Disclaimer I am invested in CPX token. This post represents my own opinion, and should not be read as financial advice. Do your own research.

In this post I’m going to speculate on the possible income that running an APEX (CPX) Voternode could provide and why I see a bright future ahead for APEX. Speculation time!

What is a token like CPX worth?

APEX is a platform with smart contract core layer as the base on top of which businesses will build their sidechains. The brand network of hundreds of Fortune 1000 companies that APEX can access via Chinapex is something only a few crypto related companies have. Now I thought Basic Attention Token (BAT) could do for a little comparison here.

Although having a very different use-case, BAT is on some aspects also close to CPX. BAT can be exchanged between the user and the advertiser for a variety of advertising and attention-based services. It is different by nature since CPX is a user data focused token that brings value to the user and enterprise through more functional use of the user’s data. I think looking at BAT’s past market valuations, it could be thought of as a minimum indicator of what’s to come as APEX matures and testnet starts to roll-out.

CPX will be a medium of exchange between the enterprise sidechains and dapps built on the APEX platform, where large businesses build their data management solutions. CPX’s use-case is strong, and there will be a lot of demand if APEX succeeds in pulling off what they aim for. Let’s now move into the node ecosystem of the platform.

You can run Voternodes and Data cloud nodes easily

What does the weight mean? Each token that carries more weight = it’s worth more. As you advance in the tier system you can leverage your profitability.

Let’s talk nodes. No, nudes later. APEX has released its incentives framework details, which you can find here. Basically there will be Supernodes, Voternodes, and Data cloud nodes available for anyone who meets the criteria. Voternode and Data cloud node status can be achieved with less effort whereas becoming a Supernode is a longer process. Now what do we already know about the profits in cryptos that have a node ecosystem?

What about CPX Voternodes vs. masternode coins?

The three biggest masternode coins have an approximate ROI of 7% (DASH), 6% (PIVX), and 11% (SYS). For the full masternode coins list see masternodes online. Could you say around 8% ROI is a good “out-of-my-a**” estimate for gains from CPX Voternode? It depends on many factors of which we shall know later. At this point I see wide use-cases for the service APEX is offering, that will lead to higher usage, which leads to better profits for the node ecosystem. Let’s be bold and assume Voternode returns will be similar to these top-tier masternode coins at around 8%.

How about staking coins?

For example holding Neo (NEO) for Gas (GAS) gives around 3% ROI. According to Ontology’s blogpost, from holding Ontology (ONT) for Ontology Gas (ONG) the ROI would be around 15%. Staking Ark (ARK) gives ROI of around 9% depending on which delegate you choose to vote. These are actual numbers from +$100m market cap masternode or staking coins. Most likely they are predictive for what’s to come. And as the cryptospace keeps evolving, I see more potential for growth for high-quality projects and platforms like all the three aforementioned and CPX of course.

Feeling comfy with microcap masternodes?

Most of the smaller masternode coins seem to have a ROI of over 10%. Higher risk higher reward. For CPX the ROI will vary between Tiers and dependant on which Supernode you vote for with your Voternodes. However my estimate is that ROI for a CPX voternode would be around 8%, since it’s an approximate mean of what the most reputable masternode and staking coins have. Companies willing to use APEX’s blockchain based solution for better consumer interactions is what will start to build up the ROI for any CPX holder.

Short-term profits are to be made with different masternodes. Lower market cap -> higher % ROI (and risk, lulz). Full credit from this chart goes to https://omnianalytics.io.

I’m not saying the top-10 masternode coins besides DASH, PIVX, and SYS are shitcoins. They aren’t just backed by established top-notch business that is working with Fortune 1000 companies. For a three years time, do you feel at ease holding ZCoin or CPX? Or would you prefer SmartCash over CPX? Any coin can thrive with the strength of its community, but for the long-term I value a token with strong fundamentals. Although the Voternode ROI could be around 8% annually, in a two years time there’s a huge upside for CPX.

APEX has the crucial strategic partnerships

China has around billion internet users, of which around 50 to a 100 million people fall into APEX’s target demographic. I think we can agree that whereas the data in the US is worth a lot of dollars, it surely is also in China. But in China it tends to be the government and its chosen companies that hold the power to benefit from people’s data. I guess that’s why APEX partnered with Chinese government backed data consortium.

The donut

Considering the market into which APEX is tapping itself into, there’s tremendous space for growth. Digital advertising is a growing business, and APEX is bringing in new treats, like the AI component and blockchain solutions, to solve the remaining problems in data driven customer lifecycle and journey management. APEX aims to first grow big in the Chinese markets that are familiar to them, and after that they expand abroad.

The donut, dear reader. Estimates of the global marketing technology and digital marketing markets with consumer and marketing data in the US.

What will the future hold?

An enterprise needs at least one Supernode to create its own sidechain on APEX. A Supernode requires North of 2 000 000 CPX. It’s recommended for enterprise users to have at least one sidechain in the APEX network, and more depending on the scale of the enterprise’s operations in the APEX blockchain network. Maserati, Hilton, and a variety of the Chinapex partners are keen to test APEX’s solution in their own use-cases.

This sounds good since APEX is executing the roadmap with good pace and updates are dropping as planned. I feel accumulating at these grass-root levels for a voternode is going to pay off. I’m comfy holding CPX towards the mainnet and beyond. How about you?

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Links

Jay made an awesome serie of posts about APEX, and you can get a more math relied answer regarding the staking rewards in this part.

APEX node ecosystem overview

APEX whitepaper

https://www.apexnetwork.io