Hi folks,

we are cooking some ideas in the space of tokens for user engagement in communities like fora, meetups, workshops, hackathons and likewise. We would be happy to collect feedback and comments from interested and likeminded people, I trust there are many here. I leave the abstract of the paper here and a gdoc link open to comments from everyone. Look forward for your comments. We would especially appreciate discussion on the possible threats and vulnerabilities of the model.

Cheers,
Davide

TITLE: A blockchain token for community engagement
Davide Carboni and Michele Nati
Draft: 16 APR 2018
Link to google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlCjQhASsZs_i-2ZkHqwVAJ4LSxZEWOQPxfjuO9c3G4/edit?usp=sharing

Abstract
Blockchain tokens could be a valid mean to manage commitment and loyalty of members as well as reward contributors inside a voluntary-based community (like meetups are) in a gamified style.

The rules of thumb are: (1) the more contribution a member provide to the community the more tokens are credited. (2) Tokens will be used in vetting, ballots, and staking whenever required during the lifetime of a community. (3) Twinned communities acknowledge the same token, to incentivise and increase mobility and interchange of loyal members.


As historical note, the meetup "Cagliari Ethereum Lab" minted tokens for its members. This started more an experiment than something serious, but it can become a serious game and maybe a business opportunity. Starting from this experience, the authors conceived a general token-based loyalty and reward framework to federate communities and share a superset of rules actionable via a common token. At the same time, some of the low level details are left to the event or community organizers.

Hope this may help someone in better understanding some aspects of ICOs. I wrote a check list, this is aimed at token sellers to better explain their offer, but useful for investor as well. Please find here

http://immutable.today/ico-test-evaluate-ico/

Frankly speaking the reply doesnt touch the point. If the token doesn't unlock functionalities it is not an utility token. May we say CPAY are securities? How buyers can enforce their rights to get the rewards?

Salve, volevo solo segnalare un breve articolo su hyperledger

I grandi fanno l'hyperledger

http://paymeabit.com/post/57c2ad8d9fa68c0e00efed5b?utm_medium=authorShare&utm_term=davide-carboni&utm_content=57c2ad8d9fa68c0e00efed5b&utm_campaign=SharedPost&utm_source=direct-link

Ti posso solo dire che io ho usato Mist, e dopo il casino del fork la versione 8.1 per Mac OSX funzionava malissimo e andava in crash. Ho usato anche Jaxx e sembrava abbastanza facile, il fatto che non scarichi la blockchain lo rende interessante per alcuni (come me). Non riuscendo più ad aprire Mist ho usato direttamente geth (la shell) per trasferirmi i coin su Kraken e per ora son parcheggiati lì nell'attesa di provare il nuovo Mist che nel frattempo è stato rilasciato.

Ok, grazie. Mi cerco questi 3d anch'io allora. Si da per scontato però che una tx Eth venga minata anche in Etc. Un hf fatto bene avrebbe potuto facilmente risolvere questo problema.

in che senso? se mini a partire da un blocco che esiste in Eth ma non in Etc è ovvio che stai minando Eth. Non mi è chiara la sovrapposizione, se puoi elaborare ...thx