The Year Of Request Network

First of all, I should start by saying I own a great portion of Request Network Tokens.

What is Request Network?
A decentralized network built on top of Ethereum, which allows anyone, anywhere to request a payment.

• The request can be detected and paid in a secure way, without the need to involve a third party.
  
• The request is saved on an immutable, authentic ledger, which acts as a unique source of truth for accounting and auditing processes.
  
• Request integrates a trade law system and works across every legislation.
  
• Request works with every global currency.
  
• Request is designed to be flexible, to last hundreds of years, and to work with IoT, whilst being compatible with any future systems.
  

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Why do I believe in REQ?

• Solid core team, who have a strong history together. Team was selected by ING and YCombinator.
  
• Great partnerships: Kyber Network, Quantstamp, Ox, Civic, Aragon, Bee Token.
  
• Amazing Tech: Request Network operates on the the Ethereum blockchain and has segmented into three layers to meet their variable use cases.
  
• Use cases: B2B invoicing, Online payments, Better audits, IoT, Transparency, & many more...
  

Roadmap:

• Request Great Wall: Q1 2018: The first iteration of Request working with Ethereum on Main Net, Working on partnerships with Accounting, Payment and Audit firms, Launching the "Pay with Request" project: an online button which will offer an alternative to the traditional "Pay with Paypal" and "Pay with credit card" methods, Proof of concept: Request Core working with a Bitcoin Oracle, Outside audits of the Request Contracts, Deploy management of crypto-currencies to Request (ERC20 tokens…);
  
• Request Stonehenge: Q2 2018: Proof of concept of Privacy using ZkSnarks, Add management of fiat-currencies to Request (USD, EUR, CNY…), Launching the "Request & Transparency" project. We will work with city halls, associations and governments to publish real time information on their budget., Organize discussion groups around Payment Requests with institutions such as Worldbank, IMF, ECB and the UN.;
  
• Request Colosseum: Q3 2018: Deploy the Escrow extension to allow the release of funds upon delivery or upon satisfaction of other conditions., Deploy the Tax extension to automatically pay taxes in real time, Deploy the Down Payment extension to specify an amount to pay and a specific date on which to process it, Deploy the Late Fees extension to specify penalties if a Business is not paid on time., Add a Reputation Offchain layer.;
  
• Request Petra: Q4 2018 and after: Deploy a governance system (Vote/Token Chat), Launching the "Internet of Things framework" project, Deploy inter-currency settlement through REQ token to facilitate international payments, Launching the "Continuous Payment" extension, which will act as a Down payment with an infinity of micro payments.
  

I'm looking forward to using Request Network myself, if you have questions about this utility token, reach out to www.reddit.com/r/RequestNetwork/.