3. The gear proposed to the community are far too expensive.
The prices that are quoted on Giga Watt's web site are inline with the prices if you were to order the equipment from Bitmain. Don't forget that the price quoted on the Giga Watt site includes the miner, the power supply and power cord, shipping, and import duties/fees. I would also expect that there is some profit built-in to the price since Giga Watt is not doing this because they are nice, i.e.: working for free.
4. A time horizon of 50 years? Come on guys, who knows what will happen in 50 years. Even traditional public companies stay away from outlooks over such an extended period. For all we know we will all be dead in 50 years.
Each WTT token guarantees access to a facility and eliminates the usual hosting fee for 1 watt of consumed power. To host a miner that is rated at 800 W +/- 10%, you would need 800 WTT + 80 WTT (the + 10%) = 880 WTT tokens.
The way I explain WTT to other folks is like a long-term corporate bond. It's not exactly the same, but close enough to make the point.
As long as you hold the bond and the company has not defaulted or closed, you have a claim on the company which is the face value of the bond. In addition to the face value of the bond, the company pays you some amount of money, the coupon, as a way of compensating you for loaning them your money.
In the case of WTT, the face value is essentially the current hosting fee, but can vary for you depending how many miners you have hosted at Giga Watt. While there is no "coupon" per se, you will be able to "rent" your unused WTT tokens to another mining operator that needs tokens. Currently there are four possible rental rates (4.20, 4.95, 5.70, and 6.45 US Cents/kW/H) that correspond to the rental fees for the four sizes of mining operators (X-Large, Large, Medium, Small) at Giga Watt.
Once the ICO has completed the intent is to list the WTT token on one or more exchanges so they can be traded.
Yes, 50 years is a long time, but there are many companies that have been in existence for longer than 50 years, too.
Good luck with the enterprise - but I am out. (but watching with great interest).
Thanks! It's going to be interesting for sure.