Mercury Protocol (GMT)

Social Media & Communication

Overview

Mercury Protocol is a decentralized protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain. It allows applications to integrate Global Messaging Tokens (GMT) as a way to measure and reward user participation within communication platforms.

Features

1-to-1: Conversations - Cross platform messaging + content - Encrypt messages - Large file size - Extend lifetime of a message 1-to-Many: Announcements - Ability to send content to a targeted demographic - Premium interactions (e.g., special likes or comments) Many-to-Many: Discussions - Premium message types (Add visual flair, inline polls, etc.) - Community-driven moderation

Technical Details

Global Messaging Token (GMT) is an ERC20 standard token built on top of Ethereum. GMT is designed for various utilities in messaging apps. Dust is the first application to use this token, followed by Broadcast.

Crowdsale

ICO
ICO start date	23 Oct 2017
ICO end date	23 Nov 2017
Raised	9,802,414 USD

Legal
ICO Platform	No

Token details
Ticker	GMT
Additional Token Emission	0
Accepted Currencies	ETH
Token distribution	1 Billion Global Messaging Tokens 200M - User Growth Pool 600M - Available for purchase 125M - Development team & Advisers 75M - Application developers GMT tokens allocated to founders, advisors and staff members are subject to a 6 month lockup period: 50% will be released after the first 3 months and the remaining 50% after 6 months.

Ratings

Type of scores	Score	Status
Hype score	High	Active
Risk score	Low	Active

Founders

Name	Position	ICO	Social
Alex Moir	Blockchain Developer	Member of this ICO only	—
Alex Rupprecht	Android Team Lead	Member of this ICO only	—
Brant Kortman	Android Developer	Member of this ICO only	—
Elliot Sperling	Blockchain Developer	Member of this ICO only	—
Evan Albert	Web Developer	Member of this ICO only	—
Ian Connelly	Project Manager	Member of this ICO only	—
Igor Shpitalnik	—	Member of this ICO only	—
Jonathan Ikemura	Lead Designer	Member of this ICO only	—
Manjushri Deshpande	iOS Developer	Member of this ICO only	—
Mayukh Das	Software Engineer	Member of this ICO only	—
Michael Talarczyk	Lead Systems Engineer	Member of this ICO only	—
Preethi Kasireddy	—	Member of this ICO only	—
Rohit Kotian	—	Member of this ICO only	—
Ryan Ozonian	—	Member of this ICO only	—
Sameer Khavanekar	iOS Team Lead	Member of this ICO only	—

Advisors

Name	Position	ICO	Social
Nick Tomaino	1confirmation, The Control; previously: Runa Capital, Coinbase	Member of 2 ICOs	—
Mark Cuban	Entreprenuer, Owner of the Dallas Mavericks	Member of this ICO only	—