DsPlus — project evaluation before ICO

Recently asked the question: "how many people can tolerate have benches and bubbles?" It turned out that long. A very long time. To counter this difficult and decided to share with the community: first response is held.

Today I decided to turn to the White side to look in the direction of the project, which is already a little lit up on habré — DsPlus. Evaluation criteria, I think we all remember: Team, concept, koin, code. I will not allow her to depart.

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Here everything is simple enough:

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1. website — dsplus.io: confirm identity on social networks is not difficult. Moreover, I often when audits find friends in common (the market was too narrow ICO, although it did not give him better).
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2. Mikhail — CEO of project — you can find a Diploma from Fria. Thing remarkable. But maybe it's fake? Fact and FI(O) interesting person: Mikhail Mikhailov. Than not Ivan Ivanov? But simple checks for cross-references prove that it is not so: a joke, I note that they have in the team and another man, whose name and surname was the same, but about it — later.
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3. chat guys respond pretty fast (tested slack), except perhaps for the period 23.00 — 02.00 GMT. Wrote a few times, generally would put 8 out of 10 for this criterion. In the application, too, the comments have the answers, but, first, not all; second, not all deployed.
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4. of weirdness is a social network: it is clear that the project is not confined to Russia (however, in personal chat, I was told that is also developing "Asia and the near abroad"), but still use Linkedin and do not use vk — a strange choice given the fact that while the main customers and partners of the company are located in Russia. In addition, some of the guys on the team don't have the normal social history. Of course, as I wrote earlier: there is a frontman — that's good. But for others, you can always find something interesting, at least cross-references: after all, we utilies, worked, developed, created...
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5. Partners can be found on dsplus.pro. At first glance hurt the eyes such as: Magnit, M. Video, MegaFon, and the like. But really DsPlus'vtsy here don't lie: they really charge your plusline for what the client chekanitsa in the place where is located. I also don't quite understand what the role of the Microsoftshop in their system, I hope, will answer here. Overall, the wish is simple: more transparency, so I don't have a regular user to look for who and why partner. For example, here's a review from the AppStore: “KFC about the bonuses no one's heard of, accrual occurs at the location close to the points of the so-called partners who are not aware that they are partners!", it is clear that the person wrote the opinion, not understanding the system, but as I see it — the negativity you need to answer first. Again from the review team that: "xekinima in partner companies in which the circle next to the name written "250 PC" (you can go Shopping there to see) and in companies, where the circle is written 00% CashBack, you can get cash back when you click on the link in the app and the purchase of goods. The same applies to Microsoftshop — sells various gadgets and accessories to them: they too are our partners)".
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6. Sergey Sergienko (known by the project Hradobank, SONM) is the advizor team. The blockchain community Sergei reputation there is evidence that it is associated with the team enough.
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7. Now also see (for alerts) that background on the team greatly increased: and it is clear — has passed preICO, by the way, successfully, as the guys have planned 200 000, and has collected a quarter more. This is significant, but not major.

the Company also sought and on maps and in the register. By the way, Yur. face, you can find another site — couponsclub.org, which is registered according to the portal in 2016, and according to the who.is — 2016: some no, but history. Plus. In addition, it completely beats the fact, stated on the same website: “DSPlus is a unique mobile application designed for lead generation and retaining customers, existing more than 1 year and successfully operating on the territory of the Russian Federation”.

On the last point received a response from the command in this form: you wrote about the VK is that it is not normal (it is closed). It is really so. Group DSPlus Irkutsk and other cities are closed, as by the General Russian group vk.com/dsplusfork. We promote it)

Code (technology):

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1. Access to personal account not received — it is a minus, but I don't much have to say I tried. The app itself is installed — it is quite efficient. Moreover, two of my testers also tested — works. However, the iOS test is still ahead, but the installation showed that the contact has. And Yes, the review team again pleased (in a good way): "access granted previously only to partner companies to track user actions in their retail outlets. After the ICO is planned to open access to personal account holders token PCT + integration of the purse. For simple user personal account is opened in the mobile app's access to their wallet."
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2. in General, everything is smooth, but there are shortcomings: for example, a reference to Golos and Bitcontrol — one and the same. But in the details always, diavlo. The rest is very watchable: I have your website so did:) and the team DsPlus — able.
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3. that did NOT like: it is necessary to search for a code on the Gita, and I don't like to do, because the principle is simple: “open or easy to find, or don't.” However, the WP covers the veil of secrecy github.com/dsplus/PlusCoin, but for such things it is better to do links anymore. The second thing that caught my eye — preICO not automated to the end. Not so much a problem though, as the inconvenience.

an advantage of technology is usability in General — all available for ordinary citizens, who do not know what they are doing something with crypto-coins. In this sense, the command runs the promise: “to promote the cryptocurrency PlusCoin for people with no knowledge and understanding about the world of cryptocurrency and the blockchain”. The paradox, however, is that the internal content of the blog blog.pluscoin.io quite complete, and even more — chitabelny, it is impossible. I think that's what you need to work. Besides, for English language materials. the

4. Detailed analysis of the technology, I think we'll do is already in the pdf parsing.

Concept:

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1. White paper in two languages. The main sections are.
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2. That requires clarification in the first place, so it's this point: "the products are competitors of DS PLUS the traditional market segment will be involved in a single partner network and become one of the most important components of the infrastructure developed DS PLUS. The main objective of the project is the introduction of PlusCoin real commodity-money circulation, which will ensure sustainable growth of the exchange rate and increase the number involved in cryptonomicon, both on the part of consumers and business". To turn competitors into partners is commendable, but I would like to understand the exact mechanism, responding to the question: "how?".
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3. Road map is: rainbow goals are not marked. Painted items are not much but substantial.
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4. basic deflationary Economy: “in the future PlusCoin First Token will not be generated, all unclaimed tokens in period, the ICO will be destroyed.”
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5. the Main risk, in my opinion, is the experience of cashback services earlier: almost none of them survived. Including — in the world. Of course, there are solutions in this niche, but nevertheless, it requires careful consideration of the economy, which I would like to see in the near blockchain technology embodiment: for example, monthly reports as Golos — public and available.

coin: the matrix, which was introduced earlier this koin is the place to be and therefore this factor can be regarded as positive for the overall reputation of the project.

Thus, to sum up on the key aspects first — negative:

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1. Partners initially listed as all — equal (regarding the service) to each other. Meanwhile, some of them beautiful marketing move when the transfer occurs at a geo-tag. This has been stated, but you need to look for on the Network. Unlikely normal users will like to do. It seems to me that this point needs to be reconsidered.
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2. our team is not all white for biographies, but the relationship nevertheless searched easily. I think that some minimal things you can add. Video interview gives much, but not all.
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3. Technically need to modify the blog to go over the delicate places of your website.
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4. to Find a model explaining the economy to ICO.
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5. Go through reviews on the app and answer all.

positive:

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1. Team work very hard to show their potential, and their “authenticity”, and to develop technology that is close to me is commendable.
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2. Product is, it works. Judging by the plants and declared numbers — the overall performance of the fight, if not 100%, almost. However, sometimes you have to look for data to map — there's work to do (say, through a blog).
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3. History can be confirmed from independent sources, which is always a plus.
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4. Legal entity found. Address verified.
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5. And most importantly — the background information after preICO not greatly reduced.

In General, there is room to work. While neutral rating: leave it in the plus or minus — view. To all readers, who have been honing skills in the field of analysis of ICO projects — note that just in the case of DsPlus very clearly shows that one factor (the stated equality of the partners) does not serve as the final verdict, the more that becomes clear upon closer analysis. Yes, it's time consuming, but if you want to invest their money — is justified.

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