• IOTA’s biggest builders have collaborated to create BUILD.5, a platform that facilitates the seamless transition from Web2 to Web3 for businesses. The native $BUILD token helps in addressing governance matters.
• The BUILD.5 platform, built on the IOTA L1 networks, offers a secure, scalable, and interoperable infrastructure for the next generation of applications.

In the latest development, IOTA’s biggest builders have come together in building a new platform BUILD.5, which will function as a business platform as well as a governance organization and enable an easy transition for businesses to move from Web2 to Web3.

BUILD.5 is an enterprise-ready plug-and-play platform specifically designed to integrate web2 and web3 seamlessly using existing and decentralized enterprise systems. Holger Köther and Regine Haschka-Helmer, who were part of the former adoption team of IOTA, are behind building BUILD.5. They have joined hands with SoonLabs in building this exciting new platform.

The founder of BUILD.5 is some of the most influential and impactful leaders in technology, market adoption, product development, finance, marketing, decentralized infrastructure, and open-source management.

Also, the BUILD.5 platform will be secure, scalable and interoperable and will contribute to creating the next generation of infrastructure and applications. The BUILD.5 platform has been structured into two parts:

1. A non-profit organization committed to helping and managing technology that is decentralized and open-source. Their goal is to use this technology to make a positive impact on society and various industries.
2. The platform they have created is open-source, which means anyone can use and contribute to it. It allows developers to work together smoothly and efficiently, whether they are building for the traditional web (Web2) or the more advanced web (Web3). BUILD.5 uses the unique features of the IOTA L1 networks (IOTA/Shimmer) to provide powerful and innovative solutions.

BUILD.5 – Addressing Challenges in the Web3 Space

The greatest challenge behind the adoption of Web3 technology is that it’s too difficult for enterprises to integrate. On the other hand, there have been issues of incompatible systems, high cost of implementation, low to no access to qualified staff to support it, as well as lack of capacity to scale towards production.

BUILD.5 provides answers to all these obstacles by facilitating a revolutionary web3 core engine offering access through a series of powerful turn-key implementation tools. Using BUILD.5, organizations irrespective of their size, can integrate and customize Web3 services via easy-to-access APIs and product blueprints. Additionally, BUILD.5 being an open-source product caters to the most important ethos of decentralized technology. This helps in building a far more accessible system of fair data and value.

BUILD.5 is ready to adopt the advanced capabilities of the IOTA Tangle, which is renowned for its ability to process transactions simultaneously. This underlying infrastructure is expected to enable BUILD.5 to set a new benchmark in blockchain performance. It will be capable of meeting the demands of enterprise adoption and marking a significant advancement in the sector.

BUILD.5 Platform and Governance

Since 2021, the team behind BUILD.5 has extensively tested this technology on the IOTA testnet called Shimmer. During the development of the decentralized application called “Soonaverse,” the team made important discoveries that form the foundation of the current BUILD.5 framework. This process of evolution has led to the inclusion of many new capabilities and features in the BUILD.5 Platform. As a result, traditional organizations now have the opportunity to embrace the exciting and dynamic world of Web3.

The $BUILD token is an IOTA token that will be created immediately after the Stardust update is launched on the mainnet this year. The governance of the entire BUILD.5 platform will be in the hands of $BUILD token holders.

During the initial minting, only $SOON token holders will receive $BUILD tokens. There won’t be a token sale or launchpad for the $BUILD token.

The $BUILD token represents the collective effort of the Founding team and will not be duplicated or used in any other project. Here’s how the $BUILD token distribution and usage will work:

• 20 million $BUILD tokens will be airdropped to $SOON token holders. Currently, there are approximately 18.5 million $SOON tokens in circulation. So, for every 1 $SOON token held, there will be an airdrop of around 1.1 $BUILD tokens.
• However, this ratio will change as $SOON staking rewards are distributed before the mainnet Stardust update and the subsequent minting of the $BUILD token.