How well advanced is the development of the tech? Is September 5th realistic for the genesis block?
We've been working on it for soon half a year, with earlier incomplete development versions already used for demoing sub-areas for partners. So it's rather advanced by now, and the genesis estimate is realistic based on our past progress and the todo list at this moment.
Note that many of the features advertised are pretty much ready to be slapped on (from FIMK & the projects - of course not that simple but relatively speaking what comes to the total workload). So recently it's been the HEAT core we've been working on and will continue to do so for almost whole of the month ahead.
Will the first version to be released in September already have the key features of the tech implemented?
It will indeed carry many of the key features advertised.
Or will these key features come one by one in the course of months and years like with Nxt?
Some key features, like splitting of the storage layer, will be added after genesis but rather in the course of months, not years.
When will this coin hit exchanges and which one?
Openledger, C-CEX and Alcurex will enable HEAT trading and withdrawals right after they've received the genesis block tokens.
Other exchanges not scheduled yet. Notice that the HEAT client has a decentralized exchange built-in, which will necessarily yield wide exposure as it's "on your face" for all the HEAT client users. Our goal is to carry at least BTC/HEAT exchange there shortly after initial distribution.
Additionally, we'll likely have some backup token exchange arrangements on the FIMK AE.
Is bringing that coin to polo a top priority for you or do you have the mindset
I think there must be some shades of gray between considering Ronny's exchanges sufficient and on the other end starting an uncertain yet tedious process of complete Polowhoring
Openledger certainly isn't enough, whereas listing on Polo and Bittrex from our experience involves procedures whose business viability are questionable. But maybe it's different for a fresh platform carrying significant ICO success recently when compared to rather obscure FIMK from 2 years back. Poloniex listing will be worked towards.
Do you have CONCRETE plans on active marketing IMMEDIATELY after launch?
We'll be arranging the legal stuff, team building and company stock release while having the cooloff period of 4 weeks before the token distribution. This is well warranted as the resources are still scarce before it gets rolling properly. Emphasis for marketing is built during this cooloff period and allocated starting from the token release.
HEAT is a long term project, and it's not our goal to hit a price explosion upon token launch. Rather, we'll want to avoid that. Any rate above ICO rates will be just fine, whether it's 2x or 20x. Lower rates, well they're not that usual nowadays either.
Is the company already in existence and who are the shareholders?
Yes it is, pending clearing in the Finnish authorities database
https://tietopalvelu.ytj.fi/yritystiedot.aspx?yavain=2632757&tarkiste=6F2F5FD1A9DCD627A99BD02A8DADDC5ED1FDE31EFounding shareholders now before funding round 2 are myself and lead developer Mr. de Klerk.
Are you already in concrete talks with big investors in the company and with real businesses who want to cooperate with you?
Yes, some investor channels however more so with businesses with whom we already have Joint Venture agreements, customer relationships and contracted projects pulling (obviously paused during the ICO hassle and before we get more workforce to attend to all projects required).
Thanks to yourself for the excellent questions.
