A lot of talk here about mining and staking; I thought it was mentioned somewhere that staked or mined coins will not count, only tokens that have been purchased can be exchanged for shares. Can someone from the blocknet team clarify this. Thanks.
Yes, this needs to be clarified. I understood that the tokens we get from staking are just as valid as those purchased in the ITO, and the devs would destroy tokens so that the overall number does not increase.
I've been reading up on the Blocknet, and I'm glad the ITO was successful! However I am having difficulty understanding exactly how I would get paid as a BLOCK token owner (I don't currently own any BLOCK, but it looks like I could still buy some from an exchange even though the ITO is over).
From the article:
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/blocknet-works-initial-token-offering-rules/"Once the Blocknet is ready to start paying fees to token-holders, Blocknet tokens may be redeemed for Blocknet assets on the NHZ asset exchange."
^^ I don't really understand this, but I also am not very familiar with NHZ, so please excuse my ignorance.
Does this mean your BLOCK still needs to be exchanged for an NHZ asset (another coin?) for you to get paid for Blocknet fees?
I understand that the Blocknet is not yet a reality, and that in the meantime one can trade BLOCK similar to any other coin. However I am more interested in getting paid for Blocknet services rendered whenever Blocknet is implemented, and I can't seem to find much information on how that works other than the quote above.
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Yes, you'll need to redeem your BLOCK for a NHZ asset at the appropriate time in order to earn revenue from Blocknet services.
There will be information on how this will be done once the technology has been developed.
Today there'll be a new OP for this thread and it'll include a timeline so you can get a rough sense for when things will be ready.
Does this mean that our Blocknet token will become then NHZ asset ? or, will we have still Blocknet assets ? Soory, but it is not so clear to me.
Yes, the plan is for NHZ's asset exchange to be the service provider for Blocknet assets.
Thanks synechist as always for the prompt information! I look forward to the new OP with timeline.
Yes, this seems to be different than staking - looking at the NHZ exchange it looks like you can get things like BTSX and PTS, which I also tried to understand and failed (this stuff is complicated!) - but I believe they are something like stock in a company. In the case of Blocknet, I am imagining that these "shares" pay a dividend periodically (which I guess is like staking, come to think of it), but I could be completely wrong.
Yes, Blocknet tokens will be analogous to shares.
The different between them and shares is that the Blocknet is a network (or a DAPP), rather than a company.
Blocknet tokens will, if I'm correct, distribute service provider fees to shareholders relatively directly. This is akin to dividends, but done immediately rather than periodically.
Synechist can you clarify whether staked Block tokens will be allowed to be kept or not?
I vaguely remember something about the staking wallet being meant only for storage.
To the best of my knowledge the BLOCK will be keepable, strictly speaking, but their value will be debatable as they'll no longer be supported by the Blocknet and they won't receive service fees.
I mean, there's probably nothing to stop people just keeping their BLOCK, but you wouldn't want to when it no longer has any development.