Hi Diplo!
OK, I'm confused. ICONOMI has been very successful and has now gone over the 10,000 BTC mark. Does this mean we are all now going to get both ICN and ICNX tokens, with the ICNX tokens being paid for by all donations over 10,000 BTC?
I don't think so. IMO, we won't get ICNX tokens for investing in the ICO, but ICN tokens will :
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platform itself is investing into its own performance.fund product, which means each ICN will also own a part of the fund on top of a part of the platform, hence making each ICN token worth more.
Of what I have been reading the excess funds will be put into the performance fund.
So for example if they get 12000 BTC the 2000BTC will be running for the performance.index and we get 20% of the ROI in dividends.
Yup. Leads to an interesting question though : who decides what happens to the ROI of this platform-owned ICNX ? Does the ROI turn into dividends or does it have to stay on the fund to sustain growth ?
No way to vote for this AFAIK, whitepapers mentioned the only possible vote by token holders would be for changing the service operator.
There's 2 funds to begin with:
iconomi.index - tracks the ICNX index - takes around a 2% management fee (fee not yet set in stone) - freely tradeable tokens on exchanges
iconomi.performance - invests into new ICOs - takes around a 20% performance fee (fee not yet set in stone) - private fund which does not have tradeable tokens (only a "investment process" and "redemption process") <-------------- This is the fund they said excess BTC is going into
Another question : Does this debit a holder's ICN account or their ICNX account?
Nice perk, thanks!
I'm also confused on how exactly the debit card works. For example if I make a $200 swipe, what is happening behind the scenes? I read these four related quotes from iconomi team, but I'm still confused on where the $200 is pulled from, and how that negative $200 is reflected in my crypto holdings
It will be a debit card backed by assets on ICONOMI. If you will have investment in ICONOMI.index fund and you will swipe your card, then we'll sell your stake in the fund for as much as you swiped with the card. There will also be iOS and Android app with which you will be able to manage your card, spending and funds.
As an example: let's say you own certain amount of ICONOMI.index fund and you wanna book your flight ticket. You simple pay with ICONOMI card and for the amount requested we'll sell proportionate amount of your invested fund. Simple, straightforward, real time and available 24/7. Additionally there will be iPhone/Android app in which you will be able to monitor your spendings, set your limits etc. Kind of like Number26 if you know them.
Payment gateways? In that case, all VISA POS and VISA supported ATMs.