Maester is a term borrowed from the popular fantasy television series - The Game of Thrones, where Maesters, are an order of scholars, healers, and learned men in the Seven Kingdoms. Due to their scientific and intellectual pursuits, they are sometimes referred to as "the knights of the mind". In the context of the platform, a Maester means a professional that other users can reach out to for consultation. We believe every one of us has a skill or knowledge that others can imbibe from us and hence we call our users ‘Maesters’ and the digital currency associated Maester Coin. Hence our mantra, Anyone can be a Maester and earn more with Maester Protocol. 

Users can post blogs, pictures, and videos on the platform showcasing their skills or knowledge about the subject to establish thought leadership. This is called Professional Reputation Management or PRM. The Maester protocol through its proprietary algorithm generates a PRM score for every user by analyzing user demographic & activity variables using typical data mining technique of logistic regression.

Team:

• Rohit Chadda: Co-Founder. 
• Rishi Shukla: Co-Founder. 
• Davide Malimpensa: Data Scientist. 
• Venkat Rami Reddy: Chief Technology Officer. 

Maester Protocol ICO will begin on January 1, 2019. The ICO token supply represents 30% of the total token supply, so there is a total of 300,000,000 MAP tokens available, for 0.1 USD each. The ICO funding target is 10,000,000 MAP, the funding cap is 300,000,000 MAP and is expected to end on January 31, 2019 or when the funding cap is reached.

Token Reserve Split (70%):

• 50% Company held tokens, for retail sale in application;
• 10% Team, locked in for 18 months;
• 7% Advisor;
• 3% Bounty and Referrals.

Maester Protocol ICO features the following bonus structure.

Bonus Structure:

• 30% PreICO;
• 15% ICO Week 1;
• 10% ICO Week 2.