Asura Coin: Taking eSports to New Heights

Asura Coin is a decentralized self-sustainable eSports platform built on blockchain technology, specifically on the Nep-5 blockchain.

Technology is now playing a very critical role in sports and eSports is not exempted. In fact, technology has contributed immensely to the increasing number of live eSports streaming services.

Over the years, the number of audiences and live streaming of eSports have been growing. Technology has also contributed to the change in the way that we all view content today and this is the case in both online and offline gaming.

eSports audience and viewership have grown immensely over the years. Maybe, we should cast our mind back to the first eSports tournaments that took place for the most popular game, Spacewar.

The tournament took place on the 19th of October 1972 and was hosted by Harvard University. The viewership for the event was less than 1,000. But today, all that has changed.

In 2011, the international tournament for the online game, Dota 2, was the first live-streamed eSports tournament and the tournament had a remarkable 1.5 million viewers.

This shows the remarkable growth of online viewership. The popular online streaming platform, Twitch, currently has over 15 million viewers daily and more than 100 minutes of online content is consumed.
And this is just a tip of the iceberg of the potential value that can be unlocked in the eSports arena. This offers an opportunity for the business savvy person.

The growth of the popularity of eSports has also created massive growth in the betting and wagering space. There is a reported value of more than $640 million (U.S. dollar) wagered in eSports events in 2016 alone. Bear in mind that this value stated does not even put into account the transactions that happen in certain unregulated markets in both cash and digital assets.

Asura Coin’s Venture into the eSports Market
Having identified the great potential and value in eSport, Asura Coin is positioning itself to play in this globally lucrative market in the entire ecosystem.

Asura Coin Ecosystem
The Asura Coin ecosystem comprises the following:

1. Tournament Hosting
2. eSports Betting and Tournament Live Stream
3. Community Centre
4. Professional Guides
5. Community Match Making

Form the above we can see that the Asura platform is coming to provide value across the eSports value chain and providing remarkable extra value.

The platform would be providing both free to use and paid content for its subscribers. Gamers and subscribers on the platform would be enjoying four games;
• Dota 2
• Counter Strike: Global Operation
• League of Legends
• King of Glory
More games will still be added.

Token
ASA is the token that will power the Asura World platform. The token runs on the NEP-5 NEO blockchain which provides great utility for transactions on the platform such as for placing bets and making payments. After the ICO, the tokens will be tradeable on specified exchanges and gamers can buy or trade their ASA tokens with other coins or cash.

Conclusion
eSports and online streaming command great value and Asura have identified and keyed into the entire eSports value chain to provide great value for all gamers. Investing in this project is sure to cast a bagful of rewards in future. website, whitepaper, telegram, twitter, facebook