What Should a Whitepaper Look Like?

Whitepaper is crucial document for an ICO which contains A to Z about the project. So why is a whitepaper called so? What is the history behind it? Well, the most popular belief is that, it originated in 19th century from "Blue Paper" which emphasizes on the technical specifications of a technology or equipment. And there are other variants as well, however whitepaper is  the most recently evolved and widely used form of document for businesses, the other types are:-

1.    Green Paper - A form of proposal with initial plans and strategies.
2.    Blue Paper - Contains descriptive details about technology or equipment.
3.    Yellow Paper - This basically contains research work which is not yet approved or published.

Whitepapers have been used for industrial purposes for very long. However, it is recognized most for its contribution in ICO campaigns. Simply put, whitepaper is the backbone of your  ICO project, it contains each and every detail from the very beginning of the project when it was a mere thought in your mind to the extreme future plans which are to come 3-4 years down the line.  Whitepapers provide a firm ground for your ICO to launch and helps in deciding its trajectory through the rush of several other campaigns.

So how should you draft a whitepaper? Well, you don't have to stick to a particular format for every whitepaper as the nature of projects vary from each other. With distinguished businesses, distinct looking whitepapers  come forth and the best thing is, you don't have to worry about how it looks. The appearance of a whitepaper doesn't matter as long as it conveys the idea of a project, it may be in a pictorial form with full of illustrations and infographics or it could be a an all-text whitepaper depending on the subject again.

However, the infographics are by and large a part of every whitepaper as they display the stats in a vivid manner. A whitepaper can also be research based where you study the market on your own make your reports and incorporate them in whitepaper or you can make an article based whitepaper, which may also contain market surveys but in a form of article. Whichever pattern you choose, the imparting of information is and must be done in the most fundamental form which has been followed since the very beginning of whitepapers.

It is recommended that the content of whitepaper should be laid down in such a pattern:

1.    Index
2.    Introduction
3.    Your Vision/ Mission
4.    Problem statement/ Issues
5.    Your Solutions
6.    Roadmap
7.    Token Distribution/ Allocation
8.    Conclusion/ Acknowledgement
9.    Disclaimer

This is the standard way, but remember there are plenty of opportunities for variations in a whitepaper provided that it suites the project. A few images and infographics make your whitepaper colorful and less boring for a reader to go through. A bit of research and creativity always result in well-drafted whitepaper which captivates the interest of a reader and conveys exactly what you want your readers to comprehend.

CoinDeveloperIndia is an ICO development company, we have skilled and experienced whitepaper writers who can create project-oriented whitepapers. We have helped a number of startups with their ICO and crafted whitepapers which are considered exemplary for aspiring writers and many projects.  Regarding it as a base of the ICO project, we draft whitepapers with utmost care and research.