Sorry if this has been answered already, which exchange do you plan to use for the ICO?
i would like to also know if this is being offered through an exchange like bittrex or escrowed?
with regard to mining this coin can existing cryptonite (XCN) or is that cryptonote (xmr, xdn, bcn, etc) GPU mining software be used?
is bergstake tied to the mining award address used during the mining process? and if so how does pool mining affect this? will any premine you control be POS staked in the future?
-- regrading the ICO process, we are researching various multi-sig / escrow solutions. an exchange does not seem practical because of the bergstake. we are open to entertaining ideas from the public. full details will be available closer to ico window.
-- we are working on bot resistance modified CrytpoNight algorithm, "bottlessnight". yes, a modified GPU crytonight clone, will be provided, and can be used for mining.
-- yes bergstake can be defined AS the mining reward address. pool mining will be effected, and needs to be flushed out. pools will have to change the way they are operated, or at least offer more BRO rewards in exchange for keeping the bergstake. depending on the success of bottlessnight development, BRO may be very resistant to large public mining pools. we plan on releasing a custom pool that splits bergstake among all members, if possible.
-- by definition pre-mined and mined coins will work the same, and can be staked in pos phase. again this ties into the success of bottlessnight development.
more on bottlesnight: the idea is to disincentivise malware bot farms. this is accomplished by a) added complexity to managing many different bergstake address during staking. b) requiring knowledge of miners private-key to solve hash algorithm.
you could look at how via coin used a modified electrum wallet to do their ICO. i believe it was a multi-sig based solution.
please also make sure you cater for both AMD and Nvidia GPU miners. i think the AMD one only works with a pool so your pool solution would be important in getting their participation during mining.
i think the bergstake is the more valuable part of this solution as it can't be bought. in my mind it's almost like a secondary coin you have attached to the main coin. how will you be able check how much bergstake you have? would staking follow the same process as other POS coins and be based on similar concepts of coin age and stake weight? if this is the case, then with the premine of 9.5M coins you will hold 67% of bergstake available when POS starts which is too much. given that most of these premined coins will be given away as bounties, promotions, etc the recipients won't receive the bergstake and only the coin. would you consider providing additional incentives to ICO buyers by distributing all of this bergstake to them or at least the 7M worth?
i commend you for trying to keep this coin decentralised as much as possible.
