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      "body": "![TM logo new.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQzAUhGsA7hR5hMN1kR5jVLNRJLKDX3mbHrhg6PnDsQ7U/TM%20logo%20new.jpg)\n\n\n# Methodology Description\n\nTokenmetrics methodology aims to assess the quality of different ICOs and is based on our experience investing in ICOs and historical data of the best ICOs. Our methodology consists of three key dimensions: ICO economics, hype metrics and qualitative metrics. Each dimension has its own indicators that are assessed for an ICO. After all indicators are assessed we calculate the overall rating by dividing number of points awarded to ICO by the maximum number of points (which don’t include bonus points) that can be achieved (which is currently 48 but may change in the future as we enhance the methodology). Token metric ratings should be used only for comparison purposes but not as a financial advice or guidance.\nThere are bonus points which a project can earn in every dimension. Bonus points are given for indicators which are not common for most projects and do not affect its’ perspectives in a negative way if not presented. Bonus points are added only to the numerator but not the denumerator of the ratings equation. With the bonus points project could potentially receive more than 100% score for any of the dimensions which is unlikely, except for the Hype metrics as recently some of the ICOs succeeded to attract massive attention from the crowd.\nEach dimension score is calculated by dividing the amount of points earned by the project by the total possible amount of points that a project could earn (not including bonus points).\n\nAdditionally, we look into how risky we think the ICO is in terms of its legitimacy. Our risk score is not a financial advice but our opinion on how likely FUD may occur at post-ico stage. We look at how the whitepaper and web-site built: whether it is mostly promotional or concentrated on the product, the team, use-cases, existing results. We also look at whether incentives of founders and ICO investors are aligned. Additionally, we look whether team was successful in reaching previous milestones or not and whether there is evidence backing those achievements or not. We search for evidence on claimed on the-website partnerships and look for concerns expressed by other crypto investors. Last but not the least we check whitepaper for plagiarism. We assess how the team is transparent and responsive: do they provide answers on tough questions for example, on legal concerns. Are there any government fillings or tests passed? Product stage (mockup, private prototype, github code, MVP, working product) is also considered when assessing risk score.\n\nThe total number of points an ICO could get in ICO economics dimension is 19 and 1 bonus point. Amount of points awarded to the project is then divided by 19 and calculated as percentage. The total amount of points for qualitive metrics is 24 and 3 bonus points. For hype metrics there are 5 points and 2 bonus points. Description of how different indicators are assessed provided below.\n\n# ICO Economics\n1.\tToken-sale hardcap (maximum 4 points): the formula for calculating the score is: 4*(1-hardcap/current crypto market cap * average % of ICO market cap on a fully diluted basis to total crypto market capitalization during ICO of most successful (from ROI point of view) projects * average % of tokens allocated for crowdsale of those projects. Currently average % of total ICO marketcap to total crypto market cap is 0.038% and 63% is an average percentage tokens allocated for crowdsale by successful projects. Those numbers are subjects for a change as we add new successful ICOs to the statistics base. We believe that projects should have a reasonable hardcap for their purposes and don’t ask the market for excessive numbers in exchange for hype that can raise. The smaller the hardcap the higher the potential return post-ico (this is an opinion not a financial advice) and the higher this indicator.\n2.\tTotal ICO CAP (maximum 2 points): the formula is as following: 2*(1 - hardcap/current crypto market cap * average % of ICO market cap on a fully diluted basis to total crypto market capitalization during ICO of most successful (from ROI point of view) projects. This metric helps us to properly evaluate the amount of tokens allocated for private sale and assess the total valuation.\n3.\tMaximum Discount (maximum 2 points): ICOs that provided investors with 0% - 15% maximum discount get 2 points, 16% - 24% – 1.5 point, 25% – 49% - 0.5 points, all ICOs with more than 50% maximum discount get 0 points. The higher maximum discount the higher risk of token price dump post-ICO therefore the smaller the rating. \n4.\tPercentage of tokens distributed to public (maximum 2 points) – ICOs that allocate more than 80% or less than 30% to the crowdsale get 0 points, other projects get points based on their position regarding the average of the most successful ICOs which is 63%. Too low ICO allocation may lead to post-ICO price dump as lots of tokens will be held by very small number of people who can manipulate the price for their own benefit. Too high tokens allocation for an ICO may sigh that team’s intentions are not aligned with ICO participants as team is holding too small amount of tokens;\n5.\tToken Inflation (maximum 1 point): if there is token inflation ICO gets 0 points if there is no token inflation – 1. Token inflation is bad for token holders, the more tokens project plans to create the more diluted token value will get; \n6.\tBuyback Program (bonus 1 point): If project plans buyback program it gets 1 bonus point; \n7.\tLeft tokens burnt (maximum 1 point): If all the unsold tokens to be burnt after crowdsale ICO gets 1 otherwise 0;\n8.\tICO Token Price (maximum 2 points): when assessing ICO token price we apply the same principle as when assessing % of tokens allocated during ICO, however the formula is different. The average price of successful ICOs is $0.11 and the closer the price per token of an ICO that we review the higher score it gets. ICOs with token priced less than $0.01 but more than 0.001 gets 0.5 point. If a token price is less than 0.001 project gets 0.\n9.\tExcluded countries (maximum 1 point): ICOs that prohibit to participate due to the legal reasons citizens of more than 5 countries get 1 point. If citizens from 3 to 4 countries are prohibited ICO gets 0.75 score, if 1-2 – 0.5 points, otherwise 0. We believe the more countries are excluded the more it is likely that there will be unmet demand after the ICO;\n10.\tKYC/AML (maximum 1 point): ICOs requiring all participants to go thorough KYC receive 1 point if not – 0. KYC during ICO increases chances that the token will be listed on major exchanges, prevent participants from misbehaviour and make it possible to set individual cap for each participant therefore increases chances for an unmet demand when listed; \n11.\tToken is ERC20 or NEP-5 compatible (maximum 1 point)? ICOs with ERC20 compatible tokens receive 1 point, NEP-5 compatible 0.5 points, not compatible – 0 points. We believe that compatibleness with major crypto standards with appropriate infrastructure such as light wallets should significantly increase number of potential investors that willing to buy and what is important hold in private (not the exchange) wallet.\n\n# Qualitative Metrics\n1.\tTeam (maximum 6 points): linkedin profiles of key team members (quality of a profile filling, is there an ICO project in the list, are there other companies where team members are current employees), number of employees, team members’ past experience (how relevant it is, what companies they worked for in the past, what positions they occupied and for how long), do the team members complement each other, how capable is the team to achieve roadmap milestones, was the team successful in reaching previous project’s major milestones (if there were such). For how long core team members work with each other.\n2.\tAdvisors (maximum 2 points): how relevant advisors’ past experience is, are there any high-flying names on the list (for example, Chris Skinner or Don Tascpott) that could bring hype around the project, evidence that listed advisers really “advise” a project (linkedin profiles, articles in the media, blogs etc.). \n3.\tImpact and idea (maximum 4 points): addressable market volume, is there a need for blockchain technology, is there room for a network effect, is there a need for a token, are the potential customers ready to pay in cryptocurrencies, how innovate idea is, does the project have sustainable competitive advantages, what impact on crypto space the project will have;\n4.\tTokenomics (maximum 1 point): we look at whether there are many use-cases for the token or not. How many drivers are there for token price appreciation.\n5.\tRoadmap (maximum 1 point): we look at how detailed the roadmap is, how close to the ICO date major milestones, for how long there will be no news after ICO, how ambitious and at the same time achievable roadmap is.\n6.\tProduct stage (maximum 4 points): does the project have working product, MVP, Github code or at least not public prototype of the future product. When assessing not public prototype we search for evidence backing promised in the roadmap prototypes that are not available for the public. Presence of a prototype not only increases the legitimacy of a project but also significantly improves the chances that a token will be listed on major exchanges after ICO. ICOs with a working product get 4 points, with MVP 3 points, projects with Github code get 2 points, with private prototype 1 point. If the project is solely whitepaper or has only mockup it receives 0 points;\n7.\tCompetitors (maximum 1 point): are there competitors in the crypto space (if not are there any competitors outside crypto space), what is their valuation and how it compares to project’s valuation after ICO on a fully diluted basis. The higher upside the higher the rating. For example, maximum rating is given for the project which is at least 6 times less valuable on the ICO stage than the closest competitor;\n8.\tPartnerships (bonus 1 point): has the project secured partnerships with well-established organizations before the ICO. Is there any evidence that the partnership is really secured. Non-clickable Logos of different companies claimed to be partners on the ico web-site are not counted;\n9.\tWell-established company (bonus 1 point): we look at whether there is a functioning business behind the ICO with working products and known partners or the company was set up recently. For example, SelfKey is founded and backed by KYC Chain founders who can leverage existing partnerships for the benefit of SelfKey and who proved the legitimacy and capability to run a business. We also look at how relevant to the ICO project those businesses are. If a backing company works in completely different to ICO project’s space that it won’t be assigned a bonus point;\n10.\tExchange listing announced (bonus 1 point): has the project secured the deal with any of the exchanges from TOP-100 (in terms of daily trading volume) and disclosed it before the ICO. This is uncommon for most of the time however some projects are able to secure a deal with some exchanges before ICO. Exchanges that are not in TOP-100 are not considered as we believe there is high chance those exchanges may misbehave in one way or another;\n11.\tICO funds allocation plan (maximum 1 point). Is there a clear plan? Is it detailed? Does it reflect company abmitions? What % is allocated to marketing (allocation of more than 35% to marketing is bad as raising funds to further increase the hype around project is not what we are looking for)?\n\n\n# Hype Metrics\n1.\tCommunity in Telegram (maximum 2 points and 1 bonus point): the formula for calculating this indicator is as simple as: number of subscribers in the ICO project’s telegram group / 10 921. 10 921 is an average number of telegram users that successful projects had during the ICO stage. This number will be constantly changing as we add new projects to the list. Everything above average is calculated as a bonus for a project but limited to 3 points that an ICO could receive for this indicator;\n2.\tReviews (maximum 2 points and 1 bonus point): we look at several web-sites and blogs that we believe attract most of the crypto community attention and have their own methodology for assessing the projects. First, we calculate the number of reviews, give a score and then adjust this score in accordance with the overall sentiment of the reviews we consider during the ranking process.  If the overall sentiment is positive, then we multiply the rating by 1.5; if bad then multiply by 0.5; and if the overall sentiment is neutral we judge solely by the number of reviews. The list of blogs and sites we look into: crushcrypto, ICOdrops, Ian Balina, TheGobone, OhHeyMatty, ICObench, Hacked, Coinbloq. If an ICO was reviewed by 7 or more bloggers we assign it 2 points, if 5 or 6 – 1.75, if 3 or 4 – 1.35, if 1 or 2 – 0.75, otherwise – 0; \n3.\tCommunication quality (maximum 1 point): to assess communication quality we look through major communication channels. First of all, we look at the amount of different social networks and collaborative platforms where ICO is presented. Then we look at how team respond to the community questions specifically we look at quality, speed and ethics of answers provided by the team. Additionally we assess whether the team is capable to sustain community interest in their project through generating and publishing in social media news about project development, interviews with founders and other informational occasions. Ability of a team to sustain community interest is critical to the post-ICO success. The lesser news, partnerships, achievements, meetups etc. announced the more it is likely that the price will be slowly but steadily decreasing post-ICO; \n4.\tIs there FUD? (maximum 0 points, minimum -2 points). FUD stands for fear, uncertainty and doubt. Those investors’ feelings could sharply harm token price and ICO results. FUD comes in when some major uncertainties about project arise. For example, DADI was caught for whitepaper plagiarism, which significantly undermined trust for this project in crypto space. This is an example of a case when we give a project -2 score. ArcBlock also had some FUD as only 4 core team members were disclosed. All other engineers and programmers stayed in stealth.\n5.\tBounty/referral program (maximum 1 point). If an ICO runs bounty or referral program it gets 0; if not it gets 1 point. We believe bounty and referral programs «blow» artificial hype (which is not about project and its product but about free tokens or high discount) around ICO and bring in people who most probably will be ready to dump tokens as soon as possible.\n\n# Disclaimer\nThis is not a financial advice. Investing in ICO may be extremely risky, always remember to do your own due diligence and consult financial and legal advisors before investing in ICOs.",
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На момент написания автор не обладает токенами QuarkChain.\n\nСтатья является полностью уникальной, материал не был перепечатан или переведен.\n\n\n# Ключевая информация\n\n![Quark Rating RU.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeTdJwa4McUxddnmNy341WjtBzrBWtWs35EePyd1LvUgH/Quark%20Rating%20RU.png)\n\nQuarkChain — новый permissionless (любой может стать участником) блокчейн, архитектура которого изначально создается с целью максимизации количества транзакций в секунду при поддержании высокого уровня защищенности (относительно других блокчейн проектов, которые стремятся решить ту же проблему скорости обработки транзакций) и децентрализации сети майнеров. QuarkChain планирует собрать всего 20 млн. долл. США в ходе ICO, в то время как ближайший конкурент — Ziliqa обладает капитализацией в 556 млн. долл. США. Команда проекта обладает опытом разработки масштабируемых распределенных сетей и уже провела тестирование альфа версии, показавшей результат в 2 360 транзакций в секунду. Команда планирует, что мейннет сможет достичь 100 000 транзакций в секунду (для сравнения Visa обрабатывает в среднем 24 000 транзакции в секунду).\n\nМы считаем проект одним из наиболее интересных в данный момент.\n\nОбщая оценка — 9,5/10\n\nПотенциал проекта — 9/10\n\nДорожная карта и текущий прогресс — 9/10\n\nКоманда — 8/10\n\nХайп (популярность) проекта — 10/10\n\nЭкономические метрики ICO — 8/10\n\nМнение (не инвестиционный совет) — будем участвовать (3–5% от портфолио)\n\n\n# Идея\n\nАрхитектура блокчейна QuarkChain изначально разрабатывается с целью поддержки шардинга (процесс горизонтального разделения блокчейна на части, которые функционируют независимо друг от друга и параллельно записывают транзакции, происходящие в сети) и кросс-шардинг транзакций (процесс осуществления транзакций, в которых входящие и исходящие данные находятся в разных шардах). Блокчейн QuarkChain состоит из корневого блокчейна и множества шардов, корнейвой блокейн валидирует блоки, создаваемые шардами, в то время как шарды записывают транзакции в блоки. QuarkChain создает экономические стимулы для равного распределения вычислительных мощностей среди шаров и аллоцирования не менее 50% вычислительных мощностей на корневой блокчейн. Валидация блоков в корневом блокчейне осуществляется в соответствии с алгоритмом Proof of Work (PoW), внутри шардов также используется PoW, однако в будущем команда может изменить механизм на Proof of Stake (PoS). Архитектура QuarkChain поддерживает возможность создания приватных, permissioned (только авторизованные пользователи могут использовать) блокчейнов, однако на данный момент QuarkChain сосредоточен на продвижении среди партнеров публичного блокчейна и шардов. 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QuarkChain incentivize economically miners to allocate not less than 50% of resources to root chain and evenly between the shards. Consensus in root blockchain is reached through Proof of Work algoritm. Shards currently also use PoW algorithm to process transactions however in the future this might be changed to PoS. QuarkChain supports private permissioned blockchains however currently Quarkchain is focused on promoting its’ public blockchain among partners. The best use cases for QuarkChain come from finance, IoT, AI and gaming industries.\n\nQuarkChain brings in following technological features:\n\n1) Sharding and cross-sharding transactions, theoretically QuarkChain can process more that 1 million transactions per second;\n\n2) Internal open market for computing resources. 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