IAGON: A Storage Service Platform For Everyone

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What is IAGON IAG project?
IAGON is a platform for harnessing the storage capacities and processing power of multiple computers over a decentralized Blockchain grid. IAGON utilizes and enables to store big data files and repositories, as well as smaller scales of files, and to carry out complex computational processes, such as those needed for artificial intelligence and machine learning operations, within a fully secure and encrypted platform that integrates Blockchain, cryptographic and AI technologies in a user- friendly way.

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Cloud is transforming the world in one way or another. The market size of cloud services is expanding; similarly, the demand for sophisticated storage capacities and computational processing capabilities is also rising. Right now, this market is captured by four prominent players—Google Cloud, AWS, IBM, and Microsoft. These cloud service providers use centralized storage and processing facilities, and that’s how they will become less trusted. These service providers successfully eliminate any competition because they have a huge client base. They manage to attract more clients just because they’ve substantially invested in data centers, storage facilities, and servers.

How does IAGON work?

The mission of IAGON is to entirely revolutionize the currently existing cloud and web services market. It is going to provide a comprehensive and entirely decentralized grid of storage and processing and join the unused capacity in servers and in personal computers as well as their own processing power. The team is confident that it can create a super-computer as well as a super data center which would be able to compete with virtually any of the currently existing cloud computing moguls.

The project shall deliver companies as well as individuals with storage as well as processing services at a small friction of what the market is currently asking as a price and at a far better level of security by putting together data centers, business computers as well as personal users.

The project is decentralizing a convenient field which is currently dominated by big data centers and companies with serious capabilities. By harnessing the power of decentralization and the distributed blockchain ledger, the project shall provide substantial capabilities to users at a fraction of the cost.

The IAGON platform is powered by Artificial Intelligence that will connect users and services through a decentralized application. It is said to use easy to understand and operate features. They make the functionality of the software easy to sync across all available smart devices. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a simple user or a full-blown organization, the platform is designed to work for you.

They claim to be the next disruptive innovation, with registered miners that operate through a limited number of positions. It’s a secure cloud platform that is used for developing a one-stop solution for decentralized cloud-based services.

They use A.I combined with machine algorithms and neural networks to operate a secure blockchain based network. With the integrated DApps, the platform is 100% trustworthy and decentralized for use on every type of smart device you can imagine.

Mining is one of the main ways to generate revenue with the system and operates on a foundation resting on your computer’s resources, like processing power and storage capabilities. With the use of smart contracts anyone can create their own form that is easy to use without the need of understanding programming language.

The system works on a decentralized network that is unique, proprietary and secure with encrypted distributed storage solutions that utilizes the blockchain technology and sharding protocols. The blockchain tangle utilizes a hybrid blockchain and Tangle technology that aims to change the way decentralized storage and processing functions.

Introduction to the project - IAGON

IAGON TOKENS
IAGON is permitting consumers to share their available storage space for IAG tokens where miners will be able to receive perks depending on the amount of process they have utilized.

IAGON was designed to create a supercomputer that has the ability to compute and analyze a vast number of data that is powered by Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain Technology. It aims to provide a smooth experience and "efficiently serves the needs of its users". By taking advantage of the unused computing power and as well as storage space it can create a global supercomputing grid which has the capability to go along with other Cloud Computing Platforms.

IAGON utilizes its claim instrument for deciding excavators' commitment and handling speed using a technique known as proof of variance. IAGON has its own unique way of using blockchain compare to other cryptocurrencies.

IAGON’S SECURE LAKE TECHNOLOGY
IAGONhas a high level of security were it ensures that there is no miner who will be able to access any file that has been stored. IAGON’s Secure Lake is based on the Blockchain unbreakable encryption technology, on file slicing and storage of small, anonymous and strongly encrypted slices of the original files. The vulnerabilities and in addition the hacking potential outcomes of databases of Big Data and Data Lake framework are freely posted on the web, predominantly cautioning associations against security breaks that may ascend because of utilization of these stages.

IAGON’S SMARTCOMPUTINGGRIDPLATFORM
AND AI-TRACKERTECHNOLOGY
The increasing demand for processing power is evident for example by the growing sales of NVIDIA systems for
Machine Learning and Deep Learning operations , as well as other advanced operations of Artifcial Intelligence
that require vast volumes of computing and processing capabilities . The technology domain of AI based
innovations that require large capacities of processing power (mostly supplied by batteries of servers with large
amount of CPUs and GPUs ) include face recognition , video processing , voice analysis , text analysis, pattern
recognition in Big Data databases and digital document repositories , autonomous cars, IoT based decision
support systems and many more. AI technologies and applications are expected to exponentially grow over the
next years , thereby increasing the demand for processing power to support both research and their day-to-day

operations.
IAGON’s Smart Computing Grid is equivalent to any other power grid (such as solar production of electricity):
• It connects multiple producers to customers
• Smart Computing Grid fulfls the demand for the necessary resource
• It transfers unused resources to customers in need (CPU and GPU processing power and
storage space), and
• It benefts the miners providing processing power and storage space to the grid without
requiring efforts when their servers and computers are not used by them.

The Smart Computing Grid is based on advanced Artifcial Intelligence components that include more than 100
Machine Learning algorithms , methods and techniques that integrate to form our AI-Tracker system. AI-Tracker
is the “brain ” behind IAGON ’s Smart Computing Grid . It optimally allocates encrypted fle slices to the miners ’
free storage spaces and computational tasks to the miners ’ free (idle) CPUs and GPUs that compose the Smart
Computing Grid.
AI-Tracker is a dynamically learning system that continuously analyzes past and current data streams that
refect the availability of storage space and processing capacities of miners. AI- Tracker carries out the tasks of
optimally allocating and transmitting encrypted fle slices to designated storage spaces, allocation for
processing tasks for rapid , optimal performance of the grid and identifcation of rogue nodes that should be
blocked and removed from the grid and continuously fne tuning the grid ’s attributes to optimize its
performance at any time.

ARCHITECTURE
The architecture of IAGON ’s Open Source platform can be broken down into three unique sections. The
sections are the machine learning algorithm , the Blockchain and miners , and the encryption/decryption
protocol . When a request is sent to IAGON, the machine learning algorithm sends blocks of data over to the
miners to process and fnd for matching signatures . These blocks of data are then sent back to be validated
over the blockchain along with an output which the machine learning algorithm will use to identify a node.
It will be impossible to identify a node without processing the data in multiple blocks and to identify
a correlation thus this provides a level of anonymity and privacy to the users utilizing IAGON’s platform.
Individual miners will not beable to identify a certain request or node unless they have access to enough blocks .
Blocks are distributed evenly to miners by utilizing proof of variance and does not store any
of the data within their local systems . This allows data to be process anonymously
without being able to identify any single node individually except through the machine learning
a l g o r i t h m . I n a d d i t i o n, M i n e r s a r e i n c e n t i v i z e d to p r o c e ss t h e d a t a q u i c k l y to e a r n
rewards , as such it would not be ideal for miners to actually spend time , energy and money to try to store or
process the data.

The Blockchain allows data to be broken down into blocks and sent across nodes. The hashing algorithm
utilizes SHA 256 and hashes each block with its previous hash to create a chain . When data is received
back from an individual node, the data output will be matched against the hash of its corresponding block
and validated against its header to determine if the output data is valid. This way of processing provides a
unique method towards distributed processing as it provides a layer of integrity to the data being
processed and to determine if the output has been tempered in any way. In the event any of the miners
have manipulated the data in anyway, the returning block will be rejected and the block will be sent over
to a different node to be reprocessed . Miners receive incentives based upon the number of processes
they perform – in simple speak, the more data they process the bigger the incentives.
The encryption and decryption protocol allows for secure storage of data within any external or internal
platforms. This provides a unique approach towards decentralization as any external platform with an API
can simply be integrated to IAGON’s platform to utilize its services. What makes IAGON unique is the fact that
IAGON is able to integrate seamlessly with current database architecture including SQL, NoSQL, Big data
databases, private Blockchain, hyperledger, or any public Blockchain or decentralized network.

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
IAGON is an AI that learns over time. To achieve this, IAGON learns through a method known as reinforcement
learning. Reinforcement learning is the science of decision making to handle a dynamic environment. This
means IAGON undergoes an active learning process to optimize its decision making process
to determine its course of action. This creates and unparalleled paradigm towards how IAGON handles its
input. Using a method known as Markov Decision Process that is based on probability theory, IAGON tries to
determine an optimized form of reward system that improvises its actions to maximize its reward system
over time.

The Markov Decision Process can be describe using the following algorithm:
• S, a set of states of the world
• A, a set of actions
• R, the expected reward from a state and action
• , expected reward for transition from where some action is taken
• Rules to describe the observation the agent makes
The end goal is pick actions that maximizes future rewards
Markov state is unique in its approach because it bases decision making of the future independent of the
past given the present (David Silver). This is represented by the information state (a.k.a Markov state) if and
only if:

P[ st+1 st ] = P[ st+1 s1………,st ]

The information state proves that if the present state of a system is known, then the historical actions need
not be considered as the results of the future will be independent to the historical state.

DATA MINING
IAGON takes a very different approach towards data mining. IAGON does this by utilizing a private
Blockchain with public network protocols over API networks. A miner does not need to store any of the data
in order to mine, the miner’s sole duty is to honestly process the data and send the output back to IAGON’s
machine learning algorithm for analysis.

Data mining on IAGON ’s platform does not have the need to perform complex algorithm to solve an
equation. Instead, IAGON uses the decentralized computing network to distribute load and increase speed
for mundane data processing tasks . Block tasks are distributed to miners using the proof of variance
method . Miners will need to match the data signature from the data input and fnd its corresponding data
object in the block and return the data output. The miners do not need to store any of the data it processes,
and once the data has been validated to belong to the specifc block, the miner is considered to have mined
the block. The miner receives rewards based on the number of data points it mines, and if no data is found
within the block the miner does not receive any reward. This will incentivize miners to complete mining the
entire block and to increase the number of blocks they mine. The incentive mechanism discourages miners
from just mining a block until the frst data output is achieved because of the speed limitations associated
with network connections will prove to be uneconomical , as such miners will be encouraged for their own
beneft to completely mine the entire block to fnd all possible data points that matches the data input.
Blocks are generated at a bounded rate and there are no communication between miner’s clients.
The server connecting the miners to IAGON’s platform uses a multithreaded server to distribute and receive
results. Blocks are sent over HTTP-based protocols so that clients inside frewalls can connect to it. There
are two methods currently to approach block storage and removal from miner’s unit. The option would be to
process purely in memory provided by the random -access memory unit in a computer or introducing a
garbage collector program that effectively removes the block from disk. The mining client architecture
should allow it to run as a background process or a GUI application. To support different architectures , the
best approach would be to create multiple threads , where one thread does communication and data
processing while the other thread handle GUI interactions (Anderson, 2002). Proof of variance allows IAGON
to identify the typical speed at which miners take to process a block . In the event a miner is disconnect ,
goes ofine or does not complete computation on its block , the block is resent to other nodes in the network.

BLOCKCHAIN

IAGON leverages the Blockchain technology to maintain honesty of nodes across IAGON distributed data
mining algorithm. The Blockchain uses SHA256 algorithm of previous blocks to maintain a chain link to its
historical state (in this case data).This allows IAGON to incentivize miners on its platform to process data
honestly and to guard against deliberate manipulation of the data output. Using the Blockchain, IAGON ’s
machine learning algorithm can quickly identify if a data output mined from a block is actually a valid part of
the block. This can be achieve within the framework of a simple Blockchain similar to that used by «Bitcoin» by
hashing the inputs with the hash of the previous block. Genesis block are created internally within the
private blockchain. The Blockchain presents a unique approach towards sharing data across a
decentralized network. The data can be stored, processed and validated by a network of nodes or it can be
stored and validated within an internal facility where the processing is outsourced to a decentralized
network of nodes . The Blockchain allows consistency to be maintained throughout the entire data structure.
One of the major reason the Blockchain is maintained privately is to compete with big data databases in
the market in terms of volume , variety and velocity . A private Blockchain allows for the research,
development and facility cost to be borne by IAGON’s team with input from various stakeholders as oppose
to getting multiple parties to reach a large enough consensus before making big development changes to
improve the system . In order to keep up with massive read and write operations within its private
Blockchain , IAGON might in the future scale to introduced multiple private Blockchains to reduce the
potential of a single point of failure which can bring the down whole system by using a masterless architecture.

THE TANGLETECHNOLOGY
IAGON will expand its operations to support using its Smart Computing Grid and Secure Lake technologies on
the Tangle platform , in addition to operating them on the Ethereum Blockchain . The Tangle technology is
based on application of a directed acyclic graph (DAG). Mathematically , the Tangle generates a stochastic
process on the space of Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) that “grows” in time by attaching new vertices to the
graph according to a Poissonian clock . Yet, no vertices (edges ) are deleted . When that clock signals the
system , a new vertex appears and attaches itself to positions on the graph selected by random walk
processes on the prior state of the graph (Popov et al., 2017).
The application of the Tangle technology assists in resolving some of the issues associated with the
implementation of the Blockchain technology for a large scale of operations , including the difculties to scale
the blockchain, to achieve consensus on the validity of blocks when the new blocks continuously arrive. By
applying the Tangle technology , IAGON can offer an alternative solution for organizations with Big Data
repositories that can support large scales of processing and storage management tasks.

RESOLUTION PROTOCOL
Like all autonomous systems, there is always a need for some form of manual intervention when dealing
with anomalies. The resolution protocol has a set of rules when dealing with anomalies to either resolve it
automatically or perform further processing by sandboxing the request and allow manual intervention to
resolve the confict.
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ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION
The encryption/decryption protocol is used for internally stored data. All data stored within IAGON’s platform
is encrypted to some degree to protect the data in the event of a breach. IAGON has a variety of options to
store data on its platform including SQL, NoSQL , private Blockchains and other 3rd party storage providers
which are compliant with regulatory requirements. IAGON at its core use AES-256 to encrypt and decrypt data.
AES -256 is the encryption standard recommended by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and
Technology) and uses a symmetric key algorithm.

Iagon - We Revolutionize The Cloud

PURCHASING TOKENS VIA FIAT MONEY TRANSFERS
Purchases can be made via all ETH, Bank Transfer or debit/card (We also use Changelly as our API and this
allows for us to convert other currencies to ETH on site, before purchase).
Please follow the detailed instructions for Token Sale fat money transfers on our website.

IAGON's ICO

The project is about to enter its pre-ICO on the 2nd of April in 2018. The presale is going to go until the 30th of April in 2018 and it is going to allocate tokens at a price of $0.07 USD per 1 token. The native tokens will be ticked as IAG and the official price is disclosed as $0.12 USD per 1 IAG. There are available discounts and bonuses as well as a bounty program incentivizing larger and earlier investments.

The project will allow investments to be made with Fiat, ETH, and BTC and the hard cap is set to $77,000,000 USD. The soft cap is set to $30,000,000 USD.

The country of origin is Norway. The project has announced that there is going to be a whitelist that users can participate in and a KYC for those who have a US residence. The tokens are ERC223 Compliant and the project is based on the platform of Ethereum, allowing the usage of its smart contracts for further security and convenience.

PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE TOKEN CONTRACT
The Token Contract and associated audits will be published at a later date on Etherscan. We invite all potential
participants to review them for features and functionality.

IAGON'S Partners
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