The following update comes from TuneTrade - an official Global Crypto Press partner project...

I’m Dayton Mills – Full stack engineer and designer. I wanted to start blogging to give the members of our community some transparency on what we’re building. With that said, I’d like to note I’m a programmer, and I don’t have pro grammar so you’ll have to excuse my occasional fragments, run-ons, and other punctual mistakes. I’m sure you’ll find the development and subject matter enough to compensate.

Every two weeks I’ll be posting an article to showcase our progress on building the official platform. Let’s get started with the first in series.

CAUTION: WET PAINT
I would like to present you with a first look at the new TuneTrade platform design.



The new user interface (on the right, if you couldn’t figure it out) is familiar but simplified to make the interface more user-friendly, while the UX is more designed around the needs of the user.

(And yes, there will be a dark mode.)

My favorite challenge I encountered while designing the platform was the token creation process. TuneTrade already makes it really easy to create a new ERC-20 token on the blockchain. But how could I make the user interface even more friendly?

You see the original was simply input fields asking you for data. I also wanted to make the process feel more like you were actually creating something, rather than just filling out a form.

So I split the page in half. On the left you have your form input. On the right is a real-time visualization of your coin being created as you fill out the details!

Important to note: What you’re seeing in the mock-up is the final result.

When you begin the creation process, the only buttons to appear will be the top three. “What are you creating?” Upon clicking Music, Influencer, or Project, the rest of the form fields will populate dynamically to suit the needs of that coin type.

This way you’re not prompted for a Soundcloud link if you’re creating a project token, but only for a music or influencer token.

Additionally, when you’re just starting the creation process, the coin will just be a blank yellow slate. As you type the name of the coin, it will render on the right. As will the symbol, the coin type, etc.

After completing the basic info, you can continue to optionally create a token sale and finally review your masterpiece and publish it to the world.

BREAKING GROUND
So with a design in place, we have started breaking ground on the new platform.

We’re creating a more robust back-end and API, and we’ve initialized a new Vue project to start laying out the foundation. We certainly have a lot of work to do, but before we get too far developing this design and find out you don’t like something, I would like to know your thoughts.

How do you feel about the platform design? Is there anything you would improve on? I’ll be in the Telegram looking for your feedback.

Thanks for reading! I’m looking forward to sharing our progress in the next update.

For more visit https://tunetrade.io

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The Global Crypto Press and TuneTrade are partners in bringing this token creation technology to the forefront!

It's almost standard in the tech world for every start-up to call themselves an industry disrupter, and that's unfortunate because when used correctly it really is the perfect word to describe a company people will come to talk about in terms of how things were before, and after they were created.

As the buzzwords 'cryptocurrency' and 'blockchain' became more common, time and time again I would watch news outlets track down an expert to explain "how it all works" - but 9 out of 10 times that expert would overestimate the technical literacy of the average viewer, and the host.

If just trying to explain the process of storing, sending, or receiving a cryptocurrency left the average person confused - imagine how hard it is to explain the infinitely more complex process of creating one.

Explaining 'how to create a cryptocurrency' is better suited for a college class where you could return daily for several months, then maybe you could consider yourself a 'beginner'. So unless you were an engineer/coder, or had the money to hire a team of them, creating a cryptocurrency was simply out of reach for most people and small businesses.

That is - before TuneTrade!

With the launch of TuneTrade creating a cryptocurrency becomes a simple, quick process - choose a name, choose how many coins to make now, how many will ever exist, and press a button - you've just launched your own cryptocurrency! The entire complex process of writing a smart contract and creating a new token on the blockchain becomes as simple as point-and-click.

This isn't a toy, it’s the real deal - the cryptocurrency created is a real ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain. The creator also maintains full ownership and control over everything.

The next challenging part of launching a new cryptocurrency is getting it listed on exchanges so the public can actually trade it - that's just a click away as well, because TuneTrade is both a token creation and token exchange platform in one!

From there the use cases are endless, there are ways everyone from musicians, to retail stores, restaurants, online storefronts, tech startups, nonprofits can implement a token into their business model, and stand out from their competition.

In fact, one of the most exciting things will be discovering how people are choosing to use their coins, now that the power to have one is in everyone's hands.

You may be thinking "even if a small business can easily create a cryptocurrency, they won't know what to do next" - TuneTrade has that covered too, the platform will match those who need help with a mentor to guide them along the way.

Most startups in the cryptocurrency world kick off with an 'Initial Coin Offering' - this means they sell some of their first coins off to investors, then they build whatever they promised.  This is where many have fallen short, some from years ago are still (supposedly) under construction, others just disappeared with the investor's cash.

Not TuneTrade - with no ICO the platform is already online, and already in beta testing! Currently, you can even create a token, but it won't go out to the Ethereum blockchain until their official launch.

The anticipation and excitement in the cryptocurrency community for their big launch is unheard of, and TuneTrade has been rewarding the public for helping with testing everything out by giving away tokens instead of selling them!

Nearly 80,000 people already hold their first TXT tokens, the official TuneTrade cryptocurrency which will power the platform.

Speaking of TXT, while new cryptocurrencies have struggled to get listed on major exchanges with many saying their emails go unanswered, TuneTrade is having the opposite experience - top exchanges have reached out to them, and they say they'll be making an announcement very soon!

You can still become one of the early users. It's free to join, so take a look and keep up with the latest at https://tunetrade.io
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Author: Ross Davis
E-Mail: Ross@GlobalCryptoPress.com Twitter:@RossFM
San Francisco News Desk

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