# Decentraland Announces Anticipated Token Sale for Massive Virtual Reality Economy Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2017-07-22 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Top industry executives join Board for first decentralized Meta Description: Join top industry executives in the first decentralised virtual world powered by blockchain. Buy and sell virtual real estate with MANA token. Transform URL: https://financedigest.com/decentraland-announces-anticipated-token-sale-for-massive-virtual-reality-economyhtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/businessman-and-businesswom-1736843665274-compressed.jpg) _Top industry executives join Board for first decentralized virtual world powered by blockchain_ Decentraland, a virtual reality platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain in which users can create, discover, experience, and monetize content and applications, has today announced a crowdsale for its ERC-20 token MANA. MANA will let users buy and sell virtual real estate, called LAND, and fully immerse themselves in Decentraland’s virtual reality economy. The token sale, which will commence on August 8, 2017 and conclude on August 16, 2017, has a $20 [million USD](https://www.financedigest.com/supercapacitor-market-size-to-worth-around-usd-5979-67-million-by-2026-tmr.html "Supercapacitor Market Size to Worth around USD 5,979.67 Million by 2026 – TMR") maximum cap and will be followed by a Continuous Issuance stage. Decentraland Project Lead Ariel Meilich said: “As the [virtual reality market continues its rapid growth](https://www.financedigest.com/augmented-reality-ar-virtual-reality-vr-to-dictate-the-growth-of-temporal-implants-market.html "Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) to dictate the growth of Temporal Implants Market"), we are excited to launch Decentraland, a new virtual economy, where content creators are incentivized and fairly rewarded for their contributions. We believe Decentraland, which enables low cost, direct payments between content creators and users with its native token MANA, will radically change e-commerce and [online content distribution](https://www.financedigest.com/online-distribution-and-ecommerce-segments-are-expected-to-boost-demand-of-smart-fertility-tracker-market.html "Online Distribution And Ecommerce Segments Are Expected To Boost Demand Of Smart Fertility Tracker Market"). “Already in development with prototypes available for public testing, Decentraland offers limitless possibilities for content creators to contribute to and shape the [virtual world](https://www.financedigest.com/metas-new-quest-pro-headset-mixing-real-and-virtual-worlds-makes-debut.html "Meta’s new Quest Pro headset, mixing real and virtual worlds, makes debut"), from gaming to art installations to education and healthcare applications.” [Developers can build and monetize applications on the Decentraland platform and use MANA to buy](https://www.financedigest.com/sony-to-buy-mobile-game-developer-in-push-beyond-consoles.html "Sony to buy mobile game developer in push beyond consoles") LAND and other in-world goods and services. The value of LAND is based on its proximity to high-traffic hubs, and its ability to host in-demand applications. Decentraland has partnered with district0x, a collective of decentralized marketplaces and communities, to give users the ability to trade land in the [secondary market](https://www.financedigest.com/how-we-can-rebalance-the-private-debt-secondaries-market.html "How we can rebalance the private debt secondaries market"). Although unclaimed LAND can be purchased at the same exchange rate (1,000 MANA = 1 LAND), differences in positions and traffic could potentially see LAND parcels trade at different [prices on a secondary market](https://www.financedigest.com/markets-pricing-some-geopolitics-but-risk-premia-can-grow-further-goldman.html "Markets pricing some geopolitics, but risk premia can grow further -Goldman"). Ari Meilich said: “Ownership of LAND is recorded on the Ethereum blockchain, guaranteeing immutability, while interactions are noted on a network of nodes streams, giving users full control of their land and content sitting on it.” Decentraland has constructed financial incentives to help bootstrap the utility value of the network. Contests for creating art, games, applications, and experiences, will be held on in the world, encouraging [content creators](https://www.financedigest.com/how-to-find-and-recruit-content-creators-that-align-with-your-brand-organically.html "How to find and recruit content creators that align with your brand, organically") to compete for MANA by growing Decentraland’s in-world offerings. In addition, new users will also be assigned allowances in MANA, letting them participate in the economy immediately. Ari Meilich said: “Decentraland is designed to let everyone participate in its virtual world immediately. For example, communities hosted on offline and online forums like chat groups and centralized multiplayer games, can transition to Decentraland and [integrate economic capabilities](https://www.financedigest.com/gumgum-and-jw-player-partner-to-integrate-viewability-and-advanced-contextual-capabilities.html "GumGum and JW Player Partner to Integrate Viewability and Advanced Contextual Capabilities") into their communities.” Funds raised in the token sale will be distributed as follows: 50% will be reserved for development, 20% for research, 15% for [marketing and community development](https://www.financedigest.com/turbo-compounding-systems-market-development-status-competition-analysis-type-and-application-2026.html "Turbo Compounding Systems Market Development Status, Competition Analysis, Type and Application 2026"), 10% for operations and business development, and the remaining 5% for legal costs. A Continuous Issuance stage will [follow the conclusion of the crowd](https://www.financedigest.com/huge-crowds-follow-queens-funeral-in-silence-and-awe.html "Huge crowds follow queen’s funeral in silence and awe") sale event, allowing a decreasing percentage of the initial supply of MANA to be bought from the smart contract each year, with limited supply over time. Decentraland intends to protect the token from inflation by making users burn MANA to claim LAND. Decentraland’s Board of Advisors includes some of the [industry’s most respected figures](https://www.financedigest.com/poly-cotton-fabric-market-detailed-analysis-of-current-and-future-industry-figures-till-2020-2030.html "Poly Cotton Fabric Market Detailed Analysis of Current and Future Industry Figures till 2020-2030"), including Aragon project lead Luis Cuende, CoinFund Managing Partner Jake Brukhman, and n3xt creator Diego Doval. Despite his young age, Aragon’s Luis Cuende is one of the most respected leaders in the blockchain industry. Luis was named the best underage European programmer in 2011, is a Forbes 30 Under 30, an MIT TR35, and was an Advisor to the VP of the European Commission. Luis was the co-founder of Tim Draper-backed blockchainstartupStampery. His project Aragon [recently raised $25 million](https://www.financedigest.com/silicon-capacitors-market-to-garner-us-3100-million-by-2027-at-8-cagr-recent-study-by-tmr.html "Silicon Capacitors Market to Garner US$ 3,100 million by 2027 at 8% CAGR – Recent study by TMR") in ETH in a mission to disintermediate business by providing a platform for decentralized organizations. Advisor Jake Brukhman currently serves as Managing Partner of CoinFund LLC, a blockchain technology research company and proprietary cryptoasset [investment vehicle](https://www.financedigest.com/spain-to-invest-5-1-billion-in-electric-vehicle-production.html "Spain to invest .1 billion in electric vehicle production") operating since July 2015. In his present capacity, Brukhman advises prominent organizations including Kik Interactive, Aragon, and district0x. Prior to co-founding CoinFund, Brukhman was Partner and CTO at Triton Research, a technical product manager and engineer at Amazon, and spent over 5 years in the financial [technology industry](https://www.financedigest.com/adverty-launches-industry-first-streaming-video-technology-for-in-play-ads-in-partnership-with-seenthis.html "Adverty launches industry-first streaming video technology for In-Play™ ads in partnership with SeenThis") in New York City, holding positions at Kohera LLC and Highbridge Capital Management. Diego Doval is the creator of n3xt, an upcoming productivity platform. Prior to n3xt, Doval was CTO of Ning, Inc, helping grow the social network from launch to 100 million users. A computer science PhD specialized in self-organizing networks,Doval has extensive experience in the design and architecture of [large scale](https://www.financedigest.com/facebook-parent-meta-is-preparing-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-wsj.html "Facebook parent Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week – WSJ") web platforms, peer to peer technologies, mobile, and several other areas, contributing to projects or community resources such as the Andreessen-Horowitz AI Playbook, which he recently co-authored. Ari Meilich said: “The [gaming market](https://www.financedigest.com/increasing-adoption-of-ar-and-vr-in-gaming-expected-to-drive-growth-of-the-global-ar-and-vr-market-through-2025.html "Increasing Adoption of AR and VR in Gaming Expected to Drive Growth of the Global AR And VR Market through 2025") has demonstrated a strong demand for a decentralized community virtual world. Decentraland is confident that with our illustrious team of gaming, smart contract security, and blockchain engineering experts, we will produce the first fully decentralized [virtual](https://www.financedigest.com/virtual-cards-will-help-lead-the-travel-industry-into-a-post-pandemic-boom.html "Virtual cards will help lead the travel industry into a post-pandemic boom") economy that revolutionizes the gaming industry.” --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---