Incent Project to Put $65B Loyalty Rewards Industry on Blockchain

Incent Project to Put $65B Loyalty Rewards Industry on Blockchain

Bitscan, a cryptocurrency merchant directory, has partnered with blockchain platform Waves to bring customer loyalty programs to the blockchain. If successful, the partners say their Incent Loyalty network will make loyalty rewards programs more useful and cost-effective. By utilizing the blockchain, the team says the platform allows merchants of any size to create customer rewards programs without incurring wasteful costs. The platform works by allowing merchants to choose a reward size for their programs, which get pooled with other rewards across the platform’s network. According to the....


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