Quote from: magisterr on October 17, 2018, 05:54:27 AM

Quote from: kvanier on October 17, 2018, 04:40:08 AM

Allow me to clarify the response

In regards to the Finland pilot, the team are first going to use Ethereums blockchain. After the mainnet release, the team will switch to Essentia. Regarding the tokens: in the first release, its a no for sure. But the team are discussing the possibility in the next releases. As fancybread recommended, you can read the AMA she linked to you to see the full Questions and Answers session to get lots of information and the full context of this conversation and information.

Don't fear: ESS have an extensive token utility on the Essentia Network:

1. ESS token can be used to access and manage the industries most revered dApps and decentralized services within the Essentia framework.

2. Individual actions performed on the protocol will require a small payment of ESS. The token will grant users the ability to interact with Essentia in a variety of ways and to pay for various services.

3. ESS holders can utilize computing power to earn tokens through Masternodes.

4. ESS tokens form a critical component within the Essentia Framework. They incentivize active and positive participation, disincentivize bad behavior and create an equitable and transparent rewards system.

5. Additional use cases for ESS will be introduced including governance and reputation management.

6. The Essentia protocol brings interoperability on a scale that has never been achieved.

For a more in-depth explanation of token utility, please check out the following article: https://medium.com/essentia_one/heres-why-ess-tokens-have-among-the-strongest-utility-in-the-market-ddf5e9bd53e9

But maiinet launch by roadmap in Q4 this year already. And now in Q4 ongoing. So maiinet will be between today and December.

From AMA:

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For now the ESS token is not used in any governmental project. It's only the beta version, in the future the issue will be discussed with the respective government

So, he said that tokens will not be used with Finland project. But many investors (as me) invested because of announce about partnership with Finland. And now you said that tokens will not be used here? But they sold tokens. And investor must be sure in their liquidity and using. They sold tokens and this tokens must be used in project and have good liquidity! So, native coins (after maiinet) will be used in Finland project or no?

Like we've already clarified the team has confirmed that they will discuss future implementations of ESS down the road from the AMA https://old.reddit.com/r/essentia/comments/9khnad/technical_ama_with_the_essentia_team/
I would suggest you check out Essentia's channel regularly for updates