[//]:content-type-MARKDOWN-DONOT-DELETE About Gate.io Startup Free Airdrop Program. In order to reward platform users, Gate.io launched the "Startup Project Free Airdrop Program", and free airdrops for blockchain excellent projects are launched in the Startup area from time to time. VIP and GT users can get a variety of tokens airdrop benefits. This Altered State Machine (ASTO) Startup subscription is a free subscription, and will not deduct the users' participation funds at the end of event. Startup Link: https://www.gate.io/startup Introduction to Altered State Machine (ASTO) Altered State Machine (ASM) are leaders in the democratization of Artificial Intelligence, creating a world where the value of A.I. flows directly back to the community. ASM’s revolutionary protocol allows everyone to own and utilize fully interoperable A.I. via NFT Brains, also known as Non-Fungible Intelligence, across avatars, games, worlds, and other Web3 applications. With ASM anyone can create new Agents, or use ASM to give your existing NFT a Brain. Brains will be trained by their owners to develop skills and strategies as a team through Machine Learning, in our Intelligence Mining environments known as Artificial Intelligence Gyms. ASM has partnered with Large IP such as Muhammad Ali Brand and FIFA to deliver the first gaming use-cases for Non-Fungible Intelligence. (The information below is provided by the Altered State Machine (ASTO)team. Please follow Altered State Machine (ASTO) for more information） Token Information Token Name: Altered State Token Token Symbol: ASTO Max Supply：2,384,000,000 Token Type: ERC-20 Contract: ERC-20: https://etherscan.io/token/0x823556202e86763853b40e9cde725f412e294689 Token distribution ratio and unlocking rules Play and Earn 20%: 72 months vesting Ecosystem Development 16%: 72 months vesting Remaining DAO Reserve 10%: 48 months vesting Equity Warrants 5%: Linearly weekly over 48 months Staking Rewards 15%: 48 months vesting Company 15%: Linearly weekly over 24 months Staff Allocation 1%: Linearly weekly over 24 months Advisors & Partners 3%: Linearly weekly over 24 months Early Contributors 15%: Linearly weekly over 12 months Website: https://www.alteredstatemachine.xyz/ WhitePaper ：https://whitepaper.alteredstatemachine.xyz/ Altered State Machine (ASTO) Startup Sale Rules (1) Duration: 02:00 AM 28th Feb, 2023 - 02:00 AM 1st Mar, 2023 (UTC) (Orders placed by qualified users within these 24 hours will be treated equally.) (2) Trading Starts Time: 05:00 AM 1st Mar, 2023 (UTC) Trading Pairs: ASTO/USDT (3) Price: 0 USDT (4)Startup Supply : 1,789,229 ASTO (5) Users purchase using USDT. (6) Unlock rule: 100% unlock. (7) To participate in Startup Sale, VIP 0 users need to hold no less than 500 USD worth of Spot Assets in balance, and the number of share will be 1/4 of VIP 1 users’ share; The higher the VIP tier, the more shares. For VIP 1 and above, the higher the VIP level the higher the contribution share will be. Each user can only purchase once with KYC account (8) Purchase limit: The maximum contribution limit for a single user is 1000 shares; the relationship between the VIP level and the maximum contribution allocation is: the maximum number of contributions (not the final actual contribution number) = the square of the VIP level multiplied by 10. For example: VIP2 users can subscribe up to 2 x 2 x 10 = 40 shares VIP3 users can subscribe up to 3 x 3 x 10 = 90 shares (9) Users need to ensure that there is sufficient balance (exceeding the purchase value) in accounts for the purchase after placing the orders until we announce the sale result. An insufficient balance will result in the cancellation of the purchase order. (10) We will collect all the qualified orders and distribute the tokens according to the ratio of the individual purchase orders to the purchase orders in total. The final result will be announced before trading starts. Gate.io Labs Private Sale Participating Disclosure Gate.io Labs hasn't participated in the Altered State Machine (ASTO)investment. Attention (1) Countries not supported: the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Mainland China, Malta, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Sudan, Syria, Bangladesh, Bolivia. For users from other countries, please check and make sure your participation in the token sale on Startup complies with local laws and regulations. (2) Risk Warning: -The project team does not guarantee that token price will not be lower than its startup sale price. Please invest with caution, and don't invest beyond your financial capacity. -The start-up project is still in its initial stage, factors including the operation and underlying technology of the project, and other related regulatory activities might contribute to significant risks. -Advanced technical and financial knowledge is required to understand, and evaluate the inherent risks of crypto-asset investment. -The market volatility is high, and the price of a token might fluctuate drastically due to technical, regulatory, and marketing factors. -Users may not be able to withdraw all the purchased tokens due to technical issues of the project or Gate.io. (3) Requirements for participants -The participant should register on Gate.io and Log in; -After logging in, complete user identity verification; -Deposit a certain amount of cryptocurrencies in your gate.io account; -Sign the Purchase Agreement on Startup before placing orders. Gateway to Crypto Trade over 1,400 cryptocurrencies safely, quickly and easily on Gate.io [Sign up](https://www.gate.io/signup "Sign up") to enter the crypto gateway and get 40% commission from [referrals](https://www.gate.io/referral "referrals") [Download iOS/Android App](https://www.gate.io/mobileapp?ch=ann27560 "Download iOS/Android App") right now. Reach out to us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/gate_io GateVIP Twitter: https://twitter.com/GateioVIP Telegram: https://t.me/gate_io API Telegram: https://t.me/gateioapi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gateioglobal Medium: https://gateio.medium.com/ Podcast: https://gateio.buzzsprout.com/?ch=buzzs Gate.io Team Feb 24th, 2023