Eerste ICO:
Mastercoin
Datum officiële start: 31 juli 2013.
«A common analogy that is used
to describe the relation of the Omni Layer to bitcoin
is that of HTTP to TCP/IP:
HTTP, like the Omni Layer, is the application layer
to the more fundamental transport and internet layer of TCP/IP, like bitcoin.»
Gebouwd op de bitcoin blockchain.
(...) some 500 people invested, sending a total of about 5000 bitcoins worth about US$500,000 at the time.
De merknaam werd in 2015 gewijzigd naar Omni.
Omni's role in bitcoin ecosystem is declared as being a platform for decentralized protocols.