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Topic: SWARM project will be livestreaming its crowdsale launch! Monday 6/16 8pm Berlin - page 2. (Read 4465 times)

sr. member
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Any more info on this project?

Pros and cons of investing

Expected ROI?
hero member
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The 8% figure is only applicable if they raise 21500 Bitcoins realistically it's going to be a much higher %age depending on how much they raise.
legendary
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Antifragile
Oh and there is also an 8% premine i.e. founders will own 8 million coins, while average BTC investor will own 4,250-5,250.  So basically we give you our money and you get the money and the coins.  Genius! It also means that every other coin / crowd funding project will have an 8% premine in addition to any premine the project decides to keep itself.

I see your point but this is a relative argument. In the business world e.g. Google, you have Angel investors getting in at pennies (like here) and then later when there is a public offering, your only chance is at a price that is magnitudes greater. So, the 8% here (which I agree with you on being high), relative to a typical start-up business, is probably miniscule.

If the model is truly broken here (and I'm not saying it isn't) then a competitor can easily come in with a more fair model and take the investors money. But, we don't see that happen.

Its about sharing

edit - They also might not get any where near there extended goal. So it will be interesting and for sure show how "investors" feel here.
hero member
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Oh and there is also an 8% premine i.e. founders will own 8 million coins, while average BTC investor will own 4,250-5,250.  So basically we give you our money and you get the money and the coins.  Genius! It also means that every other coin / crowd funding project will have an 8% premine in addition to any premine the project decides to keep itself.
hero member
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Prioritizing your own salaries. Where's the investment? I'm out.                                             
legendary
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FUD Philanthropist™
Perhaps a separate topic in which you bundle all information is useful. Couldn't find much on the website :/

Good idea. I'll work on that this evening (still recovering from our launch party last night in Berlin).

last years rules mean you wouldn't even be able to talk in here at all..
now you can make up new names for IPO and harvest our idiots for money lol

they need to put the nooby jail back in..

hmm random anon noob forum user decides to IPO / Ponzi me ?

TAKE MY MONEY !
sr. member
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Swarm
Perhaps a separate topic in which you bundle all information is useful. Couldn't find much on the website :/

Good idea. I'll work on that this evening (still recovering from our launch party last night in Berlin).
hero member
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Perhaps a separate topic in which you bundle all information is useful. Couldn't find much on the website :/

I remember Oculus Rift and I see how Swarm could challenge the existing crowdfunding systems.

I also remember Ethereum's announcement and how they got slaughtered on these very forums.

I see a lot of "SCAM" being yelled at you already. So perhaps do a coordinated PR effort, before the trolls take over.
sr. member
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Swarm
newbie
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I think you guys need to do a better job in explaining your business idea to the crowd of your crowdfunding campaign (i.e. me) what this whole thing is about. I saw a presentation in Berlin about it and I didn't really get it.
hero member
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From the Swarmcoin website:

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We raise 10,000 BTC, 1/3 to salaries, 1/3 to SWARM coin launch funds, and the rest to Swarm Agents and miscellaneous.

So at todays rates you are basically planning to pay yourselves around $2,000,000 in salaries.  Roll Eyes

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Swarm’s projected 18-month expenses include developing the core infrastructure and usability to allow for the creation of new coins. With a full raise of 21,500 BTC, Swarm will be a true incubator, helping get projects and new coins off the ground.

So Swarm is raising 21,500 BTC to develop a platform that allows the creation of new coins?

Am I missing something here?

No they're using the existing platform Counterparty to create the new coins, I think the 21500 BTC is being used to create a super shiny website to promote launches on  Grin fortunately at least one member of the team is a web designer so they can do this for free!
legendary
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FUD Philanthropist™
So basically this is a Meta IPO
We have seen individual coin IPOs and we know that mostly they end badly.
This is an IPO of future IPOs (IPO squared?)
There is NO prospectus and no concrete information I can find about this "investment"
Investor Beware!

naw just renaming it to scam morons..
legendary
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FUD Philanthropist™
i seen the coindesk story lol

nice attempt at renaming "IPO scams" lol
aws
full member
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So basically this is a Meta IPO
We have seen individual coin IPOs and we know that mostly they end badly.
This is an IPO of future IPOs (IPO squared?)
There is NO prospectus and no concrete information I can find about this "investment"
Investor Beware!
newbie
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Merit: 0
The portion of salaries allocated is for developing the business and the development team.

legendary
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Merit: 1000
From the Swarmcoin website:

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We raise 10,000 BTC, 1/3 to salaries, 1/3 to SWARM coin launch funds, and the rest to Swarm Agents and miscellaneous.

So at todays rates you are basically planning to pay yourselves around $2,000,000 in salaries.  Roll Eyes

Quote
Swarm’s projected 18-month expenses include developing the core infrastructure and usability to allow for the creation of new coins. With a full raise of 21,500 BTC, Swarm will be a true incubator, helping get projects and new coins off the ground.

So Swarm is raising 21,500 BTC to develop a platform that allows the creation of new coins?

Am I missing something here?
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 501
Invested 0.5 BTC.

// I sent it from Blockchain.info how do I get my SWARM coins?

Step 1: recover private key from blockchain.info
Step 2: make a counterwallet.co account
Step 3: "import funds" using the private key

The Swarm coins are created using CounterParty, and although it is recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain - to actually see the Swarm coins in your wallet, one must use the CounterParty wallet (I realize that this was not clear and I will include these details in the above announcement).

Once you import funds to the CounterParty wallet, this action will sweep the token balance effectively moving all Swarm coins from that address you sent BTC from into Counterparty

Please let us know if you experience any further issues

Thanks

Thanks for your help.

I'll import the private keys now. Will I see my SWARM coins anytime?
newbie
Activity: 37
Merit: 0
Invested 0.5 BTC.

// I sent it from Blockchain.info how do I get my SWARM coins?

Step 1: recover private key from blockchain.info
Step 2: make a counterwallet.co account
Step 3: "import funds" using the private key

The Swarm coins are created using CounterParty, and although it is recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain - to actually see the Swarm coins in your wallet, one must use the CounterParty wallet (I realize that this was not clear and I will include these details in the above announcement).

Once you import funds to the CounterParty wallet, this action will sweep the token balance effectively moving all Swarm coins from that address you sent BTC from into Counterparty

Please let us know if you experience any further issues

Thanks
hero member
Activity: 700
Merit: 501
Invested 0.5 BTC.

// I sent it from Blockchain.info how do I get my SWARM coins?
full member
Activity: 152
Merit: 100
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