Do you plan to launch an affiliate program?

Yes! This is still in the early stages, but we are looking at ways to reward community members for referring crowdfunds to Rocket.

When are you going to start mass promotion and what marketing channels are in the plan?

We are conducting small scale tests to determine the best channels to use. While mass promotion, or interruption marketing, can be an effective tactic, we first need to gauge product market fit to better understand the best channels to market and communicate through before expending resources to the widest range of distribution.

We will certainly be focusing in on the most commonly accessed channels for the crypto-space, Reddit and Telegram to name two, however we are duly exploring other channels we think we can find our target users in.

Will Rocket be available internationally?

Yes! So long as your jurisdiction allows it, Rocket will be available for use. We will also localize Rocket in additional languages such as Chinese and Korean.

Will you be announcing the new name change the same time that you announce the winner of the re-branding contest?

Not quite! The response to the re-brand contest was unprecedented and gave us all sorts of warm fuzzies. We received over 1,200 name submissions. It has taken us longer than expected to go through these names and secure the necessary domain names, trademarks, social media accounts, and so on. We also want to prepare some accompanying marketing materials with the new name.

But we want to thank the community for their submissions with an extra bonus. We’re sending 250 FUEL to a few community members whose names we loved, but felt weren’t right for us. Some of our favorites include Affinity, Aura, Catalyst, Handshake, Ignition, Nebula, Nucleous, Orbit, Spark and Xpedite.

Stay plugged in to find out the winner of the 10,000 FUEL!

We’ve seen Hero and Saturn as next products in line, where will the main focus be after Rocket releases?

We have small teams already working on both Hero and Saturn. The user research team in particular is conducting studies into the needs and pain-points of these use cases. Stay tuned for more announcements related to these two upcoming product launches.

Will smart contracts created by Rocket be executed on your own blockchain or on Ethereum?

At launch smart contracts can be created for execution on Ethereum’s or Bitcoin’s blockchain (via Rootstock).

From left to right, Kaegan Donnelly, Brandon Kostinuk, Erynn Tomlinson.

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