It surprises me that people invest in stuff that does already exist in matter of tech. FreeNET does exactly this. And now them selfs value it 4000 BTC. Its pretty ridicolus.
Folks have also tried to say that Qora does this, and after looking at Qora it's an undeniable difference. When the next demo is shown, it will become much clearer. Many projects are available out there and handle their methods and approaches differently. Blocknet exists, and Supernet exists. Coke and Pepsi exist. It's all a matter of preference, or you can even choose both. The way we're handling this I can assure you, is the best way thought out so far.
Best regards,
syntaks
Sure value added services are useful when you make them useful inthe real world.. I believe qora uses AT which is much more flexible without requiring hard forks on protocol changes. This is the way the industry is pushing. For 800btc id like to think it would need to atleast meet or exceed the flexibility of a project that had no ico or ipo... but thats really a matter of preference too i guess for the buyers to do their due diligence. In the end its the dev team that is being invested in over the technology because if you invedt in the right people youcan assure the right decisions will be made going fwd
Alright let's point out a few facts to clear up a few mistakes in the above:
1. Qora had an ICO, it's right in their ANN -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/ann-qora-released-16-may-100-pos-new-source-522102 Coinssource.com which appears to be down right now, also has an article regarding it:
http://www.coinssource.com/qoras-ipo-raised-100-bitcoins-and-launches-successfully/http://www.coinssource.com/qoras-ipo-raised-100-bitcoins-and-launches-successfully/2. The last word anyone heard from Qora was here:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.9721585 and the posts before that basically indicate the "quality" of the work citing errors and issues with no response in sight
3. https://github.com/razakal/Qora/blob/master/README.md - 5 months ago the developer states "I do not want to abandon this project but at the moment I simply have no choice."
ann date: March 19, 2014
date left: March 29, 2015
So let's say hypothetically this was for financial reasons. This further supports the fact that asking for a low number instead of realistic financial support (for just ONE developer apparently while r3d has a team of 5 people) could very well just lead to a community in distress and development either slowing or coming to a complete halt. The fact of the matter also is that Qora is
not r3d in too many ways to mention, but which will become abundantly clear once the full demo is shown. Have you also looked into the lack of security in Qora and the gaping holes? Anyone can have an idea, but to make it work and make it work properly is another thing in itself.
4. Hard forks - I personally try to avoid them at all costs, but when they are necessary with the proper planning and approach (as I've done many, many times before), they can be near seamless.
5. I had to also add in, that Qora is PoS based. r3d is a closed-loop system. We aren't trying to use PoS to attract people that want to hoard or just to sell what we're working on. We want as many people as possible to actually
use r3d.
Regarding investing in the team itself, I completely agree. Now to compare, Neos had an ICO with several developers and the total ICO was 125 BTC of which 5 went to Bittrex for the hosting costs of the ICO. It's exactly the same amount of time in which the Qora dev was there and then left, but the difference is Neos has been here every day (myself and phark) and still continue to support the community even with the lack of funding as 120 BTC doesn't last very long. I've been here every day, literally without a single day missed throughout the day and night. There hasn't been a single person that has been turned down for support through any means necessary including telephone, teamviewer, vnc, ssh, or skype, and I don't run a timer and cut people off because an issue has taken "too long" to resolve. Now with that in mind, I only associate with like-minded people who share the same ethics as I do, both business-wise and morally. With that being said, you're essentially getting 4 more of me in this project that will stick by it through and through. In my opinion, that's worth 800 BTC to last as long as needed to continue support, development and expenses. This is only the second project with my name in it within the span of a year and that's only because I won't get involved in vaporware or with people that aim to bleed others dry while fattening their wallets.
Best regards,
syntaks