http://hudsonjameson.com/tags/chainlink/ Recent content in Chainlink on Hudson Jameson’s Website and Blog http://hudsonjameson.com/images/papermod-cover.png http://hudsonjameson.com/images/papermod-cover.png Hugo en Hudson Jameson Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://hudsonjameson.com/posts/2017-08-06-advising-status-smartcontract/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://hudsonjameson.com/posts/2017-08-06-advising-status-smartcontract/ <p>I was inspired by <a href="https://twitter.com/zooko/">Zooko Wilcox&rsquo;s</a> blog posts that detail why he is advising <a href="https://medium.com/@zooko/why-im-advising-the-basic-attention-token-bat-team-7ac47d70da02">Basic Attention Token (BAT)</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@zooko/why-im-advising-tezos-a8e04ec1d0d4">Tezos</a> to write a post on my official advising roles in the blockchain community.</p> <p>I have agreed to serve as an advisor to the Status team and SmartContract.com team. This blog post is to explain their projects and state why I’m agreeing to advise them.</p> <h2 id="statusim"><a href="https://status.im/">Status.im</a></h2> <h3 id="what-is-it">What is it?</h3> <p>Status is <a href="https://blog.status.im/introducing-status-ethereum-918b1447274">a mobile Ethereum OS</a> that manifest itself as a mobile app for iOS and Android. It is a gateway to access Ethereum Dapps (decentralized applications) on a smartphone, an encrypted message service, and is attempting to build a network of community powered services as part of the &ldquo;Status Network&rdquo;. Status recently held a token distribution for the &ldquo;Status Network Token (SNT)&rdquo;. SNT tokens are used as a utility to power the Status client with services including governance of the Status client, participation in a Fiat-to-crypto ‘Teller Network’, A Decentralized Push Notification Market, and more. <a href="https://blog.status.im/announcing-the-status-network-c6dd18e770e">Click here for a blog that explains their vision</a>.</p>