Journey to the horizon and beyond
I’ve been an avid follower of the Equaliser project and cryptocurrency since I discovered it and joined the community a few months ago. At the time, I joined because I saw a tweet from a friend that offered free rains of the a cryptocurrency called Equaliser. I joined the Equaliser discord channel and soon had a swelling balance of Equaliser coin (EQLI). I thought this was awesome. But I soon came to realise that this was not just your average crypto project. As I chatted on the discord channel I was surprised at how friendly and positive everyone was.
After frequenting a number of other crypto discord channels since last December I had seen general banter turn from positive talk about moons and lambos during the bullish ALT coin season to disappointment, anger and a lot of angst and negativity in the following bear market. To be honest, landing on the Equaliser discord channel was a breath of fresh air. I felt like I could breath again. Not just breath but hope for a better future for a cryptocurrency.
landing on the Equaliser discord channel was a breath of fresh air
I then started to explore what Equaliser was all about. I gradually picked up bits and pieces about it from the discord chan</h2nel and general chatting. It wasn’t until I read the whitepaper that I really found out what the mission of Equaliser was all about.
“ Equaliser aims to solve the problems facing international property ownership transactions by creating a unified property store and real time asset transfer platform for the global property industry, herein referred to as the Equaliser Marketplace. Initially the Equaliser Marketplace will act to close the gap between legacy land registry records and consumers.”
https://equaliser.org/Equaliser_Whitepaper_Version_1.pdf
In a Nutshell
The Equaliser whitepaper intrigued me but was a little wordy for me to easily comprehend. I explored the Equaliser website https://equaliser.org and found a wealth of information.
In a nutshell the mission of Equaliser is:
- To provide and build affordable, quality housing for those that want to own their own home.
- Build quality, energy efficient and structurally strong homes at prices far below that of traditionally built homes.
- Provide a framework of title registry and proof of home ownership. The Equaliser Cryptocurrency is built on the Komodo platform and will utilise Smart Contracts for this framework.
- Provide an open and transparent marketplace to allow purchase of Equaliser homes. This will be the Equaliser Marketplace.
- Provide a cryptocurrency to make purchases on the Equaliser Marketplace. The Equaliser Cryptocurrency (EQLI) will be the coin used to purchase an Equaliser home. This will give greater stability to the EQLI price.
- Equaliser will give a portion of profits to assist in times of natural disaster.
Exciting news
Last week Equaliser announced that they had purchased a piece of land as the basis for its Proof of Concept home. Further details will come out in the coming months.
Equaliser will start their builds in the USA and Puerto Rico, with a view to expand that to the United Kingdom and Australia next year. In particular the island of Puerto Rico is the perfect test bed for Equaliser as there is a great demand for safe, affordable homes in areas that have been devastated by hurricanes and with poverty levels at 45%.
Building the Blocks
To be able to offer quality housing at low cost, Equaliser is adopting and developing their own brand of low cost materials. One of the main advances in this space is the development of the Equaliser Aircrete building blocks.
Why Aircrete?
Aircrete offer high thermal and sound insulation, good compressive strength, lightness for handling and is moisture resistance.
Also known as Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is an eco-friendly building material, made from natural raw materials such as: sand (or fly-ash), cement, lime, gypsum, aluminium powder and water. This mix creates an aerated concrete providing insulation, structure and fire protection in one lightweight product.
It’s all in the Recipe
Equaliser is currently developing it’s own recipe for the Equaliser building blocks. By changing up the ingredients and their ratio it’s possible to change the attributes to the blocks to make them stronger and to provide better insulation. The founders of Equaliser in particular Evan Holford (CowboyCrypto) are in the process of experimenting with different aircrete recipes to create a truly unique building block that offers the best insulation, strength, fire resistance, lightweight at the best low cost price.
Once the recipe has been perfected, they will be mass produced. The Equaliser founders are already in negotiations for factory space to mass produce these blocks.
The production of aircrete blocks is exciting because it’s possible to create them in very large sizes that can be easily handled and laid due to their light weight and durability.
Currently Equaliser are looking at producing blocks of the size: 5 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft
The blocks will be huge, but lightweight. One of the main benefits of a large block size is that they can be easily and quickly laid. In fact it will be possible to build the walls of a 1500 sq ft home in a day. This is unheard of using traditional bricks. This means that the build time for an Equaliser home will be drastically shortened.
Possible to build the walls of a 1500 sq ft home in a day
The shape of equaliser blocks will be similar to lego blocks making it even easier and quicker to simply slot into place. The style will be similar to those shown in the picture.
Summary
The ability to provide strong, affordable, low cost built homes that are energy efficient is based largely on the type of materials used and the home designs. The use of Aircrete is one of the prime factors Equaliser is using in driving down build costs. By mass producing these blocks there will be greater efficiencies and cost benefits, helping to reduce build costs even further.
Now that Equaliser has acquired land in order to build on, there will be rapid progress towards the Equaliser goals.
At it’s crux, Equaliser is there to help people. I know that when I support Equaliser I also am helping others. I feel lucky that I too can be part of this vibrant positive community that is transforming the housing marketplace. Equaliser is doing this by utilising the latest in technologies such as blockchain and building designs and processes to drive forward in the pursuit to help those in need, put a roof they call home over their heads.
With love and peace,
Paul Clarke
Medium: JellySmash
Twitter: @greenbergblue
Links
For more information on Equaliser click:
https://equaliser.org/
Join us on Discord for fun and chat about Equaliser
https://discord.gg/GFAnKGz
Equaliser is currency trading on the Exrates exchange (EQL).
https://exrates.me/register?ref=45982296157
Donations are always appreciated, you can deposit to either of my below addresses -
Bitcoin(BTC): 33Hhtxk1qgG82BscFPeSG5BVf2yRDt4Pds
Ethereum (ETH): 0x2f14f76A8BBa608c7d0C4fe27b66d3E54075Bc26
Short video on Equaliser
The Equaliser Whitepaper
https://equaliser.org/Equaliser_Whitepaper_Version_1.pdf