Atlo is a decentralized launchpad on Terra where the community decides which projects they want to launch. This is done through governance voting on proposals from prospective launchers using the $ATLO token. Atlo promotes community participation and collaboration by incentivising and rewarding active participants with allocations into projects launched on Atlo. This creates a community who benefits from collaboration rather than competition.

Allocations in launches are earned through the Atlo Rating, a ranking system that scores all participants based on 5 key metrics. There are no tiers or lotteries. Allocations are earned. These metrics measure participation and behavior within Atlo%u2019s platform and will in time include their investor behavior within the greater Terra ecosystem. The Atlo Rating incentivises behavior that contributes to the system%u2019s success as a whole, so the better you%u2019re doing as an individual, the more you%u2019re contributing to the entire platform (and everyone benefits from your effort).

Atlo includes validators, inspired by the Cosmos chain%u2019s governance structures. Validators are delegated authority to review and evaluate project proposals before they go to governance and provide a recommendation to the community. The community gives or takes power away from the Validators by delegating $ATLO to them. Validators serve as both a first line of defense against poor quality or malicious projects, while advising protocol teams on how to improve their propositions. While anyone can apply to become a validator, the community decides which have authority. This creates a highly engaged and motivated community incentivised to invest long term in quality projects, making for an extremely appealing launchpad for prospective projects.