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Whitelisting and Token Sale Update

Whitelisting and Token Sale Update

The Havven whitelist opens later today, and over the last week we have heard from many people interested in how it works. This article will provide some details around the whitelisting process, as well as some details around the token sale. The whitelist opens February 19 (approximately 12:00 PST)

Havven Sale Update

Havven Sale Update

Based on feedback from the community, our advisors and investors we have decided not to increase the hard cap. We clearly underestimated the concern raising the cap would generate. Our reasoning for raising the cap was to create more collateral backed stablecoins in the network at launch and to allow

Airdrop and KYC/AML update

Airdrop and KYC/AML update

We are four days into the Havven airdrop campaign, and the participation level has blown our team away. While I’ve been writing this post, our Telegram group ticked over 80,000 members, and we have had to prepare a second group for the likely increase in numbers as the

Understanding the Havven token sale

Understanding the Havven token sale

A question we get asked frequently is “How much does one havven token (HAV) cost in the token sale?” The simple answer is “Approximately $0.50 USD,” but there are a number of variables affecting the final price based on your individual discount. $0.50 USD is calculated from the

Havven FAQs

When is the ICO / token sale? February 28 — March 6, 2018 Is there a pre-sale, and does it include a discount? There is a period in which you can express your interest in purchasing havven tokens, which is January 8th to January 31st. There is a discount of 30% during

A beginner’s guide to the Havven airdrop

A beginner’s guide to the Havven airdrop

An airdrop is the free distribution of cryptocurrency tokens, which are the units of currency native to a blockchain project. This article will explain exactly how to get involved in the Havven airdrop, which is one of the largest of its kind and will take place from February 4–14

Havven Software Audit

Havven Software Audit

Today we’re pleased to announce that we have open sourced the code for version 1.0 of the Havven platform under the MIT licence, in addition to the previously released code for our network simulation. We chose the MIT licence given that it is one of the most permissive

Havven TokenSoft Partnership

Havven TokenSoft Partnership

Here at Havven, we’ve followed the world of token sales very closely since inception. A token sale can be conducted by various methods, each with their own implementation tradeoffs. Prior to embarking on our own token sale, we sat down and targeted the risks associated with running a sale.

Thoughts from Crypto Finance Conference

Crypto Finance Conference

Thoughts from Crypto Finance Conference

The inaugural Crypto Finance Conference just wrapped up in St Moritz. It was an amazing event that reinforced some trends I’ve observed over the past six months, while dispelling a few others. The strongest realisation for me was that we are still very much at the beginning of cryptoasset

MakerDAO and the Dai

MakerDAO and the Dai

As meteoric growth brings mainstream attention to cryptocurrency, volatility continues to undermine its adoption. The primary function of currency — to act as a medium of exchange — cannot be fulfilled until stability is achieved. Stablecoin projects are becoming increasingly popular as the community turns its attention toward what is one of

Basecoin: an algorithmic central bank

Basecoin: an algorithmic central bank

The Basecoin project aims to provide a stablecoin by algorithmically modifying supply to maintain a constant price. At a high level, this approach is similar to Havven and most other stablecoin projects; where demand is hard to influence directly, supply can be modified either algorithmically or by providing incentives to

A Decentralised Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway

A Decentralised Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway

Previous attempts to implement cryptocurrency payment gateways have been hampered by several factors. The first is volatility, which imposes risk on any party required to hold and settle cryptocurrency into fiat. Another is the unwillingness of users to pay in a currency that is appreciating in value. A third problem