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Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 07, 2016, 11:12:05 AM

We see your point. We will try to make the ICO as transparent as possible, so everyone understands that BTCD holders can later swap for KMD. The fact that BTCD isn't swapped during ICO makes this thing a lot more complicated.

A little note on this. The true believers in BTCD (and most of them are from the beginning when price was high) don't participate in the % bonus you have in the ICO. That is the part i'm a little disappointing in with. I staked 2 years long to keep the network alive and it feels a little now that we have to stand back in the line and in front of us are the new believers. It doesn't feel right.

I'm sure you have the best intentions with all this, but for me personally it feels like a rip off. Price of BTCD will go until the ICO to the price you guys have decided, so at the end we get nothing while we supported the network and the coin till the end.

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Quote from: PilotofBTC on September 07, 2016, 03:07:03 PM

Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:53:54 PM

Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 07, 2016, 02:34:23 PM

Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:13:13 PM

Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

Komodo is basically BTCD 2.0 and it is created by the same team (jl777). BTCD has a role to play in Iguana (a SuperNET technology), but in the future Komodo will take over that role. Everything will be moving to Komodo.

You can invest with BTC if you want to, but we also offer a fixed rate of 0.00532 BTC/BTCD for the BTCD holders.

We tried to include all ICO info in detail here: https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

I am sorry, I might have not been clear.
I didn't ask about what KDM is and not for people who already have BTCD and what to swap.

I have asked about the role of BTCD here
e.g. Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
As this is not for BTCD holders, it's for new buyers who want to buy KMD. What's the purpose of BTCD there?

Is just a typo, It should be BTC/KMD on all those lines.

No it is not a typo.

That table above shows you the BTCD price levels that you need to buy at to get the same amount of KMD as a person investing into the ICO with BTC that that day.

If you can buy the BTCD under that rate then you would be getting more bonus

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Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:53:54 PM

Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 07, 2016, 02:34:23 PM

Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:13:13 PM

Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

Komodo is basically BTCD 2.0 and it is created by the same team (jl777). BTCD has a role to play in Iguana (a SuperNET technology), but in the future Komodo will take over that role. Everything will be moving to Komodo.

You can invest with BTC if you want to, but we also offer a fixed rate of 0.00532 BTC/BTCD for the BTCD holders.

We tried to include all ICO info in detail here: https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

I am sorry, I might have not been clear.
I didn't ask about what KDM is and not for people who already have BTCD and what to swap.

I have asked about the role of BTCD here
e.g. Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
As this is not for BTCD holders, it's for new buyers who want to buy KMD. What's the purpose of BTCD there?

Is just a typo, It should be BTC/KMD on all those lines.

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Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 07, 2016, 02:34:23 PM

Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:13:13 PM

Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

Komodo is basically BTCD 2.0 and it is created by the same team (jl777). BTCD has a role to play in Iguana (a SuperNET technology), but in the future Komodo will take over that role. Everything will be moving to Komodo.

You can invest with BTC if you want to, but we also offer a fixed rate of 0.00532 BTC/BTCD for the BTCD holders.

We tried to include all ICO info in detail here: https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

I am sorry, I might have not been clear.
I didn't ask about what KDM is and not for people who already have BTCD and what to swap.

I have asked about the role of BTCD here
e.g. Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
As this is not for BTCD holders, it's for new buyers who want to buy KMD. What's the purpose of BTCD there?

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Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:13:13 PM

Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

Komodo is basically BTCD 2.0 and it is created by the same team (jl777). BTCD has a role to play in Iguana (a SuperNET technology), but in the future Komodo will take over that role. Everything will be moving to Komodo.

You can invest with BTC if you want to, but we also offer a fixed rate of 0.00532 BTC/BTCD for the BTCD holders.

We tried to include all ICO info in detail here: https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

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Quote from: bitkokos2 on September 07, 2016, 02:13:13 PM

Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

you can participate with BTCD or BTC

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Another question.
What does BTCD has to do with ICO?
If someone who does not have any BTCD and wishes to buy KMD during ICO, will he have to buy BTCD and swap it for KMD?

When we take into account the bonuses during ICO, we get:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD

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Really interesting project. I'm waiting for ICO start. Good luck devs!

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Quote from: Johnny00 on September 07, 2016, 12:16:36 PM

Do i need to reserve a spot? something I'm a little confused about the below comment from https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

How was the BTC/BTCD exchange rate calculated?

This exchange rate was determined by adding a 50% bonus to the daily closing price average of August. That is the previously mentioned 0.00532074 BTC per BTCD.

However, because of the way ICO is structured,it would be profitable to sell your BTCD at the 0.0053 rate in o[/b[/u]][/font] in order to take advantage of the early bird bonus (for example, 25% in the first day). Thus the BTCD/BTC exchange rate will probably be lower at the start of the ICO then it will at the end.

The following was calculated based on the BTC bonus:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD[/b]

how can you sell early at that rate? you can't unless market dictates. so for BTCD holders, best to hold until after the ICO. then convert BTCD to .00532 BTC then to komodo correct?

Yes, the market will set the price, which should be close to those prices.

Let's take a simple example: mr Jon is a Komodo enthusiast who is looking to put 1 BTC into the Komodo ICO. He wants to get the biggest bonus he can to get as much KMD as he can! Jon has two choices: 1) buy on Oct 15th with 25% bonus, which would get him 1.25 BTC worth of KMD at the end, or 2) buy BTCD at the current market price, and then swap it to KMD. Thus Jon eagerly goes to coinmarketcap.com and searches for BTCD price. He finds the BTCD price is only 0.003853 BTC/BTCD !

Jon quickly calculates that with 1 BTC he can buy 260 BTCD's! Then he remembers that the Komodo team had fixed the rate to 0.00532 BTC/BTCD. Thus he gets 260BTCD * 0.00532 BTC/BTCD = 1.38 BTC worth of KMD

Buy with BTC on Oct. 15: you get 1.25 BTC worth of KMD
Buy BTCD today and swap: you get 1.38 BTC worth of KMD

Of course you would have to factor in the extra time: if you don't buy BTCD today, you could use your capital elsewhere and make a profit. On the other hand, if you buy BTCD today you will also get the extra revenue asset!

It's a free market and when people realize this the price should be near 0.00425 BTC/BTCD on Oct 15... or even today...?

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Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 07, 2016, 01:12:57 PM

Quote from: PilotofBTC on September 07, 2016, 11:58:57 AM

Can you explain the dPoW fees? For example, you say money is needed for that.

Aren't you talking about Bitcoin tx fees here which current optimum is 70 sat per byte or about 17,920sat per tx which is currently about $.10USD.

thanks

Good question! This is a topic we haven't really touched on yet. More information will be in the coming whitepaper and in the articles we will write.

The notary nodes will have to create a large multi-signature transaction, which will cost 0.001 - 0.01 BTC depending on the transaction fees. These transactions have to be regularly done, so there will be an unbroken record of the Komodo PoS blockchain in the Bitcoin blockchain.

How do these notary nodes pay all these tx fees? At first they will get paid from the capital we raise in the ICO. Ultimately, the system will become self-sustaining as more and more projects will be using Komodo dPoW or the blockchain in general.

The initial cost is estimated to be 500 BTC per year for the high end scenarios. So 500 BTC would be paid to 64 notary nodes who would support the dPoW system. In a high end scenario this amount would represent around 2 % of our capital.

If we don't raise enough funds then there are numerous ways to bring down the costs of dPoW. For example, the number of notary nodes could be decreased or the parameters changed.

We are currently working on the whitepaper, which will explain this in more detail.

I think you are overestimating the tx fee be a factor of 10... I would expect fees to be .0001 - .001. and using .001 as an example 500BTC would cover 500,000 txs which is more than the entire BTC height right now. Is a node going to generate more than 1 tx per BTC block? I don't see how that would be needed.

I look forward to a white paper, because those sound like crazy high fees.

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Quote from: PilotofBTC on September 07, 2016, 11:58:57 AM

Can you explain the dPoW fees? For example, you say money is needed for that.

Aren't you talking about Bitcoin tx fees here which current optimum is 70 sat per byte or about 17,920sat per tx which is currently about $.10USD.

thanks

Good question! This is a topic we haven't really touched on yet. More information will be in the coming whitepaper and in the articles we will write.

The notary nodes will have to create a large multi-signature transaction, which will cost 0.001 - 0.01 BTC depending on the transaction fees. These transactions have to be regularly done, so there will be an unbroken record of the Komodo PoS blockchain in the Bitcoin blockchain.

How do these notary nodes pay all these tx fees? At first they will get paid from the capital we raise in the ICO. Ultimately, the system will become self-sustaining as more and more projects will be using Komodo dPoW or the blockchain in general.

The initial cost is estimated to be 500 BTC per year for the high end scenarios. So 500 BTC would be paid to 64 notary nodes who would support the dPoW system. In a high end scenario this amount would represent around 2 % of our capital.

If we don't raise enough funds then there are numerous ways to bring down the costs of dPoW. For example, the number of notary nodes could be decreased or the parameters changed.

We are currently working on the whitepaper, which will explain this in more detail.

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Quote from: Johnny00 on September 07, 2016, 12:16:36 PM

This exchange rate was determined by adding a 50% bonus to the daily closing price average of August. That is the previously mentioned 0.00532074 BTC per BTCD.

Is the BTCD exchange rate fix, even when the Bitcoin price rises strongly (like at the moment)? If so, then it would be a good deal to buy more BTCD before the exchange begins if BitcoinDark price is not rising equally to the BTC price.

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Do i need to reserve a spot? something I'm a little confused about the below comment from https://steemit.com/komodo/@komodoplatform/komodo-ico-questions-and-answers

How was the BTC/BTCD exchange rate calculated?

This exchange rate was determined by adding a 50% bonus to the daily closing price average of August. That is the previously mentioned 0.00532074 BTC per BTCD.

However, because of the way ICO is structured,it would be profitable to sell your BTCD at the 0.0053 rate in o[/b[/u]][/font] in order to take advantage of the early bird bonus (for example, 25% in the first day). Thus the BTCD/BTC exchange rate will probably be lower at the start of the ICO then it will at the end.

The following was calculated based on the BTC bonus:

Oct. 15 - 25% bonus = 0.00425 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 16-22 - 20% bonus = 0.00443 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 23-29 - 15% bonus = 0.00462 BTC/BTCD
Oct. 30-Nov 5 - 10% bonus = 0.00483 BTC/BTCD
Nov 6-12 - 5% bonus = 0.00506 BTC/BTCD
Nov 13-20 - 0% bonus = 0.00532 BTC/BTCD[/b]

how can you sell early at that rate? you can't unless market dictates. so for BTCD holders, best to hold until after the ICO. then convert BTCD to .00532 BTC then to komodo correct?

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Quote from: durerus on September 07, 2016, 12:06:39 PM

All I know is that JL777 is an honest, highly capable and hardworking guy, that I already made tons of money by investing in his projects and that start-ups sometimes need to sell shares to get funding to make the remaining shares multiples of magnitudes more valuable than their initial percentage in the company. I am in

Good choice!! Cool

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All I know is that JL777 is an honest, highly capable and hardworking guy, that I already made tons of money by investing in his projects and that start-ups sometimes need to sell shares to get funding to make the remaining shares multiples of magnitudes more valuable than their initial percentage in the company. I am in

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Can you explain the dPoW fees? For example, you say money is needed for that.

Aren't you talking about Bitcoin tx fees here which current optimum is 70 sat per byte or about 17,920sat per tx which is currently about $.10USD.

thanks

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Quote from: VultureFund on September 01, 2016, 04:33:10 PM

Just one sincere thing James:

I understand that you cannot value BTCD at X10 of current prices for the ico, but the value of 0.0053 seems to me too low. Lots of people have trust in you all this time, buying lots of BTCD upper that level, and I think they deserve a bigger reward from you.

I'm not telling to value BTCD at X10, but the current valuation is too low.

Always remember the ones who have been loyal and benefit them, that's a key rule in finance man...

but why would anyone invest in btc than?

I think you can look at the age of the input. Anything in an address older than the swap announce gets the higher rate. The believers.

It's certainly possible to do this. Not that anyone is really owed anything. Investing in crypto coin is a 100% at risk endeavor.

staking uses up all the coinage, so all active stakers wont have any long coinage.
however, this is a good idea. It would be possible to trace back to how long the funds have been in an address.

Unfortunately I dont have time to work on such analysis, so if people continue to expect me to do everything including this, then it will cause delays. If there is just an analysis, we can consider allocating a long term holder's bonus in the event the ICO sells out.

However, until there is such an analysis made, it is a moot point and without the analysis we cant even evaluate the amount of funds that would be required. The biggest time will be how to allocate rewards based on this long term holding. Clearly I am not the one to determine this.

So, if BTCD people want something like this there needs to be an analysis done, and a proposed way to allocate X amount of bonus. Then and only then can I assess it with the understanding that it has to fit into the ICO process, which means to be triggered at the high end of funds raised.

I can certainly attempt this analysis. However, I would have no idea what to do with the info.

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Plus the current price is a reaction tha predicts sth wrong - dump after ICO, as current "insiders" with funds can get cheapest KMD (BTCD), which they will dump after ICO.

Guess how happy will be new KMD investors + old BTCD investors after such dump happends + several, maybe 12 months of price below ICO?

Quote from: RichardT on September 07, 2016, 10:14:40 AM

The fact is that the dilution is pretty much a guarantee with this ICO. The Komodo price potential is not. So you have to understand the skepticism. The risks clearly outweigh the benefits at this point in time, so no, I don't believe it is a great deal.

BTCD holders don't really have a choice but to swap in order to minimize loss, because let's face it, who wouldn't swap knowing that BTCD will be dev-less after Komodo launches. Whereas the BTC investors have a choice of if and when to buy into the ICO, with the risks decreasing as the ICO comes to the close. So there is definitely an imbalance there. The only consolation is the revshare asset, which also has no guaranteed price potential, and the possible long term holder bonus.

I'm not trying to whine or complain. I realize that in any crypto project, the risks always outweigh the possible benefits and that's just something we all have to accept. But to say that this is a good deal to BTCD holders is inaccurate and misleading.

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Quote from: flyer88 on September 07, 2016, 10:39:13 AM

Its not but who cares? The discussions here or in BTCD-Thread dont lead to anything. The script for that film is written. We can only decide whether we watch it or not.

Btw. It makes a BIG difference for someone who wanna invest if there is 90% of 100Mio for ICO or 50%-70%. And i assume that you and James know that.

Sorry for raging but iam deeply disappointed.

We see your point. We will try to make the ICO as transparent as possible, so everyone understands that BTCD holders can later swap for KMD. The fact that BTCD isn't swapped during ICO makes this thing a lot more complicated.

For now we have added the following to the second comment:

Quote from: KomodoPlatform on September 01, 2016, 02:00:01 PM

KMD coin distribution

90 million Komodo coins will be distributed to those who participated in the ICO either with BTC or later with BTCD via the swap procedure. In other words, some percentage will go to those who invested with BTC and the remaining portion to those who will swap their BTCD to KMD after the ICO.

The BTCD/KMD and BTC/KMD exchange rates depends on how much money is raised, and they can only be calculated after the ICO has ended.

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Let's then go half way and set max CAP to 10 to 15 k BTC, it covers all levels mentioned below.

Quote from: jl777 on September 07, 2016, 08:35:48 AM

Quote from: Cassius on September 07, 2016, 08:21:48 AM

What is the minimum quantity of BTC that needs to be raised to make the project viable?

It depends on what level of the project you mean. There are the mission critical parts, like paying for bitcoin fees and notary nodes.

1000 would be enough for a reduced bitcoin notarization frequency and smaller number of notary nodes, but not a lot of development.

5000 would allow to have the fastest bitcoin notarization frequency, all 64 notary nodes and staff up a group of C coders and GUI devs fulltime for some years

10000 would allow having many LP nodes all fully funded for the lowest trading spreads and many liquid trading pairs

Above this would allow a warchest that can make opportunistic trades, arbitrages and other means to generate working capital and set up a very long term organization of the above. Along with some large scale marketing. Of course, even at the lower funds raised we will be doing marketing, but with a limited budget.

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