Gladius

Gladius is a prime example of a company attempting to capitalize off the merging of two technologies, p2p nodes powered by tokens, and industry standard DDoS protection techniques. Users become nodes and earn tokens to filter and analyze traffic, a great incentive for users, but for clients requiring protection, this approach is sub par compared to the trusted, centralized services offered by giants such as Cloudflare and Verisign.

Gladius claims to have been invested in heavily by Krypton Capital, the company has previously claimed to have invested in the ICO copy cat Viuly. Such business dealings lead us to believe an unscrupulous bonus deal may have been made in exchange for publicity. The standard ICO model has been corrupted by a private pre-sale and public pre-sale, even with the vesting periods, ICO investors will likely see a huge drop in token value after the token hits the exchange as none of these promises can be enforced.

DDoS attacks are a constant threat to online businesses and service providers. Whether it’s an ICO or an e-commerce portal, DDoS attacks can lead to enormous losses. Gladius aims to give users an easy way to protect against DDoS attacks using a decentralized network. Users can sign up for pools through the Gladius network. They pay nodes on the network in exchange for their bandwidth. DDoS attacks don’t have a centralized server to attack, and the website can stay up even if multiple nodes are attacked.