token unique rather than act as a representation of value like fungible tokens. BLMP intends to use ERC-721 to handle the unique tokenization of virtual goods meaning that each ERC-721 token represents a single, unique virtual good item on the blockchain.

EPIK Token
EPIK tokens are ERC-20 utility tokens that are integral to the Air system and perform several functions in both B2B and B2B2C contexts: Act as a medium of exchange to transact and process changes in ownership of virtual goods, act as a medium of exchange to transact customer purchases of virtual good items, act as a medium of exchange to compensate royalty splits between digital platforms and brands, Can give users a discount off of their purchases (example 50% discount on a collectible item purchase monthly), Can give users preferred or special access to virtual goods (ex. luxury items), Epik tokens consumed for creating item proposals are burned quarterly (starting at 75%). BLMP will also burn 20% of all profits every quarter.

EPIK Wallet
Wallet software is critical to blockchain technology and is an integral step for new user adoption. BLMP in partnership with Ambisafe has created proprietary wallet software for easy integration of users, digital platforms, and brands onto the BLMP network. EPIK wallets are proprietary software wallets used to manage both ERC-20 EPIK tokens and ERC-721 tokens that each represent a unique licensed virtual good item. EPIK wallets are compatible with any other ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens which means it can hold and transfer in and out any ERC-20 and ERC-721 tokens. EPIK wallets are very secure in the sense that only the users know their own private key.

Smart Contracts
A smart contract is computer code that exists on the public blockchain that can run in the future to perform logic, like make payments to specific accounts, validate conditions, verify information, or perform other specified actions. Smart contracts are used in BLMP to replace the inefficient existing business processes of licensing and create newer, simpler processes like creating proposals and enforcing licensing agreements between intellectual property holders and digital platforms. Smart contracts are also used to handle the production and fulfillment of licensed virtual goods and they are used to create, tokenize, allocate, track and facilitate the transfer of ownership. Finally smart contracts are used to handle the processing of consumer transactions for virtual goods to ensure fair compensation to all parties involved with automatic, efficient, secure, and traceable transactions.

Proposals
The BLMP platform uses a proposal based system to create short term collaboration licensing agreements between IP holders and digital platforms. The proposal to create branded items contains relevant licensing details such as but not limited to, quantity, selling price, royalty split, minimum guarantee (upfront cost) and metadata that will be used to distinguish the item like name and specific artwork. Once the proposal is initially created on-chain, negotiation updates to the proposal are handled off-chain to reduce gas fees (Ethereum’s execution fee charges for updating the smart contracts) and to improve the scalability and runtime performance of the application (modifications are not subject to public network transaction speeds). Once a proposal is accepted by an IP holder, the proposal is finalized on-chain and additional smart contracts tokenize the licensed virtual goods items on the blockchain using ERC-721.


Sequence




A typical sequence can be described as:
A digital platform (DP) initiates a proposal to an intellectual property holder
A smart contract is created on-chain.
Terms of the proposal are negotiated off-chain between the off-chain applications
Once it is accepted the proposal from (DP) the terms of the contract are finalized on-chain.
Next, licensed virtual goods are created and tokenized using the ERC-721 standard on-chain and the ownership
smart contracts are updated to bestow rights to (DP) to offer the licensed virtual goods for sale.
Finally, a user(U) of (DP) is able to purchase the item from (DP) and when (U) transacts the purchase from(DP) the ownership smart contracts are updated to (U) and the transaction amount is split according to the terms of the contract between (DP) and (B) with BLMP earning a service fee.


TOKEN SALE AND ICO
The Epik Token is the utility token of the platform that will be used by digital platforms in facilitating proposals to brands, changing of IP ownerships, customer purchases and royalty compensations.
Token: EPIK
Price: 1 ETH = 2,600 EPIC
Platform: Ethereum
Minimum investment: 0.25 ETH
Country: Singapore
ICO infоrmаtiоn
Total supply: 200,000,000
Hardcap: $ 15 million (38,000ETH)
Pауmеnt: ETH, BTC, BCH, LTC
Cоuntriеѕ that do nоt раrtiсiраtе in thе ICO: US, CA, CN, KU, PRK, IR, CU, SY, UA, SG, MY, NZ
Sаlе Timе:
Round 1: Cоmрlеtеd
Round 2: For ѕhаrеhоldеrѕ and ѕtrаtеgiс рurсhаѕеrѕ only (Bonus 20%)
Rоund 3: Auguѕt. Min: 0.25 ETH (1 ETH = 2,600 tоkеnѕ)

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For more information, please visit:
Website: https://www.epiktoken.io/
Whitepaper: https://www.epiktoken.io/assets/pdf/BLMP_whitepaper.pdf
ANN Thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4473798
Twitter: https://twitter.com/epiktoken
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpikToken
Telegram: https://t.me/EpikToken
Medium: https://medium.com/@BLMPNetwork





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