Hi,
Very interesting project. I have a few questions though;
1. What exactly will we get when ordering a pre-sale router in terms of hardware, since you seem to be making different routers with different specifications?
2. You say shipping is extra, does that mean we have to first pay for the router and later pay again for shipping? How much do you expect the shipping price to be approximately?
3. You say the hardware is open source and we can build it ourself, however I could not find any blueprints anywhere. Are these already publicly available and if so where do I find them?
1. You will get the first device that is fully complete, which is 'Gen 1' device. The others are only in planning phase and we haven't actually built prototypes yet.
2. Shipping will be on top of the device price, based on where you are and which of our locations we will decide to ship from. We will do our best to make it as low as possible, but we can also offer options for quicker shipping if you would like.
3. The device is built from an orange pi prime. All of the services we installed in our custom image ARE open source. So you could definitely build one if you like. The QORT blockchain is also open source, and when it is released you can set it up as well. Right now though, the blockchain is in testnet phase and hasn't been released.
All of the services we listed are easily found, and setup if you know how to do it. We are putting it all together in a simple pre-setup package, fully functional. To save people the hassle of doing it, and also giving them a version with a custom case, etc. Also, our engineers have made a completely optimized version of the software, operating system, etc. and built it into our own image.
So yes, everything is open source, but we will not be giving out our specific tweaks that will make our device much faster and more stable, as those are what will give the device we build some sort of 'edge' over those built by anyone else. Personally, even though I could build one myself, I would take the one built by our hardware guy any time over one I customized myself, as he's a master. I think other people will feel the same once they get a device in their hands.