Hi there.

From what I see, Base Protocol pegs its currency to all the other cryptocurrencies, 1:1 trillion, in order to achieve stability.
Also, the elastic supply they mention is defined by the total supply of the other alts and cryptos.

Tagion has a different way of defining "elasticity":
"automatically increases and decreases in volume with the demands of the money. Tagion is inspired by the equation of exchange trying to maintain a stable internal price level by regulating the money supply based on the speed of money and adoption of the system. The adoption is an arbitrary measure of the underlying commodities Tagions are used to Trade. Sophisticated algorithm burns and spins of money to secure a stable value of Tagions."

Our algorithm that basically ensures the mechanisms of elasticity and price stability is not pegged or influenced by any basket of currencies or cryptocurrencies.
If you'd like to discuss more, please drop us a visit on our forum at: https://forum.tagion.org/ or on our official telegram chat: https://t.me/TagionChat

In regards to the roadmap and the whitepaper, we see this as a work in progress, they are constantly updated. We've just completed our first phase with the testnet, and the biggest achievement aside from being able to operate the input-output features (send - receive Tagions), we can say that the database has not been corrupted (which is a huge achievement for us, no matter how small it may look to the world).

Tagion is a self-funded initiative, so we're moving slower than the typical protocols that have massive backing or investments. That should tell you something about the efforts and trust the founders of the project have in what the team is building.

Last, but not least, the number of Twitter followers is irrelevant to how good a project is.
I don't see a point in buying 20k followers just for the sake of "looking good", I'd rather have us work based on our own pace, and gain followers organically, based on what we deliver.

Cheers.

See you on https://t.me/TagionChat and on our official forum, https://forum.tagion.org/ - that's where the core devs and the founders are more active.

For those who missed out on the Future of Money panel which took place on Dec.6th, 7pm UTC+4, during #MenaExpo2020, we have some updates:

1. For personal reasons, Gal Landau could not attend in person.
2. Yani Malahov from aeternity joined the panel, and gave some great insights.
3. We have live tweeted with quotes from the panel discussion, please check the links below.
4. We also have a couple of visuals available for the community.
5. We're working on obtaining a copy of the video (it was livestreamed), depending if the organisers will want to share the video with us, as this was a private event with 500 high profile attendees.

Panelists:
Theis Simonsen, CEO of i25s ApS, founder at Tagion
Yoni Assia, CEO and founder, eToro
Yani Malahov, CEO and founder, aeternity

Moderator:
Danielle Tichner, CEO and founder W-Source, Chairperson Hong Kong Israel Trade Association, partner R3i Ventures

You can join the discussion on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tagion/comments/k8fjpu/photo_of_the_future_of_money_panel_menaexpo2020/

Live tweets here:
https://twitter.com/tagionTeam/status/1335599633201049606

Panel sneek peek:
https://twitter.com/tagionTeam/status/1335912307260579841

Gal Landau shared with us some of her thoughts on LinkedIn, in the comments section:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6740602383614713856/

Thanks, Criptix.
We're hoping to get a recording of the panel made available by the organisers and His Highness the Sheikh of the region.
This is one of the few in-person events happening currently, with very good line-up of speakers and topics.
We cannot further comment or disclose on the question you asked, I hope you can understand.

Join us offline at MenaExpo2020, where we will share the stage, on December 6th, 7PM GMT+4, in person, together with esteemed guests, entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators.

Panelists:
Yoni Assia, CEO & Founder eToro
Theis Simonsen, CEO i25s, Founder Tagion
Gal Landau-Yaari, Head of Blockchain Research, Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management
Moderator: Danielle Tichner, Founder & CEO W-SOURCE LTD., Venture Partner R3i Ventures, Chairperson Hong Kong Israel Trade Association

Official ANN:
https://imgur.com/a/u1FAZb3
https://tagionteam.medium.com/tagion-founder-to-speak-on-panel-at-mena-expo-2020-217594bf1500
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6740602383614713856
https://twitter.com/tagionTeam/status/1334545662692691970
https://t.me/tagionChat

Quick Update:

Last month, we had the first Open Source release, on Github, called Tagion Basic Module.
You can read more about it here: https://landing-i25s.ambassify.com/post/22583?


GitHub Link: https://github.com/tagion/tagion_basic

Note: Every month, we're doing small releases in which we open source the code on our Github repository.
The next big release is the Alpha TestNet Release.
We will post here more details once the content is ready (press release, social media announcements, other landing pages, Github Link).

Best,

Roxana (CSO)

Patents differentiate between one another regarding claims, and the commercial product application.

You cannot patent science and mathematical protocols. You can patent a method that uses the science or the mathematical protocol in the product (see Hedera).

The claim can be for example a method for a distributed database to reach consensus based on an implementation of the Hashgraph mathematical proof and a proof of stake system. A distributed database reaching consensus with proof of stake built into the method.
It is the method for reaching consensus in the database, the database system, which is patented and not the mathematical proof, which we have implemented in our own context (Tagion), with our own gossip mechanism, virtual voting, a trust layer, and our own database system. The DART (database system) is patented in our case.
We have an open system, not permissioned, and a different governance mechanism, based on Trust and Community and not proof of stake. Our governance is not coupled directly to the method for reaching consensus in the database.

Cheers.