The children and teens who enjoyed watching the 90s to 2000s anime/cartoons have all grown up now. This generation made Cosplaying popular throughout the world. Some already have children and are married while others are still Cosplaying even at their age. Why not when it's so much fun to dress up as your favorite character even when it's not Halloween, right?
These days, popular culture characters are Cosplayed by young and old people alike. This is why the Cosplay Token will prove useful to everyone in and around the cosplay industry.
What is Cosplay?
In Japan, the concept of dressing up as a favorite anime or manga character began in the 1970s. At the time, they called it kasou.
In 1983, Japanese writer Nobuyuki Takahashi created the word cosplay by combining "costume" and "play." He supposedly also got inspired by the costume wearing fan culture in the US sci-fi conventions.
During the 90s and onwards, cosplay finally became known outside Japan. However, even with its popularity, there are 5 major issues plaguing the cosplay industry. This is where Cosplay Token comes in to resolve these problems, allowing cosplaying to be more accessible to anyone in the Anime, Comic, Film and Game fields. Those four currently hold a market value totaling more than 180 billion dollars.
Cure WorldCosplay (worldcosplay.net) and COT aims to boost the cosplay industry and make it more sustainable moving forward.
What is Cure WorldCosplay & Cosplay Token?
Cure WorldCosplay is the world's biggest Cosplay community website. This is the site behind the trailblazing Cosplay Token (COT), an ECR20 standard token using the Bancor protocol.
According to their Whitepaper:
"Cure WorldCosplay (CW) has been operating as a community service for cosplayers and those around them (Photographers, Props Makers, etc.) all over the world. We are a multi-lingual platform supporting 12 languages where more than 720,000 members from more than 180 countries post their quality works, 6.5 million images and counting. "
Here's the COT introductory video.
COT will be the basic currency on Cure WorldCosplay which will be integrated along with its decentralized app by 2019.
5 Major Issues the Cosplay Token Will Resolve
1 . "Copyright & revenue sharing issues"
Each site member gets a digital membership card so any uploaded data will be recorded in the Blockchain, protecting member files. Illegal content are manually removed but will be automated in the future thru Artificial Intelligence.
Cure WorldCosplay cosplayers will even have their Personalized Player Cosplay Tokens/coins. Users will be able to use such coins to pay for event tickets, Player merchandise, etc., while Players shall receive payment, incentives and tips via the credible transactions or smart contracts.
2. "Trust and harassment in the cosplay industry"
Each Player and user will be identifiable on the blockchain. This should help curb harassment as members shall be able to evaluate or rate each other, furthering trust and good will within the industry. The COT system shall also improve member reputation.
3. "Not everyone has access to settlement accounts"
COT will be accessible to everyone. You can be a student or professional cosplayer, a photographer, a dressmaker, a fan, an investor, etc. You name it and you'll surely be able to acquire the Cosplay Tokens.
4. "There is little to no value recognition"
Cure WorldCosplay will allow for evaluation of each Player or user's posts. Each member can showcase their amazing photos, cool articles, etc., where they can gain exposure, get evaluated and more. This gives any member's site content the value and recognition they previously lacked.
5. "Cosplay content is not globalised."
On Cure WorldCosplay, content will be translated then uploaded by a third party into any of the available site languages to avoid event or activity misinformation. Other users can then evaluate the details in order to discourage any incorrect information.
This will allow easier communication between various nationalities.
In Summary, here are the Platform Initiatives
Quick Diagram of the Service and COT Flow
Meet the core Cosplay Token team
The experts behind this ICO are mostly Japanese who have a burning passion for Cosplay!
Here are the lead advisers:
Why Join the Cosplay Token Crowdsale Now?
Crowdsale began on July 29, 2018 and will end on September 1, 2018 (23:59 UTC).
Get your Cosplay Tokens (COT) now because they will never make new ones after September 1st. Minimum purchase is at 0.02 ETH.
Cosplayers, their fans, photographers, investors and others can benefit from buying COT while it's available. See the sample usage below.
For more details, visit the COT website or read the COT whitepaper here. Other pertinents sites below:
Register now and be among the first people to have COT + bonuses based on escrow period.
All info and media used were taken from Cosplay Token website and whitepaper.
Contest is sponsored by @moworks.
Written by @artgirl for Steemit.