I have some questions that I don't think have been answered yet.
You show the appreciation of various POS coins, but since the dividends are payed out daily in ETH, wouldn't that mean that anyone staking would not get the benefit of that appreciation since it would immediately be sold for eth?
That is correct in a way, but also not, as the unstaked tokens will be benefiting from this, which will increase the value of mass. We do have it planned that after launch we will be putting in the ability to have those coins 'held' until you wish to withdraw them (into eth or whatever coin you choose) however.
You indicate that in the future you hope to have dividends payed in each coin that the fund holds if a MASS holder would prefer that... How would that work? Would there be a web-wallet you host that would hold each different coin for the MASS holder, or would it be necessary for the MASS holder to have a wallet for each of the currencies in the fund?
I think this is an excellent concept, and helps get people into the POS space without having to spend exorbitant amounts of money. I appreciate your reply!
It would just be a variable that gets sent along with the staking, such as neos neosaddress, i would expect them to either have their own wallets, or to have it sent to an exchange, that would be up to the users tho. (this could change, if there is enough demand we could host wallets for them, but easiest would be the user having their own wallet) Also, when we say staking rewards paid in each coin, we mean people being able to select, not getting EVERY single coin, so as in you could select btc or doge or etc or stratis or whatever to be paid out in, and it would be paid out to that specific address.
Hopefully that clears that up a little.
I appreciate the clarification.
So the only way a MASS holder benefits from appreciation in the various coin's price, is through the increase in value in the fund itself, or if they get REALLY lucky and happen to pick payouts in one of the coins that happens to increase by a bazillion %.
While this is certainly not something that would stop me contributing, I think that, if it were possible, being able to choose a longer time horizon, but rewards in multiple currencies would be nice to have as an option. Something like you can get the top 10 holdings distributed to you pro-rata on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis. That way I would have Pivx, Nem, etc in my wallet in the chance it increased significantly, rather than completely held by the fund.
You also mention that MASS can be exchanged for its pro-rata amount of the fund in Eth...Does that mean that the value of the fund at any given time in eth is available for exchange? So if Pivx increased another 500% when compared to Eth, which makes the whole fund 2x more valuable in eth (unrealized), would my potential cash-out portion have increased a corresponding amount in Eth (double)?
Sorry for the more detailed questions, I just want to make sure I have a handle on it.
Thanks!