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In this world where technology embraces the whole of our planet, data storage is of vital importance, even though we as simple users send through social networks files such as: photos, videos, documents or audio files, behind everything there is a great infrastructure that is responsible for ensuring the security of such data, even large companies likewise require handling a volume of confidential data that must be protected.
In recent years the concept of cloud storage has become popular, but this is not new, this concept was born in the 1960s in which data was hosted in virtualized storage spaces, usually provided by third parties.

The companies that offer these services operate huge processing centers specialized in the storage of information, the users who require these services have to hire or rent spaces which are expensive.

To access these services once contracted, access can be made through different means such as web service, application programming interface (API), web interface some other.

According to research on the cloud storage market, it is estimated that commercialization will reach 72 billion dollars by 2020, which means that it is a market that is growing exponentially.

For the first time it is my pleasure to introduce you to a blockchain based platform called Casper API, in short it is an infrastructure that was created to store data on any Blockchain platform with the option of intelligent contracts.

# <center>The Problem.</center>
- One of the common problems with existing platforms that are medium-run is their high cost, which leads users to look for inexpensive but deficient platforms.
- Its structure is designed for centralized systems and for this reason the functionality of DApps applies to decentralized structures.
In the not too distant future, we will see how the information will be generated by people and millions of IO and AR/VR devices, drones and much more, this requires a lot of storage space, which will generate a great demand for the creation of applications and DApps.

# <center>Solution.</center>
[Casper API](http://www.casperproject.io/) provides an infrastructure for storing data on any Blockchain platform with intelligent contract capabilities. You can store documents, photos, videos, 3D models and audio files. We are currently developing a universal solution that can work with any blockchain.
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Casper API is attractive to traditional businesses because it allows for a three-fold reduction in data storage costs instead of centralized solutions. The decentralized structure has proven to be valuable to DApps, providing full transaction transparency, easy integration through SDKs, and secure, cost-effective storage.

# <center>What is Casper API for?</center>
[Casper API](http://www.casperproject.io/) allows you to take advantage of all the capabilities already present in cloud storage, such as data storage and the content distribution network (CDN). Your infrastructure can be used for all kinds of applications, websites and even offline business without the use of smart contracts. When combined with architectural capabilities such as automated content delivery through intelligent block chain contracts and SDK for DApps, Casper API is a great solution for the emerging decentralized applications market.

# <center>How does it work?</center>
When the decentralized application asks a smart contract for free space to place content, the smart contract will send you a server address where you can upload the data. The Casper API system, during the upload, copies the file to 3 more servers, in short, we have 4 copies of the file. On the other hand, this number of replicas is maintained. If a server is no longer available on the network, it will be replaced by a new one, which will download a copy of the remaining 3 servers. Application developers may or may not encrypt data, depending on the content. Casper API stores 4 copies of encrypted or open files for review.

-|Casper   |Storj    |Filecoin|Sia|Bluzelle|
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Focused on working with DApp.|X|-|-|-|X|
Storage of files and folders (video, audio, documents)|X|X|X|X|-|
Accommodation (CDN)|X|-|X|-|X|	
Support for different blockchains|X|-|-|-|X|
Vendor Qualification Plan |X|X|X|-|-|	

# <center>Casper Token (CST)</center>
The Casper token (CST) is the essential component of the system and offers the possibility to perform transactions within the system. The CST is designed to allow for greater system flexibility in real time, as well as to lay the foundation for future system growth and development. All CST vouchers will be issued during the ICO. A CST token can be split up to 0.0000000001 CST.

# CST owners have the following opportunities
Be a resource provider (1CST = up to 25.6Gb) in order to provide the data storage needs of the service and receive rewards for it.
Rent the Token to the supplier and receive some of your rewards for using your Token.
Sell the token freely on the stock exchange at market value.

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Token |CST
PreICO Price| 1 CST = 0.08 USD
Price |1 CST = 0.16 USD
Bounty| Available
MVP/Prototype| Available
Platform| Ethereum
Accepting |ETH, BTC
Soft cap| 6,700,000 USD
Hard cap |26 200 000 USD
Raised |$1,040,000
Country| Russia
Whitelist/KYC |KYC & Whitelist
Restricted areas| USA

# <center> Milestones </center>
# 2011
- Legion Digital founded
# May 2017
- Idea of Casper first appears
# December 2017
- Pre-ICO
# January 2018
- Development of Casper prototype
# February 2018
- MVP
# April 2018
- First Dapps join the system
# November 2018
- Launch of the alpha version of Casper API
# February 2019
- Launch of the beta version of Casper API
# May 2019
- Release
- early 2019
- Global hookup of suppliers
# July 2018
- ICO held.
	
# <center>Team</center>
- Artem Koltsov - Co-founder
- Nurlan Tlegenov - CMO
- Vitaly Cheremensky - CEO
- Igor Koval - Go-Developer
- Alexey Verlinger - Code Supervisor
- Evgeniy Stratovnikov - Go-Developer
- Alena Kolpashnikova - Project lead
- Stanislav Kapulkin - CTO
- Dongwon Kang - IR Korea
- Vadim Batkin - Financial advisor
- Yuriy Gugnin - Advisor
- Eddie Chou - Advisor
- Ian Scarffe - Marketing, IR, Advisor
- Vladimir Nikitin - Advisor
- Alexander Borodich - Advisor
- Peter Lin - Advisor
- Berry Buter - Advisor
- Michael Portnoy - Capital markets Advisor
- Shaobo Zhi - Advisor
- Mark Lissenberg - Marketing Advisor

If you need more information I leave you below the links where you can review it in much more detail, any questions or doubts I invite you to comment.

Platform|Links
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 Web site|http://www.casperproject.io/
Whitepaper|http://www.casperproject.io/docs/Casper_whitepaper_eng.pdf
Twitter|https://twitter.com/CasperAPI
Facebook|https://www.facebook.com/CasperAPI/
Reddit|https://www.reddit.com/user/CasperAPI/
Github|https://github.com/Casper-dev/
Medium|https://medium.com/@CasperAPI
Telegram|https://t.me/CasperProjectENG
Ann|https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2869690.0



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