Whitepaper: Welcome To VINCI
Whitepaper: Welcome To VINCI
Whitepaper: Welcome To VINCI
4 Welcome to VINCI
Culture
is always
evolving.
Beeple sold this $NFT for 69 million.
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At VINCI we aim to disrupt the creative industries by connecting creators and patrons directly to each
other. In order to do so, we are building an NFT platform for creators to directly promote, fund and
launch their work. A platform that makes it possible for creators to choose what suits their needs,
instead of leaving important decisions in the hands of others. For patrons, we are a platform where
they can follow and invest directly in the work of their favourite artists.
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INTRODUCTION NFT stands for “non-fungible token”. It is a digital asset that proves ownership to a
unique item, digital or physical. However, in their current form, NFTs mostly represent
How NFTs and images that are accessible by anyone. The immediate utility of the NFT thus lies in
observing the digital image the token is linked to.
blockchain technology This means that besides the pure sentimental value some may attribute to owning
new creative economy At VINCI, we think there is so much more to NFTs than just collecting images. The
current use of NFTs is simply not doing justice to the revolutionary blockchain
NFT+ is in essence an NFT with additional utility, taking advantage of the new
possibilities the technology offers. NFT+ creates an opportunity to share unique art
and music in a revolutionary way - and as such, NFTs will be a gateway to a whole
new market by building bridges between creators and patrons in ways that we have
LET’S DIVE IN …
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
Multimedia
There is no doubt that art can be expressed in beautiful ways through an image. But
music and video provide depth and can move people in other significant ways. NFT+
enables artists to create any kind of experience through both image and sound.
As NFTs can be difficult to display in a wallet, especially if they contain more than
simply an image, VINCI profiles enable users to showcase their NFTs, including any
additional content they might include.
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
Music Royalties
Currently, the market for royalty rights is closed and dominated by big music labels. EXAMPLE:
By opening up this market, we allow for more competition on the buyer-side. This Colyn is releasing a new single. He wants to sell 50% of the royalties as NFTs to
will greatly favour artists and create an entirely new market. his fans. On the VINCI marketplace, the 50% royalties are being split into 5 NFTs,
each holding 10% of the royalties. The NFTs are being put up for sale on the VINCI
POWER TO THE ARTIST marketplace - and as the creator, Colyn can choose if the NFTs will be up for auction
VINCI has developed a concept called Artist Royalty Extracts (ARX) which will bring or be sold at a fixed first come, first serve price.
more power and income stream opportunities to artists. Through our technology,
artists will be able to launch their tracks on all major streaming platforms and at For every NFT the investors own, they will receive a 10% profit of the track’s success,
the same time fragment their royalty rights as NFTs on both album and single track generated from its streams.
levels. The NFTs can then be put up for sale or auction on the VINCImarketplace. An
artist is free to fragment their royalty rights as much as they want. For example, an
artist can decide to sell 20% of the royalties in 2.000 fragments.
Monthly
INVESTMENT POTENTIAL track
ARX makes it possible for buyers to get a percentage of the future royalty payments royalties
an artist will receive from platforms like Spotify, Apple Music or Beatport. The royalty
New Artist ARX NFT 1 NFT 2 NFT 3 NFT 4 NFT 5
payments will be airdropped in $VINCI directly to the wallet of each ARX NFT owner.
release 50% 50% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
For successful artists, the incentive for investors is clear: Every time a song gets
played, the investor gets paid. Now being a fan early, actually can pay off.
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
Events
While the crypto industry exists mostly in the virtual world, there are also assets in
the physical world that could benefit greatly from tokenization.
NFT-based tickets to art exhibitions, festivals, parties and conferences can start
connecting the online and offline worlds. NFTs are ideal for the secure transfer
of privileges like entering an exclusive event. The transactions of NFT tickets are
automatically stored on the blockchain, which means that the connection between
the artist and the buyer of the ticket doesn’t have to end after the event. For example,
an artist can airdrop memorabilia to the ticket owners after an event.
Example:
Lisa buys two NFT tickets for Colyn’s next concert. She transfers one of the tickets
to her friend Sandra’s wallet as a birthday present so they can go to the concert
together. At the venue, they show the NFTs to gain access to the concert. After the
event, Colyn airdrops a live recording of one of the tracks he played at the concert
to all ticket holders.
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
Unlockable content
NFT+ includes unlockable content. When minting an NFT on the VINCI marketplace,
the creator can choose to attach files that can only be unlocked by the token owner,
guaranteed through cryptography. This adds true value to the token and makes
forgeries impossible.
Example:
A photographer at the Colyn concert takes pictures of the artist and the party people
in the crowd. Afterwards, he sells his pictures as NFTs on the VINCI marketplace. The
visible part of an NFT is a watermarked picture in low res format. The owner of the
NFT can unlock the picture in high quality and without a watermark. Sandra finds
a great picture of Lisa and herself and buys the NFT as a thank you present for Lisa.
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
Multi-chain compatibility
While NFTs can be represented on every major blockchain, NFT minting platforms
often focus on just one. VINCI has compatibility and security built directly into our
NFTs, which allows users to safely transfer between networks.
Integrity
VINCI NFTs can be verified to prove that they are authentic and have never been
tampered with, by checking their hashes.
VINCI also has a curation team for both music and art. The curation team is in direct
contact with every artist on the platform and verifies the validity of each NFT. Every
NFT on the platform is guaranteed to contain content belonging to the featured
artist.
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N F T+ U T I L I T I E S
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Auction Limited Open edition Lottery
Highest offer wins 5 editions Anyone can buy Lucky one wins
for example for a limited time
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What we offer fans What we offer artists
ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE PREMIUM CONTENT NEW DIRECT INCOME STREAMS
+ Exclusive track releases + Plus receiving royalties on all secondary sales,
+ NFT art / video / animation generating passive income
+ Digital concert / livestream
+ Podcasts
OPTIMIZE
+ Monetize and expand new community engagement
NEW WAYS OF INTERACTION & ENGAGEMENT plus new audience: traders, investors and collectors
+ Access to NFT events
+ First merchandise drops
+ Vinyl releases TIME EFFICIENT
+ Limited input required
+ Other possibilities
NFTs will create new fan experiences NFTs will become a new norm
with our favourite artists. for artists and creatives.
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$VINCI is the
fuel of our
ecosystem
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$VINCI
VINCI ecosystem
$VINCI AUDIT
In the very centre of our entire ecosystem is the utility token $VINCI. It is of course To guarantee our users that $VINCI can be trusted, it has been checked, tested and
named after the great Leonardo da Vinci, the epitome of the renaissance. He was audited by an independent third party: Solidity Finance.
appropriate to name our token in his honour. minting function: There will always be 500 million $VINCI
Having a utility token enables us to guarantee multichain compatibility and The audit report is hosted on the website of the auditor:
independence from other multichain tokens and fiat currencies when facilitating SOLIDITY.FINANCE/AUDITS/VINCI
NFT auctions on the website, which enables easy payment for various platform
utilities. OPEN SOURCE
Every $VINCI smart contract is open source. This can be verified on websites like
Our $VINCI token is an ERC-20 token on the Polygon Layer 2 network. Every other POLYGONSCAN.COM
network we support contains a bridged $VINCI token. Polygon was chosen for its
low fees, high speed and its capacity to scale. Since its consensus mechanism is The VINCI team encourages everyone with a technical understanding of Solidity
Proof of Stake, it avoids the high energy costs associated with Proof of Work, making to read the source code. This advice underlines an important aspect of blockchain
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VINCI
MARKETPLACE
The core functionality of the platform is the marketplace. It supports auctions and
direct sales. NFTs can be listed on each network $VINCI supports, which is currently
BSC and Polygon, with additional bridges and integrations in the roadmap. To
be able to use the marketplace, all potential buyers need to connect their own
cryptocurrency wallet to their user profile. We do not hold or control the on-chain
assets of buyers and sellers and instead rely on decentralised, fully automated smart
contracts.
PHYSICAL ITEMS - The VINCI platform allows for the sale and shipment of
physical items to users. Sellers collect the delivery address from the buyer in order
for a sale to complete. No personal data will be stored on the platform.
REVENUE - 85% of each primary sale goes directly to the artist, while 15%
is transferred to the $VINCI treasury. Secondary sales have a 10% fee which is
transferred directly and exclusively to the artist. This includes sales through OpenSea
and Rarible.
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RELEASES
Example of revenue or an
artist releasing a new album
Exclusive release, 1 NFT / $10.000 $10.000
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VINCI
Artist pools
Artist pools are smart contracts where investors can support their favourite artist or
group and earn rewards at the same time. To support an artist and earn rewards,
users simply transfer $VINCI to the pool of their selected artist. Both the artist and
the investor putting money in the pool earn $VINCI. Tokens are rewarded to users
proportional to the size of their part of the pool. In addition, artists can add merch
or other benefits to reward users for supporting them.
Users can withdraw a maximum of 2% of their $VINCI in the pool every 24 hours.
However, a user is always guaranteed a minimum withdrawal of 1.000 $VINCI every
24 hours.
• $VINCI
• Community poll access
• Picasso Club membership
$VINCI rewards come from the artist pool rewards fund. Tokens are rewarded to
both artists and users proportional to the size of their part of the pool.
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VINCI
VINCI
Mobile app
Our mobile app is an essential link in our line of products. It, quite literally, allows us
to connect the real world to the blockchain. For example, if a visitor to one of our
events needs to pay for a drink. Our app allows them to generate a QR-code derived
from their NFT-based entrance ticket.
Besides connecting real-world use cases to the blockchain, the app is also an
extension of our web functionality. This means that the app provides direct access to
the VINCI marketplace and allows for a fast mobile browsing and trading experience
where all NFTs - both owned and for sale - are right at the users’ fingertips.
The VINCI mobile app is listed on both the Apple App Store and Google Play.
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VINCI
Picasso Club
The Picasso club is a special community for the most loyal and committed users of
VINCI. It’s an exclusive community where members get access to special benefits
such as:
Picasso Club Members also have the ability to sell NFTs through their profile page
(the NFTs still need to go through a curation process) and customise their VINCI
profile in various ways, like changing the URL, adding a custom domain, or changing
the style.
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Tokenomics
Token Distribution
Artist Pool Rewards
$VINCI 11%
$VINCI is an essential part of our ecosystem,
with its multidisci-plinaire utilities it will have key Tokensale
mechanics that makes it inherently tied to the 36%
Legal &
Compliance
5%
Business Development
Treasury Ecosystem
12% 11%
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TOKENOM ICS
Total VINCI Price per Circ. supply at release: Unlock | locked Vesting period Vesting release
supply: 500M token 95 million (19%)
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TOKENOM ICS
Token Funds
% Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Business Development Ecosystem 11,0% 55.000.000 15/10/7,5/5/2,5 (40%) 8.250.000 5.500.000 4.125.000 2.750.000 1.375.000
Treasury 12,0% 60.000.000 15/10/7,5/5/2,5 (40%) 9.000.000 6.000.000 4.500.000 3.000.000 1.500.000
Legal & Compliance 5,0% 25.000.000 15/10/7,5/5/2,5 (40%) 3.750.000 2.500.000 1.875.000 1.250.000 625.000
Buybacks & Liquidity 7,0% 35.000.000 30/25/20/15/10 (100%) 10.500.000 8.750.000 7.000.000 5.250.000 3.500.000
Marketing 10,0% 50.000.000 15/10/7,5/5/2,5 (40%) 7.500.000 5.000.000 3.750.000 2.500.000 1.250.000
Artist Pool Rewards 11,0% 55.000.000 15/10/7,5/5/2,5 (40%) 8.250.000 5.500.000 4.125.000 2.750.000 1.375.000
End year 1 End year 2 End year 3 End year 4 End of year 5
* Team tokens are locked for 2 years. Will be unlocked in year 3 till 5.
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Technology
The API is completely stateless since the persistent storage is not hosted on the
$VINCI
same server, allowing better scaling and automated database sharding. Each client,
VINCI’s core tech runs on Solidity and Typescript. Solidity is the native programming
including iOS and Android apps, connects to the same API, minimising complexity.
language of all Ethereum and Ethereum-like blockchains. Our code is carefully
reviewed by VINCI’s internal team of software engineers as well as external auditing
companies. Only after this due diligence is our Solidity software deployed to Polygon
FIRESTORE - This service provides a high performance NoSQL database to
the VINCI API. It also allows the API to subscribe to updates, making it possible to
and the Binance Smart Chain.
develop real-time applications. Firestore is cheap, highly reliable and auto-scalable
depending on load. To optimise the speed, VINCI creates its own composite
Typescript is a superset of the universal standard web language Javascript. By strict
indexes, which allow the database to respond to requests quicker while using less
and enforced type checking it reduces bugs going to production by 5%, besides
computational resources.
making code more maintainable, transferable and readable.
TypeScript software is hosted and integrated with service providers like Google, FIREBASE HOSTING - This service hosts the VINCI web application. It includes
Twilio and Infura. Every aspect of VINCI architecture is optimised for scaling. We use scripts that provide quick and reliable deployment, offers A/B test tooling, and
industry-standard services and blockchains to guarantee user safety and reliability. integrates Google Analytics. Firebase also provides SSL certificates out-of-the-box,
keeping users secure from network-level attacks. The web application is built using
React and uses various modules for routing, backwards compatibility and support
GOOGLE
for SCSS. This is the most modern and efficient solution for interface development.
CLOUD RUN - This service is used to host the VINCI API. It can automatically
scale up the number of containers hosted, depending on the server load. This makes
VINCI more resistant to DDOS attacks, or high spikes in traffic due to successful
TWILIO SENDGRID
VINCI uses Sendgrid to send both HTML and plain-text emails to users. Sendgrid
marketing events. Cloud Run also provides automatic SSL certificates, detailed logs
offers a reliable and affordable email service that is able to send emails from the
and real-time statistics on the performance of each container.
VINCI domain. Critical system emails are optimised not to end up in a Spam folder.
The API Docker image includes the official NodeJS Docker image. Writing all
the clients and the API in TypeScript allows VINCI developers to all be full-stack
developers, which improves the software development process.
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TECH NOLOG I ES
AUTHENTICATION validity of a VINCI NFT. The tokens are guaranteed to be unaltered since they were
To enable users to sign in, the VINCI platform offers single sign-on (SSO) for Google, minted.
SECURITY DETAILS not the same one in the JSON content, the token is forged and invalid.
• Salt is used when hashing passwords created by Gnosis. These are multi-signature safes, that require multiple owners to
• Email addresses are case-insensitive agree on a transfer, securing VINCI against loss or theft of private keys.
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Roadmap
✅ Development smart contracts ✅ Launch social media channels ✅ Beta testing NFT marketplace & minting
✅ Creation core team ✅ Testing and auditing smart contracts ✅ Beta testing iOS and Android native app
✅ Expansion team ✅ Announce tokensale launch date: $VINCI ✅ Announce 1st creators: artists & creatives
• Listing DEX • Digital Renaissance music events • Digital Renaissance music events
• Digital Renaissance music events • Beta testing launchpad • Beta testing DAO Governance structure
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Team
Team Overview
Digital Renaissance team consists of tech nerds, serial entrepreneurs, music lovers, designers, artists
and marketeers. Who have worked across different industries and with many acclaimed organizations:
ANKR, AUS Music, Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam Open Air, Apenkooi, Bacardi, City of
Amsterdam, Concertgebouw, Crew Love, Dark Entries, De Marktkantine, FMLY Agency, Heineken, ID&T,
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, KIT: Royal Tropical Institute, Mojo Concerts, Mysteryland, Netflix,
Nuls, Paradiso, Pepsi, Razor-N-Tape, Red Bull, Resident Advisor, Ruigoord and many more.
EXPERIENCE
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Brett Voorzaat - CEO Oscar van Velsen - CPO
A serial entrepreneur, marketeer, investor, booker and consultant Oscar van Velsen is a full stack software engineer with a background
with more than 10 year experience across different industries from in communication and marketing. Having fulfilled both front end
around the world. Founder of the infamous Lotgenoten among and back end positions in financial technology as well as the medical
other concepts, he has worked with cultural institutions, NGOs, tech/ industrustry, Oscar is an experienced allround developer. Also, he has
start-ups, music labels, events organizations, creatives and artists. As been active in blockchain and cryptocurrency since 2014.
a trend watcher and innovator he is always aware of new trends in
culture, music and tech. He has been following bitcoin since 2015 and Luuk van Egeraat - CTO
active in the crypto space since 2017. Luuk is a senior software engineer with over 12 years of professional
development experience. He creates interfaces with React and APIs
Maarten Pordon - Music Director with NodeJS. Luuk has a deep interest in cryptocurrencies, taking
An creative entrepreneur with a large international network and 20 part in the Plutus Pioneers Program, building blockchain analytics
years of experience. He is the head booker of De Marktkantine, the software and investing since 2017.
biggest electronic dance club in the Netherlands and co-founder of
bookings agency Making Patterns which represents artist such as Jonas Rosberch - CMO
Joris Voorn, Gabriel Anada, Tapesh and Oliver Weiter among others. A former co-founder and CMO of GamerzClass, one of the quickest
growing e-sport companies in Denmark and former founder of a
Nick Zoutendijk - Creative Director successful international marketing agency, Jonas has helped big
An imaginative and skilled Creative Director based in Amsterdam, companies such as Vivino through his career Tattoodo, Mayvenn, and
since 2017 he’s been heavily invested and learning about the crypto more. Jonas has a solid +10 years of experience in scaling companies
space. He’s been recognized for creating engaging brand identities from marketing to product growth hacking. Furthermore, Jonas
and visual artwork for over 10+ years. Having served a wide varied has been a producer most of his life and has toured and played
array of clients over the years, he had a hand in crafting everything on various stages worldwide. With this bright mind creating and
from state-of-the-art product packaging to branding the world’s scaling startups through marketing and growth plus a music and
largest dance event at sea. Clients inlcude Heineken, Netflix, Rituals, crypto passionate soul, Jonas is ready to take Digital Rennaisance to
Pepsi and many more. the next level.
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Luciano Latuny - Senior creative Finn Bech - Creative producer
Digital jack of all trades with an affinity for nightlife, music, design and Besides being an entrepreneur with 6 years of experience in the
animation. He has been the art director, content creator and copywriter creative industry, Finn has been active in the crypto space since 2017.
of many well known hot spot venues in Amsterdam & festivals. From Finns experience ranges from video production, 3d print development
analog sketch, to digital end product. It’s all in the details, details, - to founder at his own interior brand “Fama Ferro”.
conceive the concept to create the craving. In addition he is a DJ,
autonomous artist and bedroom producer. Wendy Morgan - Content manager
Wendy Morgan is a seasoned self-starting artist who has made it
Onur Kus - Compliance & Legal her mission to educate and inspire artists to make a living through
An ambitious, organisational, performance oriented and skilled their art. Creating art for massive brands, like McDonald’s and United
compliance & legal accountant. Onur has a deep interest in structuring Airlines, she thrives in challenging environments that force her to
a company in the area of laws and regulations and exceptional affinity find new opportunities in the market. Using her skills from being an
with Intellectual Property Law. Having served a wide varied array of independent artist, she has helped manage and market musicians for
clients in various industries. He will be mapping applicable laws & the international stage, and now takes on lead marketing and content
regulations on a national & international base and control this. writing roles for businesses aiming to succeed in the artist market.
years of experience in several industries such as hospitality, music now and is still fascinated by it. Being involved in multiple projects
& sports. He’s been mostly active in the event and music industry he has gotten to know the ins and outs of the crypto world. Using his
organizing a wide range of festivals & indoor events stretching from experience from his former job in the 3D-printing sector, Brian has
10.000 to 70.000 visitors. Music and digital innovations have always gotten involved with creating NFT’s and various graphic designs for
been a passion and one of the driving forces behind these events and blockchain projects.
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Sebastaan Lichter - Advisor
Frank Krol - Community manager As a passionate tech entrepreneur Sebastiaan been part of the
Frank holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering with a crypto space since 2016. He excels in bringing together the world of
background in 3D design and manufacturing. Active adventurer technology and business. He’s founded the social-cryptocurrency
within the crypto world for 5 years now and lately getting into exchange Blockport in 2017, which has been acquired by BUX in 2020,
graphical design. Together with Brian he created multiple NFT’s and the fastest growing neo-broker in Europe. As the Head of Product,
graphic designs for crypto projects. Using his experience from his he continues to drive the Crypto vision within the company and is
study and career, Frank creates python applications for use within the responsible for everything related to Crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and other
crypto projects. blockchain solutions.
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