150 STEEM ~ Sponsored Writing Contest: Gladius

[originalworks]

Welcome to the @OriginalWorks sponsored writing contest!

Status: CLOSED.

Accepted Languages:

• English

Start time: 6 PM ET, Thursday
End Time: 6 PM ET, Sunday

This is a call to all great Steemit writers! Gladius has sponsored a writing contest!

Prizes: 150 STEEM

• 1st Place: 60 STEEM
• 2nd Place: 40 STEEM
• 3rd Place: 25 STEEM
• 4th Place: 15 STEEM
• 5th Place: 10 STEEM

Deadline: 72 Hours

All articles must be submitted within 72 hours of this post to be considered!

What is Gladius?

DDoS attacks are becoming more and more commonplace with the growth of online businesses, as well as traditional businesses with an increased online presence. Businesses are paying an average of over $5000 a month to protect themselves from such attacks even if they never get attacked. On the other hand, much of the world's computing power and bandwidth is unused. This situation inspired a solution by Gladius.

Gladius makes websites faster and protects them using the Ethereum blockchain. Using a computer’s spare bandwidth, anyone can join a protection pool and start making money by filtering and accelerating traffic. Websites can purchase the services of these pools through a marketplace that creates intense competition creating the best performance at the best prices.

Current Industry

Currently, CDN and DDoS protection is dominated by a few big companies. These companies charge enterprises large sums of money for protection that is often disproportionate to what they need.

With Gladius, users can utilize their unused bandwidth to be a part of a CDN and DDoS protection network. Users would earn, while companies will save.

Check out this video for a brief introduction:

More Information & Resources:

• Gladius
• Gladius WhitePaper
• Gladius Twitter
• Gladius BTCTalk

Rules & Submission

• Write an article about how Gladius will change CDN and DDoS protection. How will utilizing decentralization benefit protection? How is it better than the traditional protection services offered by the big companies today. Feel free to come up with use cases! Do you own a website that would use this service? Do you have unused bandwidth that you would like to capitalize on? As always, the contest is open-ended, and creativity is always recommended!

• Feel free to use images and media from their website. You can even make your own video and have it in your submission!

• The article must be 200 to 600 words in length.

• To submit please do the following:

1. Add the word "gladius2017" (without the quotes) at the very end of your article.
2. Link this post in your submission.
3. Post the link to your article as a reply to this post.
4. Resteem this contest post.

How the winners are decided

The submissions will be passed along to the team at Gladius , and they will decide the best articles.

More information & recommendations:

• Pay attention to spelling and grammar!
• Feel free to use informal language such as "I would, etc"
• Use information and resources above to learn more about Gladius!
• If you copy something, use quotes. This is an @OriginalWorks contest after all :)

After writing an article, within a few minutes you should get one of these as a response to your article post:

If you don't get one, let me know by adding a quick message after you submit your link as a reply here and I will look into it.

Early bird bonus!!! First 15 submissions get 2 STEEM each. The article must meet the contest conditions such as word length and a level of quality.

Disclaimer: @OriginalWorks makes no claims as to the legitimacy or operating procedures of contest topics. @OriginalWorks does guarantee prize payout.

Good luck to all the contestants!

Comments

[steemitglass]

My submission for Gladius2017 ,Thanks to @Originalworks
https://steemit.com/blockchain/@steemitglass/gladius2017-contest

[ellievallie]

Really good, it definitely made me think about the benefits of more security and the ability for people to benefit by contributing their computing power.

[esaia.mystic]

You’re a very supportive steamian ! 🤗😃

[afrikablr]

Yay

[steemitglass]

thanks @afrikablr

[laroche]

well written can understand by non technical person too

[steemitglass]

thanks

[mikel2la1]

great work steemit glass

[steemitglass]

thanks

[akshayb]

Good luck

[steemitglass]

thanks

[ankarlie]

That is a very interesting post. Thanks for sharing it I learned a lot from it.

[steemitglass]

thanks

[staceyjean]

Very well written 😃

[steemitglass]

thanks dear @staceyjean

[mayowadavid]

Wonderful entry @steemitglass

[outerground]

this post upvoted 100% & resteemed :) Best of Luck to the Gladiators

HERE'S MY ENTRY

[bikalsiwakoti]

Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/gladius/@bikalsiwakoti/intrduction-to-glasius-how-gladius-will-change-cdn-and-ddos-protection

[isteemithard]

Here is my entry https://steemit.com/blockchain/@isteemithard/how-gladius-will-change-cdn-and-ddos-protection-gladius2017

[moeknows]

This is a very exciting company. Here is my entry: https://steemit.com/cybersecurity/@moeknows/using-the-blockchain-to-combat-ddos

[cryptolucky]

My entry for a very good project called Gladius
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@cryptolucky/gladius-the-2-in-1-solution-fight-ddos-and-earn-money-at-the-same-time

[steveconnor]

my entry

https://steemit.com/busy/@steveconnor/150-steem-sponsored-writing-contest-gladius

[mitneb]

Here's my submission to the Gladius writing contest. Good luck to all the entrants!

https://steemit.com/blockchain/@mitneb/gladius-io-the-blockchain-solution-to-ddos-attacks-and-a-better-content-delivery-network

Cheers!
@mitneb

[sayee]

https://steemit.com/contest/@sayee/gladius-protects
my entry

[nicholas83]

https://steemit.com/cryprocurrency/@nicholas83/gladius-protection-in-a-decentralized-virtual-world

[kerry234]

my entry https://steemit.com/gladius2017/@kerry234/gladius-io-simply-safe-my-entry-contest-for-gladius

[thetimetravelerz]

my entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@thetimetravelerz/become-the-ddos-fighting-hero-with-gladius-on-your-side

[celesty]

My entry on this contest :)

https://steemit.com/gladius2017/@celesty/gladius-your-cyberspace-bodyguard

[amrumk]

Best wishes for the participants..!

Here is my entry to this contest by @originalworks

[mitneb]

Upvoted and resteemed this post just now in anticipation of submitting an entry for the contest.
Cheers!
@mitneb

[steemflow]

A challenging post..pretty sure not going to b an early one but still post something...a good content....👍

[kettleyer]

This is my entry for the contest, pls read it care fully.

https://steemit.com/gladius2017/@kettleyer/to-protection-for-cyberspace

[kettleyer]

THESE CONTEST ARE VERY HELPFULL TO NEW STEAMIANS SO THEY CAN GROW AND LEARN TO POST!

anyone who is 70 and above
i advice to not participate.

but the 60 and 50 in rank can participate cause we need good post

[corsica]

Bonsoir,
C'est mon entrée

[mindhawk]

My entry:

https://steemit.com/originalworks/@mindhawk/why-i-plan-to-implement-a-gladius-node

Gladius sounds pretty cool, I'd mine it.

btw I'm a sysadmin for hire and would love to work with something like this.

[coinsutra]

https://steemit.com/gladius2017/@coinsutra/gladius-your-very-own-gladiator
This is my entry :)

[steemcasper]

very excited to see this. Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@steemcasper/gladius-the-economical-ddos-fighter-is-also-a-passive-autopilot-income-generator

[gwills06]

Very helpful

[hilltop]

This is my entry,

https://steemit.com/blockchain/@hilltop/stop-ddos-cdn-attacks-with-the-gladius

[truncus]

my entry
https://steemit.com/tr/@truncus/envion-yeni-nesil-madencilik

[aquamarine]

An ICO worth investing in
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@aquamarine/when-the-next-ddos-attack-strikes-we-would-be-ready-and-minting-money

[twistytango]

Gladius has a good business model
my entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@twistytango/thanks-to-gladius-my-website-will-be-safe-from-ddos-attacks

[almostpeter]

Good investment opportunity. My entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@almostpeter/the-simple-trick-to-be-ddos-protected-on-budget-with-gladius

[chillpill]

I like and support this project my entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@chillpill/turn-your-idle-computers-into-a-ddos-fighting-army-with-gladius

[chillpill]

It is very heartening to see that @originalworks supports original content

[ecoinstant]

Thank you for the opportunity. This is my entry into this original works contest.

Blessings to ALL!

[alz190]

here is my entry
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@alz190/democratizing-internet-security-and-ddos-protection-with-gladius

[absn]

https://steemit.com/blockchain/@absn/gladius-ddos-protection-on-the-blockchain-gladius-2017

count me in

[cjzachary]

@OriginalWorks Very cool blog! I will have to get in the game soon! Thanks for directing me here @nirgf!

[animaya]

Very nice contest my entry is here
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@animaya/is-the-gladius-project-an-attempt-to-turn-us-into-ddos-fighting-superheroes

[jfernandez]

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[pramodbarmunda]

Very great post ....Thnx to share this post

I love this contest....I participate

[joel1220]

i participate :) good post

[meglanafisha]

Realy good post

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[mdraihanhkn]

Looks amazing post thank you for sharing

[nahidsagor]

gd writing

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[atherz]

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