Blockchains are quickly becoming the modern equivalent of what apps were to smartphones when they took off a decade ago. There’s a blockchain for everything - from cloud storage (Siacoin) to identity verification (Civic). But the original point of Bitcoin, the very cryptocurrency was to overturn the traditional banking system. An interestingly named token - Bread, is here to bring us back on track for this original goal. Bread technology intends to reinvent and revolutionize banking as we know it. By building a blockchain synced, Bitcoin-based wallet, the idea here is to decentralise banking and make it accessible to everyone. With a blockchain connected, easy to use Bitcoin wallet, Bread makes it easy for you to transition to a truly decentralised banking service.It also provides portfolio management tools to offer a comprehensive banking experience. Purchases made using its BRD token attract loyalty points and rewards, giving customers another lucrative reason to use the Bread wallet app. Bread was officially launched in 2014 itself and even raised VC funding to the tune of $7 million in August 2017. It then went the ICO route in December 2017, where it made available 88 million BRD tokens. $32 million was raised in the price, with BRD being valued at the rate of 900 for every 1 ETH at the time. As of June 2018, just over 6 months later, its value had fallen to above 1600 for every 1 ETH. A decentralised banking system was Bitcoin’s original vision that is either taking too long to fruition, or we’ve become an impatient audience. Whatever the case, Bread wants to accelerate the transition. A significant decision the Bread team took was to introduce the BRD token - which, with its cheap rates and loyalty/discount offerings, may emerge as the primary incentive for users joining the platform. If this is indeed the case, expect a spike in the value of the BRD cryptocurrency, something investors right now would be eyeing closely. Having said that, its fall in value since the ICO is certainly a cause for concern, and investors are advised to do their research and analyse before taking decisions.
Med Chain aims to create a new trading lifestyle of C2M through the decentralization, non-tamperable and traceability of blockchain, combined with the actual situation of the e-commerce industry, reducing the transaction cost of consumers and improving the production efficiency of manufacturers. Globalized peer-to-peer trading is integrated into every aspect of life, and everyone can trade and everything can be traded. Peer-to-peer trading lifestyle: Med Chain expects to popularize C2M trading models into people's daily lives through blockchain technology, open up trust barriers between consumers and manufacturers, reduce trust costs, and achieve peer-to-peer customized e-commerce transactions. Global e-commerce bottom-level public chain: Med Chain expects to use POS and DPOS consensus mechanism to establish a global e-commerce transaction public chain, establish a transaction credit system based on blockchain technology, product copyright traceability system, intelligent payment system, and transaction after-sales arbitration system. The open data system is open to global developers, allowing blockchain technology to serve all walks of life in e-commerce.