OST KIT Alpha III: Embedded Wallet-Lite challenge has been underway for three weeks now, which started out with over 200 developer teams from nearly 50 countries. A little over 120 teams are still in the running, integrating the OST Ledger and Balance APIs into their platforms.

https://goo.gl/K9Mz3Z

We just published the first video in a series coming from our Blockchain x Mainstream session at Betaworks in New York: “The Benefits of Tokenization – An Unsplash Case Study”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBJFD2yvfWg

Asia Tech Podcast with OST Co-Founder & COO Chris Dark:

The internet itself only began to expand rapidly when tools got built for the deployment of its services and protocols…without those tools, building the web into the vibrant ecosystem that it is today would have been impossible.

With that in mind, OST is building those tools for the blockchain based economy. OST Kit, OST View and OST KYC are the core of a system meant to power the expansion and mass adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrency and to seamlessly enable business tokenization.

https://soundcloud.com/user-395457231-620858131/asian-blockchain-podcast-episode-29-cco-dr-chris-dark-ost-disruptive-technologies-seem-crazy

https://michaelwaitzepresents.com/2018/08/06/dr-chris-dark-cco-ost-disruptive-technologies-seem-crazy/

Today OST will be listed on the one of the biggest South Korea exchange UpBit. More information (in Korean):
https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=495

We are pleased to announce that as of Tuesday 7 August 2018, OST will be listed for purchase on Upbit, one of South Korea’s largest exchanges.
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-to-be-listed-on-south-koreas-upbit-exchange-2ab13a9cc109

Final Week of OST KIT Alpha III: POC Submission Form is Now Open.

With the third Alpha challenge now in its last week, we’d like to remind all developers of the deadline to submit their final Proofs of Concept: Friday 10 August 2018 at 1pm UTC.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/final-week-of-ost-kit-alpha-iii-poc-submission-form-is-now-open-26f90653427f

OST Co-Founder & COO Chris Dark just published a Medium blog:
Blockchain Tokens vs. Points Programs — 9 reasons why companies and customers should care

One of the clearest use cases for blockchain tokens is as a replacement to the points systems used in loyalty programs worldwide.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/blockchain-tokens-vs-points-programs-9-reasons-why-companies-and-customers-should-care-e18ef29135e6

OST Alpha III enabled developer teams to integrate OST-powered Branded Tokens into their apps using the OST KIT APIs & SDKs, and introduced the first wallet features. More than 90 teams from 50+ countries successfully completed the Alpha III challenge. A BIG THANK YOU to all the developers!

Each team will receive 75,000 OST tokens for completing the challenge. The 8 “Best of OST Alpha” teams will earn 250,000 additional OST tokens. 3 of the “Best of” projects will be chosen through community voting.

Read more on Medium:
https://goo.gl/kyozBv

Launching OST LIVE: A weekly show hosted by Jose Mota (formerly of Daily Crypto) on blockchain economies and technologies

Series begins Wednesday 22nd August 2018, live on YouTube.

Read more on Medium:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/launching-ost-live-a-weekly-show-hosted-by-jose-mota-formerly-of-daily-crypto-on-blockchain-15bd291693a7

From ICO Purchasers to Token Utility

Many of the developers participating in OST alphas have been with OST from the beginning, as participants in the Simple Token ICO last year. So far we have discovered more than a dozen ICO purchasers who are already developing on OST. Today these developers are staking OST-a on testnet to power their Branded Token integrations. Soon they will stake OST on mainnet.

Today we are honored to turn the spotlight on four such developers who purchased in the Simple Token ICO & have gone on to develop on OST: They are OST Community Heroes.

Read more on Medium: https://goo.gl/GTRijv

Best of Alpha III Community Vote: New Round

While we are thrilled to see so many people participate in the voting, we noticed some projects received an unrealistic amount of votes compared to the number of video views on YouTube.

We decided to reset all the votes and to organize a new round of voting, meaning all projects will start with zero votes to ensure each Alpha III projects gets a fair chance with the new voting method - Facebook Login and Captcha.

The new Best of Alpha III Community Vote starts today at 3 pm UTC and will run until Friday 24 August 2018, 1 pm UTC.

Read more on Medium:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/best-of-ost-kit-alpha-iii-community-vote-new-round-d71bea5e8d53

OST LIVE Agenda - Episode 001

This episode will introduce the new OST LIVE video and podcast series and provide a high level update on the project, the recently released roadmap, and perspective on the blockchain market. Technical details will be discussed more in-depth on the following episode with Ben.

Here's the direct link to the OST LIVE Podcast, starting in fifty minutes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yreYVlV-f2s

Please tune in - it is live now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yreYVlV-f2s

OST LIVE Episode 1 Recap: What is Simple Token (OST)? An Overview With CEO Jason Goldberg

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-live-episode-1-recap-what-is-simple-token-ost-an-overview-with-ceo-jason-goldberg-6419f2f18236

Join our YouTube Live series on Wednesday 29 August 2018. Ben Bollen, OST’s Chief Blockchain Strategist will be joining us on the next episode of OST LIVE to discuss OpenST Mosaic, a protocol for scaling DApps on Ethereum to thousands of transactions per second.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/chief-blockchain-strategist-ben-bollen-to-discuss-openst-mosaic-on-ost-live-cb2c348e0327

Upcoming Events: Scaling Blockchain Economies to Thousands of Transactions Per Second

28 August 2018, Berlin — OST Chief Blockchain Strategist Benjamin Bollen discusses progress on OpenST 0.9.4 and OpenST Mosaic at the Berlin Ethereum Meetup. OpenST Mosaic is a protocol for running meta-blockchains on Ethereum to scale to thousands of transactions per second.

29 August 2018, Berlin — OST LIVE Podcast with Benjamin about OpenST Mosaic & Solving Ethereum’s scalability challenges.

6 September 2018, Berlin — Berlin Blockchain Week: OST & Ocean Token Engineering workshop. Benjamin Bollen and OST Director of Blockchain Strategy Consultancy Mohit Anand will co-host a workshop with the Ocean Protocol team about the best ways to design and engineer token economies.

7 September 2018, Berlin — Ben presents OpenST Mosaic at ETH Berlin.

13 September 2018, South Korea — Jason and Ben present on “scaling blockchain economies to thousands of transactions per second” at the Upbit Developer Conference.

14 September, 2018, South Korea — Jason and Ben present on “scaling blockchain economies to thousands of transactions per second” at HASHED.

Find more details on Medium:
https://medium.com/ostdotcom/upcoming-events-scaling-blockchain-economies-to-thousands-of-transactions-per-second-652367c385cf

People of OST: Mohit Anand, Director of Blockchain Strategy Consulting

Mohit Anand is Director of Blockchain Strategy Consulting at OST. He holds a Master in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Master in International Studies from the National University of Singapore, and a BA in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Before joining OST, Mohit co-founded two cleantech consultancies and led projects with international companies and investors.

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/people-of-ost-mohit-anand-director-of-blockchain-strategy-consulting-450f18e9e89a

OST Chief Blockchain Strategist Benjamin Bollen is going to present OpenST Mosaic - Running meta-blockchains on Ethereum to build token economies at tonight's Berlin Ethereum Meetup.

Tune in:
https://media.livepeer.org/channels/0x0ddb225031ccb58ff42866f82d907f7766899014

OST LIVE #003: Scaling DApps on Ethereum to Thousands of Transactions Per Second

This episode will introduce OpenST and Mosaic, a protocol for scaling DApps on Ethereum to thousands of transactions per second. Ben Bollen, Co-Founder and Chief Blockchain Strategist at OST discusses OST’s recent work on OpenST and Mosaic.

The episode will be live in less than one hour:
https://youtu.be/4fYAHjt-a-I

And we’re live!
https://youtu.be/4fYAHjt-a-I

OST LIVE #003 Recap: Ben Bollen, Chief Blockchain Strategist at OST Discusses OpenST Mosaic, A Protocol For Scaling DApps on Ethereum

https://medium.com/ostdotcom/ost-live-003-recap-ben-bollen-chief-blockchain-strategist-at-ost-discusses-openst-mosaic-a-92d6d74f8b17