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Can you please share what exactly you don't like and which updates can you offer for us?
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Hi guys,

as part of my review I also tried the function to convert CRP and UUSD into vouchers. That works very smoothly and I want to share those two vouchers here and whoever redeems them, redeems them! Both are just under 2 USD in total.

USD-DHFN-MGBK-UYQT-5OZ3-P7LT
UTP-XBNW-D623-IYFJ-7MQG-LUAV


Enjoy! 

My Utopia Review:

Expectations and first impression:

I don’t install clients from crypto projects very often and when I do, I usually don’t expect very much. Most clients are pretty much the same despite developers claiming otherwise. But after a quick download (Mac OS) and smooth installation, the first thing I realized after running the client is that there is certainly more going on with this one. As some here have stated before, it is overwhelming for a few minutes until you get an overview of the basic functions and navigation between them.

In the welcome message it says “By tracking real-time events using Geo locations and seeing them on the map, you will receive information first-hand and will always be on top of events happening around the world or in your city.“
I was wondering where that geo-tracking data gets logged and stored and whether I can manually search for events by typing in my location in some specific menu. I then noticed that under the “Tools“ section in the top bar there is an item called “uMaps“. You can search locations similar to Google Maps, but I don’t fully understand how to easily find real-time events or whether someone published anything at all. If Utopia grows and meet ups become more realistic, an overview section of available events that are taking place right now or are scheduled (based on a location I type in manually) would be helpful. Right now I felt a little bit lost on the map as navigation is complicated as it also shows a lot of outdated data point. The map opens up within the client.

The question whether I can switch the geo-tracking function on or off, led me to check out Utopia “Preferences“.

First of all, the preferences are very detailed and essentially cover everything you need and way more. Some of them have been mentioned in other reviews, so I refrain from being redundant here. However, I did not find anything about geo-tracking and this leads me to the question how the geo-tracking works on the client side and where and how the data is stored and for how long it is kept? Geo-tracking data must obviously be tied to an account and, hence, to a public key. If I want to hide my whereabouts, joining a very specific location based on coordinates and showing up in the channel is probably not that smart unless you use a different username for Utopia than you are using for other applications.


Afterwards I checked out the “uWallet“.  

The option to spend CRP and UUSD on other platforms accessible through the website under “Merchants“ is awesome.

Advantages of the Merchants section:

• Allowing for CRP and UUSD to be spent on items of all kinds adds a big deal of utility to the cryptocurrencies.
  
• In turn, merchants accepting CRP and UUSD further drive adoption and people familiar with Utopia can list their items for CRP and UUSD as well
  
• The granted anonymity of CRP/UUSD voucher payments can be a big plus for both merchants and customers
  

But with the advantages also come some disadvantages and suggestions for improvements:

As I am not aware how the listing of merchants works, one question is whether there is any vetting process in advance or whether any merchant can get listed on the Utopia website? I was wondering whether they could provide dangerous links to their websites on the Utopia website. I would advise everyone to use a safe setup before opening the merchants' websites listed on Utopia. While I would also suggest a review/recommendation/rating feature added to every single merchant on the platform, I don't really know how to set it up such that it can't be faked. It would save other Utopia users time to click through all the merchants in order to find one that is worth visiting the website. Perhaps it would be helpful if a number of successfully completed purchases can be attached to a merchant's section on the Utopia website.

I had a look at the gift card merchants and only one of them accepted CRP/UUSD, but with a massive surcharge in general (no Utopia issue though). The other gift card merchants offered cryptocurrency, but they did not offer CRP / UUSD payments.

It looked like this:



There you could choose the crypto in the first step, but when you choose Perfect Money, it immediately asks you for your log in data. You could then set up an account, but the payment would still have to be made in Perfect Money USD and no option for CRP/UUSD is offered. A review feature would allow others to leave a note that CRP/UUSD payments are not possible anymore and the merchant section could be cleaned up accordingly.

Further, I can only refer to @Neuroticfish here as the search function is all good, but it still is kind of insufficient to allow for people to get a decent overview of what is offered.


In the process of trying to make a purchase, I familiarized myself further with the “uWallet“ and decided to

• convert some CRP into UUSD, which took about 33 seconds to complete
  
• send some CRP to Crypton Exchange, which also took about 33 seconds to arrive
  
• and to send CRP back from the exchange to my uWallet, which took just a few seconds
  

The transaction fees for normal transactions and withdrawal from the exchange is 0.1% fixed. The transaction fees for creating a voucher is 0.15%. The network fee for making a swap within the client is 0.0002 CRP. When you swap tiny amounts in the client from CRP to UUSD, it seems as if you are getting less than when you sell CRP on the exchange. That difference approaches zero if you type in larger amounts. It is a rounding bias.

The sign up on the exchange is extremely smooth. You are definitely safe from KYC procedures and you only need your public key, your Utopia nickname and a password. Any action is broadcasted to the client, which immediately notifies you about log ins, deposits and withdrawals. The minimum withdrawal is 5 CRP, so if you intend to just try it out, don't send less than 5 CRP. The withdrawal fee for Bitcoin is 0.00015 fixed. This seems to be a little expensive to me, but I won't complain. Though I think when someone with smaller amounts wants to trade their CRP for Bitcoin (CRP > USDT (TRC 20) > BTC); they should keep in mind that 0.1% trading fees apply and the withdrawal fee of 0.00015 BTC as mentioned above.

Conclusion:
As the developers say in their greeting when you first open the client, they have put countless hours of work into building the ecosystem. There are still so many function to have a look at, but what I have seen so far is a solid foundation for the ecosystem to grow. All transaction-related functions are working smoothly. They are clearly designed, quick and safe in execution and the uWallet is in general designed very intuitively. Creating and sharing vouchers is as easy as it can get. Anonymity is a big big plus! The sign up on the exchange works like a charm. Sadly, the exchange doesn't have deep order books as of now. I would seriously consider using that exchange from time to time when there was more liquidity. Hence, spreading the word and driving adoption is key. CRP is no currency that is just lying around, but has several use cases, among which is also earning rewards from delegated proof of stake, which requires 64 CRP per thread. UUSD is redeemable for both TRC20 USDT and DAI, the latter of which is used to back UUSD and can be verified on the Ethereum blockchain.

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First of all I appreciate joeperry and Utopia team for accepting me to review my part of the Ecosystem platform. I have seen the 5 CRP and I have utilize them in the platform. The followings are my experiences of using the platform.

Crypto Cards
Create new card; On the sample of card, there is no figure or number or Alphabets generated for the card which the user will use to complete the process of creating the card and without them you can't pass the process because the software is asking that the user should select the first four (4) characters of the card and type it in the box below and there is character. It is only 000 000 I am seeing there. So how one can get the characters when they are not on the sample card?


Games
Utopia Ecosystem is not a casino company where gamblers would login to play games but Utopia has a game section which two games features are displayed by user to play but it is not free. And since the platform is not for gambling let there be free games.

The Desktop Software and the Mobile App.
I thought, I can see most of the features in desktop version in the mobile app but they have differences. Many things that are in the desktop version are not in the Android. I can't see anything in the mobile app except the channels. I can't even see my CRP balance in the Android app.

The 5 CRP
The 5 CRP was rewarded to the account but the 5 was not shown at the maximum balance and it was shown 4.99251233 which could also be sent and not the 5. So 1% was held down by the software. And also when I finally swapped from CRP to UUSD and it was trying to sent back CRP, I discovered that instead of sending the 1.85 UUSD which was the current balance, I could only sent 1.84 not 1.85 and I came to the understanding that it is the transaction fee that reducing the total balance.
Since the transaction is within the platform and not to another address, let it be free. And if it is going out the fee should be included. The transaction process was smooth except LAN interfere.

Transaction process


Lastly: The installation process was good. On the home page or the dashboard, I will say let the p2p feature should be added physically for users to see. And also Nigeria currency should be add in the p2p transaction feature. I tried to send the CRP to bitcoin address but it was not successful, I don't know it is the LAN from my end. Can it be withdrawn?

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I installed the utopia app on my second low configuration desktop, and while it opened a little slow at first, it opened smoothly afterwards. Because I had free space on my desktop, maybe I got extra benefits during installation. So those who do not have enough free space on the desktop of low configuration may see a bit slow process while installing the app. I like the design of Utopia, especially when using it in dark mode. I think most of the users will like this design.



1. Utopia team transferred 5 CRP to my address. And tried to swap that CRP with UUSD and the process was smooth. I first swapped CRP to UUSD and then swapped again to UUSD to CRP. So it is good option for users to swap their CRP. The time it took for the swap to complete seemed normal to me, as I didn't have to wait long during the process. So it will be a good experience for the users.

2. I think the utopia team needs to work a little more on the UI of this app so that users who are not so experienced in using this type of app can easily use this app without facing any kind of problem. Because many options are included in the app, users may sometimes get confused while selecting those options. This improvement seems important to me as a normal user.

3. After clicking Shop, the merchant page opens in the default browser(First I was getting repeated error message when merchant page was not opening after repeated attempts, then after using privacy browser I got access to that page. So I don't know if this only happened to me.), and there is a list of merchants who accept utopia payments. That list is quite big and hopefully more new merchants will be added to this list in coming days. Which will be the best option for utopia users who can use CRP UUSD to purchase various items according to their needs.




4. Tried to test the games feature but it requires sending invitations to others. I think it needs to add more options to make it more interesting so that players can compete with each other without sending invitations. So I think the team is quite aware of this. This will attract more users. By using utopia, users will find a reason to stay active for a long time while playing the game.

Conclusion: I didn't know about Utopia before but came to know about them on this forum and I'm writing this review after using their ecosystem. My experience was good while using their app and I have pointed out the things that should be improved. Hope the utopia team will consider the suggestions and advices of these community members for future development and make the utopia ecosystem more powerful and user friendly.

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@Danydee please see the attached linked.

[CRP]Self-funded and Released Utopia P2P ecosystem and Crypton privacy coin
[UUSD] Utopia P2P Introduces Anonymous USD Stablecoin Backed by DAI

There is no ANN thread??

I first downloaded the Mobile version and installed it but the features were not encouraging so I downloaded the Desktop version because base on data consumption of the Desktop, I downloaded the Desktop version of the software in the Android Phone which was very fast then transfer or send the raw file (the software) to the Desktop and installed it. After the installation in the desktop, I was asked to create account or Import my Utopia account and I clicked on the private key and imported the key which I had already generated in the mobile version. After importing the private key, I was asked to insert my username and I clicked next then it asked me to type my password and this dialog box appeared to synchronize the information and it takes about 10 to 15 minutes and finally the welcome page appeared.


Pros:
I really live the software and the platform, the app or the software is easy to install and the desktop version does not select windows from my observation.  The mobile version has or displayed different communication or chatting channels which is also in the desktop version. The desktop and the Mobile versions work on offline. You can navigate to any channels or links on within the platform or on the interface without network.

Cons:
The android version is poorly designed because there is nothing to do except the chatting channels. I clicked on Get Cypton and it links me to webpage which not suppose to be. Every lick should open within the interface.My ObservationThe current version of 1.2.202 should be upgraded to meet up the new internet speed of 4G or the 5G network for fast transactions and quick communication (respond).  And also if it is possible crypton should be swap to bitcoin as it is with USD for people to use Utopia the more for transactions, trading and investment.  If it is only crypton to crypton or crypeton to USD the traffic will not be much. Let it connect to bitcoin which is the universal asset for the teaming up youths in the world. The platform is somehow complicated because of the numerous features on the Desktop version though most of the features uses down drop hyperlink text. I also recommend a free game either dice or poker on the game feature for a leisure purpose. And that can keep users busy on the platform while waiting other activities. Most of the desktop vital features should be added to the mobile app.
This is the home/dashboard page of the Android version

While this the home/dashboard of the Desktop version

There is very big different.

Conclusion
uWallet: As it is said, get crypton is licked to another webpage which is not good base on data consumption and internet speed. Because if it opens with another page, the transaction might delay. Like send crypton is within the utopia software which makes things easy for transactions. I will want Utopia team to add more features on the Android version because Android phones are easy to move around.

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Thanks for accepting to review Utopia.

I will want you to change the Utopia Public key and here it is: F4475FC0111EDA5408108B505E3F28E441792DC8AF606864ACDE4B7911CC1A6E therefore, use this to replace the one on the spreadsheet

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Hey joeperry,

I'd be happy to dive a bit deeper into the client and provide a review. Have already been looking into it and thought it's worth dedicating some more time to it.

Let me know if you are interested!

My experience and thoughts about Utopia Ecosystem

Website
Utopia website is not bad. A bit Matrix-like as fonts and color scheme, but it’s OK. The URL is short, which is nice, but a bit too short, one can easily forget it.

The currencies page contains a fair number of exchanges, but sadly for an anonymous coin,  all seem to need registration (including Crypton Exchange which I expected it’s somehow Utopia’s exchange).

The merchants area is somewhat crowded, which is great, just may need arranging better those entries.  I mean that it’s impressive to see such a number of merchants, but since their number should grow, it will become even more crowded – from categories to merchant descriptions. The categories always take that vast space and… I would not expect people go page by page, maybe it won’t hurt to implemet it maybe like Twitter does and/or give detailed information only where needed.

For downloading the app all major OS are covered. If I insist to be picky I’d say that portable versions would be nice too. I’ve installed it to a Windows 10 system and to a Linux Mint. This will allow me play around a little more.

Utopia application
First contact
Shortly: both impressive and overwhelming

The welcome screen is a mix of welcome information and initial setup, it can be confusing. Actually the whole application, while it’s impressively big and covering a lot of areas, it can be overwelming for newcomers. I recommend considering 2 modes – simple and advanced mode – with the simple mode showing much less menu entries, tabs and parts/information. I’ve worked with 1000s of programs, still Utopia was for me both impressing and crowded/overwelming at the first contact. Because of this the ideas I’ll write down may also not be greatly structured.

Data Traffic
While running Utopia app, even if I’m completely synchronized, there’s constant data traffic. Even more, if I want to switch to low traffic mode, the dialog tells my anonymity level will decrease (plus, in the way it’s written, a newbie will be scared of doing that if he will ever find out the setting). So one question is: now, with Utopia being rather young, I see a constant 300-500 KB/s, will this increase significantly if Utopia will have 1000s of more nodes, or will at least remain in this kind of limits?
I’ve given a chance to low traffic mode too for a while and the traffic was much nicer. And the (chat) messages were still realyed instantly.

Start with Windows
It’s nice to have Utopia starting with the computer since it always has to sync data, get messages and mails and so on, but … I’m not sure what is the point of the “remember me” check is it asks me for password on each startup. Or is it a bug? Even more, if one is not logged into (auto-started) Utopia all day, at the end the Windows shutdown will complain about it (because it doesn’t end gracefully).

Chat, messaging, games
I’ve made myself two accounts on two systems (the main on Win10 and then a secondary on Linux Mint). It’s interesting (in a good way) that friend requests must be accepted. However, there’s something that doesn’t make much sense, unless I’m missing something: chat and mail seem to work on the same principle (only to accepted friends), .. so why does Utopia have both?! Is it just for user preference (mails can become more organized)? I find this redundant.

In the chat it may be useful to add an extra space at the end of smilies to avoid the situation the second simile looks broken.

I’ve played Chess (with myself). Nice feature to add the game! One thing I’ve noticed was that at least once a move (fully done) was not shown on the opponent’s screen until he tried to make himself the new move. I guess it’s a small glitch, still, it worth telling.

uWallet
The money operations were fast and straightforward to make. I really liked this wallet.

uWallet : uWallet
I find it somewhat redundant to have two columns for pretty much the same job, but that’s me (in some cases the second column does actually have a good use). At least then the coin of choice could span on top of both. But, again, maybe it’s only me.

It’s nice to be able to send transactions directly to friends by selecting them by name. This is a great newbie-friendly feature!
I’ve seen that I cannot send for example .5 CRP, I must enter 0.5; not a real problem, but it can be improved.
If you want to make it even more newbie friendly you may want to add a bit more info about the network fee at transactions, so they don’t get scared by “The payment amount exceeds your balance” red message.

The transactions went out fast and I was able to send back also instantly (are there no confirmations?!). It worth mentioning that they went out instantly even on Low Traffic Mode.

uWallet : Crypto Card
Since I had only 5 CRP at all I didn’t play with the Crypto Card feature, since it would cost 3 CRP and I would have been using it maybe twice.

By my understanding it’s sort of virtual card equivalent on the Utopia network, working with CRP, but hiding your real address. Interesting!

Request cryptons
This was the reason I wanted to make the Crypto Card for: it seems that I can make a bill and request CRP only from a card (why that? It should not matter what is the bill paid with..).

I’ve found something else of interest here. “View exchanges list” sends us (in a new clearnet browser) to the uTalk forum and not the Exchanges on the main website. Is it intentional? I don’t know.

uWallet : Network fee
I’ve found it buried under “Treasury data”
The fees are tiny, especially since CRP is also small value for now.

uWallet : Swap and uVoucher
Interestingly some of the swaps were slower (maybe 1 minute), although the price was worse than what I’ve seen at exchanges. I’ve got spoiled with too many instant things. It’s OK, it’s not actually slow.

I’ve made UUSD uVoucher. It was 100% straightforward to create it. Also 100% straightforward to activate it.

uWallet : Shop
This opens the merchants page in default browser, on the clearnet. Is that OK? I guess it depends from person to person, but for a privacy oriented platform this may need a bit of improvement (at least asking/telling the user what’s going to happen).
I’ve already said my opinions on merchant pages, I’ll only add that I’ve found one (odin) with the preview image telling “Sorry, you have been blocked” and (expectedly) not working.

Buying goods/services with Utopia coins
I’ve chosen something cheap to buy in order to see how this works. The merchants page gave some quick instructions – basically to select Perfect Money. And yes, in a subsequent step, CRP and UUSD were available for payment.

When I’ve gave the OK, a countdown timer has started (from 15 minutes, I think), plenty of time to send the money.

Right after my CRP transaction was sent, the countdown timer stopped, telling “Status: Confirming”. That took a bit longer and my guess is that there the CRPs were converted to USD for the merchant. But it was smooth, it went on, the merchant was happy and sent me the e-mail with the service details I’ve bought.

Conclusions
Utopia ecosystem is impressively rich in features and works very good. Some small improvements could be needed here and there, but nothing really big.
It may worth telling those very concerned about their privacy that the system sometimes sends them onto clearnet browser.
The trick of going trough PerfectMoney ensures the ecosystem’s coins can be spent at a pretty impressive list of merchants.

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I gave Utopia a go on two different occasions since signing up for the review. The anonymous registration process was a breeze, as was sign in process with the crypton exchange. I was able to sync the client quickly, I can't remember for sure as I struggled to find where the syncing status was actually displayed (due to my own short-sightedness) however once I did find it, (thanks to the help of those in the Utopia chat lobby) I saw that I was already synced (less than 30 minutes!).

One thing I had noticed though is that even after being fully synced, a lot of data was still being transmitted by the Utopia client. Even with the Network settings dialed to turn route network packets, reply to peer information requests, upnp and push notifications off, Utopia still manages to consume a lot of bandwidth/data. I took to the channels to learn more...what exactly is being transmitted was said to be blocks/syncing however syncing was not near the same pace as these transmissions...others said that it was packet routing, however I do not see how that is possible since the setting is off. Unless this setting being off makes no difference. So for bandwidth-conscious desktop users, Utopia is not recommended for that reason. For users who want more information about data transmission, it would be great if more logs/details were show about what is being transmitted and the amount of data involved with the transmissions for peace of mind. Also, you can't scroll through logs without it jumping to the top (making it impossible to inspect) which is quite annoying. This is my only annoyance on the network level.

Otherwise, the experience of actually using Utopia from a latency perspective is fantastic. This is where I concluded the bandwidth was being consumed...encrypted IRC-like chat capability, mail and wallet all functioning in one place with near zero latency. I was able to send my CRP instantly, I was able to chat with other users instantly, I received mail instantly. There was nothing that I did on Utopia that had any form of delay related to the network. This is very commendable for such a feature-rich blockchain-based app.

With my 5 CRP I decided to make an exchange using Crypton. I would love to have given Poker a try, though no tables seemed to be open. In the future I might play around with the uNS system, though I was not able to with the testing CRP (costs 10 CRP to register a UNS). As mentioned earlier, signing in with Crypton was very easy. I used my pubkey and a new password and it took less than a minute to register. I got my code in Utopia mail instantly after pressing "send authorization" and I was on my way to using Crypton. Sending from Utopia to Crypton was a seamless process. Copy address, paste, enter amount, send. It took less than 2 minutes for it to hit the Crypton exchange. I executed a trade, I withdrew, all within an extra couple of minutes. Flawless, amazing. The harmony between Crypton and Utopia was evident from first usage.

Overall, the Utopia ecosystem is not only serving a very noble purpose but it is doing so in an efficient way. Private email and instant messaging are important in today's day and age, and integrating it with a liquid blockchain and cryptocurrency only empowers the individual further in a day where it is needed most. I look forward to seeing the ecosystem continue to develop and can not wait to see new features that are introduced in the future