Powerful Medical in Bratislava, Slovakia and the Cardiovascular Center in OLV Hospital Aalst, Belgium are pleased to announce the collaboration in developing artificial intelligence based clinical tools for the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases.

Heart failure and cardiac arrhythmias represent a growing healthcare problem. Their increasing complexity pose a challenge for the clinical practice while driving up the social and economic burden. This partnership between an international leader in cardiology and a dynamic medical research and software company creates a fertile ground for developing precise and patient-personalised “point-of-care” solutions enabling the efficient clinical management.

The Cardiovascular Center Aalst is an international leader of clinical excellence in cardiovascular care. The Center’s drive for innovation yielded groundbreaking advances in diagnosis and management of patients across the entire spectrum of cardiac diseases.

Powerful Medical is a fast-growing company developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based healthcare solutions. With a global network of partners, the strong team is driven by passion to address the growing unmet demand for personalised patient care of complex diseases, utilising the most innovative technologies.

“Sharing a vision of bring cutting-edge technological advancements to medicine, we are thrilled to work with professionals from the industry and leading clinical centres. We consider the Cardiovascular Center in Aalst a strong strategic partner for the development and launch of state-of-the-art products.”
Robert Herman, CEO of Powerful Medical

In a joint project, both partners are exploring the use of AI and ML in the risk stratification of heart failure patients, ECG pattern recognition and prediction of recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.

“In our mission to swiftly translate most recent knowledge into daily practice, we look forward to work with Powerful Medical on refining the clinical care by using AI-based approaches. We are confident that our collaboration will foster the development of new personalised strategies to optimise the care of our patients in addition to existing standards of care“
Jozef Bartunek, Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center, Aalst.

We truly believe that our technological capabilities and resources, along with the data and medical expertise of our new partners, will yield a fruitful and long lasting cooperation!

Powerful Medical is a research company developing healthcare solutions for practitioners and hospitals.

Using artificial intelligence, machine learning and innovative software, our main goal is to bring more efficiency and precision into medicine.

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Get in touch: robert@powerful.digital

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Since the 1950s, 12-lead electrocardiograms remain a non-invasive gold standard tool for diagnosing and assessing a variety of cardiovascular diseases, such as arrhythmias, heart attacks or heart conduction abnormalities.

Before establishing a definitive diagnosis, doctors follow a systematic approach consisting of the following parameters:

• Rate
• Rhythm
• Axis
• Waves (P/QRS/T)
• Intervals and durations (PR-QT-ST)
• Signs of ischemia

Based on insights gained from these parameters, experienced cardiologists can determine a correct diagnosis from an ECG recording.

Most of today’s industry standard ECG machines are equipped with the Marquette™ 12SL analysis algorithm by GE Healthcare, which should, in theory, help doctors with the interpretation of ECG recordings. Developed in 1980s, the algorithm is based purely on handcrafted mathematical calculations.

Due to low predictive capabilities of the Marquette™ 12SL algorithm, doctors don’t tend to trust interpretations provided by ECG machines.

Our convolutional neural network for ECG interpretation

Doctors use the systematic approach for ECG interpretation rather than just jumping to a conclusive diagnosis. We have followed the same method. As most of the parameters can be calculated from the three distinct waves of an ECG recording, we started by developing an algorithm for the detection of the beginnings and ends of P-waves, QRS-complexes and T-waves.

For the development of this algorithm we used the INCART-DB (one of the publicly available databases provided by MIT) together with a database sample provided by our partner Atrys Health, which was priorly digitized using our state-of-the-art digitization system.

But first… We needed some training data — a simple python-built GUI should suffice!

Using the custom-built python GUI we managed to quickly label data from our two datasets and assign five classes to all the segments of our available ECG signals:

• None: Marking the segment of a signal where there is no distinct wave present.
• P-wave: Marking the beginning and the end of a P-wave.
• QRS-complex: Marking the beginning and the end of a QRS-complex.
• T-wave: Marking the beginning and the end of a T-wave.
• Extrasystole: Marking the beginning and the end of premature heart beats.

After annotating roughly 50 samples, we trained our first model to accelerate the annotation process!

As seen in the picture above, the version 2.0 of our ECG annotation GUI already actively provided predictions from our AI-model. This allowed us to annotate ECG samples 3x faster.

Several days later and exactly 399 unique ECG leads in, it was time for a hyperparameter search!

Hyperparameters are defining the overall architecture of the prediction model and training procedure. In order to find the ideal combination of the hyperparameters we trained over 900 model practising both the systematic parameter adjustment and pseudo random trials. We have honoured the best practices of machine learning and throughout the search we kept the data divided into a training, validation and testing set.

Looking at the performance

Quick recap — we have used signals from two 12-lead ECG databases and assigned one of five different classes to each point of each ECG signal. Next we trained a convolutional neural network (CNN) to automate the labeling process and generate ECG interpretations on new ECG samples.

Our labeled dataset in numbers:

• 84 unique patients
• 399 ECG leads (containing one of the twelve ECG leads: I, II, III, aVF, aVL, aVR, V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6)
• 102 minutes of ECG recordings

In the pre-processing phase, we adjusted sampling frequencies amongst the ECG signals in the two databases and proceeded with splitting the samples into a training, testing and validation set. In an effort to limit bias, we have split the ECG samples according to ECG leads so that ECG leads of a specific patient would only be present in one set.

The final datasets used were:

• Training set (80%): 290 leads amounting to 72.19 minutes of ECG signals
• Testing set (10%): 54 leads amounting to 16.19 minutes of ECG signals
• Validation set (10%): 55 leads amounting to 13.73 minutes of ECG signals

The leads of some patients were removed in the data labeling stage due to too much noise.

Training on just 72 minutes of ECG signals, we developed an AI-based algorithm to detect P-waves, QRS-complexes and T-waves used in ECG interpretation and diagnosis!

For all you data scientists and statistics lovers, here are confusion matrices of our currently best performing model:

Powerful Medical is a research company developing healthcare solutions for practitioners and hospitals.

Using artificial intelligence, machine learning and innovative software, our main goal is to bring more efficiency and precision into medicine.

Get in touch: robert@powerful.digital

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As you already know, we care about updating our community and hearing everyones input. That is why we’re holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) that takes place on a monthly basis regarding different topics. The seventh session took place On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 14:00 CET in our Telegram group.

Q1: I got a question; can we make the daily limit higher for people holding 100k-250–500k Bethereum? (asked by jassies)

Giacomo: What a start! Would be quite difficult to differentiate, and also a bit unfair. Although I completely understand the question and of course we do have the biggest respect for our holders…

Q2: Are you in contact with betting companies outside of crypto? (asked by @stef_nk25)

Giacomo: We have been, but with little traction. I come from the telco business (mostly). It’s a bit like being WhatsApp or Viber and going to established Telco’s and telling them this is the future of their business. Established operators are hard to move. But we do believe that this will become a more relevant avenue once we have a commercial platform.

Q3: Next can you let us pay for skins? I have a lot of good ones in mind? (asked by jassies)

Giacomo: This was always planned. Just, we made the game to be as accessible as possible to everyone, without in-app purchases. I mentioned earlier on that right now we really have to focus on developing the backend and blockchain part of the platform… but once we will get back to bether-io, we will progress it in gameplay and options, and this is certainly a very likely addition.

Q4: If I have a friend in Europe and I am in the states can we play together when both rooms are playing? (asked by Tom KL)

Giacomo: Not now, because you only get the option to join an alternative server in case there are not enough players on yours. But I don’t think it’s a good idea to give that option. For players like you (honest), it’s a great way to play with friends. Problem is, not so honest players would use it to team up…

Q5: What is known about the license? (asked by @Mario778)

Giacomo: What we mentioned before. We have already done due diligence, the platform’s architecture is moving in the direction of the license requirements (very tough, i can tell you), and we’re waiting for the MGA crypto sandbox framework phase 2 to be announced (they are a bit late). Meanwhile, we prepare the platform for that.

Q6: What about KYC, will it be soon? (asked by @Gigateg)

Giacomo: Not soon. But the bounty hunter abuse we saw on Bethereum made it clear that we really must bring KYC forward. The commercial solution will have it for sure. We have to look at what solution to integrate, so we can keep the user friendliness and intuitiveness Bethereum is known for, and the approval times to as short as possible.

Q7: Do you intend you use the Bethereum name when you go live? Imo is a good name as a service provider, but as an operator it’s hard to say/remember (asked by @Ashcoins)

Giacomo: You caught me on a difficult topic, Ash. I think the name Bethereum is an interesting name, especially at the time it was created. But personally, as a marketer, I wouldn’t go for names that include any technology or location or anything else that may get you stuck to a certain solution. Anyway, we can always have the company name stay what it is and use brand names for our services. We’ll see…

Q8: Many of the telegram channels of competitors are not active. Do you keep track of the competition? (asked by @DC_windari)

A: Yes, absolutely. Roy is instrumental in this. One year ago we were tracking about 80 competitors (direct or indirect, e.g. online casinos) capturing all kind of metrics and checking all their public versions. We still do this, but the list of competitors which is still active is maybe less than 15… And the ones that are still delivering much less. It was a hard year for anyone in crypto…

Q9, 10, and 11: how long till Wallet release? About betting license do you have any deadline and Also about SDK what progress have you made (asked by @alextsiling)

Giacomo:

1. Although we have the Bethereum wallet in the WP, we realised it is actually not needed under the main net + sidechain solution we’re working on (there would be no advantage). So you can consider the system used in bether-io as a minimum viable product for the way we will interact with the blockchain (of course there is much more to do, including a block explorer for transactions which are off chain and boosting decentralisation a bit more).
2. No strict deadline…our hope is to be commercially ready at the start of next year (it also depends on when MGA opens up the sandbox phase 2, which is the one we would apply to). Anyway launching in Q4 would be extremely expensive in terms of paid UA. Meanwhile, we have the token on bether-io and we’ve actually received a number of requests by other game producers to be part of our platform,
3. First we wanted to show (the world) we can have blockchain games on the platform. Then we will work on backend / blockchain. Then SDK. I know everybody is impatient but if you look at the “real world” just esports skill-based platforms (without betting and blockchain) take years to develop and cost various millions. We are as fast as we can!

Q12: What’s the next step for bether-io? (asked by @Tsutsu25)

Giacomo: Now we had to make some strong restrictions, which limit the number of players. It’s not great, Iknow, but the game became too popular with bounty hunters and we can’t have that. We have to take a bit of a pause on the game, and when we have time we will bring it to the next level.

Q13: Are you planning to only select some matches from each sport like the contests or will you open it up to all matches in most sports? (asked by @Ashcoins)

Giacomo: We plan to keep selecting matches. The thing is — when you look at the betting landscape, you find every site looking the same: complex and overwhelming. And more is not always less. In fact, in marketing you could say that having too much choice can bring choice anxiety (“did i really buy what I wanted to?”). That’s why apple never made you 100 phone types or notebooks to choose from. Betting operators keep adding matches, and choices, and all that…and 90% of the bets still take place on the recommended bets and the basic options. We strived from the start to simplify betting, and give you an intuitive experience. Choosing the matches to help you navigate the experience is part of this philosophy. Also, it’s an important element in social betting (you need to have enough liquidity in each bet). However, we would like to add more possibilities for players to vote for the next matches to include…and we don’t exclude that in future we will have more matches than now. Once we have a lot of players, then it will also be desirable to create a personalised engine. So that we can recommend to you matches that fit your profile, and may be different from other players (if you love to bet on football, you’ll be shown football matches first).

Q14: Will we have more fan art competitions or like BethereumAnywhere? (asked by @hendriwahyudi1768)

Giacomo: We always strive to keep you engaged and entertained. So, I believe we’ll think of something. By the way thank you for the many super photos you submitted for #BethereumAnywhere. Can’t wait to see who the community will vote as the final 3 winners!

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Q15: When Bether will start the trading on Eterbase? (asked by @Riduankhan)

Giacomo: They have already started “beta testing” — I have to double check how that is going and when they are expecting a full launch. Let me get back to you on this.

Q16: Are you planning to run competition for Bether-io. something like each player deposit a certain amount and top 20 wins the jackpot? (asked by @bandith121)

Giacomo: Yes, this would be definitely one of the improvements (don’t ask for details as this hasn’t been designed yet, but it was always planned). We started with as simple a model as possible, but the improvements we can make on the game are a lot. Just, please, be patient, now we have to work on something else.

Q17: What’s with the token? when will we see the moon? (asked by @ramilshakirov)

Giacomo: We don’t speculate on token price, we do the best we can to deliver a project with solid business fundamentals (check before what has happened to that 90% of “competitor” projects who maybe even worked on something, but didn’t bring it out. And we hope this will keep us in the list of winners, with benefits for all.

Q18: Is the current wallet pushing purchases onto the exchanges? (asked by @turbojenks)

Giacomo: No… but maybe rephrase the question, in case I haven’t understood it properly. The current “wallet” is actually a smart contract that automatically exchanges ETH for Bether if you make a purchase in ETH.

Q19: Will you have more prizes like the T-shirts? and will it be possible to buy merchandise of Bethereum using Bether? (asked by @Riana554)

Giacomo: Hi Riana, we will think of something. I am very glad you guys enjoyed this very unique present. Going to post a picture now, also to celebrate the eSports cup winners (great job, guys!). We’re not in the business of selling merchandise (let us get a bit bigger for that ;). But it’s great to hear that our Bethereans want to dress the part!

Q20: Do we have any update about the situation with Coinbene? will we be able to use it soon? (asked by @Fida77223)

Giacomo: it’s very hard to communicate with this exchange (we have a much better, direct channel to CoinTiger). The benefits of “decentralisation” :D We keep getting reassured they will reopen WDs on Bether, and i know they took some steps in that direction…but beats me when they actually execute. I can only apologise for this, but we can’t control it as much as we would.

Q21: Will we have the normal claiming process for the tokens. Will I have two of those in case I won two rounds? (asked by @KelvinG1)

Giacomo: Yes. We’re keeping track of all winners. Mind that first we will run checks for duplicate accounts (and disqualify players that abused the rules). But we’ll distribute all round winnings to players. So, if you win twice, great job!

Q22: It is really great that we can already use Metamask and inner wallet. Can you talk about the Bethereum Wallet more? (Asked by @Miwing)

Giacomo: Hi Miwing, as i was writing before, we thought we’d need a wallet but actually don’t. As you can see, the process for depositing is very user-friendly and we give the option of using both a manual deposit and metamask. The wallet to have is basically whatever favourite wallet you already use (that’s why we don’t need to make a proprietary version). And when you deposit, you get a unique smart contract that takes care of your deposit.

Q23: We have a Bethereum app phone in the future? (asked by @Kinakuunta)

Giacomo: We decided long ago not to make native iOS or Android app. They would be extremely difficult to have on the app stores, and we think we’ve “mastered” the web-based version so it looks and feels like a native app on mobile. The advantage is also that people can start playing with Bethereum right away, without having to download anything. Also, if we find a bug or want to make an improvement, with web client we can deploy a new version right away, without having to wait days for store approvals (Apple).

Q24: Will there be a reward for the first round if you lost in the second round? but won in the first round? (asked by @ramilshakirov)

Giacomo: Ehm…no :) You get the reward for each round separately. BUT if you are in the top 3000 players in the second round, you will also get into a prize draw, with an extraction of 100 prizes of 10000 Bether and one grand prize of half a million Bether (which will be distributed over 3 tranches).

Q25: What people do you plan to hire next? developers, game builders (asked by @Williamsmito)

Giacomo: We already have a great team but yes, every company that scales needs more people. Unfortunately, great people are not free ;) and we have to be conscious of budgets. But what i can tell you is that if we can afford it, I am already in touch with an absolutely super guy who really likes what we’re doing and would be excited to join. He’s a senior product manager and possibly the best monetisation expert i know from mobile gaming. He also had good know how of betting and analytics. And a lot of contacts that he could also bring in.

Q26: When exactly Bether be listed on ETERBASE? and next other exchange, sir? (asked by @HenryBill)

Giacomo: About Eterbase, we just got an update. They are moving to main net around the end of next week, with a planned public launch of 17 June. Now, take this date with a grain of salt, it’s not easy to launch a platform of that complexity…but at least the message is that the wait is not long anymore!

Q27: What if the live broadcast shows also air on gaming? (asked by @Rofiiudiin)

Giacomo: Ah. We already have live video streaming during eSPORTS matches. On most sport matches, we use a live match tracker…it’s an animation showing you all the important events happening in the match. We don’t plan live streaming for sports. For one thing, it’s incredibly expensive to get the rights. But also, research shows that bettors actually prefer the live match trackers, they are clearer to follow the action. And once (in future) we will have live betting, these elements will become super important. Imagine the possibility of betting which team is going to score the next kill in a counterstrike match :)

Q28: how u plan to scale your business, what work u do toward marketing influencers? (asked by @alextsiling)

Giacomo: Marketing influencers will play a key role once we soft launch the platform. Particularly in eSports, solid streamers can gather a significant audience. Mind, they don’t do it for free. The go-to-market strategy will be finalised before we soft launch. In terms of crypto marketing influencers, that ship has sailed.

Q29: Any plans to add anything or change anything with the existing loyalty program? (asked by @ChinaBitCoin8)

Giacomo: We haven’t thought about this… so far it seems to work, there are many things to do, and while important, the loyalty program is not part of the core business. Our focus needs to be on developing the platform now.

Q30: Will you do something with the photos from the #BethereumAnywhere? (asked by @RatnaSarum66)

Giacomo: Well first of all we will post the best photos (as voted by the community) everywhere. And since you guys put all this effort into them, we’ll need to find something else to do with them. It’s absolutely great to see the application we all use in front of so many international and varied backgrounds. Do you have any suggestions?

Q31: Are you thinking on making a Bethereum subscription which will give you the option to bet on more matches or give you any additional features? (asked by @Fadlidzon)

Giacomo: We have A LOT of features planned. In fact, what I’d really like to bring to the game is multi-match bets with a jackpot. Really great for what they call “rags to riches” models. Imagine for example paying 500 Bether to join this game, betting on 6 matches. Lots of other players would do as well. And after the matches end, the jackpot would be split among all those who got 6 match results right (or 5 if nobody gets 6). Could be great fun, and give the potential to gain a big payout with a small fee.

Q32: how well funded is Bethereum, do u have enough funds for next 2 years or so? (asked by @alextsiling)

Giacomo: A difficult question, but one I don’t want to evade. This crypto winter has been tough on every project (even the ones that raised 20–30 million sometimes disappeared, for whatever reason. And we didn’t raise 20 million :). We’ve been doing all possible sacrifices to keep run rate to the minimum — and our costs are already very low (even the choice of office…anything to save money). Budgets are tight. BUT we have the support of angel investors who can jump in to help, and more importantly, already for some time we’ve been engaging with larger investors for a cash injection in return for equity. There is strong progress in that direction, and I hope to be able to answer you positively soon. Until then, we save, work hard, and do more with less.

Alex commented: Excellent funding is very important even for best company in order to deliver what promised.

Giacomo: Well, everything being equal, that’s absolutely correct. It is a top priority for us. But at least we can be happy that the solution we have created resonates to investors, and that the support of this community shows that this is no empty project, but one that delivers and has a great following from engaged, active, passionate players. So, for that, really thank you.

This was an amazing session, thank you everyone for your great questions! We definitely want to keep you involved and truly value your feedback.

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Ask Me Anything (AMA) #9: May 2019 was originally published in Bethereum on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) is an electronic device that measures the electrical activity of a patient’s heart via probes (electrodes) that are attached directly to the patient’s limbs and chest. All electrical impulses generated in the heart can be measured by the ECG. This type of cardiac electrical measurement is one of the most common methods cardiologists use to evaluate patients. The resulting ECG graph conveys a large amount of information about the patient’s cardiovascular health. A trained clinician can use the graph to detect issues such as cardiac rhythm disturbances (atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia), inadequate coronary artery blood flow (myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction), and electrolyte disturbances (hypokalemia and hyperkalemia).

ECG machines have been in development since the late 19th century and entered widespread use by the late 1930s. Many advances have been made since then; in the understanding of the anatomic, pathological, electrophysiological, and genetic information underlying ECG findings; and in the clinical correlations of ECG abnormalities.

However, while advancements in research were made, there has not been a comprehensive updating of ECG standards and criteria since 1978.

The lack of standards inevitably lead to differences in ECG record formatting. The ECG devices we find in most modern hospitals today come from a variety of manufacturers, each with their own unique ECG format — making analysis, processing, and storage across multiple formats unnecessarily difficult and in some cases even impossible. Signal graphs recorded on devices with differently configured electrode ranges may appear misleadingly similar, patient information annotations vary, the devices may use different voltages, they can be either fully digitized or still rely on paper graphs and so on.

Most ECG manufacturers produce custom-branded software for doctors to view the ECG recording on a computer. However, this software doesn’t allow the extraction of data points, which is required for data analysis on a larger scale. Vague attempts at designing digitized formats have been made by some manufacturers, but these formats mostly ended up being discontinued or deprecated. In this chaotic system most hospitals and telemedicine companies opt for the less technological but more reliable ECG storage method: printing them out and storing them in archives.

Having ECG records stored on paper in hospital archives is rather inconvenient for further research and development. We faced this issue ourselves during the development of an application for the diagnosis and management of patients with atrial fibrillation. One of the incremental modules of the application is diagnosing atrial fibrillation based on ECG recordings.

This roadblock lead to the development of a full-fledged general ECG digitization system, which reconstructs the ECG curve directly from a scanned image of a printed record. Our system supports a wide range of non-signal files, including any image file format and even PDF files, converting them all into a single unified format of labeled data points.

The implications of bringing ECG records into the digital space are substantial. Creating vast datasets of labeled ECG records will allow unimpeded use of machine learning for any analysis or classification (potentially assisting doctors in the diagnostic process). It will open the data to further valuable research. There is also great demand for such a system in the healthcare sector simply for digitizing and storing their existing archived ECG records. Our software will allow them to process these various formats and offer insightful analysis.

Powerful Medical is a research company developing healthcare solutions for practitioners and hospitals.

Using artificial intelligence, machine learning and innovative software, our main goal is to bring more efficiency and precision into medicine.

Get in touch: robert@powerful.digital

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If your competing for 12 Million Bether tokens in prizes in our new Gaming Contest 2019, you might be wondering:

Whats the ETH wallet address pop-up window?

We’ve noticed that there were some people who missed the claiming periods for the prizes in our previous ontests. With the latest upgrades to our gaming platform we have also made this easier for you, however you now must fill out the ETH wallet address field to continue playing!

Here is a short, but in-depth article guiding you through the process of creating an Ethereum wallet address to continue competing for amazing prizes!

This is not the most secure way to create an ETH wallet address, however it’s the easiest method for beginning your Crypto ventures.

How to create an ETH wallet address

Step 1 — Go to MyEtherWallet

Go to https://www.myetherwallet.com/create-wallet and click through the short About MyEtherWallet instructions.

Step 2 — By Keystore File

Click on By Keystore File and enter a secure password (Don’t forget to remember or save your password somewhere as you will need this to unlock your wallet in the future). Click on Next → once you’re done.

Step 3 — Download Keystore file

Download your Keystore file and save this securely on your computer, don’t forget to remember where you’ve saved the file and the password you entered in Step 2, as you will be using both when accessing your wallet.

Step 4— Access your ETH wallet

Click on Access My Wallet in Step 3, or click on: https://www.myetherwallet.com/access-my-wallet. On the following screen you see, click on Software:

On the following screen Click on Keystore File and then Continue:

Upload your Keystore file and enter the password you entered when creating the wallet in Step 2, then click on Access wallet:

Access your ETH wallet and copy the wallet address using the Copy to Clipboard button marked as 2., in the screenshot below:

Step 5 — Link your ETH wallet address

You have now created and accessed your ETH wallet address and, please paste the ETH wallet address copied in Step 4 in the pop-up window on our Gaming Platform:

Congratulations, you’re now all set to compete and receive prizes from the Bethereum Gaming Contest!

Bethereum is a decentralised, social-betting platform based on Ethereum technology and Smart Contracts. Want to know more? Start here.

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Summary of the monthly AMA with the Bethereum core team

As you already know, we care about updating our community and hearing everyones input. That is why we‘re holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) that takes place on a monthly basis regarding different topics. The seventh session took place On Tuesday, February 27, 2019, 14:00 CET in our Telegram group.

This session was all about the updated eSports and new features coming in the next version of the Gaming platform and this is a summary of what we have discussed and shared with our community.

Spoiler alert: A lot of the new features were revealed.

eSports related

Kuba: New betting platform bring more options to bet? e.g. yellow cards, goals each player, etc

Giacomo: Not for sports. Our approach has always been not to bring every option but bring the most important content and the most popular bet types. It’s not just because in social betting we need enough people on each bet (type) but also because we consider it value-add to make a selection for you, giving you enough choice but helping with that choice as well. It’s a different positioning from standard betting operators…where you can bet on anything, but you’re often overwhelmed by…too much choice.

Winok: Can you tell more about the eSports: Is it just winner loser or did you pick up some of the other stuff, like u/o, number of kills, etc.?

Giacomo: So first let me share a couple of screens, then. Btw, what you’ll see today is based on UI templates… so don’t care about the content (e.g., bets that are repeated more times, scores, dates).

Most of this is already implemented and being tested. And even though you’ll mostly see screens from desktop today, all functionality is mobile-optimised and this time we will launch the new contest on both desktop and mobile at the same time. Exactly what you mention: Winner / Loser AND Over / Under on total number of kills. These are BY FAR the two most popular bets in eSports, from our research.

Winok responded: How cool is that!

Giacomo added: Very, and let me tell you — the live streams from Twitch add a really great element to the betting. You’ll be able to see the match you’re betting on, streamed live! (whenever available, but we’ll choose matches that have streams, as much as possible).

Talking of following matches live, this won’t be limited only to eSports! We’re implementing a live match tracker for sports as well (may not always be available, depends on the provider, but it should be there in most matches).

Let me show you a screenshot on that. This is for football (showing both the small screen version and the big screen one — you’ll be able to easily jump from one version to the other):

In the live match tracker for sports, you’ll see the most important actions taking place in REAL TIME, and also statistics on the match. This is the version for basketball:

Pleaderzazure: In the next competition what will happen to the old All-Time leaderboard from the Gaming Platform 1.0?

Giacomo: Because of technical and gameplay reasons we will reset the leaderboard (we have many improvements to the leaderboard in the new platform and a fresh restart works best). But we will most likely keep the leaderboard positions from the older betting game saved, so if you want to check it out, you will be able to.

Kuba: Next competition/platform testing will be the same rules like previous?

Giacomo: Rules will be similar, but we have a few changes:

1. Your starting point balance will be 4000 points.
2. Bet share and referrals will work slightly different (more of this later)
3. We will split the betting contest into two rounds, each of about 5 weeks.

So, you’ll be able to win prizes in round 1, then leaderboards will be reset for round 2, and all players will restart (doesn’t matter you didn’t do too well in round 1, you get a new chance to win!). Also, we’ll have time limited contests!

N K: Will you include the alliance into the new betting competition?

Giacomo: Not yet. We DEFINITELY plan to include alliances and reuse part of the work that was done for our contest in January, but there is really too much to develop now, so it’s not a top priority.

Talking of that, we want to launch the new Betting Contest in mid-March (exact date TBC), so we may decide to postpone some extra feature(s) based on that. What you also don’t see but took a lot of effort from the development team is a recording of part of our solution to be more performing, load faster, and improve real-time refresh / update of many site sections, e.g. the match scores. That many, means also some glitches at the start, but in the long run this was needed for future-proofing our platform.

Luka: On the screenshots you sent the game is actually going on and you can bet? I’m probably understanding it wrong, there shouldn’t be a ‘live bet’ element included in pool betting, right?

Giacomo: Live betting is for the future (it’s on our roadmap). For now, you’ll be able to “watch” the game, but bets will still have to be entered before the start of the game. However, as you point out, this live match tracker or the eSports live streamer is the basis for future live betting functionality.

Only the start, let me continue ;) Yes this will show you the winning multiplier you can expect on every game, AND whenever available, the odds in the market (what you see as results probability).

But you’ll be able to do more than that. Clicking on ODDS OVER TIME will show you how the social betting odds have evolved since players started to bet on the game.

This works well with the possibility to bet on multiple results, at different times. Say that at the beginning you like the odds for HOME…but then you see they changed quite a bit, you can still hedge your bets by choosing a new bet result.

In this image you also see that you’ll be able to compare odds within our platform and the market (bookmakers) but this feature will come later, now we have to finish more work for the next contest :).

Steven: Will I be able to change my bets in this competition?

Giacomo: Bet edit not yet implemented (yes, I know we owe you this), BUT you’ll be able to bet on more results for the same game. So, if you bet on home win and later on you decide to also bet on Draw, you’ll be able to do that):

This feature will work well with the new indications you’ll get by clicking on the info icon on current potential win.

It’s a bit hard right now for players to tell what influences their potential wins (in standard betting, it would be the odds set by betting operators). Now, clicking on the info icon on current potential win will show you how much you can get back from every bet, on any result you bet on.

Marshallow: Rewards and top places will be the same as during the last event?

Giacomo: No. it will be our biggest contest ever, split into two rounds, with the top 500 players receiving prizes in each round. And we’re also planning time-limited competitions (one or two, during the contest).

Let me tell you a bit about the time-limited competition by first showing another improvement that will be in the next betting game. Leaderboards will have much more functionality:

In itself this is maybe not so interesting (although you’ll be able to see how good you are on the leaderboard in eSports only, or in the last week), but it will allow us to run time-limited competitions.

Hendriwahyudi1768: Is it possible that in the coming competition can see the betting history on other user profiles such as in the previous world cup competition? Maybe this will be more transparent.

Giacomo: We haven’t included this feature but in future we plan for this AND also for the possibility of FOLLOWING other players, along with some indicators on how good the other players are / how risky their bets.

Ioannis: Can u disclose next competition reward model?

Giacomo: It will be similar to the previous betting game, but we’ll have a bit more emphasis on virality as well. So, more points for referring users (we calculated that referrals made up only 2% of the points bettors who referred people gained) and new modalities / variations on bet share. Still, by far and large the winners of the competition will be those who get the best results in bets.

Primarydumz: Do you think there will be interest in eSports on your betting platform? As I know only or mostly gamers know eSports.

Giacomo: Huge request, actually, from the community. eSports is growing very strong, especially among the young. But if you like sports betting, you’ll have it there as well. We plan for broad scope exactly to give you a choice.

eSports non-related

Kuba and Nik: Could you tell about progress with license? Work are faster than expected or dates are not changed?

Giacomo: We have already passed due diligence and are ready to submit the draft for the application, but please this AMA, about the new betting platform.

Winok: Will I be able to invite friend for a duel on the 1v1 games or is it random? Because that would trigger some of my passive buddy’s?

Giacomo: We’ve been talking about 1v1 betting for some time, but since then the team started to get really creative on what we want to bring you. It requires more work and preparation than the original 1v1 theme we had in mind (we never make it easy for ourselves…) but we’re planning some great stuff and I am sure you’ll be impressed. However, that’s not what we’re going to cover today — we’re still running proof of concepts and before we finish them, we won’t disclose the “winner” that will get to you!

Faisal: Can we create a gaming platform, with day and night modes for web appearance?

Martin: We’ve actually been considering this from the very start. I still remember the conversation we had with Giacomo and the team — betting works much better with dark modes. However, in the future, creating a light mode is possible. All of the code is pretty carefully written, so restyling shouldn’t be a problem down the line. For now, we’ll stick to those colors. However — eSports and Token Gaming will have their own “primary” color, so platform components are clearly distinguishable.

Marek: I will tell you that I was skeptical about this project because of the competition which is not small, but I have invested in ICO.

When can we expect a license? Currently, the majority of investors in ICO are on a large loss. In my opinion, only obtaining a license, and for this proving that the project is legal and will be able to enter markets where other projects cannot, will allow us to regain losses.

For clarity, I do not blame you for my losses

Giacomo: We track over 80 direct or indirect competitors and believe we’re more than well positioned. Yes, a license is very important, so no worries — we’re absolutely set on that. But getting a service licensed if it’s not appealing or usable won’t get you very far. With this new betting platform version, we’re ready to proceed to other areas of development (token-based betting) and to licensing.

We track the competition, we think there are good projects out there, with a different strategy or positioning compared to us, but we’re really not worried. There is enough space available for the top projects and we wish best of luck who those who work hard, because they deserve it — and we know it’s not easy to build a platform from scratch in a cutting edge tech space, with a crypto market that is not in their best shape. But we are confident we’re doing fine, and at least we know we have the strongest community support behind!

Ioannis: In what stage is the SDK development and when is the deadline?

Martin: Currently, we are in the process of development. For the upcoming months, we will support our own games that plug in to the SDK, to see the scope of what needs to be added. We’ve actually discussed it in detail yesterday — the time estimates from the devs. are also in, and I can tell you — looking good!

Miguel1Kaizer: Regarding License. Since you are in Europe you know that almost each country has it own law. If I’m Spanish I only can bet in Spanish sportsbooks that have license there, the same for France, UK, Germany, etc. How will you deal with this now and in the future if the project 🚀. Will you accept costumers from countries that doesn’t allow their citizens to “gamble” in sites that doesn’t have a license registered there?

Giacomo: We will always have the free to play model, as it’s legal in every country, allows us to build a strong player base and brand awareness. In countries where we will operate with a license, we will do it directly. In others we will partner or white-label the solution. White-labeling is an important part of our business model.

Miguel added: No one wants to play the free to play model regarding bets. As a sports betting bettor and trader, I don’t do this for free 😁.

Giacomo: We got 14000 players in our older betting game, with a version of the platform that was just at the start and zero paid marketing. Never say nobody or never :) Free to play bases are very important for monetisation as well, but i won’t get into this now.

Miguel1Kaizer: In the early stages, will you add liquidity to the markets in case some “pools” have heavy action only in 1 side, and the odds doesn’t match what the market is offering for the same game?

Giacomo: No we will not — but having bet edits available won’t make it so easy to run arbitrage, as in social betting the odds can change till the end, especially if you have (limited) bet edit capability.

Miguel1Kaizer: Why don’t you go after Europe first? Do you know around 300K people from all over the world play UEFA Fantasy games?

Giacomo: We are not excluding this at all. Initially anyway a soft launch is what is needed, in a tier 3 or tier 2 market. The US is tier 1, so we’d never start there. I just wanted to say that we do have it in mind as the end goal.

Andre: Do u think Bethereum will look to partner with any crypto casino?

Giacomo: We take all possible partnership into consideration but we want to make sure that any partner we engage with brings the same level of integrity, engagement, and transparency we adhere to. At the moment our plan is to bring a solid sport and eSports social betting sportsbook and integrate third-party games in an innovative way (that’s what we’re working on now, in addition to completing the platform for the upcoming betting game contest)

This was an amazing session, thank you everyone for your great questions! We definitely want to keep you involved and truly value your feedback.

Bethereum is a decentralised, social-betting platform based on Ethereum technology and Smart Contracts. Want to know more? Start here.

If you would like to ask us anything or interact with our forever growing community, join one of our Telegram groups in your language.

In addition, if you like what we are doing and would like to stay updated, signup for our newsletter.

Like what you see? Support the project and buy BETHER on Coinbene today!

Bethereum Team
Because life is a game

Ask Me Anything (AMA) #7: January 2019 — eSports and New features was originally published in Bethereum on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

As you already know, we care about updating our community and hearing everyones input. That is why we‘re holding an AMA (Ask Me Anything) that will take place on monthly basis regarding different topics. The second session took place On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 14:00 CET in our Telegram group.

This session was all about the updated development roadmap and this is a summary of what we have discussed and shared with our community. If you wish to join the next session, submit your questions ahead of time or join our telegram group!

Winok: Any plans with the members who keep betting? like a reward for the result or number of bets ?

Robert: Well, the new gaming contest is just around the corner, the guys are already working on the new features we’re going to be bringing in the next contest! I can say some of the features will be especially appealing to all the experienced bettors out there!

Liron: When are you going to start the 1 vs. 1 games?

Giacomo: We are now working on the design of the game (it’s a whole new approach), testing the blockchain core, while developers are busy with coding the new version of our platform, which will be used for a new contest in March.

Liron: What kind of games we will see? I would love to see darts, basketball, or Penalty shootout?

Robert: Right now we’re still in the process of finding ideal games, while the blockchain devs are working on the Smart Contracts (which is going great BTW! a lot more updates in the form of articles coming soon on this one). At the start we’ll have some simple skill-based games, we already found a great Connect Four client we’ll be able to use.

Aan and Dekleenen171: Any news or progress until now for the license you can share maybe?

Giacomo: We can share that we have already passed due diligence for the set-up, that the platform is being developed in accordance to the license guidelines, and that we continue to work on the documentation needed. We haven’t entered the application yet, as the framework is not yet public. We will keep informing you on this.

Dr. Pallen: Any updates regarding exchanges?

Giacomo: Starting in just a few days, Bether will be available on CoinTiger (BTC and USDT pairs) and IDEX (ETH).

You can read the full press release about new exchange listings and trading pairs here.

NK and Dwe mark: Can you share more of your marketing plans when the platform is ready?

Giacomo: Have to be a bit careful about confidentiality here, but let’s just say that we know we’ll always have a free-to-play platform similar to the betting game contests. This will be used to gain a large base, as organic as possible (meaning relying on viral marketing more than paid acquisition), in any area of the world where we believe it makes sense. For example, in the US — where sports betting is currently not legal in most states, but where betting is being gradually legalised (25 to 37 US states are expected to have legal sports betting by 2023). The free large base will give us strong brand awareness and reputation, and we can cross-promote to the paid version of the platform as we acquire betting licenses or partner with licensed operators. White-labeling of the solution is also very important to us, as it allows us to enjoy a significant gross revenue share without needing the marketing budget or license to enter a particular market.

Robert: To add to this, we’ve received a lot of pleasant Emails from Bethereum supporters running various Crypto channels! There are some guys bringing users to our platform on the regular basis. My plan for the next Gaming Contest is to unite these people and power it a bit more! It’s amazing to know that these people were doing this for us, without us even knowing until this point!

Giacomo added: Apart from bringing more exchanges (which will expose Bethereum to new people as well), we will focus on the new betting contest for marketing and PR, and also use it to boost attention on the token based 1v1 game (plan is to release not long after the betting game, as you see in the roadmap). A little possibly enthusiastic goal that I’d like to share with you: we hope the launch of the 1v1 token-based betting coupled with the (much) better betting contest and the expected greater interest will allow us to claim the prize as most adopted dApp on Ethereum in the world. Not a promise :) But our (realistic) ambition.

Hendry Hen: When do you think the market will recover?

Giacomo: We hope soon, as much as you do. But nobody really knows and we won’t guess. It is also an opportunity, not just a crisis… as only the best projects will survive and we plan to be in that group. But yes, we’d all be happy to see constant green numbers on crypto again.

Martin: I think any guess now is just a guess… In the long run, we’re very confident the whole crypto market will go up, but for now, hard to tell… Just today, BTC spiked 5% within 3 minutes.

Ramilshakirov: What do you think will be the course of Bethereum in a year?

Giacomo: Unfortunately I cannot answer this question. We do not give out price expectations or forecasting.

Prem243: Is the 1v1 games are like the world Cup competition?

Giacomo: The betting contest will be completely free — and we’ll always have this approach, so that we can get as many players as possible to experience our solution and enjoy it together. The 1v1 game will be free and we won’t take any commissions… but you’ll be betting Bether tokens against other players there, so it will be possible not just to win tokens… but also to lose them.

Belp Ti: The last few days the market cap Bether continues to decline, how do you react?

Robert: Actually, we’re by far not doing bad in the current market. There are projects out there which have been literally wiped to 0, as they failed to deliver on their plans. We’re focusing on delivering our solution and always informing our supportive community about updates — it’s what people love about us! We’re going to roll out with some cool stuff in the next 2 months and I’d be happy to answer this question again in that time!

Giacomo: We work as hard as we can, keep bringing new and improved services to the market, stay as close as possible to our community, and believe that this will pay off. Can’t comment much on price but it could be a lot worse (based on what has happened to other projects) and the reason why it isn’t is because we know you guys believe in us. So we do all possible to deserve this trust.

Budi Santoso: What will be the difference between the previous and the upcoming betting competition?

Giacomo: For one thing we’ll support eSports and as much as possible streaming of live matches (whenever available). In terms of new features, we’re adding a few really major improvements. For example, you’ll now be able to check various betting statistics that should help you significantly with your bet (all presented in usual user-friendly way you know we work with); You’ll be automatically notified of how your bets ended and the result, using a targeted engine to provide you with customised feedback. We will add live match tracker functionality…so you’ll be able to track all key events happening in a live match. Leaderboards will have filter functionality…so for example if you want to see how you did on eSports in the last week. you’ll be able to do so. And many other features and UX improvements. We will be able to tell you more as we get closer to the release date.

Santos San1: Don’t you go to more markets? Considering the token Bether in the future many need it?

Robert: Well we’re already going to be live on 3 more exchanges in the near future!

Pawel296: The serious downside of tokens is their price volatility. How you do protect players from sudden drops in the value of a token?

Robert: We’ve met a lot of bettors on the major conference tour we had back in 2018, the people weren’t too worried about the potential volatility of the token.

Giacomo: At the moment we don’t have this functionality planned. But should there be demand for it, I am sure it can be added as an optional feature (Imagine a checkbox “PROTECT FROM VOLATILITY”). All we’d have to do is to temporarily exchange the tokens on the bet for a stable coin, and change them back before the bet is paid. Players would not know exactly how many tokens they’ll get back if they win, but they would know that in (USD) value, the bet return is not influenced by token volatility. We can do it — but it’s all about priority. We’ll see how it will be in future.

N K: Who would you say is your biggest competitor?

Robert: There are a bunch of gaming / betting projects in the cryptocurrency space, however I wouldn’t even go as far as calling them our direct competitors. We’re really doing our unique spin on the whole betting and gaming process and I can’t say I’ve seen anything similar; yet alone on the blockchain.

Giacomo: A wise man once said that when you get in the ring you’re just fighting against yourself, and the guy in front of you is just in your way. Yeah ok you got me: Sylvester Stallone said that in the film Creed. But the message is true: we track the competition, we look at market, gaming, and betting development…but at the end we believe we have our way and that it will be enough to bring us to excellent results.

I think the easiest way is to google “Blockchain betting” — you’ll typically find us in the top couple of results…and the projects around that are more or less the most active direct competitors. But each of us has a different take on the market…for some it’s about creating the best protocol to enable others to run betting platform, for others is about creating a fully anonymous decentralised platform that doesn’t have to register a license anywhere…Without taking ANYTHING away from others’ strategies, we are practical: we want to create the most user-friendly, innovative, and engaging betting platform in the market, and root it on top of truly cutting edge Blockchain technology.

Will the full betting platform come this year?

Yes.

This was an amazing session, thank you everyone for your great questions! We definitely want to keep you involved and truly value your feedback.

Bethereum is a decentralised, social-betting platform based on Ethereum technology and Smart Contracts. Want to know more? Start here.

If you would like to ask us anything or interact with our forever growing community, join one of our Telegram groups in your language.

In addition, if you like what we are doing and would like to stay updated, signup for our newsletter.

Like what you see? Support the project and buy BETHER on Coinbene today!

Bethereum Team
Because life is a game

Ask Me Anything (AMA) #6: January 2019 was originally published in Bethereum on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

You’ve been asking for more exchanges and trading pairs for your Bether tokens. We are delighted to announce the upcoming listing on two more exchanges and support for BTC and USDT!

Starting in just a few days, Bether will be available on CoinTiger (BTC and USDT pairs) and IDEX (ETH).

Singapore-based CoinTiger is a successful TOP-30 exchange with 1.1 million users in over 40 countries. Key benefits include:

• Advanced trading functionality, incl. stop-limit and market orders, and full order book
• Low trading fees and withdrawal limits
• Limited support for FIAT withdrawal (USDT to USD service, in selected countries)
• Familiar trading interface with native iOS and Android mobile apps

Deposit for BETHER will be available at 16:00 on January 30, 2019 (UTC+8).
BETHER/BTC and BETHER/USDT trading pairs will be available at 18:00 on January 31, 2019 (UTC+8).
Withdrawal for BETHER will be available at 18:00 on January 31, 2019 (UTC+8).

IDEX needs no introduction, as the world’s best Ethereum-based decentralised exchange. IDEX combines the advantages of centralised exchanges (e.g., real-time trading and high transaction throughput) with the security and control of decentralisation.

Aimed largely at the most security-conscious traders, the exchange employs Smart Contracts, enabling users to manage their private keys and trade in a protected, peer-to-peer environment. IDEX also offers native support for Ledger Nano S and MetaMask.

Trading on IDEX will start at 2 PM GMT on January 31, 2019 (UTC+8)

New exchange listings and trading pairs was originally published in Bethereum on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

2018 has flown by, and if you’re a fan of cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based projects, you may believe that’s a good thing. It’s hard not to look at the price of market-leading projects, but price isn’t everything.

In terms of innovation and potential, 2018 was an amazing year for the blockchain, and a spectacular year for our community, sports fans, bettors, and the team here at Bethereum. We saw hundreds of thousands of fans interact with our project, an overloaded bounty competition with tens of thousands of contributors, and tremendous support in our quest to become the betting standard on the blockchain.

Here is a look back at the 2018 Bethereum roadmap and what was accomplished over the past 12 months:

January 2018

In an exciting month to begin the year, January was the first month we brought our project outside of our core team for the world to see. Bethereum.com went live, we published our whitepaper in English, the Bethereum social media profiles were launched, and we began to receive attention. We were also named one of the Top 5 business ideas in Slovakia. We couldn’t have imagined a better January.

February 2018

February was also an eventful month full of activities to raise awareness of our project, and we also made a key addition to our team. We attended two conferences in London (ICE — a gaming conference and London Blockchain week), were featured in Coin Bureau and UK Investor Magazine, and added Giacomo Tognoni as our CEO.

March 2018

With interest from the press building and our leadership team stronger than ever, the project began moving fast in March. The innovative bounty program, which included the option to bet points on sporting events, helped usher in the fastest Telegram channel rise in a 48-hour span with 23,000 new fans. We showed our commitment to bringing Bethereum to the world by releasing the website in six different languages, and we were rewarded with our first national community of fans in Indonesia (we currently have over 20 local communities and counting).

Not only were press outlets taking notice, so were ICO rating authorities. Bethereum earned a perfect 5/5 from Track ICO and a near perfect 9.7 out of 10 from ICOMarks.

April 2018

In April, we hosted and ended our token pre-sale, selling out all 6000 ETH in BETHER that was made available. Thank you to all of our early investors who made our successes over the rest of the year possible.

The high ratings continued in April with Benchy (5/5), ICOExpert (4.9/5), ICOHolder (9.9/10) ranking Bethereum among the best new blockchain-based projects in the world. Continuing and strengthening our success with local, national, and international media outlets, we hired Blonde 2.0, a top PR agency, to help us achieve our goals over the following four months.

May 2018

May was as exciting as it was busy for the team. The core of our team traveled to the Consensus Blockchain Summit in New York, the Monaco International Blockchain show, and the Blockchain and Bitcoin Conference in Helsinki.

While much of the team was traveling around the world, the rest of us were launching the Bounty Betting Game, a free-to-play social betting contest already running on Smart Contracts on the Ethereum test chain (Ropsten). Over 43,000 bets were placed over 9 weeks, and the game was a big hit within the Bethereum community.

June 2018

As we neared the middle of the year, the momentum continued to build around Bethereum and paid off in coverage and accolades. In June, Bethereum:

• Was a Top-5 finalist at ICO Race among 150 projects
• Earned a Top-3 finish in the Malta d10e pitch competition
• Was named Startup of the Month in Trend Slovakia Magazine

Was featured in major publications: Entrepreneur.com, VentureBeat.com, TechBullion.com.

We also launched the second free-to-play social betting contest using Smart Contracts on the blockchain, just in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. In just 4 weeks, over 115,000 bets were successfully placed.

July 2018

As the betting contest continued, top betting advisors joined the team. Alex Zelvin (FanDuel, DRAFT), and top gaming and e-commerce consultant Stanislav Sebest came onboard to assist in guiding several key aspects of the future betting platform.

August 2018

The team continued to grow in August with the addition of two content writers who were tasked with writing engaging articles for the community. The content team also celebrated a milestone as over 100 original articles about Bethereum had now been published!

On the technical side of the business, a proof of concept began as the Loom side-chain was integrated into the Bethereum platform. This PoC was based around the idea to help reduce costs and increase performance when compared to a solution solely built off of the Ethereum blockchain.

September 2018

Big news was released in September when it was made public that our BETHER token would be listed on a top cryptocurrency exchange — Coinbene. We would also add team members and another award to our trophy case. We hired a new Head of Development, backend developer, and a professional tester. Bethereum was also named Best Cryptocurrency Gaming Platform Provider of 2018 by CEEGC. This was a great honor considering this was our first year of operation.

October 2018

After months of preparing, we were filmed for our appearance on the Advancements television show in October. We also launched the Bethereum Gaming Contest with over 8 million BETHER up for grabs in prizes. Apart from a whole new look and a full recoding with major performance improvements, we brought you a new betting engine powered by Score 24’s live data feed, variable betting stakes, chat functionality, more sports, a taste of future personalisation. The contest lasted until Mid-December.

November 2018

November was a very busy month of expansion and new releases. Support reached new levels with 22 Telegram national fan club communities. The team brought on a new senior frontend developer and part-time system engineer, and we promoted an excellent frontend developer from part-time to full-time.

In the Bethereum Gaming Contest, which reached over 400,000 bets, mobile device support was added, allowing mobile-only sports bettors to join in on the fun.

December 2018

This December we released a new professional explainer video that will help attract potential users to Bethereum through online advertising. Produced by ‘The Animotioners’:

After waiting and preparing for over six-months, the 7-minute segment on our company in Ted Danson’s Advancements TV show was publicly released on CNBC in the U.S. With U.S. laws on sports betting changing, this market presents significant opportunities for Bethereum in addition to the other markets around the world we will market to.

Thank you for following Bethereum’s journey along with us. There is a lot to look forward to in 2019, from a new gaming contest with eSports support to P2P token-based betting on third-party skill-based games to acquiring necessary betting licenses:

Hope your year was as productive as ours,

Bethereum Team
Because life is a game!

If you would like to ask us anything or interact with our forever growing community, join one of our Telegram groups in your language.

In addition, if you like what we are doing and would like to stay updated, signup for our newsletter.

Like what you see? Support the project and buy BETHER on Coinbene today!

2018 Roadmap Recap was originally published in Bethereum on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.