Q1: Since Cofound.it has been divided into three units, would Etherisc be looking at using some of D2 Capital’s and Cofab’s services in the future?

A (Daniel): The purpose is to create one network where Cofound.it, Cofab, D2 and others are important nodes. So yes, there will definitely be cooperation and complement. D2 for instance has one service that is applicable for Etherisc and most other projects that performed a crowdsale in some form.

Q2: How are you planning on expanding the Cofound.it community and engage hodlers to be active participants?

A (Ambroz): One idea we are considering is including the community in the preparation the industry reviews like the one we posted on insurance industry.

A (Mayank): Some of the ideas on how to engage the community are:

1. Offer extra information after a blog post: invite the writer to come to the community and share why she/he wrote it, including unofficial information that wasn’t mentioned in the post

2. Weekly digest: Share a weekly digest of what’s happening in crypto, our observations etc.

3. Bring in crypto friends, partners, old project members: Introduce the awesome people in our our wider community that Cofound.it members might find interesting e.g. accelerator partners, startup founders, or a VC firm.

4. Personal insights from the team: Share reports, insights that we have (Both official and unofficial).

5. Involve the community earlier on in a product lifecycle: We need see how we can bring in the community and their expertise earlier. Ask the community for their input and validate our ideas.

6. More 1–1 AMAs: To make sure that we ask for regular feedback and ensure the community can access the right person at Cofound.it to answer their questions

Q3: Crypto hasn’t evolved yet to be efficient. Currently the markets aren’t rational and valuate projects based on merit and potential. The only ones that get good valuations are those with hype viral marketing and artificial scarcity tactics.

A (Zenel): That is why Etherisc is so important. If you check the statistics in the insurance industry report Ambroz published you will notice that they are one of the rare serious projects in the space with working products. That is actually the opposite of what you are saying about “viral and scarcity”. Etherisc’s success of their TGE is important for the community.

A (Ambroz): Yes, that’s exactly where Etherisc shines. They have been developing their product for a long time before going for a TGE. The flight delay app has been used on several occasions and is close to market-ready.

Q4: You mentioned Cofound.it working with 500+ startups. What benefits do token holders have from this?

A (Ambroz): Benefits for tokenholders in crowdsales of startups working with Cofound.it was just one of CFI token use cases. We have stopped supporting ICOs operationally in November due to regulatory uncertainty so this is not benefiting you now, but we are working on new use cases that should benefit the holders. Just last week we discussed how CFI can be used in relation to D2 services. One option is the discount token model, which basically means you get the services cheaper if you ‘activate’ your tokens (stake + buy services).

A (Daniel): The current ICO cycle will most likely cool down. It will last for several months at least. An interesting and telling quote from Ari Paul:

“In the last 6 months, the exchange buyer has consistently been losing badly, so they’ve mostly stopped buying. This means that the late stage pre-ICO investor also started often losing. Until now, the early stage pre-ICO investor was still winning, but it’s like dominos, and we’re nearing that last domino falling as well.”

Q5: Have you considered using a tokens*(days held) as the metric rather than an instantaneous snapshot?

A (Ambroz): We did just that for the Etherisc TGE, check how the calculation works HERE.