When we take a look at the modern world it is inevitable to notice that practically everything needs internet to work. The amount of digital appliances, smart phones, cameras, vehicular devices, alarm systems, GPS sensors, audio and video equipment, just to mention a few, can be configured to provide automatic responses and facilitate our lives just by activating them.
We talk about IoT (Internet of Things), the ability to connect to the internet that have the digital products we use in our day to day, forming a network of computers capable of transferring data, these objects usually remain online 24/7. Beyond the previous concept, IoT represents the connection between these teams and the ability to identify each other to form Online connection networks that add greater efficiency to the processes they perform.
Maybe you can ask:
What are some IoT applications? Will they really be important?
Everything becomes important when we refer to the Internet of Things. At home is the Gamer boy sharing the latest edition of his favorite video games with thousands of users connected simultaneously around the world, in the industry we have engineers and architects who through a videoconference transmit in real time important information about the construction project of a building to the personnel highlighted in the field of work, in the emergency room of a hospital every day they save the life of a serious patient which required the use of magnetic resonance and imaging equipment which are digitally linked and must have a connection to the internet to issue reports and keep the software updated. All these alternatives, in addition to their vital importance in people's lives, also allow activities to have a lower energy consumption and be more effective, thanks to automation.
As an Internet user of things I usually ask a question:
Will there be any way to make money passively through the IoT?
When noticing that teams can be permanently connected to the network, they have the property to interact and exchange data. Perhaps there is a way that they can provide some valuable information which can be rewarded in the great chain formed by the Internet of the Things.
With IONCHAIN, IoT is even closer to you!
To answer these questions, the decentralized platform IONCHAIN arises in blockchain, which allows the user to have control over the data generated by their objects and to interact in such a way that their products can contribute to the growth of the IoT while providing technological solutions infinite to the growing demand of the market. IONCHAIN creates a free ecosystem and a set of applications that take advantage of the potential of the digital articles that make up the IoT using the native IONC currency which will serve to exchange values within the network.
The devices will share the data with other connected devices and can interact through a unified protocol that achieves the automation of the system through the construction of various DApps that maximize the performance of these and optimize their functions. This contributes to industrial manufacturers who can adopt the IONCHAIN technology to impose their brands which has a positive impact on prices and the customer's preference on their products, in the same way developers can make proposals creating important applications in a large set of functions that hope to be incorporated into the IoT to facilitate the lives of people, in various areas such as: home, education, industry, medicine, science and research.
By partnering manufacturers and large producers will generate revenue to the ecosystem and will encourage users to use IONChain Connected devices as the new generation of smart devices that replace the traditional scheme. The constant exchange of data will be monitored by IONCHAIN while they will be rewarded with a certain amount of IONC for the activity created, according to the usefulness of the data extracted with the DApps offered by IONCHAIN. The more they use the larger Dapps, the more rewards they can be.
How is the operation of IONCHAIN?
Remember that every IONChain Connected digital device has its unique identification code which is assigned by the manufacturer, in the same way each has a certain storage capacity and information processing, this makes it possible to use them as data processing units that IONCHAIN uses to carry out full operations.
DApps send requests, which are uploaded by IONChain Connected devices and sent to the nearest processing node according to their location, something like a CDN (content distributed network) network, which processes information through algorithms of data verification in a defined period of time. After being verified, the data is valued by the IONCHAIN system and the reward is sent in IONC to the wallet of the owner of the IONChain Connected device. The creation and identification of the wallet is possible thanks to the unique ID of the device. Finally, the approved data is stored by IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) and BigChainDB and then used by dAPP to continue maximizing the system which is expected to be more robust in the short term according to the demand of users who join the system and the number of investors that adopt IONChain Connected in their latest generation products. Note that IPFS is a point-to-point system for content files which stores and distributes information among all devices connected to IONCHAIN, which is open source to which developers can access from any public network to use the information in the creation or improvement of Apps.
This protocol is the one that most adapts to the philosophy of IONCHAIN for the construction of its decentralized infrastructure. On the other hand BigchainDB is the quintessential database commonly used in the block chain given its high performance, power, functionality and adaptable to a large number of industries for the effective management of cryptography.
The concept of IONCHAIN is "One device, One code, One coin".
We will explain this concept in a simple way so that the user can perceive the profound meaning of the IONCHAIN proposal and its vision of the future. The device is nothing more than the object or product that the user has which is incorporated into the IoT system to interact as an IONChain Connected product, which contributes with its capacity and functions adding efforts, contributing potential and verifiable ideas to the large conglomerate that make up the chain This device can be: a smartphone, an appliance, an industrial machinery, a high-tech medical equipment or an automotive system.
The code refers to the symbol of the system whose function is to identify the device as a unique, specific and non-transferable object, which will serve to detect the utility of the same within the network, it also allows the sending and extraction of data, the identification of the user for the creation of the securities portfolio. This code is of great importance since it is the mark of origin with which the object can be traced within the IoT, as well as carrying out any type of transparent and reliable exchange of information. One currency is the native Token of the IONChain ecosystem, a cryptocurrency that will allow the operation of the platform, the payment of rewards, access to Dapps and of course the economic growth of the platform as the only form of investment until now.
Like all existing forms of encryption, its sustainability over time will depend on the continuous use given by clients, the acceptance and the faith that investors may have about it. IONC has a favorable feature among the volatile world of encryption, since as it is a Token of the ERC20 type, it is compatible with the chain of blocks Ethereum one of the most solid and with more negotiations at present.
Through dAPPS, intelligent contracts will be created that will form a layer within the blockchain where data transactions and property registers will be nested, for transparent and auditable agreements. Users will have access to all the information since it will be public, allowing them to decide and specify the data they want to share or extract, since it offers control of operations at all times.
In this way the IONCHAIN concept shines by itself, bets to consolidate as a reliable infrastructure founded on good foundations to accept the broad task within the IoT which is something changing and constantly growing since it is a competitive area that goes to the pair of new technologies.
Beyond the concept of IONCHAIN, which we have explained in detail in the previous segment, there is a set of technical specifications that allow the operation within blockchain. An advanced computer technology that makes it possible to materialize the vision of the platform to be incorporated into the IoT as an ecosystem of exchange of values which must adhere consensus algorithms and security protocols complex enough to achieve fluidity of information and offer guarantees to the client about the results of each operation.
IONC Specifications
IONChain is based on PoS (proof of stake), for the creation of dAAP, intelligent contracts and data transfer. It is a distributed consensus algorithm; a way to end centralized mining and protect circulating assets in the form of IONC. The creators of new layers will be chosen by the users, since they will be able to verify the transactions and accept their consent in consensus, allowing them to earn rewards for their activity. In this way PoS avoids unscrupulous counterfeiters who use the launch of new platforms to make illegal mining and obtain their own benefit. The system of governance based on PoS makes the layer creators are aware of the management of their cryptographic environment, since their profits are at stake and a fraction of these must be shared in the form of a reward with the users who remain vigilant throughout. moment to issue its approving vote. Additionally, the algorithm demands less energy consumption, which contributes to the conservation of the environment and, in turn, the waiting time for each transaction is more fleeting. All this will contribute to the IONCHAIN ecosystem and improve the IoT network.
The security protocol used for IONCHAIN is an improvement of the traditional MQTT. MQTT allows servers to publish the received data in a practical way. The gateways allow quick access to the IoT, given its great compatibility between it and the server that works under the MQTT protocol. The communication can be encrypted using TLS / SSL, which is safe and reliable.
In contrast to this, the integrated IONCHAIN devices will communicate through a customized IMQTT protocol which additionally includes the cryptography transfer layer, consolidating with this improvement the decentralized IONCHAIN proposal where users can not only exchange data, but also IONC in strengthening IONCHAIN's economy and increasing its portfolio of values for future investments within the chain. It will be very easy for the client to access the server and publish since the service is friendly and very light, in this IMQTT security protocol the published data will have security to interlace functions while they are under the IONChain Connected.
Technical Architecture
To manage this ecosystem based on data, a new value creation and value transfer method called: IONIZATION was created. The current situation only allows the transfer of value and the creation of value within the chain of blocks, as is the case of Bitcoin or Ethereum. IONIZATION aims to separate these two processes to better adapt to the IoT industry. This concept aims to change this mechanism in two separate processes with multiple layers within those processes. src
The creation of the value will be divided into four different layers:
Generation, Verification, Evaluation and Confirmation.
All IoT Connected devices can generate value as long as they are subject to the IMQTT protocol standardized by IONCHAIN. Additionally, they must have the unique IONCHAIN identification code that includes the manufacturer's information, device and other related information.
A zero knowledge test algorithm is responsible for encrypting and verifying the information of the IoT device which can be used as a mining machine. Subsequently, the IMQTT protocol is in charge of evaluating and confirming the transfer of value.
The transfer of values will be divided into six different layers:
application, service, IONChain protocol, smart contracts, blockchain and data storage.
The application layer is the user interface layer where the user will be able to interact and make the requests, the service layer will be for communication between the internal modules to process the transaction, for now this layer will not be open for end users or owners of nodes.
The IONChain protocol layer nests all the central protocols necessary to carry out the operation with a strict margin of security, including the exchange of encryption.
The intelligent contract layer is the link between the App and blockchain to legally carry out the transfer of securities and leave the auditable record of the entire process settled.
The blockchain layer speaks for itself, it is the core of the IONChain ecosystem.
The data storage layer. It uses the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) in combination with BigChainDB to facilitate decentralized data storage.
The total supply of IONC is set at 800 million. Block time is set to 10 seconds on average but will be based on the demand on the network. There will be difficult readjustments, however, these will be implemented only with community consensus. Masternodes start at 5 million IONC and will receive a higher return for staking more coins. Details on this will be released after the mainnet has been sufficiently tested with our industry partners. src
Roadmap
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At IONChain, we have established the following roadmap, and updates on our progress will be announced in our ANN thread.
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