Ukraine - Ad Network & Internet business

The state of development of the Internet in Ukraine and in the world;



Place Internet & Ad Networks in the information space of Ukraine According to the Law of Ukraine "On the main measures for the development of the information society in Ukraine for 2007-2015", one of the main priorities of the development of the national segment of the Internet network is the construction of a people-centered, open for all, and aimed at the development of an information society in which everyone could create and accumulate information and knowledge, to have free access to them, to use and exchange them, to give every person the opportunity to fully realize his potential, to promote social development, improve the quality of life. Thus, the national segment of the Internet in Ukraine becomes a necessary step for joining the Unified World Information Space. The Internet Association of Ukraine (InAU, http://www.inau.org.ua/) acts on the part of providers and other Internet market participants.

The number of Ukrainian segment of the Internet in July 2010, according to the data bigmir.net, reached more than 16.7 million unique users per month. According to other data, the level of coverage of the population of Ukraine by the Internet is more than 33%, which is one of the lowest rates in Europe. Nevertheless, Ukraine ranks 9th among the countries of Europe by the number of Internet users (Table 1.1).

Ukrainian Internet consumers account for more than 3.2% of all Internet users in Europe. According to bigmir.net statistics, 40% of this number of users have their own access to the Internet or constantly use the services of the Internet. Of these, almost 55% falls on the Kyiv region (Kyiv and Kyiv region). More than 30% of users belong to major cities and regions of Ukraine, such as Odessa, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, Crimea, Lugansk.


Comparison of Internet usage in European countries
Europe Population ( for 2009 ) Number of Internet users Coverage (% of population) Growth rates (2000-2010) Percentage of users in Europe
1 2 3 4 5 6
Germany 82,282,988 65,123,800 79.10% 171.30% 13.70%
Russia 139,390,205 59,700,000 42.80% 1825.80% 12.60%
UK 62,348,447 51,442,100 82.50% 234.00% 10.80%
France 64,768,389 44,625,300 68.90% 425.00% 9.40%
Turkey 77,804,122 35,000,000 45.00% 1650.00% 7.40%
Italy 58,090,681 30,026,400 51.70% 127.50% 6.30%
Spain 46,505,963 29,093,984 62.60% 440.00% 6.10%
Poland 38,463,689 22,450,600 58.40% 701.80% 4.70%
Ukraine 45,415,596 15,300,000 33.70% 7550.00% 3.20%
Netherlands 16,783,092 14,872,200 88.60% 281.30% 3.10%
Sweden 9,074,055 8,397,900 92.50% 107.50% 1.80%
Belgium 10,423,493 8,113,200 77.80% 305.70% 1.70%
Romania 21,959,278 7,786,700 35.50% 873.30% 1.60%
Czech Republic 10,201,707 6,680,800 65.50% 568.10% 1.40%
Hungary 9,992,339 6,176,400 61.80% 763.80% 1.30%
Austria 8,214,160 6,143,600 74.80% 192.60% 1.30%
Switzerland 7,623,438 5,739,300 75.30% 168.90% 1.20%
Portugal 10,735,765 5,168,800 48.10% 106.80% 1.10%
Greece 10,749,943 4,970,700 46.20% 397.10% 1.00%
Denmark 5,515,575 4,750,500 86.10% 143.60% 1.00%
Finland 5,255,695 4,480,900 85.30% 132.50% 0.90%
Belarus 9,612,632 4,436,800 46.20% 2364.90% 0.90%
Norway 4,676,305 4,431,100 94.80% 101.40% 0.90%
Lithuania 3,545,319 2,103,471 59.30% 834.90% 0.40%
Latvia 2,217,969 1,503,400 67.80% 902,3% 0.30%
Estonia 1,291,170 969,700 75.10% 164.50% 0.20%
Total 803,850,858 425,773,571 53.00% 305.10% 100.00%


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Growing Satoshi’s Dream: Getting Crypto into Venues While Avoiding Big Credit Card Companies

A Different Approach to Real-world Adoption

Maybe you’ve heard of cryptocurrency point of sale (POS) systems like the TenX & Monaco cards and thought they were the future of getting crypto in brick and mortar shops. Well, they still rely on Visa and other big name credit card companies to function.

While companies like these are still a step in the right direction for the mass-adoption of crypto, some POS systems take it one step further and put Bitcoin directly in the hands of merchants. They eliminate the need for credit card companies – one of Satoshi’s original dreams for Bitcoin. Who are they? Let’s find out.

POS Systems

These systems facilitate the peer-to-peer transaction of cryptocurrency without the need of big credit card corporations like Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Some offer the option to integrate credit cards but also have the option to use the POS systems without them. Keep in mind you’ll still need the appropriate cryptocurrency wallet for each POS system to use them.

CoinGate

CoinGate offers a POS mobile app. On its site, it states that “credit card companies usually charge up to 3% of the transaction amount and there are various additional fees. With CoinGate you can accept Bitcoin payments for only 1% from the transaction amount and there are no monthly, registration, or support fees.”

coingate
CoinGate

Customers can pay with Bitcoin and over 50 altcoins from which Coingate automatically converts into its corresponding Bitcoin value. However, merchants are given the choice to receive payouts in Bitcoins, Euros or USD.

Fast Facts

  • - 1% flat fee for processed payments
  • - Plenty of cryptocurrencies payment options for customers
  • - Payout to merchants in Bitcoin, USD or Euro

Pundi X

Pundi X states it will “empower blockchain developers and token holders to transact cryptocurrency and services at any physical store in the world.” The team has plans on rolling out between 100,000 – 700,000 units in 3 years.

Pundi X system
Pundi X system

The “crypto to crypto to fiat” method outlined in the projects whitepaper allows merchants to sell items “without the use of the VISA or Mastercard service by going directly to the cryptocurrency blockchain to record transactions.” The company then receives the transactions report and ensures that the retailer is reimbursed by fiat money.

Fast Facts

  • - Smart Card: Pay for items with “X Pass” be given a receipt
  • - Mobile Wallet: Handles private and public keys making it easy to pay with crypto
  • - Software and Hardware products for interoperability
  • - Buyers can purchase cryptocurrency at any POS device merchant location
  • - Supports BTC, ETH, ERC20 tokens, PXS, XEM, QTUM, XLM, and more
  • - Reward system to encourage users to use PXS, its native cryptocurrency
  • - Offers merchants retail intelligence through POS product use

With the contactless X Pass payment card, you can purchase day-to-day items at venues with the Pundi X POS devices. All you need to do is tap it against the POS device. You’ll also be able to buy cryptocurrency at any of the locations at its real-time value with credit cards, which will be loaded onto your cryptocurrency wallet.

Pundi X is producing a wide variety of merchant POS products to accommodate the needs of different venues. These include desktop devices, mobile devices, scanners, printers, cash machines, and more.

Graft

Graft is is a mobile app similar to Pundi X. It alows the merchant to accept both crypto and fiat.
graft
Graft

Fast Facts

  • - Zero buyer fees, Graft only charges the merchant
  • - Instant transaction confirmation
  • - Buyers can pay with major cryptocurrencies and the Graft token (GRFT)
  • - Merchants can choose what they want to be paid in regardless of buyer payment choice
  • - Connects your crypto wallet to GRAFT wallet
  • - Extremely low fees (.01-1%) for merchants accepting the GRFT

Scenario 1: You purchase a cup of coffee with GRFT, and the merchant accepts GRFT. Virtually no fees associated with this transaction.

Scenario 2: You pay for the coffee with GRFT, but the merchant only accepts US dollars. The crypto is converted into the US dollar, but the merchant is responsible for the broker fees.

Scenario 3: You pay for coffee with Bitcoin, but the merchant only accepts US dollars.The merchant would need to pay the Bitcoin fees and the broker fees.

Scenario 4: You pay for the coffee with a credit card, but the merchant only accepts Bitcoin. The merchant would need to pay the credit card and Bitcoin fees.

There are many other scenarios that can occur with different currencies, but this should give an overview of how Graft works.

Opendime

Opendime is “a small USB stick that allows you to spend Bitcoin like a dollar bill.” You can load money as many times as you want on it and anyone can check the value that’s on it. The moment you break the seal to find out the private key, it should be discarded.
opendime
Opendime

Fast Facts

  • - Functions like a read-only USB flash drive
  • - Balance can be verified without internet connection
  • - Like a paper wallet but more secure
  • - Bitcoins are locked until physically unsealed, revealing private key
  • - Reliable for 25-100 years
  • - “Bitcoin in your hands” without the confirmation delays or enormous fees
  • - The company boasts that you can “give an Opendime to anyone and they don’t need to worry that you can take back the funds later”

Scenario: You want to purchase a $10,000 car. You transfer $10,000 worth of Bitcoin on an Opendime by sending the Bitcoin to its wallets address. The car dealer checks the value on the Opendime and hands you the keys to the car. The car dealer then “breaks” the Opendime to reveal the private key which is needed to clear out the funds and transfer them to another wallet.

What Can Opendimes be used for?

  • - Give it as a present, sort of like a gift card.
  • - Load it with Bitcoin (you can load it with whatever value you want) and store it like a paper wallet.
  • - Sell it for its real-time value for fiat currency, trade it for an item of equivalent value, etc.

Conclusion

People are mostly using cryptocurrencies to purchase other cryptocurrencies. We all know there are much more useful aspects of the blockchain, but the technology is still relatively in its infancy. What we need is the world to see crypto more as a means for day-to-day payments and less like a speculation.

The things stopping us from getting there are beyond the average person’s control, but confirmation delays and high transaction fees that plague most cryptocurrencies don’t help with the cause. It’s obvious right now that most of these digital currencies in their current form can’t handle the scalability needed to function like a Visa credit card.

Visa states it can process 56,000 transactions per second (tps). Even Ripple as one of the cryptocurrencies with the highest throughput can currently only handle 1,500 tps. In comparison, Bitcoin is limited to a rate of 7 tps.

To put these high confirmation delays and high transaction fees into perspective, the average transaction fee for BTC is currently hovering around $4 with a block confirmation time of 10 minutes, Ethereum $0.75 at 25 seconds, LTC $.23 at about 2 minutes, and XRP less than a penny with near instant payments at a fraction of a second. Visa has a fee of 1.43% – 2.4% and is near instantaneous.

Finally, if you’re looking for venues that accept crypto, download apps like CryptoFind (unfortunately currently only covers Australia) available in GooglePlay and App Store. You’ll definitely be helping bring crypto to the dream Satoshi Nakamoto envisioned.

"This above article is originally posted at Coincentral.com"

Ad | Ocean's Self-Serve Ad Network is the new integrated advertising platform that will offer advertisers and publishers the opportunity to improve ads in an autonomous way, without the need to engage the agency or redirect traffic. The new upgradation of our Platform with various Cryptocurrencies / digital currency will allows people to transfer funds electronically.

Fast Facts

  • - Cryptocurrency transfers can be done within few hours whereas International wire transfers take several days
  • - Cryptocurrency can eliminate intermediary or correspondent banking fees

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Ad Network Guide

Ad Network tool uses technology to identify the integration of each promotion campaigns, such as different advertisements and goals (like different countries and equipment, etc.). It's report tracking & analysis can help you understand which marketing channels can bring the most value.



Use to Track Conversions
  • We will provide you with a integration URL. The details of which can be found in https://adsoceans.wordpress.com/2017/12/08/publisher-integration/
  • You need to copy and paste the URL and integrate it into the appropriate ad promotion.
  • The URL will direct the user to the App Store or target application.
  • If you define the callback address on the URL, the data will be sent back to you.



Receive Conversion Data

  • Ad Networks can send back to your defined endpoints in real time, which is the main method for the channel to receive conversion data. This guide will explain in detail how to set up the passback.
  • To receive backhauls, you must use our Adserver's Analytic system that can receive and interpret conversion data in real time.



Set Callback
  • Please note that our solution is very different from our competitors. We allow you to dynamically attach the passback URL to the tracking link instead of hard-coding them into our server.
  • You can manually set all the tracking links. However, to simplify the process, we strongly recommend that the system automatically detect our tracking links and attach the required return URLs.
  • You can receive postbacks for any type of event, including clicks, installs, and any in-app events that can be defined within the app.
  • If you wish to receive revenue or partner parameters (including session, installation, reattribution, and event callbacks), make sure your customers have enabled revenue sharing and partner parameter sharing.



Placeholders

  • We can send additional information in your return URL as GET parameters. To receive this information, you need to add placeholders in the postback of the connection; we will fill these placeholders when sending the request.
  • For example, to receive countries that click, install, reattribute (conversions from remarketing or redirect marketing ), or in-app events, embed a {country} placeholder as a parameter in your tracking system. Contains several parameters, separated by the & character:

  1. Http://track.publishersite.com/click?country={country}
  2. Http://track.publishersite.com/install?country={country}&device_id={adid}
  3. Http://track.publishersite.com/reattribution?country={country}&device_id={adid}
  4. Http://track.publishersite.co/event?country={country}&event_id={event}



Impression Tracking

  • Adjust is for display tracking. Display data must be sent to another terminal and be attributed to different attribution patterns.
  • You must use impression trackers to track impressions. Display data sent to other terminals may be discarded.

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Ads | Oceans to develop and operate the blockchain-based advertising platform

Ads | Oceans planning to develop and operate the blockchain-based advertising platform with DSP, DMP and SSP component.

Current drawbacks of broken digital advertising landscape:
  • - Over the last decade, publishers have lost approximately 60% of their revenue.
  • - In 2016, ad fraud created by bots cost advertisers $7.2 billion and $6.3 billion in 2015.
  • - 40% of the average user’s mobile data is used for ads and trackers.
  • - Users face slow page loads which consumes 21% of mobile battery life.
  • - Google and Facebook, which together claim 73% of digital ad revenue and 99% of all growth, are worsening the situation.

A new platform is needed to properly appreciate user's attention. It must reward and protect the user, while offering better conversion to advertisers and higher revenue to publishers.

Features
  1. - Integration of smaller publishers and advertisers into the advertising trade through the use of smart contracts for ad-exchange management 
  2. - Cross-border transactions through the use of cryptocurrency as a payment instrument 
  3. - Quality control and fraud protection by maintaining itself on consensus-based curation 
 Ads | Oceans's platform with RTB will be developed on blockchain. 

The introduction of this platform will allow publishers, advertisers, and users to connect in a more efficient, transparent and decentralized marketplace that reduces fraud, violations, and malvertisements while increasing publisher ROI.

Ads | Oceans's solution to win back trust in the advertising market would bring millions of advertisers and publishers back into the game. Focus on blockchain to decentralize Real-time bidding (RTB) and thus make it fast, secure and 100% transparent.

This is the complete platform of all future projects aimed at the advertising industry. Ads | Oceans's uses a patented multi-layer blockchain technology to enable efficient execution of 100K+ transactions per second that are essential for RTB.

Technicalities

Ads | Oceans Platform will consists of 3 core modules:
  1. - Blockchain DSP (BDSP), 
  2. - Decentralized DMP (DDMP) and 
  3. - Smart Contract Ad Exchange (SMARTADX) 

All the modules of the platforms will be developed using a unified architecture and shared components, designs, reports and UI models. They will function within a specially crafted virtual machine, which will also be installed at facilities integrate them into our data processing engine.

The data processing engine will be based on technology of high-speed blockchain transactions that allow real-time auctions in a distributed environment. Cryptocurrency are the underlying currency for facilitating transactions on this platform. These cryptocurrency will serve as a universal payment system between publishers, advertisers, service, technology and data providers within the Platform. 


Users will have access to all platform services and can make private contracts to support auctions, data incision, traffic validation, etc.

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