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Title: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Sylon on February 12, 2018, 05:05:32 PM
Telegram (https://t.me/xiwatt) - Website (https://xiwatt.io/) - White Paper (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yd88OFI4wuBZKjDPxSJHsVmZZM5o7cPR/) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/XiWATT) - Medium (https://medium.com/xiwatt) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCVS6jHrqA) - Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/XiWATT/)



XiWATT Presale Coming Soon



https://kek.gg/i/7yDszq.png (https://xiwatt.io/)



What Is XiWATT ?

XiWATT is a platform that enables individuals and communities to crowdfund, co-own, and trade renewable energy assets. It’s an online ecosystem that connects developers, investors, and customers seamlessly to each other with distinct benefits to each stakeholder. XiWATT makes renewable energy accessible to anyone, regardless of location or living circumstances.

https://kek.gg/i/hK9hg.png (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBCVS6jHrqA)



Core Applications

The platform consists of a number of applications that collectively provide a comprehensive solution. Below are the three primary applications that make up the core of the platform.

Launch Green

  • Launch Green is where renewable energy projects (“Sectors”) get organized and funded by eligible participants, allowing anyone to co-own renewable energy assets.
  • Sectors are large-scale renewable energy projects (> 1 MW installed capacity). Sectors are crowdfunded by XiWATT users in a manner that resembles a mini-ICO. The energy produced by each Sector is not directly consumed by the crowdfunding participants, but rather tokenized and credited to them on an ongoing basis as the sector continues to generate power.
  • The Sector model can be used in any setting to navigate the intricate local laws and regulations in coordination with utilities, making renewable energy investment possible regardless of location or living circumstances.

https://kek.gg/i/3jR5xK.jpg (https://xiwatt.io/)



Cloud Net Metering

Cloud Net Metering is an application that will allow any user to pay their electricity bill via energy credits produced by their ownership of off-site renewable energy (i.e. Sectors). This can be done regardless of their utility provider via a 3rd party billing system created by XiWATT.

https://kek.gg/i/P2FZq.png (https://xiwatt.io/)



WATT Marketplace

  • The WATT Marketplace is a secure space for buying and selling existing portions of installed renewable energy assets (i.e. Sector tokens).
  • By tokenizing energy assets, individuals can reap the benefits of co-owning a renewable energy asset while also having the ability to liquidate at will. This is facilitated via the WATT Exchange; an open marketplace where users can buy and sell tokenized renewable energy assets.

https://kek.gg/i/75mz3.png (https://xiwatt.io/)



XIW Token Model

Developers require XIW tokens to bid on renewable energy projects and can primarily acquire them from customers in exchange for price discounts and other beneficial terms for the customer.

https://kek.gg/i/5_ZxBz.png (https://xiwatt.io/)

The XIW token model will establish a barter economy between customers and renewable energy project developers, where the tokens will serve as bargaining chips for customers to negotiate better deals with developers.
https://kek.gg/i/mQ_6j.png (https://xiwatt.io/)



Founders

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Hamza Choudhry

Co-Founder, Team Lead


Electrical Engineer with a focus on network protocol development such as EtherNet/IP, the most widely used network protocol in the industrial space.
His experience includes working with industry leaders such as BlackBerry, Daifuku, and ODVA.

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Tony Zheng, CFA

Co-Founder, Strategy Lead


CFA charterholder with 6 years financial services industry and management consulting experience advising top 20 global banks on strategy. Specializes in pricing and cost optimization, process design, and strategic planning for firm wide initiatives.

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Yasir Bilal

P.Eng, Co-Founder, Energy Lead


Electrical Engineer with 10+ years’ experience in delivering Energy and Automation projects in North America. Successfully managed multi-million dollar projects with Kruger Energy, Hydro One, IESO, and DTE. Recognized expert in power performance analysis, end of warranty inspections, transformer testings, and capacity factor analysis.



Team

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Jere Juustila

Legal Analyst


Specializes in Data Protection Law, Contracts and ICT, IPR and Technology Law, and Environmental and Climate Law. Areas of research include various federal and state rules and regulations related to energy cooperatives LLCs, and NGOs. Analyzes the legal framework required for establishing the XiWatt Platforms.

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Ivan Wang

Developer


Software Engineer working with Pivotal Software, bringing a diversity of experience in Cloud-Native Applications and solutions.

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Zaid Khan

Market Research


Over 10 years experience working in Sales and Marketing. Worked with several Fortune 500 brands and start-up businesses alike. Specialized in Experiential Marketing and executing national scale sales and marketing projects.

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Mikhail Panov

Public Relations


Over 4 years experience in digital PR for P&G, Rogers, Canadian Tire, and Interac. Specializes in market/audience research, content development, SEO, and digital advertising.



Advisors

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Daniel Araya

Strategy Advisor


Government consultant with a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a special interest in technological innovation, public policy, and learning. Sharing Cities Policy Fellow and a regular contributor to various media outlets including Futurism, The Brookings Institution, Singularity Hub. His newest books include: Augmented Intelligence (2018), and Smart Cities as Democratic Ecologies (2015).

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Sulman Choudhry

Technology Advisor


10+ years of development experience with Apple, Uber, and Blackberry. Currently an engineering manager at Facebook, with extensive experience leading multifaceted development teams, most recently with Uber Eats.



https://kek.gg/i/3M7Wk8.png (https://xiwatt.io/)



Note: I am making this original post for XiWATT. I am not the point of contact.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Sylon on February 12, 2018, 05:05:43 PM
XiWATT BOUNTY CAMPAIGN THREAD IS LIVE:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 12, 2018, 05:06:10 PM
Reserved


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ansi on February 12, 2018, 05:09:57 PM
I'll Reserve The Arabic Translation If You Intend To Make A Bounty About It Soon.

Arabic Translation ANN's + White Papers + Websites:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q1OawRnUBixe7PSfjqNTlcRxegzOnOxpAI7C-cwP0kk/edit?usp=sharing


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: sumangs on February 12, 2018, 05:21:46 PM
Reserved Filipino Translate

Profile Link: ttps://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1035888

Portfolio: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yYNW-iYWKp89NhYRLiE8y0SQbY5Pgs3o/view?usp=sharing

Telegram: @sumangs


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: CLywaTeLb on February 12, 2018, 06:04:17 PM
REDEnergy, WePower, Power Ledger... is this trend of such projects?  ;D


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 12, 2018, 06:22:01 PM
REDEnergy, WePower, Power Ledger... is this trend of such projects?  ;D

Thanks for your question.

There has been a steady increase in energy-related projects, but they fall into different categories and provide solutions to different needs. You have to understand that the energy space is massive with various components, each one with its own niche markets. This is why you have 1000’s of companies across the world in almost every sector of the energy space. Additionally, the laws and regulations around the energy sector vary in complexity based on location. This is why you don’t have very many companies that are able to span across more than a couple of countries, let alone states. It would take a massive company to dominate even a small portion of the market. XiWATT is fulfilling a completely different need, most projects are trying to tackle the problem of P2P energy trading, while we are creating a platform that allows for the creation and tokenization of renewable energy projects via crowdfunding and enables individuals and communities to co-own and trade these renewable energy assets.

Here is a quick summary of the projects in the space.

Let’s start with Wepower.

Location: Lithuania

Wepower’s model focuses on selling energy in a tokenized form in advance through an auction to raise capital for a project (although so far, I think their focus is on existing projects). The WPR token gives its holders priority access to the auctions and grants them to be the beneficiary of the 0.9% required “donation”(not sure how it’s a donation when it’s required) of energy produced by the renewable energy projects.

To put it simply, you can use Wepower's platform to purchase energy in advance in a tokenized manner. In no way do you own the actual renewable energy asset. I haven’t been able to grasp why the renewable energy projects would use this platform when Europe already has incredible lending programs for renewable energy expansion.  


Powerledger:

Location: Australia

Powerledger is providing enterprise level software to run the business layer of the grid. What I mean by this is that it’s used to buy and sell energy on the grid using the blockchain. They use public and private blockchains to do this depending on the application. Their PWR token grants access to the platform, but they haven't detailed out the use of this token on the private blockchain or how that would work. They have mentioned something about asset germination events, which would be the closest thing to some of what we are doing.


RestartEnergy

Location: Romania

RED (Restart Energy) is developing a similar platform to Powerledger. The primary benefit to using the blockchain would be the ability to deploy P2P trading of energy. My main concern about this is that it sounds great in theory, but we simply don’t have the infrastructure for it. In order for true P2P energy trading, we would need significant battery penetration. (People who have large batteries in their home that can store energy)


XiWATT

Location: USA

XiWATT has developed a platform that focuses on enabling individuals and communities to co-own the renewable energy project itself. The platform allows each renewable energy project to be set up independently of each other with the possibility of self-governance via smart contracts. The renewable energy projects themselves are tokenized alongside the energy they produce. You can think of each renewable energy project as a mini – ICO that mints its own token depending on the size of the project. We’ve developed systems by which you can consume the tokenized energy without having to be connected to the same grid as the renewable energy project (look into cloud net metering in our white paper). This allows the project the flexibility necessary to navigate the intricate local and state level regulations. This is just the tip of the iceberg; I believe the key difference between us and others in the space is that we’re a product of extensive research and are developing a platform that can cater to almost any type of renewable energy space. Our focus is not to have some gimmicky tokenized energy, but to allow people the ownership of their own energy assets. We plan to do this on a commercial and residential scale.

I could write out a much more detailed response if you'd like.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Sylon on February 12, 2018, 07:50:48 PM
XiWATT BOUNTY CAMPAIGN THREAD IS LIVE:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320

XiWATT bounty campaign has just been launched! Feel free to join!


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 12, 2018, 11:28:39 PM
Hi Everyone,

We've set the date for the pre-sale: March 24th!

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-announcement-pre-sale-begins-march-24th-b7f11d7082ba

At the same time, we are kicking off our bounty campaign, which will mark the beginning of our "public" campaign.

Stay tuned, we have a lot of updates coming up.

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ansi on February 13, 2018, 03:50:53 AM
XiWATT BOUNTY CAMPAIGN THREAD IS LIVE:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320

XiWATT bounty campaign has just been launched! Feel free to join!

Bounties are supposed to be FAIR, but when you come up with your own list already " SET UP ", it's not called bounty anymore.

I'm out of this.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: klarki on February 13, 2018, 06:33:13 AM
REDEnergy, WePower, Power Ledger... is this trend of such projects?  ;D

Thanks for your question.

There has been a steady increase in energy-related projects, but they fall into different categories and provide solutions to different needs. You have to understand that the energy space is massive with various components, each one with its own niche markets. This is why you have 1000’s of companies across the world in almost every sector of the energy space. Additionally, the laws and regulations around the energy sector vary in complexity based on location. This is why you don’t have very many companies that are able to span across more than a couple of countries, let alone states. It would take a massive company to dominate even a small portion of the market. XiWATT is fulfilling a completely different need, most projects are trying to tackle the problem of P2P energy trading, while we are creating a platform that allows for the creation and tokenization of renewable energy projects via crowdfunding and enables individuals and communities to co-own and trade these renewable energy assets.

Here is a quick summary of the projects in the space.

Let’s start with Wepower.

Location: Lithuania

Wepower’s model focuses on selling energy in a tokenized form in advance through an auction to raise capital for a project (although so far, I think their focus is on existing projects). The WPR token gives its holders priority access to the auctions and grants them to be the beneficiary of the 0.9% required “donation”(not sure how it’s a donation when it’s required) of energy produced by the renewable energy projects.

To put it simply, you can use Wepower's platform to purchase energy in advance in a tokenized manner. In no way do you own the actual renewable energy asset. I haven’t been able to grasp why the renewable energy projects would use this platform when Europe already has incredible lending programs for renewable energy expansion.  


Powerledger:

Location: Australia

Powerledger is providing enterprise level software to run the business layer of the grid. What I mean by this is that it’s used to buy and sell energy on the grid using the blockchain. They use public and private blockchains to do this depending on the application. Their PWR token grants access to the platform, but they haven't detailed out the use of this token on the private blockchain or how that would work. They have mentioned something about asset germination events, which would be the closest thing to some of what we are doing.


RestartEnergy

Location: Romania

RED (Restart Energy) is developing a similar platform to Powerledger. The primary benefit to using the blockchain would be the ability to deploy P2P trading of energy. My main concern about this is that it sounds great in theory, but we simply don’t have the infrastructure for it. In order for true P2P energy trading, we would need significant battery penetration. (People who have large batteries in their home that can store energy)


XiWATT

Location: USA

XiWATT has developed a platform that focuses on enabling individuals and communities to co-own the renewable energy project itself. The platform allows each renewable energy project to be set up independently of each other with the possibility of self-governance via smart contracts. The renewable energy projects themselves are tokenized alongside the energy they produce. You can think of each renewable energy project as a mini – ICO that mints its own token depending on the size of the project. We’ve developed systems by which you can consume the tokenized energy without having to be connected to the same grid as the renewable energy project (look into cloud net metering in our white paper). This allows the project the flexibility necessary to navigate the intricate local and state level regulations. This is just the tip of the iceberg; I believe the key difference between us and others in the space is that we’re a product of extensive research and are developing a platform that can cater to almost any type of renewable energy space. Our focus is not to have some gimmicky tokenized energy, but to allow people the ownership of their own energy assets. We plan to do this on a commercial and residential scale.

I could write out a much more detailed response if you'd like.

Best regards,

-Hamza

Please prepare a detailed comparative description.
Because, I did not see any specific differences with the same WePower


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: cryptonewsID on February 13, 2018, 11:24:25 AM
green energy projects, I hope this project can expand to asia especially Indonesia  ;)


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: orionluckyse7en on February 13, 2018, 11:38:55 AM
I see that there are some other with similiar concept projects out there. But I think it is good to compete in the field of green energy projects, since it is a crucial problem that our world is facing at to solve. With the existence of similar projects, I think with it can be a booster in competing and creating new ideas and advantages in each project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: lilac835 on February 13, 2018, 04:31:44 PM
renewable energy assets :)


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 13, 2018, 06:06:16 PM
Please prepare a detailed comparative description.
Because, I did not see any specific differences with the same WePower

Hi,

Here is a more detailed breakdown:


WePower (Based out of Estonia)

Wepower is a platform that allows renewable energy projects to sell their energy on the platform by tokenizing it. The tokenized energy is called “Energy Token”. Each Energy token represents 1 kWh of energy. The purpose of doing this is to allow for upcoming or existing renewable energy projects to raise capital (for expansion or creation) by selling this energy in advance.

Wepower, “WPR” tokens give its holders priority access to the auctions which will be selling the energy tokens and in addition to this, the holders of WPR will be receiving 0.9% of the energy produced by all of the renewable energy projects that sign on to the platform.

In terms of the business model, they don’t spell out why this would be beneficial. Usually, the problem with building large-scale renewable energy projects is not the lack of funds, it’s the ability to find customers willing to consume the energy. In most places, once a developer has a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with a customer, they can easily find financing from traditional sources, especially so in Europe (in most cases the loans can be at 0%). If the project is already at a point where they have a PPA signed, it makes little sense to “sell energy in advance”. The business model outlined in the Wepower paper does not get into the details of the complexity involved with the actual sale of energy from these renewable energy projects.

To put it simply, they’ve taken the long road in offering a simple loan system by way of tokenizing the sale of future energy production.


Power Ledger (Based out of Australia)

Power ledger provides enterprise level software that will tackle the business layer of the Grid. It’s success depends on working with existing utilities, suppliers and the Independent system operators (responsible for balancing the Grid). In the white paper they listed out a number of applications but didn’t go into details of how they would operate. Some of the proposed applications heavily rely on futuristic concepts that have not yet panned out in the real world. Either way, their enterprise software looks promising.

In terms of how they utilize the blockchain within their platform, it doesn’t serve any clear advantage when compared to traditional implementations. They are setting up for a future where P2P energy trading becomes a reality. In order for this to occur, there has to be a breakthrough in energy storage technologies (batteries) for the consumer market (Tesla is working on this with their Gigafactories).

In terms of their token “PWR”, I had a tough time understanding the mechanics of the token based on the white paper, it sort of made sense, but I have yet to fully grasp its purpose. Given that their platform will utilize private and public blockchains, I don’t believe it’s integral to the platform. This is really a mute point because most blockchains shoehorn their token into the system to allow the raising of funds.


RED - Restart Energy (Based out of Romania)

I would have grouped this with power ledger as they are proposing a similar platform, but I felt power ledger deserved its own breakdown.

For RED, it’s an existing utility based company that’s developing software solutions for maintaining the grid, P2P trading and energy marketplace for purchasing and selling energy. This type of software is intended to be used by Independent System Operators (ISO), utility companies and/or large scale customers. The white paper gives a very high-level description of what they are trying to do, but it lacks details for how the system works or why it’s needed. I didn’t see a business model that explains the need for the MWATT token.

They are also making some very bold claims by stating they will expand across the globe in a few years, this type of system adoption would require the cooperation of governments, states, utilities, ISO/RTOs…. The list goes on. To understand why this claim is farfetched, you have to understand how regulated the energy market is in most parts of the world. In some cases, it’s because of monopolization but the real concern is how controlled and secure this type of infrastructure needs to be.

In terms of their token, they describe it as a “virtual battery”. I’m not sure why they compare it to this as it would more accurately be described as an access token. More concerningly is that they are selling this to the masses when the main users of their platform will be the RTOs/ISOs, Utitlies and large-scale energy consumers/producers.


Grid+ (Based out of the US)

Grid Plus is a project by Consensys. I’ve read their white paper multiple times and it’s one of the few white papers that does an excellent job of educating the reader in what they are trying to accomplish.

Grid+ wants to enter as an energy retailer in deregulated markets. To understand this, you have to understand how the Grid operates in the US. To summarize it briefly, the grid in the US is made up of 4 components:

Generation - Power plants, nuclear plants, wind farms, etc. (producers of energy)
Transmission - These are the high voltage lines that bring electricity to the city
Distribution - These are the lower voltage lines that carry the electricity into neighbourhoods down into your homes.
Retail - Called different things in different places, but they are the company that buys energy from the generator at wholesale prices and sells it to residents.

Grid+ is trying to enter the market as a retailer. They're developing a hardware “agent” that will sit in your home and arbitrage energy (buy energy at lower prices and store it (if there is a battery), then sell when it’s high) on your behalf, along with other functionality. Like Powerledger, their current implementation doesn’t serve any advantages over existing implementations, but they are preparing for a world in which P2P energy trading will become a reality. Again, for this to happen we would have to see mass battery adoption in the consumer market.  

The GRID token represents a certain amount of energy at a wholesale price. It’s basically a voucher that gives you wholesale energy instead of the marked up price. You will have to be a customer of Grid+ in order to use the GRID token, they plan on launching their platform in Texas.  

Grid+ clearly has a qualified team and their whitepaper explains very well what they are doing. In terms of their business model, they can be successful in Texas, but in the long term, they probably have a better chance of being successful by licensing their technology and the only reason someone would want their tech is if p2p trading of energy becomes a reality. They’ll have to compete with other companies who are working on the same problem.

I felt Grid+ was one of the only projects where they explained in detailed how their project will work. I loved their white paper.


XiWATT (based out of the US)

On a high level, XiWATT is a platform that is connecting renewable energy developers, customers and investors to each other with promised benefits to each group of users. We provide a means for the creation, funding and management of renewable energy projects which is managed on the blockchain. In our Whitepaper, we explain in detail how we allow for the creation and crowdfunding of renewable energy assets.This is distinct from Wepower’s model, where you are purchasing tokenized energy for later use (essentially a loan). In XiWATT’s model, we are tokenizing the underlying energy asset along with the energy production. Our platform is built on the concept of “Sectors”. Each sector represents a renewable energy developer and a customer coming together to form a renewable energy project. Once the terms of the sale of energy are established between the developer and customer, the sector is opened up for crowdfunding. The participants who fund the project receive a “sector token” which is the tokenized form of installed capacity (size) of the sector. So, essentially the crowdfunders own a piece of the renewable energy asset. The energy revenues that are produced from the sector are also tokenized in the form of “NRG” token which represent $1 worth of energy.

The sectors on the platform are similar to the concept of mini-ICOs, but instead, each ICO is a renewable energy project. They are set up independently to each other via unique smart contracts. This allows each sector the flexibility necessary to navigate the intricate local and state level regulations. You can read through our white paper for some example use cases. One of our core applications is called “Cloud Net Metering”, which allows users to use the NRG tokens as credits to pay utility bills via 3rd party billing system set up by XiWATT. This means that users would be able to use the energy produced from renewable energy assets without actually being connected to the same grid. NRG tokens can also be used to simply “cash out” as they have a 1:1 ratio with $1.


The XIW token (the token that will be sold in the TGE) is integral to the ecosystem of our platform. Unlike most tokens, we spent an extensive amount of time creating a robust economy around the token use. I really can’t do it justice by summarizing it in a few sentences, but I promise, if you take the time to read the white paper, you’ll actually understand the need and use of the token. Having said that here is a one-liner for the token:

“The XIW Token Model is predicated on a simple barter economy between customers and developers on the XiCE platform. Developers need XIW tokens in order to bid on renewable energy projects, and the only way they can acquire it is through customers offering it. As the platform grows, more customers become available, which means that there is more business to be acquired by participating developers, but only if they have the XIW tokens to satisfy bidding conditions.”


TLDR: Most of the current energy projects in the ICO space are trying to create a platform that enables p2p energy trading (among other things, but this is the core application that would leverage the use of the blockchain), this will not be possible until we see battery penetration in the consumer market.

Wepower is trying to boost the funding of renewable energy projects by allowing them to sell their energy in advance at a cheaper rate via auctions. To put it simply, you’re giving a loan to the renewable energy project. In my opinion, this business model makes little sense as these types of projects can simply get a very favorable rate from a bank (in some cases interest-free).

In comparison, XiWATT allows users to co-own the actual renewable energy project. The users don’t have to be directly tied to the same grid as the renewable energy project in order to “consume” the energy made possible via an application called “Cloud Net Metering”


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 13, 2018, 06:57:15 PM
green energy projects, I hope this project can expand to asia especially Indonesia  ;)

Our model will initially be proven in the US as it has some of the most complex rules and regulations surrounding the energy space. Once it has been proven, we plan to expand to other locations, such as Europe and Asia. The platform is agnostic of location. This is the reason we designed it in the manner we did and one of the key differentiators in this space. There really is nothing like this, off or on the blockchain.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: lhei27 on February 14, 2018, 08:57:34 AM
hi BM,do you have link on the bounty spreadsheet?thank you


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 14, 2018, 12:33:17 PM
hi BM,do you have link on the bounty spreadsheet?thank you

Hi,

For bounty related questions refer to our Bounty thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320

The spreadsheet can be found on the first message on the Bounty thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320.msg30161448#msg30161448


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: coin163 on February 14, 2018, 04:25:15 PM
hi dev, Do I need to fill the KYC to practice in your pre-sale event?
I see there only 2 advisors for your project in current stage I don't think it is good to bring me trust that you can compete with all of your listing project above.
Do you have any plan or big company that's working in Energy industry to help your project (maybe soon)?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 14, 2018, 05:13:43 PM
Hi Coin163,

hi dev, Do I need to fill the KYC to practice in your pre-sale event?

Yes, KYCs are required to participate in the pre-sale.

I see there only 2 advisors for your project in current stage I don't think it is good to bring me trust that you can compete with all of your listing project above.

We chose our advisors based on their ability to actually advise us , instead of name sake. There is a lot of paid advisors and overinflated teams in the space.

Having said that, we have key advisors working with us that are recognized in the space, which will be announced at strategic times before the pre-sale

Do you have any plan or big company that's working in Energy industry to help your project (maybe soon)?

We’ve secured the backing and partnerships of prominent players. One of which will put us in the ranks of the elite few in the space (3-4 other projects have had something similar). Again, these announcements will be made at the appropriate times before the pre-sale.

I understand that so much of this space is about hype, but I think it’s important that people take the time to understand the project and grill the founders. Hype should be built on something real, we aim to do that :)

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Awakins444 on February 14, 2018, 08:23:12 PM
A high level  ;)


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: sabotag3x on February 14, 2018, 10:37:41 PM
Hello there, please note that there's a typo on roadmap section:

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/07/24/CNpuD.png


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 15, 2018, 01:03:14 AM
Hello there, please note that there's a typo on roadmap section:

https://i.imgur.com/RSOr5tV.png

Hi Sabotag3x,

Great catch, let us know if you find anything else.

I'd love to get your feedback on our whitepaper.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: AlloM on February 16, 2018, 11:15:50 AM
Green energy becoming more hot in these days project after project on the same idea. You have any comparison chart to show in details what are advantages to invest into this project. Most of the people already of some of them projects before this.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 16, 2018, 02:48:12 PM
Green energy becoming more hot in these days project after project on the same idea. You have any comparison chart to show in details what are advantages to invest into this project. Most of the people already of some of them projects before this.

Hi AlloM,

There is a very detailed compare and contrast breakdown on the first page, did you get a chance to read it?

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: darmawan_lasuara on February 16, 2018, 08:10:29 PM
very interested in the project you are developing, I can see broadly that the project is aimed at the collection and trade of decentralized renewable energy assets. I also support with your plan to empower people to participate.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: rouhaud on February 18, 2018, 03:13:46 PM
Green energy becoming more hot in these days project after project on the same idea. You have any comparison chart to show in details what are advantages to invest into this project. Most of the people already of some of them projects before this.

Hi AlloM,

There is a very detailed compare and contrast breakdown on the first page, did you get a chance to read it?

Best regards,

-Hamza

your ecosystem seems pretty interesting in comparaison of your concurrent, i still need to go threw the WP, but it seems like a consistent project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 19, 2018, 08:52:37 PM
Hi everyone,

Thank you for the feedback.

We just put out a new article: "Why the Time is ripe to shift ownership of renewable energy"

https://medium.com/xiwatt/why-the-time-is-ripe-to-shift-ownership-of-renewable-energy-29b86d3acf3a

Take a look and let us know what you think.

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: khufuking on February 20, 2018, 07:50:04 PM
Very interesting project but I have hard time trying to understand how this will work exactly ! . To tokenize something is not a hard thing but how you plan to transfer it in reality . We can trade buy sell this tokens without any problems , but if this tokens have no way to be transfer in reality , then how it gonna again any value ? .

Can we get more details on this please !?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 21, 2018, 10:44:56 PM
Very interesting project but I have hard time trying to understand how this will work exactly ! . To tokenize something is not a hard thing but how you plan to transfer it in reality . We can trade buy sell this tokens without any problems , but if this tokens have no way to be transfer in reality , then how it gonna again any value ? .

Can we get more details on this please !?

Hi Khufuking,

Thanks for your feedback.

Tokenzing any real world asset requires some sort of action to be conducted outside of the blockchain. The blockchain on it's own can't ensure a action will take place outside of it, this is the reason you need organizations and companies to run projects. In our case, we are the ones that ensure things work the way they should. We just leverage the blockchain in a way that allows for transparency and autonomy where it makes sense, you can read more about this in our white paper.

Here is a simplified breakdown of how things work within our platform:

-Renewable energy projects are listed on the platform (We call them Sectors)

-Sectors can range in size, but are usually larger than 1MW

-Each Sector has an established PPA. A PPA is a power purchase agreement between the buyer and seller of energy. For example, it could be a wind farm that sells their energy to a utility. PPAs are usually signed with 20 year contracts.

-After the Sector is listed on the platform it is opened for crowdfunding

-You can contribute to a sector in return for a "Sector Token" which represents a share (installed capacity) of the Sector. Just keep in mind that each sector will have it's own tokens. You can think of this as Mini-Icos except for Renewable energy Projects.

-Once the sector sells its energy to the customer, our platform collects the revenue and tokenizes it. We call these tokens "NRG". Each NRG token represents $1 worth of energy

-These NRG tokens are distributed to the Sector token holders in proportion to how many Sector tokens they hold.

-The participant can chose to exchange their NRG token for USD (possibly crypto as well) or they can use it as energy credits to pay their utility bill via our application called Cloud Net metering.


What i described above is just one way a Sector could work. In reality, Sectors will vary depending on location and regulations. The key thing about this is that any one can participate in our platform, you don't have to be tied to the same grid as the renewable energy asset.

I hope that makes sense.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards,

-Hamza





Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: omitusaf on February 23, 2018, 12:11:02 AM
I always love projects that are centered around energy because this is one field that will always be relevant to the general populace. I like the idea of co-owning energy assets that you have brought to us. I'm willing to take part n this project. Good luck devs


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tayson174 on February 23, 2018, 08:47:15 AM
Hello. Am i right, i should not give you a Twitter report?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: artem.sl on February 23, 2018, 03:26:36 PM
If I'm not from Us, can I invest?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 23, 2018, 09:28:54 PM
If I'm not from Us, can I invest?

You can participate in the Pre-Sale which is set for March 24th.

https://xiwatt.io/

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Cr33pt0b0ss on February 24, 2018, 04:27:41 AM
Hello there pre-sale still open?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: jtalk on February 24, 2018, 09:47:28 AM
You know what is good in this green energy filed that more and more projects are coming out as competitors to one and other. This will provide best options to customers because each project will try its best to provide competitive services. I was looking at frequently asked questions but need to understand those well.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: eisbrecher71 on February 24, 2018, 11:02:31 AM
Hi! Manager? please tell me can I make my own tweets for the Twitter bounty campaign? How they will be counted?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 24, 2018, 08:25:52 PM
Hello there pre-sale still open?

Hi Cr33pt0b0ss,

The pre-sale date is set for March 24th. The KYC submission/registration form is open.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 24, 2018, 08:42:33 PM
You know what is good in this green energy filed that more and more projects are coming out as competitors to one and other. This will provide best options to customers because each project will try its best to provide competitive services. I was looking at frequently asked questions but need to understand those well.

Hi Jtalk,

Thanks for your feedback. I think it's important to note the differences between the projects and based on research assess their feasibility.

There is a change coming in this world and we believe our platform can be a integral part of it.

Please feel free to ask any questions, you can also join our telegram group to ask questions directly to the Founders: https://t.me/xiwatt

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 25, 2018, 07:58:27 PM
Hi! Manager? please tell me can I make my own tweets for the Twitter bounty campaign? How they will be counted?

Hi eisbrecher71,

Please take a look at the Bounty Thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320.0;all

Thanks,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: magisterr on February 25, 2018, 08:28:02 PM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ogrudko on February 26, 2018, 05:04:44 AM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Yes, there's some uncertainity. Whitepaper states that half of tokens (250M) will be sold during ICO and the hardcap is $40M, which leads us to the price $0.16 per token.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 26, 2018, 05:18:38 AM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Hi magisterr,

Soft Cap is $5,000,000

The token distribution is detailed in the white paper (go towards the bottom)

Hard Cap is set at $40 Million.

250 Million tokens will be sold during the Private Sale, Pre-Sale and TGE.

A detailed breakdown of the pricing and bonus structures will be announced shortly :)

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Brattavito on February 26, 2018, 05:27:43 AM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Hi magisterr,

Soft Cap is $5,000,000

The token distribution is detailed in the white paper (go towards the bottom)

Hard Cap is set at $40 Million.

250 Million tokens will be sold during the Private Sale, Pre-Sale and TGE.

A detailed breakdown of the pricing and bonus structures will be announced shortly :)

Best regards,

-Hamza
I think your softcap large, if softcap does not arrive at what project will continue to run? and the rest of your token will be burned or you hold for future projects.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on February 27, 2018, 01:59:58 AM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Hi magisterr,

Soft Cap is $5,000,000

The token distribution is detailed in the white paper (go towards the bottom)

Hard Cap is set at $40 Million.

250 Million tokens will be sold during the Private Sale, Pre-Sale and TGE.

A detailed breakdown of the pricing and bonus structures will be announced shortly :)

Best regards,

-Hamza
I think your softcap large, if softcap does not arrive at what project will continue to run? and the rest of your token will be burned or you hold for future projects.


We’ve consulted numerous experts in the field and we concluded $5,000,000 soft cap is reasonable considering what we are trying to achieve:

It’s not just about the development of the platform in terms of software engineering. It’s going to take a lot of back end support to create and maintain this type of platform. We are talking about banking integration, exchanges, fiat reserves, legal etc. In order to have a real shot at this being successful, it will also require the hiring of industry expert in the area of renewable energy, fintec and development.


Any unsold Tokens will be burnt.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ogrudko on February 27, 2018, 05:44:53 AM
Hi, Team! There're some questions from Russian community which I will forward to you.

1. What assets and resources (financial, technical, HR, etc.) do you have now in order to implement your vision?
2. Could you give brief comparison of XiWATT model and your competitors, for example, WePower?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: torry28 on February 27, 2018, 06:26:02 AM
I think your softcap large, if softcap does not arrive at what project will continue to run? and the rest of your token will be burned or you hold for future projects.
$5,000,000 as softcap isn't considered "large" amount. Many ICOs even have set bigger amount than that.
Softcap means you should reach that amount or your project can't started.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: amir lusik on February 27, 2018, 08:58:52 AM
The project has a strong team that realizes the set goals. I like the idea of co-owning energy assets that you have brought to us and very promising and has a big potential . I'm willing to take part n this project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: dishku on February 27, 2018, 09:22:02 AM
The project has a strong team that realizes the set goals. I like the idea of co-owning energy assets that you have brought to us and very promising and has a big potential . I'm willing to take part n this project.

Renewable energy is on the fire at the moment so many projects into this ecosystem but no doubt potential is so high I also think this project will get succeed to attract the investors. This project has good combination of team members and this concept is also nice.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 01, 2018, 07:10:34 PM
Hi everyone,

Thank you for the feedback.

It's been one hell of a week and we have some exciting updates to share with you all!

WEEKLY UPDATE - FEBRUARY 27:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-update-february-27-2018-fc489084935b

Take a look and let us know what you think.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 01, 2018, 08:40:55 PM
Hi, Team! There're some questions from Russian community which I will forward to you.

1. What assets and resources (financial, technical, HR, etc.) do you have now in order to implement your vision?
2. Could you give the brief comparison of XiWATT model and your competitors, for example, WePower?


Hi there!

1. Firstly, check out our new blog post for the latest update: We have retained a law firm, McCarter & English, which has had experience with ICOs that have raised over $100M. The firm also has experience with energy regulations and this partnership will help us navigate the current regulatory landscape in tandem with the development of our platform.

As for our resources, we have a pretty diverse background among the co-founders. Combined, we feel we have the right expertise across the financial, technological and energy sector. Two of our co-founders are electrical engineers with one having an extensive background in the renewable energy space. I'd like to highlight Yasir's experience as he was the project engineer on a $250 million project, involved in all phases from concept, visibility, construction, commissioning energization, landowner relationships, and grid operations. The project had a name plate capacity of 200 MW.

We have already listed some advisors with considerable influence. We’ve got some big news in terms of partnerships that we’ll announce shortly. This includes the announcement of new key advisors and partnerships. We choose our advisors based on their ability to actually advise us, instead of titles. Currently, there are a lot of paid advisors and overinflated teams in the space. Having said that, we have key advisors working with us that are recognized in the space, which will be announced at strategic times before the pre-sale.

2. This is a fundamental question that we get a lot and it was answered on page one, but I'll paste it here again


Hi,

Here is a more detailed breakdown:


WePower (Based out of Estonia)

Wepower is a platform that allows renewable energy projects to sell their energy on the platform by tokenizing it. The tokenized energy is called “Energy Token”. Each Energy token represents 1 kWh of energy. The purpose of doing this is to allow for upcoming or existing renewable energy projects to raise capital (for expansion or creation) by selling this energy in advance.

Wepower, “WPR” tokens give its holders priority access to the auctions which will be selling the energy tokens and in addition to this, the holders of WPR will be receiving 0.9% of the energy produced by all of the renewable energy projects that sign on to the platform.

In terms of the business model, they don’t spell out why this would be beneficial. Usually, the problem with building large-scale renewable energy projects is not the lack of funds, it’s the ability to find customers willing to consume the energy. In most places, once a developer has a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with a customer, they can easily find financing from traditional sources, especially so in Europe (in most cases the loans can be at 0%). If the project is already at a point where they have a PPA signed, it makes little sense to “sell energy in advance”. The business model outlined in the Wepower paper does not get into the details of the complexity involved with the actual sale of energy from these renewable energy projects.

To put it simply, they’ve taken the long road in offering a simple loan system by way of tokenizing the sale of future energy production.


Power Ledger (Based out of Australia)

Power ledger provides enterprise level software that will tackle the business layer of the Grid. It’s success depends on working with existing utilities, suppliers and the Independent system operators (responsible for balancing the Grid). In the white paper they listed out a number of applications but didn’t go into details of how they would operate. Some of the proposed applications heavily rely on futuristic concepts that have not yet panned out in the real world. Either way, their enterprise software looks promising.

In terms of how they utilize the blockchain within their platform, it doesn’t serve any clear advantage when compared to traditional implementations. They are setting up for a future where P2P energy trading becomes a reality. In order for this to occur, there has to be a breakthrough in energy storage technologies (batteries) for the consumer market (Tesla is working on this with their Gigafactories).

In terms of their token “PWR”, I had a tough time understanding the mechanics of the token based on the white paper, it sort of made sense, but I have yet to fully grasp its purpose. Given that their platform will utilize private and public blockchains, I don’t believe it’s integral to the platform. This is really a mute point because most blockchains shoehorn their token into the system to allow the raising of funds.


RED - Restart Energy (Based out of Romania)

I would have grouped this with power ledger as they are proposing a similar platform, but I felt power ledger deserved its own breakdown.

For RED, it’s an existing utility based company that’s developing software solutions for maintaining the grid, P2P trading and energy marketplace for purchasing and selling energy. This type of software is intended to be used by Independent System Operators (ISO), utility companies and/or large scale customers. The white paper gives a very high-level description of what they are trying to do, but it lacks details for how the system works or why it’s needed. I didn’t see a business model that explains the need for the MWATT token.

They are also making some very bold claims by stating they will expand across the globe in a few years, this type of system adoption would require the cooperation of governments, states, utilities, ISO/RTOs…. The list goes on. To understand why this claim is farfetched, you have to understand how regulated the energy market is in most parts of the world. In some cases, it’s because of monopolization but the real concern is how controlled and secure this type of infrastructure needs to be.

In terms of their token, they describe it as a “virtual battery”. I’m not sure why they compare it to this as it would more accurately be described as an access token. More concerningly is that they are selling this to the masses when the main users of their platform will be the RTOs/ISOs, Utitlies and large-scale energy consumers/producers.


Grid+ (Based out of the US)

Grid Plus is a project by Consensys. I’ve read their white paper multiple times and it’s one of the few white papers that does an excellent job of educating the reader in what they are trying to accomplish.

Grid+ wants to enter as an energy retailer in deregulated markets. To understand this, you have to understand how the Grid operates in the US. To summarize it briefly, the grid in the US is made up of 4 components:

Generation - Power plants, nuclear plants, wind farms, etc. (producers of energy)
Transmission - These are the high voltage lines that bring electricity to the city
Distribution - These are the lower voltage lines that carry the electricity into neighbourhoods down into your homes.
Retail - Called different things in different places, but they are the company that buys energy from the generator at wholesale prices and sells it to residents.

Grid+ is trying to enter the market as a retailer. They're developing a hardware “agent” that will sit in your home and arbitrage energy (buy energy at lower prices and store it (if there is a battery), then sell when it’s high) on your behalf, along with other functionality. Like Powerledger, their current implementation doesn’t serve any advantages over existing implementations, but they are preparing for a world in which P2P energy trading will become a reality. Again, for this to happen we would have to see mass battery adoption in the consumer market.  

The GRID token represents a certain amount of energy at a wholesale price. It’s basically a voucher that gives you wholesale energy instead of the marked up price. You will have to be a customer of Grid+ in order to use the GRID token, they plan on launching their platform in Texas.  

Grid+ clearly has a qualified team and their whitepaper explains very well what they are doing. In terms of their business model, they can be successful in Texas, but in the long term, they probably have a better chance of being successful by licensing their technology and the only reason someone would want their tech is if p2p trading of energy becomes a reality. They’ll have to compete with other companies who are working on the same problem.

I felt Grid+ was one of the only projects where they explained in detailed how their project will work. I loved their white paper.


XiWATT (based out of the US)

On a high level, XiWATT is a platform that is connecting renewable energy developers, customers and investors to each other with promised benefits to each group of users. We provide a means for the creation, funding and management of renewable energy projects which is managed on the blockchain. In our Whitepaper, we explain in detail how we allow for the creation and crowdfunding of renewable energy assets.This is distinct from Wepower’s model, where you are purchasing tokenized energy for later use (essentially a loan). In XiWATT’s model, we are tokenizing the underlying energy asset along with the energy production. Our platform is built on the concept of “Sectors”. Each sector represents a renewable energy developer and a customer coming together to form a renewable energy project. Once the terms of the sale of energy are established between the developer and customer, the sector is opened up for crowdfunding. The participants who fund the project receive a “sector token” which is the tokenized form of installed capacity (size) of the sector. So, essentially the crowdfunders own a piece of the renewable energy asset. The energy revenues that are produced from the sector are also tokenized in the form of “NRG” token which represent $1 worth of energy.

The sectors on the platform are similar to the concept of mini-ICOs, but instead, each ICO is a renewable energy project. They are set up independently to each other via unique smart contracts. This allows each sector the flexibility necessary to navigate the intricate local and state level regulations. You can read through our white paper for some example use cases. One of our core applications is called “Cloud Net Metering”, which allows users to use the NRG tokens as credits to pay utility bills via 3rd party billing system set up by XiWATT. This means that users would be able to use the energy produced from renewable energy assets without actually being connected to the same grid. NRG tokens can also be used to simply “cash out” as they have a 1:1 ratio with $1.


The XIW token (the token that will be sold in the TGE) is integral to the ecosystem of our platform. Unlike most tokens, we spent an extensive amount of time creating a robust economy around the token use. I really can’t do it justice by summarizing it in a few sentences, but I promise, if you take the time to read the white paper, you’ll actually understand the need and use of the token. Having said that here is a one-liner for the token:

“The XIW Token Model is predicated on a simple barter economy between customers and developers on the XiCE platform. Developers need XIW tokens in order to bid on renewable energy projects, and the only way they can acquire it is through customers offering it. As the platform grows, more customers become available, which means that there is more business to be acquired by participating developers, but only if they have the XIW tokens to satisfy bidding conditions.”


TLDR: Most of the current energy projects in the ICO space are trying to create a platform that enables p2p energy trading (among other things, but this is the core application that would leverage the use of the blockchain), this will not be possible until we see battery penetration in the consumer market.

Wepower is trying to boost the funding of renewable energy projects by allowing them to sell their energy in advance at a cheaper rate via auctions. To put it simply, you’re giving a loan to the renewable energy project. In my opinion, this business model makes little sense as these types of projects can simply get a very favorable rate from a bank (in some cases interest-free).

In comparison, XiWATT allows users to co-own the actual renewable energy project. The users don’t have to be directly tied to the same grid as the renewable energy project in order to “consume” the energy made possible via an application called “Cloud Net Metering”



Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 02, 2018, 12:13:01 AM
Today the XiWATT founders had the pleasure of speaking at the Technology, Knowledge & Society conference at St. Johns University in New York. Thanks to everyone that came for their support. We will be here tomorrow as well, all are welcomed to come join and ask questions!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TSKPHPkng8djG7u6h9EfXvhVPPr7Y58h
https://drive.google.com/open?id=18oyZbXACcAYl6avDKfWlG55dQtEx_k6r
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TpULYHGHiapxnxvJDTagmW5gJzCI01Gt


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Germanltd on March 04, 2018, 09:10:22 AM
Help me please to find a Google form reference to participait in telegram bounty . Thanks


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ogrudko on March 04, 2018, 09:47:25 AM
Help me please to find a Google form reference to participait in telegram bounty . Thanks
You can find all bounty campaigns here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2935320.0;topicseen
Telegram bounty does not have Google form cause you need to PM Zaid Khan with your offer (see details in bounty thread, link I gave above).
Cheers!


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 04, 2018, 07:22:42 PM
Based on the latest SEC developments we have updated our presale date. We want to ensure regulatory compliance to set the strongest foundation possible for our vision. For more information please see:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: taken300 on March 05, 2018, 10:35:51 AM
Dear Admin,

Please let me know... How we can verify the submission done for airdrop.. Is there any valid spreadsheet where we can check the status ?

I would also like to say the project is nice and turn even impressive when it covers the milestones...

Best regards,
Sunny


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 05, 2018, 02:21:42 PM
Dear Admin,

Please let me know... How we can verify the submission done for airdrop.. Is there any valid spreadsheet where we can check the status ?

I would also like to say the project is nice and turn even impressive when it covers the milestones...

Best regards,
Sunny

Hi Sunny,

There was a fraudulent airdrop that was conducted by some impersonators, we have not conducted an Airdrop.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ogrudko on March 05, 2018, 04:28:07 PM

Hi there!

1. Firstly, check out our new blog post for the latest update: We have retained a law firm, McCarter & English, which has had experience with ICOs that have raised over $100M. The firm also has experience with energy regulations and this partnership will help us navigate the current regulatory landscape in tandem with the development of our platform.
Good to hear, you're proactively working with regulatory bodies. I perrsonally believe that blockchain filed needs to be regulated to go further. I'll bring your information to Russian community


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: idioma1 on March 08, 2018, 03:30:01 AM
I always support projects like yours. Sehr gut


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tron on March 09, 2018, 06:34:21 PM
On the one hand, a large soft cap gives confidence in the strength of the team, but on the other hand it increases the risk of failure. I hope large investors will support the project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 10, 2018, 06:12:14 PM
In case you missed the tweet:

"Happy weekend! We have some exciting news to announce shortly. Here's a hint in the meantime... 🇺🇳@UN"


https://twitter.com/XiWATT/status/972529339714580480


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: IvanLife4Happy on March 13, 2018, 01:25:46 PM
Have a good day!

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My URL on the Bitcointalk profile not correct (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile).
Correct will be (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1882422) - SpreadSheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QzBDlnUIatY61e9GoMaBuNDRjjKbac-x4MefcHPl7no/edit#gid=159172695)

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Could it fixed?

Sorry for my inadvertence.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: magisterr on March 13, 2018, 02:47:03 PM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Hi magisterr,

Soft Cap is $5,000,000

The token distribution is detailed in the white paper (go towards the bottom)

Hard Cap is set at $40 Million.

250 Million tokens will be sold during the Private Sale, Pre-Sale and TGE.

A detailed breakdown of the pricing and bonus structures will be announced shortly :)

Best regards,

-Hamza

When the pre-sale starts? And what bonus for pre-sale? And what max bonus was for private sale?
Your team based in USA. You will dont have any problem with SEC or other goverment structures in USA?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: roxxy on March 13, 2018, 10:55:15 PM
#Proof of authentication

Social Media Follow Campaign: Newsletter


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: amsiran_irene on March 15, 2018, 05:34:05 AM
Hello. I cant find what soft cap and hard cap here? And allocation of tokens as well. I find in whitepaper that 500 mln tokens in total, but how many for crowdsale?
Which bonuses on pre-sale?

Hi magisterr,

Soft Cap is $5,000,000

The token distribution is detailed in the white paper (go towards the bottom)

Hard Cap is set at $40 Million.

250 Million tokens will be sold during the Private Sale, Pre-Sale and TGE.

A detailed breakdown of the pricing and bonus structures will be announced shortly :)

Best regards,

-Hamza

When the pre-sale starts? And what bonus for pre-sale? And what max bonus was for private sale?
Your team based in USA. You will dont have any problem with SEC or other goverment structures in USA?

It is a USA based team, the pre-sale is re-scheduled, legal matters is being fixed in line with the SEC compliance. Feel free to visit https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd for the additional updates.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Nerkata on March 15, 2018, 05:01:47 PM
#Proof of authentication

Social Media Follow Campaign: Newsletter

Hey!

Could you post that into the bounty thread? Otherwise there could be some hiccups in processing your bounty contribution.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: sircy on March 16, 2018, 07:29:45 AM
I am very interested in this project, all teams always do things the best, so that the project can be successful. I am confident that with hard work can definitely provide the best results.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: heru ardhianta on March 16, 2018, 03:20:07 PM
an online ecosystem that connects developers, investors, and customers seamlessly to each other with different benefits for each shareholder and bounty Manager in the hands of sylon so it seems that this project can already be said of potential projects


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Vyrtyx on March 16, 2018, 03:37:25 PM
Really nice project that deserves more support. It would be amazing if blockchain and ICOs could solve energy and ecology issues.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: amsiran_irene on March 16, 2018, 11:51:30 PM
Really nice project that deserves more support. It would be amazing if blockchain and ICOs could solve energy and ecology issues.
That's the goal of this project to resolve the barriers that exist in the energy sector that focused on renewable energy and with the involvement of the community.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ruthbabe on March 23, 2018, 03:03:41 PM
In case you missed the tweet:

"Happy weekend! We have some exciting news to announce shortly. Here's a hint in the meantime... 🇺🇳@UN"


https://twitter.com/XiWATT/status/972529339714580480

Hey, may I know if your twitter bounty campaign is over? Overall there are only 19 tweets so far and the last was on March 15. Yet, to date you still need more participants to campaign your project, is it fair?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on March 25, 2018, 02:58:29 PM
Team recruit people for beta-test XiWATT platform. Everyone who want take part can sent them email to core@xiwatt.io.

For more detail read this article:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-core-join-the-revolution-dbc8ee75cbda


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: SDenis on March 26, 2018, 08:34:47 AM
Hello. who knows if the bounty campaign has ended? in tweeter already since March 14 there are no entries for retweet. Who's doing what?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 27, 2018, 05:54:17 AM
Hi Everyone,

Bounty Campaign is not over, we'll put out more tweets and social media updates, once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd (https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd)

We do have a couple of big announcements:

- We're launching a community program that allows users to beta test our platform: https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-core-join-the-revolution-dbc8ee75cbda (https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-core-join-the-revolution-dbc8ee75cbda)

- Website revamp! Our new SITE IS LIVE : https://xiwatt.io/
 (https://xiwatt.io/)
Thanks everyone,

-Hamza



Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tanya mikhail on March 27, 2018, 08:11:05 AM
I was worried about the energy issues for the future. Hearing that project , I see there is no need to be pessimistic. XiWATT is working for us and the future of energy need. Thank you guys , you all Are great


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: amir lusik on March 27, 2018, 10:07:42 AM
XiWATT as energy project :  interesting project that has the potential for great success in the future and i hope that the team will always work hard for the success of this project and hopefully it will be a lot of participation and investors who will joined in this project.good luck


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: magisterr on March 28, 2018, 09:51:00 AM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 28, 2018, 03:55:00 PM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: magisterr on March 30, 2018, 11:33:48 AM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza

So you stopped project to indeterminate time? Or you countinue developing and doing something?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 30, 2018, 02:41:55 PM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza

So you stopped project to indeterminate time? Or you countinue developing and doing something?

The project is not postponed in any way. The team is working 24/7 and the project is continuously being developed.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Leodalat on March 31, 2018, 11:01:20 AM
On the website xiwatt.io, it specifies only accredited investors can exchange NRG tokens for FIAT or crypto, does that mean us normal folk can only use NRG to pay our bills? What happens to any extra we might have?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Vansire on March 31, 2018, 04:39:58 PM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza

So you stopped project to indeterminate time? Or you countinue developing and doing something?

Cut them some slack, there's a lot of turbulence in the world of crypto regulations. Especially in the US where every regulator has a different opinion what crypto is and how it should be regulated. Better they focus on getting the green light than risk making promises on social media they can't hold.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: assasin21rus on March 31, 2018, 05:45:11 PM
What is the goal for the project and for which audience is it? Now will it solve the important problems of the population?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 31, 2018, 09:48:11 PM
On the website xiwatt.io, it specifies only accredited investors can exchange NRG tokens for FIAT or crypto, does that mean us normal folk can only use NRG to pay our bills? What happens to any extra we might have?

Hi Leodalat,

The accredited investor requirement is only applicable to US residents due to the SEC regulations. We're also working with our legal team to figure out if there are any alternatives.

For non-US investors, they can trade their NRG tokens for crypto.

We've updated the language on the website to reflect that.

Great question :)

Best Regards,

-Hamza

 


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on March 31, 2018, 09:54:03 PM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza

So you stopped project to indeterminate time? Or you countinue developing and doing something?

Cut them some slack, there's a lot of turbulence in the world of crypto regulations. Especially in the US where every regulator has a different opinion what crypto is and how it should be regulated. Better they focus on getting the green light than risk making promises on social media they can't hold.

Thanks,

I'd like to emphasize that the team is working behind the scenes to push out the preview and alpha build of the platform. Just because we aren't putting out social media updates doesn't mean we aren't working.

It's critical that we be mindful of regulatory frameworks that exist in the US. The last thing we want happening is to raise the capital and then have it seized because we failed to comply with SEC rulings. We're working with a major law firm (McCarter & English) to ensure the long term success of our project.

Thanks for your patience,

-Hamza



Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: bitcointrader56 on April 14, 2018, 10:02:40 AM
Hi admin, seems your legal review is dealing with complicated matters to be carried out then it needs long time to be finished. In my opinion, it is better to postpone your dealing with community to keep their trust to your project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: bitcointrader56 on April 15, 2018, 03:09:38 PM
Hi, I'm new here. Who's the administration?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Erbetpio on April 18, 2018, 02:11:25 AM
Now we just wait for the good news when pre-sale and ico will begin. hopefully all can run smoothly.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: ogrudko on April 18, 2018, 12:14:40 PM
Hi, I'm new here. Who's the administration?
You would better enter their Telegram channel https://t.me/xiwatt. Team is quite active there.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: galaq on April 18, 2018, 03:57:36 PM
After reading what it is xiwatt I salute to their team who are very experienced in their respective fields. Thus I think it will ease the way to success in this program


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Kuala Lumpur on April 24, 2018, 04:47:46 PM
Why no updates in twitter? No new conferences, exact ICO date? Project still alive or no? Or you have some problem with SEC?

As explained in an earlier post:

"We'll ramp up the tweets and social media updates once we get the green light from our legal council. You can read about it here:

https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiwatt-pre-sale-update-79ea5caf5fcd
"

Best,

-Hamza

So you stopped project to indeterminate time? Or you countinue developing and doing something?

Cut them some slack, there's a lot of turbulence in the world of crypto regulations. Especially in the US where every regulator has a different opinion what crypto is and how it should be regulated. Better they focus on getting the green light than risk making promises on social media they can't hold.

Thanks,

I'd like to emphasize that the team is working behind the scenes to push out the preview and alpha build of the platform. Just because we aren't putting out social media updates doesn't mean we aren't working.

It's critical that we be mindful of regulatory frameworks that exist in the US. The last thing we want happening is to raise the capital and then have it seized because we failed to comply with SEC rulings. We're working with a major law firm (McCarter & English) to ensure the long term success of our project.

Thanks for your patience,

-Hamza


It is very good. But could you give more specific dates, or at least approximate, when you are planning to conduct your ICO? I think this question interisuet not only me.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: T85083598 on April 26, 2018, 09:11:23 AM
I am still interested in potentially investing a (sizeable) sum once there is clarity. Does the whitepaper update have to do with the legal reviewing? Will the project change meaningfully?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Dieniz on April 26, 2018, 12:01:23 PM
I really like the idea of your project. How do you plan to distribute the funds that will be collected at the pre-ICO?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: EvRo74 on April 30, 2018, 12:02:04 AM
What happens to the XiWATT project? Who knows about the current situation? Why are there no new messages on social networks for a long time? What is the team doing now?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: gozcominer on May 04, 2018, 10:43:43 AM
is there any update about the project condition? I hope this project can be running again


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Alexey131 on May 05, 2018, 06:58:37 PM
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Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tuareg on May 08, 2018, 07:55:02 AM
XiWATT is a very promising project, which makes a team of professionals. The timing of the ico is rescheduled, but the team is now working on developing the system and with legal issues. I wish you success and look forward to a new date ico.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on May 08, 2018, 02:06:52 PM
I am still interested in potentially investing a (sizeable) sum once there is clarity. Does the whitepaper update have to do with the legal reviewing? Will the project change meaningfully?

The project's core will not change. The business model and target market remains the same.

We've just pushed out a XIW token Model update: https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiw-token-model-token-ranked-registry-276ea687a575

^That will the most significant change along with legal disclosures in the next white paper update.

Let us know if you have any questions. Every thing is still moving along in the background :)

-Hamza



Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: fantomasik on May 10, 2018, 09:58:46 AM
To be honest, I do not understand what will be the end result and what will be the end product of this company! We need to wait, and maybe the team will give a sensation.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: allfriends88 on May 11, 2018, 02:52:08 AM
I am still interested in potentially investing a (sizeable) sum once there is clarity. Does the whitepaper update have to do with the legal reviewing? Will the project change meaningfully?

The project's core will not change. The business model and target market remains the same.

We've just pushed out a XIW token Model update: https://medium.com/xiwatt/xiw-token-model-token-ranked-registry-276ea687a575

^That will the most significant change along with legal disclosures in the next white paper update.

Let us know if you have any questions. Every thing is still moving along in the background :)

-Hamza


Hopefully this project in the future could be useful and could continue growing steadily to reach the target and certainly, there is no longer a problem arising in this project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: T85083598 on May 12, 2018, 06:27:38 PM
Hello! Is there any channel(instead of group telegram) where I can find the latest project news?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: joycigar on May 15, 2018, 02:50:44 PM
a little disappointed with the project xiwait why should be stopped temporarily, why not in live course?
but I am patient with waiting for a new update of this project, hopefully this project team will be quick to face this project, I will continue to support


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: BurchLynda on May 17, 2018, 06:55:09 PM
I studied the project documents, this is a new and unusual approach. I wish the team to successfully implement the project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: QueenW on May 17, 2018, 11:46:26 PM
if they pull with terms Iko, investors will pay attention to eloncity. It's bad that he presaged too early. When such delays occur, investors are usually not thrilled with this.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: BitcArchi8 on May 20, 2018, 02:17:35 PM
Using a blockchain, XiWATT can provide investors, communities and individuals with opportunities to participate in renewable energy projects, as well as contribute to the creation of a decentralized market for renewable energy assets.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: marimobaka on May 22, 2018, 04:00:38 AM
I think XiWATT is interesting project, Xiwatt will make energy clean and affordable and XiWATT aims to revolutionize the industry to make investing in and creating renewable energy accessible for all, it is a great vision. we must support this project. but I see this project pause, right? I will patient to wait this project live again and make contribute to support this project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on May 24, 2018, 04:51:17 AM
if they pull with terms Iko, investors will pay attention to eloncity. It's bad that he presaged too early. When such delays occur, investors are usually not thrilled with this.

They said in telegram that they started legal review to ensure we comply with SEC regulation as they based in USA. And soon they must start sale.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tuareg on May 25, 2018, 08:25:58 AM
the resolution of legal issues can take a very long time. but if the developers are working on the project in parallel with the lawyers, then it is good for the project and potential investors.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on May 25, 2018, 12:20:30 PM
the resolution of legal issues can take a very long time. but if the developers are working on the project in parallel with the lawyers, then it is good for the project and potential investors.

The problem is that they are based in USA I think. And they must decide legal questions with SEC. But this is really good for investors, because there are a lot of scam projects, which are not controlling by no one.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on May 28, 2018, 10:29:17 PM
Just some updates:

We're working way on the development. Legal review is almost complete :)

We'll be putting out some updates shortly.

Tony and I will be presenting in NYC on the topic of Asset Backed Tokens, if you're in town, come check it out!

https://www.meetup.com/BlockchainNYC/events/248993415/

Best Regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on May 29, 2018, 10:11:15 AM
Just some updates:

We're working way on the development. Legal review is almost complete :)

We'll be putting out some updates shortly.

Tony and I will be presenting in NYC on the topic of Asset Backed Tokens, if you're in town, come check it out!

https://www.meetup.com/BlockchainNYC/events/248993415/

Best Regards,

-Hamza

When you going to have token sale? And can you publish progress in development? Would be great if you will have weekly or monthly progress update.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: NetFreak199 on May 29, 2018, 12:21:54 PM
Just some updates:

We're working way on the development. Legal review is almost complete :)

We'll be putting out some updates shortly.

Tony and I will be presenting in NYC on the topic of Asset Backed Tokens, if you're in town, come check it out!

https://www.meetup.com/BlockchainNYC/events/248993415/

Best Regards,

-Hamza

When you going to have token sale? And can you publish progress in development? Would be great if you will have weekly or monthly progress update.
Who does not know, XiWATT is a Scalable platform that unites developers of energy, consumers, and investors. XiWATT uses blockchain technology to provide new levels of coordinated fundraising, joint ownership and sale of renewable energy sources


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on June 13, 2018, 07:41:20 PM
Hi Everyone,

I'm happy to announce we've succefully completed our legal review.

In addition to this, we have a number of other updates. One of the most significant is backing by Baroda Ventures, a traditional VC firm, led by David Bohnett and Peter Lee. Stephen Birdsong from the firm will be joining the team as an adviser.

With the completion of our legal review, we've made updates to the white paper and we'll be announcing the details of the Pre-Sale.  You can learn more here: https://medium.com/xiwatt/vc-backing-more-xiwatt-update-june-12-2018-35a0761ed766 (https://medium.com/xiwatt/vc-backing-more-xiwatt-update-june-12-2018-35a0761ed766)

Much more to come!

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tuareg on June 14, 2018, 09:22:15 AM
this is very good news. Thank you. I believe in the XiWATT project. I believe that this project solves a very important task. I wish success to the development team and wait for news about the bounty campaign.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: fantomasik on June 15, 2018, 10:31:03 AM
The participants hoped that the XiWATT project would prove to be no worse than WePower and would provide a good opportunity to earn. Now they are disappointed with the protracted pause and their condition can be understood. I myself now understand that in long or deferred campaigns you will not earn anything.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on June 16, 2018, 07:09:01 PM
They posted that legal review was a success according SEC rules and they will have private sale soon and that token sale for international users and accredited US investors.

https://medium.com/xiwatt/vc-backing-more-xiwatt-update-june-12-2018-35a0761ed766


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: XiWATT on June 22, 2018, 03:48:19 AM
The participants hoped that the XiWATT project would prove to be no worse than WePower and would provide a good opportunity to earn. Now they are disappointed with the protracted pause and their condition can be understood. I myself now understand that in long or deferred campaigns you will not earn anything.


Hi Fantomasik,

Rest assured, regardless of how we proceed with the Bounty campaign, we will honor the work that has been done so far.

We've had some exciting developments and we have a lot more in the pipeline. We've taken measures to do things the right way and we believe this will a massive pay off.

Best regards,

-Hamza


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tuareg on June 23, 2018, 07:14:32 AM
The participants hoped that the XiWATT project would prove to be no worse than WePower and would provide a good opportunity to earn. Now they are disappointed with the protracted pause and their condition can be understood. I myself now understand that in long or deferred campaigns you will not earn anything.


Hi Fantomasik,

Rest assured, regardless of how we proceed with the Bounty campaign, we will honor the work that has been done so far.

We've had some exciting developments and we have a lot more in the pipeline. We've taken measures to do things the right way and we believe this will a massive pay off.

Best regards,

-Hamza
this is encouraging. please tell me, did the hunters who participated in the campaign bounty get their tokens earned before stopping the campaign bounty campaign? will the bounty campaign be renewed again?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: agrs on June 23, 2018, 07:26:26 AM
They posted that legal review was a success according SEC rules and they will have private sale soon and that token sale for international users and accredited US investors.

https://medium.com/xiwatt/vc-backing-more-xiwatt-update-june-12-2018-35a0761ed766
A very meticulous approach to the organization of the case gives hope. Personally, I received a dose of optimism by reading this article. I will be obliged to monitor further updates, so as not to miss the launch of the Xiwatt project.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Naes on June 24, 2018, 11:27:25 AM
This seems a great project. But I have questions what is the advantage of this project than onther projects? What is the total coin supply for this project?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Tuareg on July 24, 2018, 07:58:56 PM
Hello dear developers. I really like your promising project, I participated in the bounty campaign of your project, and I expect more news from you in ANN XiWATT about where your Platform is now. I'm wondering if the bounty will continue?


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: alvena on August 27, 2018, 04:13:53 PM
Now, in addition to problems, ICO itself also discredited the idea of ​​holding bounty campaigns. Therefore, obviously strong projects can be used by professional marketing agencies or own staff of marketers.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on October 31, 2018, 08:28:40 AM
Hello dear developers. I really like your promising project, I participated in the bounty campaign of your project, and I expect more news from you in ANN XiWATT about where your Platform is now. I'm wondering if the bounty will continue?

Im also participated in bounty here. They said that bounty will be paid after token sale. But token sale still not started after so long time. Probably they waiting market grow  ???


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: jtalk on October 31, 2018, 09:19:51 AM
They are not active nowhere not here nor on social media, all what I found upon my on research they pushed two message on social media in last three months. You would have to reach out using other off channels here I don't think anyone will reply you from team. That campaign is on pause mode and that's all. This is one of the green energy projects I didn't participate and wanted to wait more when they were active.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: Dextroboy on October 31, 2018, 09:23:17 AM
Hello dear developers. I really like your promising project, I participated in the bounty campaign of your project, and I expect more news from you in ANN XiWATT about where your Platform is now. I'm wondering if the bounty will continue?

Im also participated in bounty here. They said that bounty will be paid after token sale. But token sale still not started after so long time. Probably they waiting market grow  ???
maybe December XiWatt will just start TGE, see some projects extend their ICO and some postpone their ICO in December


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: frcat on November 02, 2018, 03:43:52 PM
They are not active nowhere not here nor on social media, all what I found upon my on research they pushed two message on social media in last three months. You would have to reach out using other off channels here I don't think anyone will reply you from team. That campaign is on pause mode and that's all. This is one of the green energy projects I didn't participate and wanted to wait more when they were active.

Yes, this project on pause. But they answering in telegram time to time. And they said that tokens sale will be announced soon, but no any exact date...


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: pri3oner on December 09, 2018, 06:24:32 PM

Deception is or is not deception, but the failure to fulfill its obligations to the bounty activists is precisely in the XiWATT project. This means that the project team may not fulfill its obligations to investors in the future. Therefore, such actions of the team cannot be called a good sign. But it seems that this project has died without being born.


Title: Re: [ANN][PreICO] ⚡XiWATT⚡: A Platform to Co-own & Trade Renewable Energy Assets ⚡🌍
Post by: CryptoVictorC on December 10, 2018, 11:54:45 AM
Hello @Admin,
May I know what will be your strategy to compete your competitors just like JustPowerIT STO and many others?
JustPowerIT team is also working on the energy concept and they will use the unused energy which always go wasted.
Looking forward for your answer...