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2020
TCT OFFICE TCT
20/07/2020
TRANSPORTCOIN TECHNOLOGY
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TRANSPORTCOIN TECHNOLOGY
The white paper
Enabling end to end digital solutions leveraging blockchain
Technology for transportation ecosystem.
Contents:
1) Introduction :
Abstract
Overview
Problems
Our Vision
2) Ecosystem:
Technology
The Transport coin token
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3) Business Plan:
Team
Partners
Funding and budget
Investment plan
Affiliate program
Revenue model
Road map
Future development
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1. Introduction:
A blockchain is essentially a distributed database of records or
public ledger of all transactions or digital events that have been
executed and shared among participating parties. Each transaction in the public ledger is verified by consensus of a majority of the
participants in the system. And, once entered, information can
never be erased. The blockchain contains a certain and verifiable record of every single transaction ever made. To use a basic
analogy, it is easy to steal a cookie from a cookie jar, kept in a
secluded place than stealing the cookie from a cookie jar kept in a market place, being observed by thousands of people.
Bitcoin is the most popular example that is intrinsically tied to
blockchain technology. It is also the most controversial one since it helps to enable a multibillion-dollar global market of anonymous
transactions without any governmental control. Hence it has to deal
with a number of regulatory issues involving national governments and financial institutions.
However, Blockchain technology itself is non-controversial and has worked flawlessly over the years and is being successfully
applied to both financial and non-financial world applications. Last
year, Marc Andre essen , the doyen of Silicon Valleyʼs capitalists , listed the blockchain distributed consensus model as the most
important invention since the Internet itself. Johann Palychata from
BNP Paribas wrote in the Quintessence magazine that bitcoinʼs blockchain, the software that allows the digital currency to
function should be considered as an invention like the steam or
combustion engine that has the potential to transform the world of finance and beyond.
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Abstract:
Consider the magnitude of the logistics industry. Looking back through history, the wheel is essentially the cornerstone of modern
civilization. It brought us transportation, and transportation
afforded us the systematic transfer of goods. From farm to market, and from market to table, the movement of products in bulk has
been the single most important adaptation of the last 10,000 years.
Trade, in turn, is our second oldest and most important pivot. From long-distance trading, our econo- mies were established, which
allowed modern civilizations to thrive. The oldest coin-based
currency can be thought of as a proxy for trading values greater than two hands can carry, or for trading commodities that arenʼt
physically available nearby, and so currency itself necessitates
logistics. Together, trade and logistics form the backbone of human achievement.
Despite the revolution brought on by the advent of the cart, the
ship, the engine, and the airplane, the shipping industry as a whole has been one of the slowest markets to adapt and evolve over the
past century. The Information Age has disrupted nearly every
major workforce on the planet. Globalization has opened new trade routes, technology has changed the way we shop and spend, and so
naturally, the demand for shipping has reached an all-time high.
Itʼs no wonder that most shipping customers are shocked and dismayed to find their brokers still relying on artifacts like paper
records, written manifests, and spoken words to get cargo from
point to point. Itʼs time for a breakthrough in how we handle freight. Blockchain technology is often characterized as
“disruptive” because it can revolutionize the way we interact as a society. Distributed ledgers are disruptive for ancient business
models in the same way email disrupted the mailbox. Applied
correctly, a blockchain will facilitate the digitization of record- keeping processes related to the trade of assets, even in scenarios
when intermediaries and brokers are incentivized to resist
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revolution. The blockchain can improve the transportation of
commodities in every country, across the entire globe, and beyond. Weʼre launching Transportcoin Technology to make that leap
possible.
Overview:
Transportcoin technology development has been set in the
following stages:
1. Freight platform – development of the global Freight platform, utilising Smart Contracts (Smart Bill of Lading,
Smart Letter of Credit, etc.), referred to as the platform in
this whitepaper. The platform connects importers, exporters, freight forwarders, booking agents, ship brokers, ship
owners, and investors etc. into a single unified marketplace.
2. Inland platform – development of the global inland transport platform, utilising Smart Contracts. The inland
platform will cover all ground based transport, such as trucks,
railroad, pipes, etc.
3. Cargo all-purpose platform – development of a
marketplace, utilising Smart Contracts, allowing
manufacturers to showcase their produce and connect them directly with customers, through an established link to the
ship and inland transport platforms.
4. Air cargo platform – development of air cargo transport, utilising Smart Contracts, including cargo planes, cargo
choppers and drones.
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Problems:
The size of the transport industry is tremendous – the global value of the seaborne trade itself is over $12 trillion (WTO
statistics). The value of freight rates is USD 380 Billion is 2017
(UNCTAD). Although the shipping industry is one of the largest economic sectors it is the least technologically advanced
one. Today paper documents are issued for all shipped cargoes,
no matter of the transport means. All original documents are being sent by couriers, taking time and money. All cargoes and
freights are being paid for in traditional ways – via bank wire
transfers or letter of credit. Those are expensive, slow and non- confidential methods. Increasingly more often USD and EUR
transactions are being blocked for weeks by US correspondent
banks. Anyone in the industry has encountered that problem. Original documents delivery delays and money transfer delays
cause unaccounted extra costs, opportunity cost & depreciation
of assets, while disturbing a long supply chain. The Transportcoin blockchain technology delivers revolution of the
trade & transport by fostering optimisation. It will eliminate a
number of problems
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1. Reducing Fraud – Transportcoin technology minimises the
risk of fraud and in many cases completely eliminates it, by not releasing any payments until the counter partiesʼ pre-set conditions
are met & publicly available proof of the payment has been made
or secured in a smart escrow utility. Payments will be guaranteed by default. Fraudulent endorsement and duplication of ownership
documents is ruled out.
2. Lowering Costs – Transportcoin technology will significantly reduce costs , compared to high percentages and other fine print
fees that are charged through the whole process by banks, couriers,
insurers, brokers, agents, lines, etc. Guaranteed payments will not incur any costs, as it is the case with Bank L/C at the moment.
3. Minimising Delays – Transportcoin technology avoids the
delays by providing instant exchange, review and approval of documents and payments between the parties involved. Further
delays are caused by different time zones, different public
holidays, etc. The blockchain is always at work 24/7 and does not depend on human intervention. It is estimated that payment delays
alone cost around $19 billion per year (*UNCATD) in losses.
4. Increasing Trust – Transportcoin technology relies on the public infrastructure of the Ethereum blockchain, backed by
thousands of people in a peer-to-peer decentralized infrastructure.
Using a proven and trusted technology speaks for itself.
5. Securing Information – Transportcoin technology is naturally
secured. It relies on the blockchainʼs proven hashing algorithm technology. There is no possibility of sensitive commercial
information leakage by intermediaries, such as banks, brokers, agents, etc. While it is fully confidential it also allows for full
publicity of the transactions details that are to be visible by all
parties and the public.
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6. Safe Archiving – Transportcoin technology, not just allows
but fully relies for full historic storage of all transactions ever conducted, thus avoiding risks of physical loss or destruction of
paper documents, while at the same time allowing for easy
searching and reviewing past information stored in the cloud.
7. Flexibility – Transportcoin technology is flexible and allows
the parties involved to easily select the terms that they choose to interact with. Options for standard or custom negotiated terms,
conditions and forms will boost the user experience. Elimination of
language barriers will further facilitate the eco-system participants
Our Vision:
Transportcoin technology was founded with the mission of solving
the greatest problems facing the logistics industry today. Our solution requires deep technology, but our vision is quite simple.
Solution for the problem of lacking standards and, consequently,
for the problem of cumbersome paperwork.
Improved availability of insurance and broker services. Increased
opportunities for efficient outsourcing.
Guaranteed payment for services and effcient paperwork. The carrier terminates the transportation of the goods and transfers
them to the cargo owner or the next carrier. The cargo receiver
makes an electronic mark about the assumption of the responsibility for the goods. Upon receiving this mark, the smart-
contract performs a money settlement with the carrier. The smart-
contract registers and provides the cargo ownerʼs documents signed in the digital form.
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Tracking & Transparency
We will unify shipment tracking across the Ethereum blockchain, using our side-chain to track individual encrypted geographic
waypoints across each smart contract. With this system, the
meaning of each waypoint will be encrypted, accessible for interpretation by only the parties involved. This will give shippers
more visibility across their supply chain and allow carriers to
communicate with ease, reducing delays and miscommunications. Information about loads, geo-waypoints, and basic compliance
information will be recorded and publicly validated within the
side-chain. Upon delivery and confirmation, the contract will be completed and recorded on the main blockchain, releasing any
payment escrows.
Asset Security
Deploying blockchain technology into the freight industry to
encode geographic data will increase cargo visibility, and thereby
dramatically decrease theft. By using barcodes or hardware RFID integration, assets can be automatically verified each time
electronic logs are reported, increasing security and providing
peace of mind for all parties. Permissioning, immutability, and encryption are inherent benefits of blockchain technology,
allowing select individuals to access, examine, and add critical
transport data, but no one will have the ability to change or delete existing data. By bringing accountability to every step of the
process, the blame game between carriers, brokers and shippers is
mitigated.
Unified Management
Subsequent to the implementation of blockchain federation of the fair and secure transportation of goods, Transportcoin will build a
unified management platform for leveraging the smart contracts to
provide modern and usable services across the Transport industry.
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Transportcoin is dedicated to building to an open ecosystem, and
although Transportcoin Web will be the first application, our Smart Contracts will be a building-block that thousands of other
platforms can freely build upon to solve shipping issues, big or
small. The decentralized brokerage will be an open marketplace connecting shippers to carriers, and Transportcoin will provide the
first app for Freight booking; will be able to log on and place an
order from one point to another.
2. ECOSYSTEM:
The Transportcoin platform target extends globally to any trading
company or individual, shipping line, freight forwarder, ship
broker and other parties involved in the global trade and transport. The Platform has 2 cores i.e. SERVICE & UTILITY. Maritime
transport is the least technologically developed industry. This is the
reason behind the decision to start off with this particular sector.
The Services are FREE (no fees are charged) & they are designed
to create a global marketplace for trade & transport. Wide user
base is a prime objective. The platform UTILITIES make the use of Transportcoin tokens and generate demand. The Demand for
Transportcoin tokens and appreciation of its value is the ultimate
objective of the ICO. The interest of the Founders, the Team and the ICO Supporters are fully synchronized. Details are available to
investors who have entered in for ICO
Key ecosystem participants:
- Traders, Importers, exporters, charterers
- Private Individuals
- Freight Forwarders
- NVOCC (Non-vessel operated container carriers)
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- Container lines
- Booking Agents
- Ship owners / ship managers / ship operators
- Ship brokers - Ship agents
- Cargo/vessel/transport
- Warehouses / storage facilities
- Customs Agents
- Independent cargo surveyors / equipment Insurance companies & brokers superintendents / port captains
- Ship Chandlers, suppliers and service providers incl. provisions /
technical / nautical - Seafarers / crew
- State Authorities (last but not least, although admittedly it will
take some time especially in the developing world countries)
- Ship classification societies, flag state administrations.
The Technology :
The Bill of Lading is a key document in the international trade and
transport. Since the platform participants already use the free
services we provide. iIt is natural to move on to the TransportCoin SMART UTILITIES. Smart B/L provides a number of advantages
to the Eco System participant – i.e. saves time & money, brings
security and confidentiality.
Transportcoin creates access whereby,
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1. The Shipper sends B/L instructions to the carrier via
TransportCoin blockchain, smart contract.
2. The Consignee & the Carrier review and confirm the draft
Smart B/L on Transportcoin platform. Parties verify that terms in
the smart contract B/L are as per the trade and transport contracts. Identical Information is instantly available to all 3 parties via
TransportCoin platform. No one can make changes without
consent and confirmation from the others. The terms and
conditions are set and confirmed at this stage.
3 The Carrier or Its agent at the load port (for ships), or at the
load address/port (for containers) issues Smart B/ L, based on the shipperʼs instructions and on the Consignee confirmation of
details. Change of details is not possible, without authorization
from all 3 parties.
4. The Consignee / Importer becomes consignment owner once
the B/L is issued and released by the carrier. The Crypto B/L is
instantly in the Consigneeʼs position. At this stage The Consignee has options how to manage and execute the Crypto B/L. It can be
endorsed to another consignee/receiver if consignment is sold
while in transit.
5. The Shipper / Exporter in the meantime has options to present
Crypto B/L to Banks, Underwriters or other institutions, authorized
in the pre-set conditions of the smart contract.
6. The Carrier releases the consignment at the discharge
port/destination to the Consignee/Importer against Crypto
verification of the Smart B/L
At all times the Smart B/L is in the block chain, secure and instantly accessible by all authorised parties, at any given stage, as
per the pre-set smart contract conditions. The TransportCoin Smart
B/L is an asset which the Ecosystem participants can use to utilize
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Smart L/C and Crypto Transactions. Our decentralized brokerage
system will be comprised primarily of an open marketplace connecting shippers and carriers.
Transportcoin Token:
Tokenizing Transportation
Tokenization is the process of converting rights to an asset into a
digital token on a blockchain. Tokenization converts the value stored in some object – a physical object, like a painting, or an
intangible object, like a carbon credit – into a token that is useable
and transferable along a blockchain system.
imagine Investor A wishes to transfer the design for a certain
project to Investor B. Investor A and B are on opposite sides of the
globe, however, and there is a pretty stark difference in how patents and copyrights are handled in their respective countries.
The legal paperwork alone comes close to making the transaction
prohibitively difficult and expensive. However, tokenizing the design allows Investor A to make the transfer to Investor B in an
open, transparent way with an agreed-upon price executed via smart contract. The transaction is nearly instantaneous and
instantly verifiable. The tokenʼs assigned unique hash assures that
itʼs not just a copy of the original patent; it is the patent itself.
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3. Business Plan:
TEAM :
AARON AMACKER
CEO & Founder
Aaronʼs extensive knowledge of mobile technology, blockchain
technology, and deep experience in trucking and logistics makes
him a natural fit to lead Transport coin technology team. Aaron spent 15 years researching and developing a mobile- based
platform that provides real-time tracking and data analytics over
freight movements. Aaronʼs software and transportation expertise
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culminated with the design of a shipper-to-carrier direct
optimization platform that was granted a full U.S. Patent in 2018.
ERIC TURNER
Executive Director
Young, charismatic and energetic individual. Growing up in
California, Moscow and later Australia, where he completed his
BSc in Business Management and a MSc in Luxury Brand Marketing. Eric has as an extreme passion for the luxury sector and
the Blockchain industry. He has a wide range of skills consisting of
marketing, analytical thinking and assisting all demographic groups in learning and becoming a part of the global Blockchain
ecosystem. All round humanitarianwith the positive mind-set to
make the world a better place.
OLIVER COLSTON
Oliver is a senior Ca, SQL and Solidity developer with over 18
years experience developing enterprise projects. He has built and managed financial processing systems that handle more than 4
million transactions per year and developed smart contracts for ad
auction projects and ICOs.
LUCAS MILLS
Blockchain Developer
Fascinated by the potential of blockchain technology, Lucas has
spent the last few years researching, architecting and developing
Chief financial officer
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blockchain based applications for start-ups, local & international
NGOs, and the federal government amongst others.
PRISHA CHOWDHURY
Senior Consultant
Prisha is an experienced consultant having advised companies for
close to a decade on new business cases, technologies and
financing with a focus on in emerging markets. She co-founded two cleantech consultancies and led projects with international
companies and investors across North America, Europe and Asia.
Prisha holds a Master in Business Administration from National University of Singapore.
Partners:
MAERSK: Maersk, is a Danish business conglomerate with
activities in the transport, logistics and energy sectors. Transportcoin technology is partnering with Maersk in a pilot
project to evaluate and improve blockchain standard in the
transportation sector globally.
GEORGE HOVEYMarketing leaderGeorge is a strategic thinker that has good experience of the digital technology sector and offers good creative solutions to clients. Since 2005 George has maximized digital presence that improved clients finances.
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TMW SYSTEMS: TMW Systems is a developer of enterprise
management software for the surface transportation services industry, including logistics, freight, trucking and heavy-duty
repair and maintenance. We are looking to improve a higher level
of focus in the shipping and blockchain sector.
Argus Transport Canada: Argus Transport Canada Inc is a
licensed and bonded freight shipping and trucking company
running freight hauling business from Saint Laurent, Quebec. They offer competitive pay and the interns are even bonus eligible! They
really care about what they do, and want to learn more about the
blockchain industry.
COINSETTER: US based bitcoin exchange for professional
traders, high demand bitcoin companies and Wall Street
institutions.
LIVINGSTON: Livingston International provides customs
brokerage, trade consulting and international freight forwarding
services to importers and exporters throughout North America and around the globe. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with
U.S. headquarters in Chicago, Livingston has over 3,200
employees located at more than 125 border points, seaports, airports and other locations across in North America, Europe and
Asia. Livingston is currently Canadaas largest customs broker and
third-largest in the United States.
SHAPESHIFT: ShapeShift is a company that offers global trading
of a variety of digital assets via web and mobile platforms. The
company does not collect personal data on its customers and exchanges one cryptocurrency for another without ever collecting
customer funds into company accounts, which is unique among digital currency trading companies. Transportcoin technology is
partnering shapeshift to create easy accessibility to clients who are
involved in cryptocurrency exchange and creating more profitable channels throughout the freight industry by access token.
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FUNDING AND BUDGET:
We are committed to spending our funding responsibly. Below are our plans for properly allocating the assets to deliver the best
possible solutions, as quickly as possible. We are limiting the total
contributions in the crowdfunding to $99,740,500 million USD because we feel taking more money would not be responsible and
wouldnʼt lead to a better product any faster. Below is a preview of
our best estimates of what weʼll do with any money we raise in the TGE.
Transportcoin technology issues 831,170,833 TCT tokens. After
the termination of ICO, additional tokens will be automatically given to Founders, Team, and Bounty members. The volume of
the raised funds (ETH, USD) is ETH 453,365.909 = (USD 99 740
500 at the rate of USD 220 / ETH). For convenience and due to constant ETH fluctuation, the rate has been chosen at the level of 1
ETH = $220 .
1 TCT = 0.12
From the total amount of 831,170,833 Transportcoin (TCT) tokens intended for the general emission Transportcoin technology will
submit 631,170,833 tokens for the sale through ICO at various
price levels.
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INVESTMENT PLAN:
All the approved projects are available on Transportcoin
technology platform. The investors are identified by their Ethereum public key, allowing for every key-holder to use the
platform anonymously. To invest, they will decide how many
TransportCoin tokens they give to the project and a matching transaction will be generated automatically. Once it is validated
and approved, the TCT tokens will be sent in the Decentralized
Organization associated with the project and the investor is registered as a member. To invest in our projects a minimum of
$3000 in ETH equivalent is required for a standard plan.
1. Affiliate program:
Once you have signed up, you will receive your unique ID and
referral address. You have to use your referral address in all posts
and publications you make on social networks and when sending to people. Each sale generated through the referral address will get
you 5% to 10% (depending on your affiliate level) of the
contributed amount in tokens. For example if an ICO participant buys 10,000 TCT tokens, you will get 500 TCT tokens as a referral
bonus. We might introduce additional bonuses in TCT/ETH for the
most active affiliates
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2. Revenue Model:
Linking Transportation, Logistics and world trade to the Blockchain Technology
Transport coin technology is a transportation based blockchain
solution business that connects investors to their investments and social progress in order to deliver better financial outcomes for all.
Our projects target attractive returns, defined as balanced
performance in the top quartile of our peer group and ahead of relevant market indices over the long-term (3-5 years), via a high
conviction, fundamentally driven process.
The TransportCoin Technology business model relies on rapid growth of user base. It is facilitated through the free services
platforms. It is estimated that there are at least 25 million active
users worldwide involved in the trade and transport industries. These include importers, exporters, freight forwarders, ship
brokers, charterers, shipping lines, NVOCCs, ship agents, ship
owners, insurance agents, customs agents, private individuals and on. Presently there are few maritime transport platforms that are
very limited in terms of user base and geographical coverage.
Some of them are expensive, others biased, owned by shipping lines with main purpose of controlling and collecting information
for the enhancement of their own business. The TransportCoin
technology platform is designed to be independent, secure and transparent, based on block chain technology.
TransportCoin Technology will also develop custom sidechain
solutions for large enterprises that need to utilize different data sources and information. Transportcoin will do this as a
development contractor, with all new side- chains still tying into the main blockchain. This will be custom quoted per client, but
will be on the scale of large ERP implementations that routinely
run over nine figures.
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After the ICO, TransportCoin will be tradable on exchanges. We
are currently in discussion with Bittrex, HitBTC, EtherDelta, Kraken, Poloniex, Binance and more to come. At Transportcoin
technology, our aim is to simplify and facilitate Transport
blockchain investments. Hence, it is essential for the life of the platform that the TransportCoin is easy to access and free flowing.
Our priority is to make partnership with the main exchanges so as
to grant access to TransportCoin to everyone in many different locations around the globe.
3. Road map:
The TransportCoin road map is based on its full cycle of preparation, development, implementation and marketing. The
projected schedule is an estimate and it may vary, depending on
various factors. Some stages could be completed earlier than projected, while others could take extra time. Year 2020 is
anticipated as deadline for unfolding the full scale operations and
capabilities.
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The roadma p is a summarised vision of the TransportCoin project.
Minor stages are not outlined on the roadmap i.e. mobile applications development throughout
the stages. Additional platforms and/or services required would be
acquired or developed on as needed basis and are not included on the roadmap.
Future development:
Transparency
Transportcoin plans to significantly increase the level of
transparency in the blockchain space. With community managers
working with supporters in public chat and forums, our team also plans to release scheduled quarterly progress reports detailing
software development progress, as well as progress on all plans
detailed in this whitepaper. These quarterly progress reports will be scheduled after the initial token sale, and include statements from
the development team, statements from the operations team,
executive overviews, updated timetables, and other pertinent information to the progress of the Transportcoin project.
Common Goal
Transportcoin plans to support and encourage a better environmental policy in the freight industry. We strongly support a
shift away from heavy polluting “bunker fuel” in sea freight to
cleaner natural gas or even electric container ships, the encouragement of freight rail for its high efficiency, the use of fuel
economy improving technology and gamification of fuel efficiency
in the trucking industry, and the use of AI to reduce fuel usage. Protecting our environment is critical, and the freight industry
should constantly work to improve its carbon footprint.
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