There are so many projects being launched now, at the beginning of the blockchain revolution, that it\'s like negotiating an asteroid belt. But what are the markers that might indicate whether or not a project is legitimate? One is a professional website: some ICOs are only published on social media sites and have dud links. Another is the white paper: any reputable project should have a professionally produced document with full details of its method, functionality and roadmap.

The name of the game on blockchain is transparency, and one company taking this seriously is Xtrabytes. The development team announced on February 12th that they intend to keep their community fully informed on all aspects of project development, not only with spot updates on particular milestones achieved, but with twice-monthly scheduled bulletins. One will be for general project news, and the other a Q&A session where the XBY community can ask the team anything they want.

Xtrabytes, with its XBY token, was released a year ago, in response to the primary core developer\'s losing out in the Bitmox scam. In the interests of full disclosure, the team publish all their activity, but still retain their privacy. It is a genuine worldwide communal effort, and much input is gained from forum and social media sites, where the XBY community all contribute their ideas and assessments.