Cardano in 2016

Back in 2016 in Japan, the ADA token graphic looked a lot like a poker chip.

This from the Internet Archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160320233051/http://www.adacoins.com/

Pasted into Google translate and translated from Japanese down to the most interesting part:

With CARDANO, you can bet on the ADA and enjoy the game between users. The world's first attempt to provide a game environment that users, as well as operating organizations, can not make any mistakes has attracted attention.

The number of ADA coins issued is limited to 63 billion, just like the 21 million issued bitcoins, and as the number of ADA holders increases, the scarcity value increases and prices can be expected to rise.

A company called "Input Output Hong Kong" (commonly known as IOHK) based in Hong Kong. There, Charles Hoskinson, the development leader, is the founder of BitShares, former CEO of Ethereum, and director of the Bitcoin Education Project and CEO )is. He is a key person in the cryptocurrency industry. "CARDANO" is Charles's latest project, which played an important role in the forefront of cryptocurrency.

Input Output Hong Kongbr Charles Hoskinson IT entrepreneur and mathematician living in Colorado. Studied number theory and mathematical theory at Metropolitan State University, University of Colorado at Boulder and progress to the field of cryptography. In 2014, we achieved the fourth fastest and most expensive funding in the history of the United States with the crowdfunding of Etheriam's cryptographic currency Ether. Continued research on the theme of "cryptographic currency" and "decentralized society" and participated in numerous startups.

Founder of BitShares, former CEO of Ethereum, Chief of Education and Chief Executive Officer of the Bitcoin Foundation.

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  And What is CARDANO?

  A gaming platform based on cryptographic currency.

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