I was very fortunate to be at the Forest Tech Summit at the Dynasty Hall of Shilla Hotel in Seoul on June 7th.  It was the first big launch event by Foresting who have gotten a lot of attention from the Korean public.  This Blockchain-based SNS platform offers creators and users to earn money through content creation.  Therefore, this will be done through a fair value distribution system.

The event featured lectures and panel discussions by experts from both Korea and abroad.  In addition, Foresting brought together leaders in the Blockchain industry.  Furthermore, the event was attended by over 550 people.  All who are very interested in the next generation SNS blockchain platform.  The were many Blockchain investors, developers, and entrepreneurs who were eager to learn more about Foresting.

The Singapore-based Foresting HQ gave presentations and lectures on the future of their Blockchain SNS platform.  Daniel Eom the CEO of Foresting gave deep insight into their technology and the business model of Foresting.

Foresting Global Advisors Arrive in Seoul

There was even a panel discussion with two of Foresting’s advisors and myself.  Brian Dixon the COO of Capital Innovators and Richard Klatt, the vice president of partnerships at Indorse flew into Seoul for this event.  They discussed the future changes in Blockchain technologies in not only Social Media but also in Finance.

“The people who have world-class influence in the Blockchain industry have joined as the advisors of Foresting.” said Daniel Eom

The last lecture was a keynote speaker, Kim Yong Tae, director of Kim Yong Tae Institute, gave a lecture on the topic of the future of the Blockchain.

The event had a great design and even offered guests the chance to make their own perfume.  In addition, there was an ending toast and a 5 course dinner.  Networking continued throughout the night.

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The ‘INAK Social Contribution of 2018’ award sponsored by the Korea Internet Newspaper Association will be presented to SNS Blockchain startup Foresting CEO Daniel Eom.  In addition, the award ceremony will take place June 5th (Tuesday) at 2 pm at the National Assembly Hall.

The 2018 INAK Social Contribution Grand Prize winners are selected from the following categories.

Contributions to….

• national development and local development
• social contribution
• human rights improvement
• the legal field, economic field, or medical field
• science development
• education

Foresting, which was selected for the  IT merit award, is a company providing SNS platform based on blockchain technology.  In addition they have already gotten a lot of attention in the SNS industry in Korea.  Korea has been very vocal in their demand to have a Steemit platform to call their own.

“I am very pleased to be selected as a ‘2018 INAK Social Contribution Award’ IT achievement target, and the core value of FORESTING is ‘to work four hours a day, communicate with the world, and manage my life’ And I will do my best to contribute to society. ” Said Daniel Eom.

Foresting wants to create an SNS ecosystem that allows content creators to be able to live their lives while also getting economic rewards.  Therefore, their goals are for content creators to work only four hours a day through Foresting.  Therefore, they will be able to have a lot more free time.  That is one of the main issues in Korea.  Many Korean workers work long past their working hours.  They sacrifice their time for their company.

Foresting Tech Summit 2018

For those interested in learning more about Foresting, they will be holding an event called “Foresting Tech Summit 2018.”  The event will be held at Dynasty Hall in Seoul on June 7th.  There you can not only learn about their SNS platform but also their other services such as “Foresting Bank”, a digital bank service for the site’s users and “Foresting Foundation”, which will use Blockchain technologies for social change through Foresting contributions.

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Focusing on three pillars:

1. Their Blockchain Social Media platform called Foresting
2. Their unique banking/credit rating system for Foresting users called Foresting Bank
3. Their Foundation through crowd donations called Foresting Foundation

The Social media market is growing every year and with blockchain technologies at the forefront of innovation, it is only a matter of time before Social Medias like Facebook and Twitter start to implement Blockchain technologies themselves.  However, history has shown that corporations move slowly when it comes to new technology adoption.  This is why Blockchain Social Media startups really have a chance to capture the market early on.  Steemit showed a taste of that but the Steemit platform has a lot of flaws which Foresting is looking to solve.

Fair Distribution

Giving the social media platform to the people is their mission.  Most big social media sites today make money off advertising.  Therefore there is a lot of risk in regards to personal information leakage and theft as well as a lot of clickbait posts that contribute very little to the platform and community.

Daniel Eom the CEO at Foresting said during BitForum a Blockchain conference in Seoul that their vision is to create Korea’s very first blockchain based Social Media in order to achieve an economic freedom for content providers.  This will lead to better content an generate revenue for the users.   A win-win for both the platform and the contributors.  They have also been forming partnerships with key players in the blockchain industry.  Furthermore, they will be heading to Consensus 2018 to partner up with other global blockchain leaders.

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What if you can be paid for creating content?  SNS influencers make a lot of money on Instagram, Youtube, and Steemit.  However, those are only the top 1%.  The rest do not get a dime, yet most of the content comes from the general public.  Korean startup Foresting is looking to use the Blockchain technology to create a social media platform where every content provider gets something back.  Those that join do not have to be experts but rather have something they are passionate about.  This will allow anyone in the world to make money and be a part of a community that strives to use social media for good.

Foresting will be different from the other Social Media Blockchain social media platforms.  Their platform will be easy to use and trading of tokens will be fast and easy.  It will support all forms of content from blogs, to images, to videos.  The token will be called PTON.  This will be the token used to pay out to content creators.  However, this platform is so much more.  They offer a banking service called Foresting Bank which will have their very own unique credit rating system.  The credit rating system will be based on the user’s value within the ecosystem.  Think about it.  If a user’s credit is low in the real world….they will be able to start fresh at Foresting.

Introducing Foresting Bank

Foresting Bank will offer digital banking services for their content creators.  They will have a credit rating based on the user’s strength within this community.  Users will be able to build their credit on the platform and then be able to utilize the Bank to take out loans or for financing.

Finally, they will set up a revolutionary system for social change called the Foresting Foundation.  This will be a non-profit crowd donation system to help the community.  The first plan is to set up an offline shared working space for content providers.  At this co-working space, content creators will have access to cameras, videos, computers, and other content creators for possible partnerships.

Foresting will be the next evolution in social media.  It will be a place to network, connect, interact, and get rewards.  They are looking to take the power out of centralized social media platforms and give it back to the people, the content creators.  The CEO of Foresting Daniel Eom recently gave a presentation at BitForum 2018 Spring.

“Through Foresting, realize the value of a new life.  Work four hours, communicate with the world, and lead your own life.”

What separates Foresting form Steemit will be their efforts to make sure there is a fair value distribution system in place.  This way there won’t be a handful of “whales” reaping all the rewards with nothing left for the other contributors.  “The rich get richer” idea of social media influencers will be completely changed.

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Korean startup VIngle is a global social network service. Through more than 3,000 communities, people from all over the world with 26 different languages, are sharing what they like and enjoying it together. Within the communities, Vingers, the users who have same interests, are exchanging their interests and communicating. Vingle is connecting person to person with what they like.

Features of Vingle

What can you do with Vingle? All you have to do is be friends! There are different kinds of categories that exist. You can choose from fashion, travel etc. Among different categories, you can share talks. You can meet people who live on the other side of the earth. Still, you can be friends regardless of the location.

How you can use Vingle? It is even more simpler. You can easily start with Facebook or email. You can browse into Vingle simply through your PC or APP. It does not take you so long to get to know the system. Once you are logged in, you can easily find someone to talk to. Sign in to Vingle now and you might be able to make an unexpected best friend!

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Korean startup Tigris provides faster communication and facilitated collaborations with messenger Tigris which is based on an SNS service. Tigris shows the workers the issues and tasks that you have to handle in the format of news feeds. You can get the information with ease. Any company who has felt the difficulties with communication can use this service. It is a unified communication platform that has no limits on user numbers. Moreover, this cloud approach is not just for small and medium-sized companies, it can also implement all built-in solutions required by large organizations.

What is Tigris

• Tigris is a social platform that only co-workers share within the company. Therefore, there’s no need to worry about the exposure of highly important information.
• The collaborative interface is framed in the user’s perspective. In addition, TFT, CoP and etc are used for various community activities.
• Tigris helps you manage social knowledge. Even if you are overloaded with work you can still share know-hows and issues related to the work easily.
• Tigris supports multi devices. Therefore, you are able to have a smart working environment wherever and whenever you want.

 Features of Tigris

Newsfeed

Real-time communication is now possible through the timeline that Tigris provides. You can post articles in a format of stories, schedules, to-do lists, questionnaires, meeting times and also attaching and previewing files are possible. In addition, through the platform, you can share articles, click the like button and comment.

Calendar

Managing schedules becomes easier with the Calendar feature. You can post the department, personal schedule, and get attendances confirmation. It can be integrated with google calendar and meeting logs can be created. You can also view event notifications directly in the timeline and specify whether you are attending or not.

Community

Organizational communities are automatically configured based on organizational information and to facilitate collaboration, you can operate various communities on your own and invite outsiders. However, still, security is protected by the authorities.

Chatting

Real-time chats are available between individuals and groups, both on PC and mobile. You can aggregate information, attach and preview files, and even search for conversation contents.

To learn more visit Tigris today.

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Have you ever felt jealous of your friend having a good sense of using animated GIF files? Even on Facebook, people use animated GIF files on comments as it directly delivers the emotion they get from the posts.  While at the same time showing their sense of humor. Using the right GIF file in the right place delivers better emotion people have over the conversation or even posts.  This is because it has an impact visually and remains in the person’s memory.

Korean Startup Vryjam

Then, have you ever been curious about where they get those funny GIFs? Where do all those fancy GIFs come from? Are they making it themselves? Don’t be curious anymore. Don’t be jealous of them using it anymore! You can easily get access to it from Korean startup Vryjam.

How Vryjam Works

Vryjam is a company that provides tons of animated GIF files. You can share GIFs very quickly through Vryjam.  It also provides browsing functions.  In addition, it updates every day with new GIFs that come from funny killer contents. Under different categories such as TV show, animals, k-pop, sports and so on, you can limitlessly download GIFs and even upload GIFs that you have on your own.

SNS is all over the world and data is all about it. Communities created on SNS will take you to new worlds and you can shine there using GIFs you have at the right time, in the right place! Easily search for GIFs with Vryjam and the grab attention of the online world.

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