Hi Steemers,
I wanted to remind you that APPICS will launch the first public ICO on the Steem-Blockchain on March 28, 2018.
This is really exciting news for the whole Steem ecosystem and the beginning of a new era of SMT (Smart Media Tokens) that will be developed on the Steem-Blockchain.
So what is APPICS and why is it different to Steemit.com?
- APPICS is more focused on video and picture content like e.g. Instagram
- APPICS will be more focused on well-known influencers from different kinds of fields e.g. lifestyle, music, film, fashion..
- APPICS will have an intuitive and easy to navigate User-interface
- APPICS will have a different kind of rating system for better visibility for relevant content
- APPICS will have moderators in each category who will function as supervisors to keep the ecosystem in balance
- APPICS will have the same reward system as Steemit where you get paid for creating content, voting and participating
- APPICS will develop its own Service/ Product based ecosystem where Influencers have the ability to promote their merchandise in exchange for XRP tokens.
The Pre-Sale campaign which started in December 2017 is already over. On March 28, 2018, the main public sale will take place in four rounds. You can purchase XRP Tokens with ETH, BTC, BCH, LTC, Steem and SBD.
There will be only 120 mio. coins for sale of a total coin supply of 240 mio.
Here is the link to the ICO page APPICS-ICO
The Token Sale will be hosted on the Ethereum Blockchain in order to distribute the XRP Tokens. Later on, when the main Application will be launched they will switch the Ethereum Tokens to the new Steemit Blockchain SMT Token system. This is important to understand since the development of the SMT-Toolkits is still ongoing.
Unfortunately, US-Residents are excluded from the Token Sale.
There is a bounty program in which you can take part to receive XRP Tokens Bounty
All of the major Social-Media platforms like, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, Reddit and Steemit are included in the bounty program. Just link your profile to your APPICS User Account.
APPICS has a great Team and many of the founders and team members can be found on Steemit, come and check them out 
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According to the Roadmap, the launch of the final product will be in Q3 2018.
Check out there Facebook, Twitter, Telegram and Instagram Accounts for more up-to-date news.
Finally, I would like to say that I'm pretty excited about this great ICO that is coming to the Steemit-Blockchain. This is a great opportunity for everybody to get involved in the early stages of a great Social-Media-Platform.
Please share your comments, ideas and questions.
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