I wrote an article on our iterative development process in action, as we migrate from ZooKeeper to Consul.

If you're interested, you can find it here: https://dadi.cloud/en/knowledge/network/from-zookeeper-to-consul

hoanghai is correct, no additional software or plugins etc are required. The DADI network is completely compatible with existing technology. 

You beat me to it.

Thanks chap!

Distribution is next – coming in the next few weeks.

Sorry, I meant regarding exchanges, we'll have more details soon.

For public sale there will be a $5000 USD cap.

We'll have more details about that soon.

Sorry for the confusion. Tokens are issued at the specific rate at the point of sale yes, but they aren't released until after the Crowdsale. Maybe we can tidy up the copy a bit. Thanks for the heads up!

Public sale price will be $0.50 USD / token.

Public sale max cap is $5000 USD that's right. We're aiming for Q2 but plan to be live with at least one exchange shortly after the Crowdsale. Tokens will arrive in your wallet after the Crowdsale finishes, but you will be able to see your tokens in your DADI Cloud account before then.

We've address this many times, please see https://forum.dadi.tech/topic/85/what-s-the-deal-with-your-whitepaper-and-sonm

Hey stasik201330,

Thanks for your interest. If you want to take part in the ICO you will need to register an account and submit your KYC before the cut off which is 25.01.18. Be careful not to miss this date.

Best thing to do is hop on Telegram and speak to someone about your KYC. You have to make sure that the proof of address that you provide is legible, which may be what the problem is here. Take as clear an image as you can (protip: use a light source so your camera uses a lower ISO ~ higher quality) and upload them to the KYC.

The feedback we've had is that the Presale was smooth and ran well. All services were working and online during the sale, and all staff were on hand to provide assistance and support across seven different communication channels. There were some folks who weren't registered for the Presale who couldn't take part and for whatever reason were unaware of this, but we've provided information on the Presale and how it works in numerous places and provided support on the day to everyone who needed it. I even wrote a quick overview to help people understand it: (https://forum.dadi.tech/topic/105/how-the-crowdsale-works-a-simple-explanation).

We're now pressing ahead for the Public sale which begins in just over five days. KYC submission is open until 25th January (tomorrow.)

If you have any questions please let me know and I'll do my best to answer them.


Do not send any Ether from your exchange wallet. Transfer it to MEW and use that.


If you do, be sure to register and submit your KYC documents soon as submission is only open until 25th. It can take up to five days to process so the sooner the better.

Presale is now sold out.

Public sale begins 29.01.18 12:00 UTC.

Sorry if this is confusing. Please allow me to explain further.

The Presale begins 22.01.18 12:00 UTC. It begins with the initial phase, which lasts for 6 hours, during which time only the 500 winners of the lottery can participate. After 6 hours, at 22.01.18 18:00 UTC, the 1,393 participants of the lottery who didn't win are now able to participate as well.

The Public sale then begins 29.01.18 12:00 UTC, and everyone is able to participate.

KYC verification is required for everyone.

If you don't have an email saying you won the presale lottery, or an email saying you didn't win the presale lottery, then it's safe to assume you're not among the 1,893 presale participants.

I hope this clears things up but if you have any more questions please let me know!

Cheers

Hi folks,

If you registered for the presale before the draw, you will have received an email with further instructions. If you don't remember registering, chances are you didn't.

For more information on the Presale, please see our update: https://medium.com/@daditech/dadi-presale-whitelist-lottery-draw-fb3242f625b8

Hope this makes things clearer.

Hi Strike3urOut. Thanks for your post. I just wanted to add that we do have functional products, and you can find them on our GitHub: https://github.com/dadi. We have a full suite of web service products which are production ready and being used in production right now.

As is to be expected, though, the DADI Cloud network is still in development, which I think is fair to say is entirely normal for projects in this space. We're working hard on the network (read more about the testnet here: https://medium.com/@daditech/introducing-the-dadi-testnet-7ae381ba8653) but this requires resources as we've said, hence the crowdsale.

I understand your position but I really hope that we can change your mind later on down the line. Fingers crossed!

Thanks again for the post.

– AKD

Thanks for your message buzzcry. Please see our response below.

> 1. Do they really have the tech chops to challenge the likes of Amazon & Microsoft?

Do we have the resources to replicate like for like what Amazon, Microsoft, Google, are offering today? No, of course we don’t. They have invested many millions of dollars and many years into their centralized infrastructure and I think very few - if any - organizations would have the resources to challenge this in a traditional setting.

Do we have the resources, skills and vision to disrupt the traditional market with a revolutionary new architecture – one that scales with existing hardware and doesn’t require incredible capital expenditure? We definitely believe so.

What we’re building is not intended to be a “meaty platform”, quite the opposite. We’re focusing on functional simplicity that scales. It’s a common myth that the better a system is, the more complex it must be. The more complex a system, the more problems you will have. The more complex a system is, the harder it will be to use and to maintain and to extend.

We have 12 engineers on our team (and we’re hiring more!). Between us we’ve worked for many big companies, across a diverse range of projects. Our combined experience and skillset bridges the majority of the required disciplines a project like this demands.

It’s also worth noting that we’re not pitching to VCs and we’re not planning an exit. We’re engaging with our community and embarking on this project together with them. Some of the team have worked together before, it’s true, and in fact all three of the founders have worked together before (and successfully exited their previous businesses). This is something we’re proud of: we have a great team and this is nothing to be shy about.

> 2. How come the numbers don’t add up?

In our business overview we set out that our directly addressable market – PaaS and SaaS – should exceed $100bn by 2020, and we provided a couple of scenarios to illustrate the potential for Miners through participation in the network. These are not financial projections or targets.

On the question of growth, it’s worth noting that for the past four years we have been focused on research & development, not on growing the business.

> 3. Why have they underestimated scaling?

This isn’t really right. If you assume that the only devices that will connect to and power the network are mobile, then yes, higher data rates are critical, but this is not the case. The network will be comprised of a diverse range of devices with a diverse range of connections. The concept of edge computing is to reduce the geographical as well as the topological distance between devices. The concept of Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical devices and embedded tech that connect and exchange data. These are two different concepts, though of course having better mobile networks will be a huge positive for everyone.

> 4. Why aren’t they showing us their crown jewels?

Simply because pricing for the network has not been locked in yet. We have examples from real-world use of the web services, which have been supplied. Pricing with existing businesses is Enterprise and custom per engagement. Pricing for the network will be released as we get nearer to launch.

> 5. Where’s the true crypto devotion?

We don’t really see how a wallet be beneficial to us at this stage. Our plans on this front focus on the provision of a bundled interface for purchasing web services. A wallet on its own contributes nothing to the ecosystem. Rather we’ve spent our time focused on the network itself, which is currently live as a testnet, and in production testing with a key customer.

> 6. Why ask for $29 million when $1 million will apparently do?

1m is enough for us to get the network live _at some point_. As covered elsewhere, to meet the breadth of ambition, depth of service, and pace of delivery in our roadmap (https://dadi.cloud/en/roadmap), we need to raise significantly more than that. The network is a big idea, and it needs the resources to match.

We’re engaging with our community and embarking on this project together with them. We believe in a decentralized and democratic internet owned & controlled by everyone, not just a select few. This is why we’re running the Crowdsale rather than pursuing traditional VC funding.

> 7. 300 years of combined networking and they can only find ONE advisor?

We obviously have the experience on the team to deliver a working testnet and the core set of web services for the platform (as both of these have been delivered ). Looking to the future, of course we don't have all of the answers in house – we will be hiring to increase capacity and to fill the gaps. We also have some good advisors around us (more on that soon), and are working with the industry to roll out a backbone to ensure network stability from the get go.

(As a side note, the advisor we have announced is not one of our suppliers, and he doesn’t have a master node.)

KYC can take up to 5 days. I wouldn't worry. If you have any issues, hop on our Telegram or Discord and a member of the team will be able to assist you.

Telegram: https://t.me/dadichat
Discord: https://discord.gg/3sEvuYJ

You can find more information on our terms page https://dadi.cloud/en/crowdsale/terms

Thanks