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We turn any
debit or credit card
in the world into a
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Digits aims to turn any credit or debit card in the
world into a crypto card. Our technology sets out
to increase the liquidity and stability of crypto-
currency while potentially stimulating the crypto
economy worldwide.
Our goal is to achieve this without modification
of the existing credit or debit card networks
making cryptocurrency as easy for merchants to
accept as credit and debit cards.

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SUMMARY 2
PROBLEM 3
CONSUMER SOLUTION 4
INDUSTRY SOLUTION 6
HEDGE LENDING NETWORKTM
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TECHNOLOGY 9
THE API 10
INTEGRATION 11
SECURIT Y & FRAUD 12
TEAM 13
MARKET 17
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 18
USE OF FUNDS 20
ICO 21
HOW TO PARTICIPATE 22
TOKEN DISTRIBUTION 23
ROADMAP 24
OUTLOOK 25
LEGAL 26
CONTACT 27
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Digits will combine the convenience of credit and debit card payments
with the utility of cryptocurrency payments. People and businesses hold
over 1.5 billion credit and debit cards worldwide, and these are used
every day to buy goods and services. Credit and debit cards are easy to
use, ubiquitous, and require the user to do nothing more than swipe, dip
or tap his or her card at the point of sale. On the other hand, cryptocur-
rency is, in spite of growing exponentially, very hard for the average
consumer to use. We propose a system to make cryptocurrency as easy to
use by the average consumer as their credit or debit card. We will do this
by integrating the cryptocurrency market into the credit and debit card
market so that people who hold cryptocurrency can effortlessly pay for
goods and services via their existing credit or debit card.
There are two main problems with cryptocurrencies that warrant mention:
1) Settlement delay. This refers to the amount of time it takes for trans-
actions to be recorded.
2) Market Volatility. This refers to the fact that the market price of a
given cryptocurrency bounces around a lot.
Compare this to traditional fiat markets: the price of the US dollar is
stable for businesses and people transacting in it, and settlement time
on fiat-denominated payment networks, such as VISA’s, is instantaneous.
Practically speaking, this means that if you go to the deli to buy a $5
sandwich, you, the consumer, can be sure that you will be charged $5,
and not, say $7, for the purchase, and the deli can be assured that it will
receive from its bank $5 electronically, less certain predictable payment
processing fees.
Cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology have the po-
tential to transform consumer payments and the merchant services mar-
ket. Digits believes that it can connect the cryptocurrency market to the
traditional credit card and debit card merchant services market.
Customers will use a token as a means of transacting in the Digits net-
work. This token, called “DSI,” is a security token that can also be a util-
ity token that can possibly be used to transact on the network.
SUMMARY
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PROBLEM
While more people are buying cryptocurrencies, their use as a traditional
currency for payment of goods and services remains negligible. There are
many reasons for this, including:
• Cryptocurrencies are a new market.
• There are multiple competing currencies, whose differences
confuse the average consumer.
• User interfaces are awkward for the average consumer.
• Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile.
• Complex onboarding process for new users.
• Low liquidity.
• Long variable settlement times.
• Push payment methodology.
• Few vendors accept cryptocurrency.
• Restrictive settlement times.
• Fee structure uncertainty.
The entire traditional payments ecosystem relies on pull payment meth-
odology. This means that when a debit or credit card is used, the current
payment technology pulls the money from the cardholder’s account au-
tomatically. Cryptocurrency payments differ in that they work on a push
payment methodology. This means that the cryptocurrency user must push
a certain amount of cryptocurrency to the receiver. This creates certain
limitations in simplifying the payment process for cryptocurrency and
creates a significant barrier for the average consumer to buy goods and
services easily. While many of these problems are being resolved as tech-
nology matures, we believe that Digits can uniquely provide the average
consumer with a simple way to pay with cryptocurrency. Doing this suc-
cessfully will speed merchant and consumer adoption of cryptocurrency,
and provide developers an incentive to build better systems.
CONSUMER SOLUTION
Most consumers in the developed world, and increasingly in the develop-
ing world, hold a unique identifier that they use in their daily purchase of
PROBLEM

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CONSUMER
SOLUTION
Most consumers in the developed world, and increasingly in the develop-
ing world, hold a unique identifier that they use in their daily purchase of
goods and services. This identifier is the unique 16-digit number printed
on their credit or debit card. Within the credit and debit card industry,
this number is referred to as the ISO/IEC 7812 standard and the new
19-digit standard ISO/IEC 7812-2.
A purchase is made at a retail store or online using the 16-digit credit or
debit card registered with Digits.
On the back end, the purchase is paid for instantly using our Instant Mer-
chant Funding technology. This enables the possibility of the merchant to
be paid in the same period of time and to be charged the same fee they
would have paid had the consumer’s registered credit or debit card been
accepted.
We then use the consumer’s 16-digit registered card number as a token
to unlock their cryptocurrency wallet (such as Coinbase). A small fee is
added to the purchase price of the item and we automatically push funds
from the consumer’s crypto wallet to Digits crypto wallet. It’s that simple
on the surface.
Our technology will allow the consumer to use their credit or debit card in
exactly the same way he or she does today with one critical difference;
when the consumer pays with a credit or debit card registered with Digits,
payment is made with cryptocurrency instead of fiat currency.
Digits will have a number of advanced features that will allow this process
to run smoothly and securely:
Built in Security Protection - Our system is designed to have two levels
of advanced transaction to as secure as the average credit card transac-
tion. For small transactions, we use a situational awareness engine to
automatically authorize certain transactions based upon geolocation and
other data points. Any other transaction is authorized through a simple
two factor authorization process through the app or through SMS.
The Built in Security Protection should protect each transaction at a more
secure level than the average credit or debit card transaction.
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Automatic Fall Back - If for any reason the cryptocurrency transaction
does not go through, such as lack of cryptocurrency funds, no security
validation, or exchange issues, then the transaction falls back automati-
cally to the original card.
The diagram below is a high level representation of the Digits process and
the relationship between the consumer, merchant, processors, payment
networks and banks.
One of the key benefits of Digits for consumers is the Digits Hedge Lend-
ing NetworkTM. Each purchase made is an automated instant loan backed
by a cryptocurrency asset, therefore not triggering a short term taxable
event for the consumer. This provides the consumer with liquidity without
the head- aches of price fluctuations or the tax implications of normal
short-term gains. This process is designed to be completely frictionless to
the consumer.
The tax implications and benefits could change depending on the jurisdic-
tion and future decisions of the regulatory framework, which are outside
of Digits control.
.
Merchants do not need to change any process in order to accept crypto-
currencies via Digits. The settlement times, processes, and fees, are ex-
actly the same as they experience today. They can enable cryptocurrency
without any additional merchant account or agreement.
Traditional payment networks such as Visa, MasterCard and AMEX process
over $100 billion transactions a year worldwide. One of the reasons for
the success of these companies is the ubiquitous nature and cross compat-
ibility that operates in the market.
CONSUMERSOLUTION
HEDGE
LENDING
NETWORKTM
C
Are you sure that your
task completed?
POS/ Ecom
Platform
If approved, Digits pays
merchant instantly
If a match, Digits pings
cardholder for approval
via SMS or mobile app
Digits API checks for a
registered card match
Merchant’s POS software
provider sends a hashed
version of card to Digits API
Registered card is sent
to merchant’s POS
software provider
Consumer buys item
with registered card

UnionPay 43%
Others
20%
UnionPay 43%
Visa 21%
Mastercard
16%
14 Billion
Cards
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ON THE PURCHASE SIDE, DIGITS RIDES TRADITIONAL CARD RAILS
One of the weaknesses of Bitcoin is its theoretical transaction limit of 7
transactions per second. In comparison, Visa’s network processing speed
is thought to be capable of 24,000 per second.Digits will use some fea-
tures of the block chain enabled decentralized network infrastructure with
centralized cloud services to deliver a processing infrastructure designed
to compete with leading providers while adding the benefit of decentral-
ization.
As the settlement of the transaction happens on the traditional Visa, Mas-
terCard and AMEX network rails via our Instant Merchant Funding tech-
nology, the end result to the merchant is always business as usual. This
allows Digits to provide other consumer finance related services in the
future through participating merchants like credit facilities, microloans
and buy now, pay later facilities. Such services are subject to compliance
and regulatory control in certain jurisdictions and each will be evaluated
on market demand and compliance issues. Even though we have the abil-
ity to settle on the Visa and MasterCard and AMEX networks this should
not imply a direct relationship with those networks. Much like a merchant
does not have a direct relationship with the networks Digits technology
does not rely on a relationship with those networks.
INSTANT MERCHANT FUNDING
In traditional card transactions, the credit or debit card account is
charged for the goods or services which rely on a banking relationship
between the consumer and a banking institution.
With Digits, there is no need for the consumer to have a formal relation-
ship with a bank. In fact, Digits can use any card such as a pre-pay card
from a supermarket to deliver its service. As long as it has a 15 digit
(AMEX) or 16 digit (standard) or the new 19-digit unique identifier, the
card can be used by Digits by simply registering it on the Digits website.
How does Digits get the fiat currency into the merchant’s bank? We use
something called Instant Merchant Funding technology which is propri-
etary to Digits. Instant Merchant Funding allows Digits to fund any trans-
action for a merchant on the Visa, MasterCard or AMEX rails without the
merchant having to change any relationship or process that they have to-
day. Our Instant Merchant Funding funds through a series of Digits issued
virtual cards that are automatically chosen on the backend to maximize
efficiency and match the merchant’s cost.
INDUSTRY
SOLUTION
INDUSTRYSOLUTION
Share of payment
cards worldwide by scheme, 2016
source: Global Payment Cards
Data and Forecasts to 2022 (RBR)

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HEDGE LENDING
NETWORKTM
The Digits Hedge Lending NetworkTM
is a new financial instrument that
combines the power of instant lending with the stabilizing effects of a
futures market.
The Hedge Lending NetworkTM
is an important financial instrument for
Digits for two reasons:
1) Cryptocurrencies are volatile; therefore, the purchase price and the
settlement price can be significantly different given that a transaction can
take days to settle on a cryptocurrency network.
2) When money is liquidated from a cryptocurrency wallet it is considered
by some jurisdictions as a taxable event. Due to the fact that we advance
monies for the consumer’s purchase, it would be considered as a loan in
most jurisdictions and potentially not subject to short term capital gains
tax.
HOW DOES THE HEDGE LENDING NETWORKTM
WORK?
Hedging is a financial instrument which is defined “as a strategy intended
to protect an investment or portfolio against loss.” Many investors use
hedging as a financial instrument to protect their downside or as a tool to
generate gains based upon the upside.
The ability to hedge in cryptocurrencies is still in its nascent stages,
however market demand from both investors and applications is growing
significantly as shown by the success of HedgeToken(HDG) and BlockTower
Capital.
Hedging is critical in consumer purchasing because the merchant needs to
end up with the money they specified for the purchase. Without hedging
the transaction, Digits would be exposed to the risk of price fluctuations
in the market. Rather than take that unknown risk, we have created the
Hedge Lending NetworkTM
to mitigate our risks.
Digits Hedge Lending NetworkTM
is set up through a number of Ethereum
Erc20 smart contracts that are automatically designed to trigger when a
purchase is made, then settled, then liquidated, or held in escrow to help
the consumer to wait a year or more thus avoiding short-term capital gain
tax.
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The entire process is both completely automated and transparent on the
blockchain.
A contract consists of a hedge price, an interest amount and a principal
amount. These are all automatically optimized by artificial intelligence
algorithms for the Hedge Lending NetworkTM
depending on the current
trading conditions on the Hedge Lending NetworkTM
.
The principal amount is always slightly higher than the actual loan amount
in order to cover fluctuations in the cryptocurrency market. Again, this
is defined by the optimization of artificial intelligence algorithms in the
Hedge Lending Networks.
The smart contract covers all outcomes of the contract. If the price of
cryptocurrency goes down it will either pull more cryptocurrency from the
consumer’s Coinbase wallet or it will start liquidating the asset to cover
the downside exposure to keep the load over-collateralized as per the
smart contract.
The hedge component is used to lower the cost of the loan, and in some
cases, may even exceed the interest rate therefore producing an income
generating loan while the hedge is in place.
It is important to note that Digits does not need the Hedge Lending Net-
workTM
to function as we can use other cryptocurrency hedging services.
By implementing the Hedge Lending NetworkTM
we can reduce the cost of
using the Digits product substantially, possibly allowing a situation where
the community can liquidate their cryptocurrency assets for free.
We believe that Digits can generate significant additional revenue here
based upon small transaction fees for using the network.
In the event that the hedging and loan fees do not cover the processing
costs we may opt to exercise our right per the agreement with our users
to increase the 1% fee, or to absorb the loss on a minor portion of the
transactions. Our ultimate goal for the community is that the network and
hedging loan revenue will cover all other transaction costs to maintain a
maximum 1% fee per transaction.
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TECHNOLOGY
MOBILE APP
Digits will be building an easy-to-use consumer app that allows the
authorization of transactions and the modification of account details by
the user. This will include but not be limited to:
• Register a default debit or credit card.
• Register a default cryptocurrency wallet (like Coinbase).
• Select the default cryptocurrency to access from within the wallet.
• Turn on/off Digits so the purchase isn’t paid for with cryptocurrency.
• Add or delete cards.
• Change user settings and preferences.
• Get notifications in real time that a purchase was made.
• Get notifications in real time when the crypto transaction funded.
• Get a receipt of cryptocurrency withdrawn, exchange rates and fees.
Without the app, consumers will still be able to access the same functions
via the website and Digits will communicate via SMS.
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THE API
DIGITS API
The Digits API is a REST API built for simplicity and easy implementation.
It will allow any registered website with our token to communicate trans-
actions to our API.
Our API connects the consumer’s wallet to the transaction and to the
in real time, allowing the authorization, debit,
THEAPI
lending and settlement of the transaction to occur immediately.
HEDGE LENDING TECHNOLOGY
The Hedge Lending NetworkTM
is a real-time marketplace optimized by
artificial intelligence to choose the best outcome for both consumer and
lender in real time. The marketplace will not be able to achieve peak
efficiency until the learning algorithms have enough data to make pre-
dictions, and we believe existing hedging and lending algorithms can be
optimized to provide best in class matching across the marketplace with
artificial intelligence increasing our efficiency over time.
LEAST COST TAX ROUTING
The consumer will be able to access multiple crypto wallets and curren-
cies, and later in the product map we plan to build a least cost routing
algorithm that optimizes any cryptocurrency liquidation to optimize for tax
impact by automatically choosing the currencies in the wallet that have
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INTEGRATION
INTEGRATING DIGITS
Digits can be integrated at a number of levels in the payment ecosystem.
Plugins - We will create a number of seamless plugins that are compatible
with the leading e-commerce platforms in the world. This will allow us to
integrate with the millions of merchants that transact on these platforms
without any integration overhead. Initially, we will support: WooCom-
merce, Magento and BigCommerce.
Platforms - Platforms like Shopify, Freshbooks and UpWork are used by
thousands of merchants via a single piece of software functionality. These
platforms can integrate into our simple API that will enable cryptocurrency
payments across their entire merchant base.
Processors - The four largest payment gateways process 70% of all US
transactions. Implementing Digits at this level could empower millions of
merchants to process cryptocurrency as easily as a credit card or debit
card.
Digits is designed to have the minimum impact on our integrated partners.
We intend to provide a wide range of plugins which would allow millions
of e-commerce sites to integrate with us with minimum friction. What
makes Digits so simple is that we do not require any new information,
fields or processes to be implemented on the frontend in order to allow
customers to pay via crypto payment.
Digits API simply sits between the merchant and their shopping cart soft-
ware or the merchant and their payment gateway. The only change that
happens in the software platform or payment gateway is an API call that
is first made to Digits to see if the card entered is a match with a Dig-
its user. The call to the Digits API will contain a hashed version of the
credit or debit card number for security purposes. Our system will check
each credit or debit card entered against our registered cards. If a match
is found, it determines if the consumer has enough Cryptocurrency to
perform the transaction instantaneously. If so, it requests transaction ap-
proval from the consumer.
If approved by the consumer, it approves the Instant Merchant Funding so
the merchant is paid as usual. As a final step, once a transaction is ap-
proved, the consumer must approve the transaction via their Digits app or
via SMS. Because this process is nearly instantaneous, no interruption will
occur to a transaction that is declined by the Digits network but approved
by the traditional network.
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SECURIT Y &
FRAUD
SECURIT Y AND FRAUD
As a payment company we take security very seriously, and while we do
not need to adhere to PCI compliance (as we are not storing any credit
or debit card information) we will always endeavor to exceed the security
recommendations in the PCI compliance process. Our team has extensive
security and PCI compliance experience so we will always aim to keep all
data and personal information secure. Also, where possible, Digits will
always operate in a SSL environment on a well-known and secure distrib-
uted cloud network.
Digits will use hash encryption on the 16-digit card number so that Digits
never has access to the actual card number. Our API will require the hash-
ing of the 16-digit card number before it is sent to the Digits API.
Digits only checks the hash of the user’s entered card and the hash of the
card being authorized. We never touch or store any card details or per-
sonal information which takes us out of PCI compliance.
All transactions are authorized by the user, therefore, there is likely to be
a substantial reduced in fraud and chargebacks, which could be seen as an
added merchant benefit.
Digits operates in two potentially significant markets, cryptocurrency pay-
ments and traditional credit and debit card payments.
SECURITY&FRAUD

BEN WAY, CEO
Ben is an acclaimed startup technologist, inventor, and serial entrepreneur based in Silicon
Valley. He has advised some of the world’s leading institutions, including the White House.
He is a best-selling author, recipient of the millennium entrepreneur of the year award and
was named a top 50 UK Influencer in 2016. His crypto credentials are wide ranging from
advising Tradehill founders in 2011 to strategizing on the roll out of the largest Bitcoin
mining operation in San Francisco.
LAURA WAGNER, CCO
Laura is a high-energy strategic visionary known for proven and profitable niche solu-
tions in the payments space. She began her career more than 20 years ago when she
pioneered card acceptance in McDonald’s. More recently, she launched the first real-time
white label merchant boarding solution for software platforms. She believes that com-
merce should be magical for all involved. Making crypto payments painless with Digits is
her new passion project.
NICK FALLON, CTO
Nick is a senior developer with over 25 years of experience designing and building
enterprise-scale software systems and websites with a consumer-centric philosophy. He
consults with a wide range of companies from start-ups to international corporations in
industries from payments, finance, IOT and cryptography.
LEO PATCHING, COO
Leo is an active investor, c-level executive and board advisor who takes start-ups from
conception into sound, structured and profitable ventures. He has traveled the world hold-
ing senior roles in both private and public companies in a wide range of industries. Leo is
an active crypto investor with a keen eye for capable teams, innovative solutions, massive
markets and long-term growth potential.
TEAM
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DAVID JAQUES, CHAIRMAN
As one of the first CFO’s of PayPal, treasurer at Silicon Valley Bank and Director at Blue
Run Ventures, David is recognized by the global fintech community as a pioneer in pay-
ments. David serves on several boards and works closely with management teams to
creatively expand opportunities, solve problems and position for growth. David serves on
several boards and works closely with management teams to creatively expand opportuni-
ties, solve problems and position for growth. David serves on several boards and works
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EDWARD KATZIN, BOARD ADVISOR
Prior to his last role as head of worldwide retail payments at Apple, Edward was CIO at
Revolution Money (sold to American Express) and head of global product, strategy and
innovation at Visa where he filed 38 patents. Edward is an accomplished inventor with
multiple patents of his own.
LINDA PERRY, BOARD ADVISOR
After 17 years at Visa, Linda now serves as a senior advisor to select payment firms. She
served on the ETA’s board for 13 years was named the most influential woman in pay-
ments by PaymentSource.com for three consecutive years (2013, 2014 & 2015).
MARK C. THOMPSON, BOARD ADVISOR
Forbes called Mark one of America’s Top Venture Investors with the ‘Midas Touch’. He is a
best-selling author who has advised three of the world’s most legendary disruptive innova-
tors: Steve Jobs, Charles Schwab and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson.
KEVIN HARRINGTON, BOARD ADVISOR
Kevin was the original “shark” on the hit TV show Shark Tank. He pioneered the infomer-
cial, founded “As Seen on TV” and was a co-founding board member of the Entrepreneurs’
Organization (EO). Kevin’s reach and influence in the global retail space is unprecedented.
global sales, the launch of more than 500 products, and the making dozens of millionaires.
JOE DANIELS, SEC EXPERT AND CORPORATE COUNSEL
Joe is a Partner at McCarter English where he Co-Chairs the firm’s Venture Capital &
Emerging Growth practice. He represents startups to publicly-held technology, life science
and consumer companies in a wide range of seed and venture financings, mergers and ac-
quisitions, IPOs, ICOS and other public offerings. hundreds of venture and strategic financing
transactions and helped companies and private equity firms handle dozens of merger, acquisition
STEVEN HATZAKIS, BOARD ADVISOR
Steven is a FinTech and FinServ industry researcher and consultant with nearly 20 years
experience. He contributes to a number of self-regulatory efforts in the crypto industry, is
an active crypto investor, and is a director of BCA Ventures Inc. In addition to his role as the
Global Director of Research, Forex & Crypto at ForexBrokers.com. Steven has authored over
1000 industry news articles and has published research for Registered Investment Advisors
(RIAs), and first wrote about cryptocurrency market inefficiencies in 2013. Steven is a CFTC-
registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and holds a Series 3 NFA License. hundreds of
venture and strategic financing transactions and helped companies and private equity firms handle
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TEAM

DAVID DRAKE, BOARD ADVISOR
Through his family office LDJ Capital, David acts as a GP & LP investor with his partners
in fund-of-funds, realty funds, venture capital funds & hedge funds. David’s investments
currently have 50+ global directors that maintain relations with institutions & family offices
with $1.5 trillion in assets. His family office manages & co-invests in alternative assets with
the top 30 family offices and he has produced & co-sponsored over 1100+ finance confer-
ences with the likes of Thomson Reuters, NASDAQ, NYSE, KKR, & the Carlyle Group.
BRAD YASAR, BOARD ADVISOR
Brad is an entrepreneur, investor, mentor, and advisor who has started and bootstrapped
several companies from inception to maturity over the past 20 years. He is currently the
co-founder and Managing Partner of KrowdMentor, a strategic crowdfunding advisory firm
focused on ICOs, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and token powered organizations. Brad is
the Co-Founder for Blockchain Investors Consortium (BIC) with over $5 Billion dollars allo-
cated to blockchain and cryptocurrency projects. amily office manages & co-invests in alterna-
BRYAN FEINBERG, BOARD ADVISOR
Bryan is the CEO and Founder of Etheralabs / ChainDynamics, a NYC based blockchain
Venture Accelerator. For the past several years, Bryan has been deeply involved across the
blockchain ecosystem and advising multiple early stage and emerging companies. Bryan is
a licensed investment banker holding his 7, 63 and 79 FINRA Licenses.
JAMES HAFT, BOARD ADVISOR
James is a Founding Partner at CryptoOracle with 30 years of emerging markets and early-
stage fintech expertise. Since 2015, he has focused on the political, social and economic
impact of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, including advising seven ICOs and Co-Founding
ClimateCoin. He has been an advisor to over 50 venture-backed firms, mentored at 500
Startups and TechStars and Co-Founded NXTPLabs.com, the leading tech accelerator in
Latin America.
LOU KERNER, BOARD ADVISOR
Lou is a Founding Partner at CryptoOracle, a VC and Advisory firm focused exclusively on
companies leveraging blockchain, cryptocurrency, smart contracts and decentralization.
Lou has been a crypto enthusiast, investor, and thought leader since 2013, and is recog-
nized as one of the most influential crypto bloggers. Lou regularly hosts conference calls
with crypto industry innovators attended by hundreds of crypto enthusiasts from around
the world.ences with the likes of Thomson Reuters, NASDAQ, NYSE, KKR, & the Carlyle Group.
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TEAM

KENNY DOUGLAS, EVP STRATEGIC RELATIONS
Kenny brings over three decades of successful business and partnership development skills
in the integrated payments industry. He has a vast network of c-level executives within
the banking, merchant services and software platform space.
KAI BLACHE, VP OF FINANCE & INVESTOR RELATIONS
Kai is a seasoned New York City investment banker and VC who takes an active role in his
portfolio companies. Kai has consulted for a number of start-ups over the past five years
and previously served as a VP, Relationship Manager at JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, and DNB
Bank, all in NYC.
ED MAGUIRE, BOARD ADVISOR
Ed has 17 years of Wall Street experience in Investment Banking and Equity Research. He
was the Managing Partner at Bluemont Partners, a Corporate Advisory and Consulting firm
and Chief Strategy Officer for Acreto, a seed-stage IoT security company. He has appeared
in major media including CNBC, CNN, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, BNN and NPR.
JOAQUIM MIRO, BOARD ADVISOR
Joaquim is the CMO and Partner of MLG blockchain, a global blockchain development and
consulting firm headquartered in Toronto. He heads MLG’s distributed team across North
America, Europe and Asia and is focused on building next generation applications using
blockchain and smart contract technology.
JIM BORZILLERI, BOARD ADVISOR
Jim is the President of CrowdEngine, Inc., and a Co-Founding member of the Crowdfund-
ing Professional Association (CFPA). He has Co-Founded, built, managed and sold several
leading technology companies where he remains an active board member. Jim is a proven
tech savvy advisor who turns cutting edge ideas into successful ventures.
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MARKET
Global general purpose cards carrying Visa, UnionPay, MasterCard, JCB,
Diners Club/Discover, and American Express brands generated 227.08 bil-
lion purchase transactions at merchants in 2015, an increase of 16.1% or
31.52 billion over 2014. Purchase transactions included all commercial and
consumer credit, debit, and prepaid cards. Prepaid cards are included in
debit figures. Visa cards, which include both Visa Inc. and Visa Europe,
accounted for 55.52% of all purchase transactions worldwide.
STRATEGY
The Digits team has deep market experience finding product market fit
within the payment technology space.
We have already established in the form of non-binding letters of intent
MARKET
Visa 44.1% MasterCard 29.0%
UnionPay 29.0%
American Express 7.1%
JCB 7.7%
Diners/Discovery 2.2%
Credit Cards
Debit Cards
Visa 65%
MasterCard 24%
Union Pay 11%
Source: The Nilson Report 2017
103.02
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BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT
relationships with software platforms that each process millions of dollars
of credit and debit card transactions for hundreds of merchants each year.
On occasion, we will support a large national retailer directly, however,
we believe the opportunity lies with software platforms and payment gate-
ways used by millions of merchants. With this strategy, we can keep our
sales and marketing outreach very targeted.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS AS A MERCHANT SALES CHANNEL
There is a massive trend in the payments industry today. Merchants are
no longer obtaining a Visa, MasterCard and AMEX merchant account with a
processor. Instead, they are obtaining merchant accounts and processing
payments through value-added software platforms.
A great example of such a platform is TicketSocket used by hundreds of
festivals and marathon races. TicketSocket used to send merchants to an
outside processor to get a merchant account, a process that can often
take a week or more. When the merchant needed to see their deposits or
handle a chargeback, they would have to log out of TicketSocket and log
into the processor’s website. Finally, TicketSocket had no choice but to
invoice merchants monthly for their per transaction software fees.
Today, merchants go to TicketSocket to get a merchant account in sec-
onds, see their deposits and handle their chargebacks. TicketSocket’s fee
is added to the merchant fees and split off and paid to TicketSocket daily.
In addition, they get a monthly commission on merchant fees as well.
The key to Digits’ seamless front-end functionality is that we control what
happens after a card number is entered into a partner platform. If it’s not
a match with the Digits Network, the transaction is processed as usual.
REVENUE
Digits will generate revenue in the following ways, initially:
1.Merchant Payment Processing Revenue: Whenever possible, we intend to
process the Visa, MasterCard, AMEX and Digits Consumer transactions. The
average gross revenue on payment processing is expected to be 80 basis
points ($8,000 per $1 Million).
2.Software Platform Access Fee: Software platforms will be charged a
monthly access fee based on the volume of Digits’ tokenized cryptocur-
rency transactions consumed. Initially, we will charge software platforms
10 DIG per $1 Million processed per month.
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3.Digits Consumer Fees: Consumers will be charged a small fee (typically
1%) to buy with cryptocurrency as easily as a credit or debit card. The
average gross revenue on Digits consumer fees is expected to be 80 basis
points ($8,000 per $1 Million).
4.Hedge Lending NetworkTM
: We liquidate the cryptocurrency we receive
via the Hedge Lending NetworkTM
. By doing so, we have the potential to
make up to 10% upside on the hedge.
5.Lending to consumers: When a consumer sends us money from their
cryptocurrency wallet to cover the purchase, we can charge 10% of net
gain on all loans throughout the system.
Below is an example for illustrative purposes only, and interest rates or
transaction fees could vary significantly from this example, which could
also have an affect on consumer adoption:
If the user makes a $1,000 purchase through Digits, the interest rate is
10% APR (determined by the market). The $1000 is secured by $1,100
worth of cryptocurrency held in escrow, which is over-collateralized by
10% to protect lenders in market fluctuations. To extend the loan past a
year so it’s not subject to short term capital gains tax, the user will pay
back $1,104.71 (compounded) and Digits receives $11.05.
The consumer has a number of options in order to pay back the loan at
the end of the term. The cryptocurrency assets can be liquidated automat-
ically or the consumer can choose to pay in fiat or another cryptocurrency
asset. Additionally, in later iterations we may provide options to extend
the loan.Hedging margins are more difficult to predict given the initiatory
nature of the market and we believe that Digits can generate significant
additional revenue here based upon small transaction fees for using the
network.
Our ultimate goal for the community is that the network, hedging and
loan revenue will cover all transaction costs for the consumer.
The most complex part of the Digits platform will be the Hedge
Lending NetworkTM
which is reflected in the use of funds, followed by
further development on the Digits platform with a solid sales and
marketing strategy.
PARTNERSHIPS
We have an established partnership with a top tier U.S. payment processor
that powers our Visa, MasterCard and AMEX API for software platforms.
This relationship is four years in the making. Forging this level of partner-
ship with a major U.S. processor is a major barrier to entry for new start-
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ups in the payments space. While this relationship is long established it is
important to note that the exact commercial details of the relationship are
in process, and are being kept confidential for commercial reasons.
COMMITTED CUSTOMERS
We already have three large platforms committed to integrating Digits into
their platform. It is important to note that a single platform integration
can enable cryptocurrency payments for thousands of merchants instantly.
INITIAL COIN OFFERING - ICO
An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is a nascent and currently in some jurisdic-
tions unregulated means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocur-
rency venture. An ICO is used by startups to by- pass the rigorous and
regulated capital raising process required by venture capitalists or banks.
In an ICO campaign, a percentage of the tokens are sold to early backers
of the project in exchange for access to the system or some future ben-
efit.
Digits is a security token with a future utility application within Digits. We
USE OF FUNDS
USEOFFUNDS
Product
development
Security
General Corporate
Purposes
Marketing and
Community
50%
30%
15%
5%
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ICO
ICO
believe this offers the maximum value for our supporters.
The ICO market is growing rapidly, as are financial and cryptocurrency ap-
plications (the two categories that Digits falls under). This rapid growth
can be traced in a majority of ICO’s, both in 2016 and 2017.
As the ICO market matures, proper due diligence, including projects that
have defined and achievable goals, will help regulate and further the cryp-
tocurrency community.
As with all investments, and especially in cryptocurrency, time should be
taken to evaluate the benefits and the risks before committing any funds
to an ICO. At the same time, investing in ICOs is highly speculative, thus
it is important only to risk what you can afford to lose.
Please visit digits.io and pre-register for the ICO.
ACCEPTED CRYPTOCURRENCIES
BTC, ETH, LTC
TRANSACTION OF CRYPTOCURRENCIES
ETC can be sent to the address on Digits.io on the ICO launch date.
Top 2017 ICOs By Category ($ millions)
Tezos
$208.0
EO
S.io
$200.0
BAN
CO
R
$153.0
Status
$95.0
TenX
$80.0
M
obileGo
$53.3
SO
N
M
$42.0
BasicAttention
Token
$35.0
Civic
Storj
$30.0
Polybius
$28.9
Aragon
$24.8
Eternity
$22.4
O
penAN
X
$18.8
Cosm
osN
etw
ork
$16.8
Q
tum
$15.6
Giga
W
att
$14.6
M
ysterium
N
etw
ork
$14.1
N
im
iq
$13.6
TokenCard
$12.7
Dao.Casino
$12.3
Gnosis
$12.3
IEX.EC
$12.1
ABTcoin
$11.8
Blockchain
CapitalFund
III
$10.0
$33.0
media & social
gaming & gambling
internet of things & people
finance: markets
finance: investments finance: banking & payments
cloud
core tech
cryptocurrency
7.5
16.9
5.3
1.8
6.2
0.5
0.2
2014
26 million
2015
14 million
2016
222 million
5.5 16.8
166
8.6
2.4
16.6
0.4
1.6
4.11
ICOs by Category
($ millions)
2017
1266 million
36.5
513.1
133.6
147.3
77.9
194.2
101.9
30.75
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HOW TO
PARTICIPATE
BONUS SCHEDULE
Additional tokens will be allocated during these time windows:
TOKEN NAME:
DSI
LOCKUP
Tokens belonging to the Team will be locked up for one year.
Tokens belonging to Advisors will be locked up for six months.
SUPPORTER TOKEN BENEFITS
The number of tokens is capped, and these tokens pay for access to the
HOWTOPARTICIPATE
Pre-ICO
50%
discount
ﬁrst hour
25%
discount
day 1
22%
discount
day 2
19%
discount
day 4
12%
discount
day 3
16%
discount
day 5
8%
discount
day 6
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TOKEN
API that allows any software platform to take cryptocurrency payments
as easily as credit cards. Membership is based upon e-commerce volume.
Therefore, the more successful Digits becomes, the more demand there
will be for these tokens.Any token not taken up by the community will be
burned.
TOTAL SUPPLY:
1,000,000,000
DISTRIBUTION IN THE TOKEN SALE:
550,000,000
HARD CAP
We want the community and supporters to maximize the returns for funds
allocated. To achieve this, we will have a cap on the sale of tokens and
this sale will be on a first-come, first-served basis to a limited number of
participants.
PARTICIPANTS
Please check the website digits.io for any restrictions or compliance
requirements.
USD 2.0 million
On the consumer side, we will open the beta to all ICO investors to
register their debit or credit cards to make purchases from participating
merchants and to give feedback on the process. On the merchant side,
Digits’ API for software platforms will be developed, documented, tested
and will be live with software platforms used by hundreds of merchants
each. We will partner with another company to provide the hedging ser-
vices needed to liquidate the consumer’s cryptocurrency when purchases
are made.
TOKENDISTRIBUTION

May 2017
Digits is conceived
July 2017
Customers are interviewed
to validate market opportunity
August 2017
Competitive research
is gathered on
current
solution
October 2017
R & D into feasibility of
the Hedge Lending Network
December 2017
Project feasibility and
cost analysis performed
February 2018
Digits Pre ICO
is launched
April 2018
Digits launches
Alpha API
September 2018
In beta with software platforms
and Digits consumers
February 2019
All regulatory
framework in place for
the Hedge Lending Network
March 2019
Full launch the Digits
consumer application
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ROADMAP
USD 8.0 million
In addition to milestones reached in the USD 2 million
threshold, we will be launching a direct to merchant
solution in alpha where no middle software platform is
needed. At the same time, we will lay the groundwork
for the regulatory structure required to launch the
and we would be in a closed
beta with software platforms.
USD 15.0 million
In addition to milestones achieved in the USD 8 million
threshold, we would be scaling in both the software
platform API channel and the direct merchant chan-
nels. We will also start scaling the enrollment of Digits
consumers to buy from the growing Digits marketplace
of participating merchants. At this stage, we will also
be launching a proof of concept for the Hedge Lending
NetworkTM
.
USD 35.0 million
In addition to milestones achieved in the USD 15 million
threshold, we will focus on scaling the Digits consumer
enrollment and expanding the Digits marketplace for
merchants while being fully operational with the Hedge
Lending NetworkTM
. We will have all technology and
operational systems in place to support both merchant
integrations (direct and indirect through software plat-
forms) and expect to be growing rapidly on both the
merchant and consumer sides of the business. We also
expect the Hedge Lending NetworkTM
to be fully opera-
tional and scaling.
The market for cryptocurrency is moving fast and cur-
rently growing exponentially. There are likely to be a
number of short term market corrections. Digits man-
agement believes the long-term outlook for cryptocur-
rency holds an unparalleled growth opportunity.
LAT Crypto Research predicts that by 2025 the total
market cap of the cryptocurrency markets will be $5
Trillion Dollars.
As more consumers start investing and using cryptocur-
ROADMAP

0
1
2
3
4
5
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
0.2 0.4
0.7
1.1
2017 LAT Crypto Research
Asset Cryptocurrencies
Other Cryptocurrencies
1.5
2.1
2.9
3.9
5.0
0.01 0.04
0.2
0.4
0.8
1.3
1.9
2.8
4.0
TRILLIONS $
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OUTLOOK
rencies, the market potential jumps significantly for Digits.
By 2025 LAT Crypto Research also predicts that 5% of the world’s popula-
tion will have a cryptocurrency wallet and Digits is perfectly positioned to
become the consumer option for spending cryptocurrency.
We believe even though there will be regulatory hurdles and challenges
to overcome, the future of Crypto is bright and Digits can make a positive
impact and benefit the blockchain community.
LEGAL ENTIT Y
Digits Solutions, Inc.
Delaware C Class Corporation
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
This document does not disclose all risks and all entities should review
the private placement memorandum before proceeding with any actions
based upon this document.This document is a representation of the proj-
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LEGAL
ect Digits hopes to deliver but is not legally binding. It represents an ideal
scenario. The amount raised, market conditions or other unforeseen cir-
cumstances could alter the project scope and/or its implementation. This
document does not create any express or implied legal relationship with
the reader, user or supporter.The most up-to-date information can always
be found on Digits.io. Dates, times or discounts in this document are sub-
ject to change at any time without warning.
The content/images in this paper are protected by copyright. Please con-
tact us if you would like to reproduce anything. No unauthorized use, dis-
tribution, alteration, reproduction in any form and by any form is allowed
without permission from Digits except in limited uses or short quotations
in articles, reviews and certain non-commercial use permitted by US
copyright law.
The Digits team uses its best endeavors to ensure that all the information
here is accurate and that market projections are sourced from indepen-
dent sources. However, Digits is not liable for any incorrect projections
or information which does not match the ultimate outcome of the Crypto
market or any other market or predictive information contained in this
document.
Some of the products that Digits is developing maybe subject to regulatory
oversight, now or in the future. Digits cannot guarantee that regulatory
approval will be obtainable. This paper in no way constitutes investment
consulting, an offer of investment or guarantees that any jurisdiction will
treat Digits as a security or a token.
Digits cannot predict or be responsible for any liabilities that may arise
from investing in the Crypto market including becoming a supporter of
Digits.
LANGUAGES
This paper will be translated into Chinese (Traditional) and Spanish. Please
see digits.io for access to these languages.
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CONTACT
CONTACT
digits
100 Wilshire Blvd, #700
Santa Monica, CA 90401
USA
team@digits.io
digits.io

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