/biz/ - Business & Finance

https://blog.ark.io/ark-releases-all-new-whitepaper-v2-1915ad56dd33

2. Use cases of ARK

We argued here a lot about the usecases of ARK. After all, the blockchains created with ARK do not require ARK coins to work. But from Whitepaper 2.0 it is clear thatARK has many usecases(more than majority of other projects!):

2.1.Medium of Exchange for ARK Mainnet Services

For example, a large e-tailer could deploy a node and gather votes to enter forging status. They would then accept ARK on their e-tailer website for their wares, and offer big discounts to ARK holders and perks to their voters

2.2.Convenience in Interoperability

When ARK users wish to interact with that other use case, they can do so without leaving the ARK wallet

2.3.Liquidity for Small and Large ARK Bridgechains

ARK SmartBridge Technology can step in as a reliable first stage for decentralized exchange of assets and price discovery

2.4.Payment Method for Plugin Marketplace

Similar to Android spawning a marketplace for third parties to generate revenue streams, so too can third parties generate similar streams using premium plugins and licensing. The medium of exchange for such a marketplace will be ARK

2.5.Payment Method for Delegate and Talent Marketplace

Delegates and delegate teams well versed in ARK technology can accept ARK coins from these enterprises, in exchange for running tokenless nodes and offering consulting services

2.6.Business Registration fees

An individual, team or company will be able to issue a business registration transaction in the same way a delegate registration transaction is issued. The proposed fee for this transactionshould behigh enoughso only serious projects will take this on

2.7.A Peer-to-Peer Cryptocurrency