[ANN][ICO] Enigma Catalyst - Build Your Own Crypto Hedge Fund

[Enigma Catalyst]

OUR WEBSITE | OUR BLOG | OUR TWITTER | OUR SLACK

Token Sale: August 2017

Slack AMA about our Token Sale: Monday, July 17, 2017 12:00PM Pacific Time

BOUNTY PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK!

An Introduction to Enigma Catalyst

Catalyst is a platform for crypto-focused traders, data curators, and investors.

It is a platform that empowers anyone to build their own crypto hedge fund and participate in the coming Renaissance of the financial ecosystem. Our vision is to enable developers to build winning investment strategies, a strong track record and attract investment from community investors. Catalyst is a playground where developers, quants, and experienced traders can easily build, simulate, and eventually live trade cryptocurrencies using sophisticated programmatic strategies. Regular investors can then invest directly in winning strategies through our system. With this, we’re hoping to make smart-investing in this new emerging asset class accessible to everyone.

The Catalyst Protocol

Catalyst is also a protocol to bridge existing and future exchanges into a single, decentralized system that is fast, scalable and most importantly — keeps users in control of their funds. Our goal is to disrupt the technology driving exchanges (and crypto-trading in general) in much the same way that the Lightning/Raiden networks are set to disrupt payments. This is a necessary step, as current centralized exchanges have a history of halting payments and worse — losing assets under their custody. Similarly, recently introduced decentralized on-chain exchange protocols lack the low-latency characteristics to support any practical trading infrastructure — let alone a high frequency one.

TEAM

ADVISORS

The ECAT Token - Catalyst's native token

We believe that to be successful, native tokens should have real utility — you should never create a token just because you can, and you should not invest in any token whose purpose you can’t understand. It is important to us and to our community that ECAT serve a critical and transparent purpose for all stakeholders.
Most generally, Catalyst tokens are used to reward creation by and for the community (e.g. trading strategies, data sources) and are consumed when community members access premium services on the platform.


Right now we are focusing on four main token dynamics:


1. Quant-trading platform. High performing trading strategies will be rewarded with Catalyst tokens through periodical competitions. Developers will be required to spend Catalyst tokens to be eligible to attract investments.

2. Data marketplace. Consuming Catalyst tokens will provide access to premium data sources. Similarly, data curators will charge community members via Catalyst tokens.

3. Investment platform. Users who invest in trading strategies will have to consume Catalyst tokens. The management and performance fees that traders charge will also be based on Catalyst tokens.

4. Catalyst Exchange. Liquidity providers running our exchange protocol will be given Catalyst tokens proportional to their contribution to the liquidity pool.

The ECAT Token Sale

Timing:
The token sale will take place in mid-August. An exact date will be announced in this thread, in a blog post, and across all of our social channels.


Token Distribution:
We are creating a fixed supply of one hundred million (100M) tokens, to be allocated as follows:

• 50% to be made available in the initial token sale (to be used only for operations)
• 30% retained as incentives for the Catalyst community
• 10% distributed to the Enigma team and advisors (current and future)
• 10% retained by Enigma

Use of funds:
Funds raised through the token sale will be used as follows:

• 60% for product and technology development
• 15% for blockchain research
• 10% for operations
• 10% for marketing purposes
• 5% for legal and administrative costs

Mechanics of Sale:
Our primary goal for the sale is to have a wide distribution of ECAT tokens. After studying many successful token sales, we saw that having a wide distribution of tokens is key to a cohesive community and to the long term success of the project.

We are considering a tiered sale approach that was first introduced by our friends at Civic to make sure everyone who wants to contribute in our token sale gets a chance. Exact details on the tiers will be released closer to the token sale date. ECAT token sale will only accept Ether and participants will need to create an ERC-20 compliant wallet. MyEtherWallet (web wallet) and desktop wallets such as Parity, Mist can be used to receive ERC20 compliance ECAT tokens after the token sale. No lock-up period will be required for the tokens after the sale.

BOUNTY PROGRAM TO BE ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK!

Please follow us on Twitter and join our Slack to stay informed!

Please visit our website to learn more about the product!

OUR WEBSITE | OUR BLOG | OUR TWITTER | OUR SLACK

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[alextlg]

Reserved for Spanish translation if needed

[GolumDeMort]

Hello! Let me reserve the translation of the bitcointalk Russian thread/site/whitepaper.

[kaneki007]

reserve indonesian translation ANN and whitepaper

[addicto]

Let's see how you make this concept Cross-Chain Atomic Swaps more interested this is much hot in current era. Bounty campaign will it more visible in crypto world as so many people would like to promote this to earn rewards.

[40gomez]

Congratulations on this amazing project! I can't wait for the ICO

[Sergei.Gerasimenko]

Is it something like AICOIN?

[sssergy]

How tired I am of these ICO. The administration needs to make a separate topic for announcements about such projects. I think that many users will say thank you.

[CryptoCoinNews]

wait to open bounty
i want reserve indonesian translation if you need

[Saichoukyushin]

The project is useful for us the investors and trader and many will benefit on it. Good project.
I want to reserve Filipino translation.thank you.

[vbertasoli3]

Awesome!! Can't wait for the token sale!! 

[julerz12]

Quite an interesting project, just wondering why there isn't much traction with the community,
maybe people are already fed up with so many ERC20 Tokens made day by day.
Some go down, some make it to mainstream market. I hope this Enigma Catalyst project makes a great success.
Already submitted my application for Filipino translation on slack. Hoping to hear back from the team soon
Good luck guys!

[TimeTeller]

The team are professionals with their own fields.
No wonder the whitepaper is well-written and the ANN is organized.
I believe this is a promising project as they have investors already and they have the technical capability to make this a reality.
Hope the token will not be that expensive.

[Evangeline2]

waiting for bounty campaign

[kaneki007]

i like this project
hope this project can success

[Enigma Catalyst]

Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th.
Stay tuned for a link to a dedicated thread.

Program will include signature bounties, translation bounties, social bounties, content bounties.

[gobisirom]

Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th.
Stay tuned for a link to a dedicated thread.

Program will include signature bounties, translation bounties, social bounties, content bounties.

Thank you for the information and, good luck I wait for bounty social media

[MelodyCrypto]

hi i am interested with this project but i have some question please answer
1. how much minimum funding goal ?
2. who escrow this project ?

[IeSua]

Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th.
Stay tuned for a link to a dedicated thread.

Program will include signature bounties, translation bounties, social bounties, content bounties.

And? Already 14. Where is the bounty?

[MelodyCrypto]

Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th.
Stay tuned for a link to a dedicated thread.
Program will include signature bounties, translation bounties, social bounties, content bounties.

And? Already 14. Where is the bounty?

you can visit here : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2018976.0

[poiseulle]

Contact me if need Chinese translation

Also signed up in spreadsheet.

[franss]

Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th.
Stay tuned for a link to a dedicated thread.

Program will include signature bounties, translation bounties, social bounties, content bounties.

There is to many ico,but i hope this project can be success like Populous (PPT) and  all investor make a big profit

[kendari]

now already 14 july, I can't wait to join bounty social media

[SUN996]

Hello! Let me reserve the translation of the bitcointalk Chinese thread

[Mazt rhiezt]

I want to join in social media bounty.
Continue to monitor good luck.

[PonzyManCrazyLiar]

how much price in ico selling dev ?
i think is good and incraese trust youre coin , you can use tokenmarket service or icocountdown service

[coin_miner21]

"Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th."
Already July 13th, still no announcement?

[GGuyZ]

"Bounty program to be announced TODAY, Thursday, July 13th."
Already July 13th, still no announcement?

Bounty thread was posted. Can be found here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2018976.0;all.

Cheers,
Guy

[aakashsangwan]

There is some problem in slack invite.
I was trying to sign up and the confirmation link is having some error. Could you please fix that.

[cryptaxo]

hi, if need Chinese translation let me know, I will also maintain Chinese thread with updates and replies. I can also start threads in other Chinese websites on this topic. please PM if interested.

[ghuang168]

want to join the bounty campaign .

[julerz12]

This seems like a great project.
Will there be an escrow for the ICO?
And what's the difference with this project to other Hedge Funding Projects out there?

I'm also currently waiting for confirmation on translation bounty

[coin_miner21]

Thanks, I'll take a close look at the bounty campaign.

[Enigma Catalyst]

REMINDER: Slack AMA with Enigma Founders is TODAY, Monday, July 17, 12PM PT.

Come ask questions about our token sale and bounty program in our community Slack.

Join our Slack here: https://join.slack.com/enigmacatalyst/shared_invite/MTkzMjQ0MTg1NTczLTE0OTY3MjE3MDEtZGZmMTI5YzI3ZA


You can read more about us here in the meantime:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40426751/these-mit-grads-want-to-let-anyone-invest-in-or-even-start-a-bitcoin-fund

http://www.ibtimes.com/mit-enigmas-catalyst-could-be-quantopian-crypto-assets-2563708

https://blog.enigma.co/announcing-catalyst-edbd0336e68

[GGuyZ]

AMA is happening now and the team is taking your questions. See quote for details.

Cheers,

REMINDER: Slack AMA with Enigma Founders is TODAY, Monday, July 17, 12PM PT.

Come ask questions about our token sale and bounty program in our community Slack.

Join our Slack here: https://join.slack.com/enigmacatalyst/shared_invite/MTkzMjQ0MTg1NTczLTE0OTY3MjE3MDEtZGZmMTI5YzI3ZA


You can read more about us here in the meantime:

https://www.fastcompany.com/40426751/these-mit-grads-want-to-let-anyone-invest-in-or-even-start-a-bitcoin-fund

http://www.ibtimes.com/mit-enigmas-catalyst-could-be-quantopian-crypto-assets-2563708

https://blog.enigma.co/announcing-catalyst-edbd0336e68

[GGuyZ]

Our thoughts (and proposed solution) for the CoinDash hack:

https://blog.enigma.co/dont-get-coindashed-how-to-secure-your-token-sale-a5e247944234

[cenqiaougubz085]

is there any escrow for this project? and will there be early-bird bonus? besides, when will the token be distributed after ico?

[ozcankican]

is there any escrow for this project? and will there be early-bird bonus? besides, when will the token be distributed after ico?

Cenqiaougubz085 - we are creating a smart contract to collect payments for the token sale and issue ECAT tokens. We plan to have the pre-sale in mid August and distribute tokens right after the sale is completed.

[ozcankican]

This seems like a great project.
Will there be an escrow for the ICO?
And what's the difference with this project to other Hedge Funding Projects out there?

I'm also currently waiting for confirmation on translation bounty

This project is designed to enable anyone to build his or her own crypto-hedge fund. We provide unique data sets and research platform for traders to build, test and master investment strategies. Our long term vision is to build a de-centralized marketplace for financial data used by traders and accessed with Enigma Catalyst tokens.

Data driven trading is our focus. From my understanding there's not anything that is focused on facilitating data driven trading.

Regarding escrow, we are creating a smart contract that will accept ETH in our token sale and handle the distribution of ECAT tokens

[zhongzy]

I am also interested in this coin. How to join the bounty and is any bounty option available for the coin.

[tolobret]

wow, i think this project is great. i have a question, is there any minimum funding goal?

[akai]

It seems a pretty interesting project, ICO is pretty good, but I'm not sure to join,I'll keep seeing the next developments,the opening of the bounty program will be better promoted, good luck.

[SF17]

Hello, what is the minimum investment likely to be?

[Enigma Catalyst]

Update: Two major announcements today!

Enigma Catalyst Alpha is available

After much hard work by the Enigma team, the release of our Alpha is now live and available for setup. Just for signing up, you are eligible to receive free ECAT (our native token).

Enigma Catalyst enables anyone to build his or her own crypto-hedge fund. We provide unique data sets and a research platform for traders to build, test and master investment strategies. Our long term vision is to build a de-centralized marketplace for financial data used by traders and accessed with Enigma Catalyst tokens.

Read more at our blog: https://blog.enigma.co/enigma-catalyst-alpha-now-released-2831a6d88f68


New Signature Campaign is Live

Our signature bounty campaign officially kicks off today and will run through our token sale in August. Payouts will be in BTC as well as ECAT.

The signature campaign thread is now live here with many more details: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2045388

Thanks to Woshib for managing our campaign.


Thank you for all your patience, and stay tuned for even more news.

[GGuyZ]

Also, a CoinDesk piece on the launch:

https://www.coindesk.com/enigma-launch-crypto-hedge-fund-creation/

[babo]

great team (all MIT guys)
i hope i can see good stuffs from you

[Aamir1]

The project seems truly promising. Good team, active owner and good vision. Though we cannot actually predict what is exactly going to happen in future, but i think this project will go pretty far in the community.

Edit: Just read the article on CoinDesk and it made me feel even more confident about the project. Hoping for the best.

[traderethereum]

i am trying to visit the website but it seems the website is busy and still loading until now because i see it won't stop to load the homepage. something goes wrong? or maybe the site is too heavy to load the homepage, if this is happen, maybe you can reduce the size image because not all visitor have high speed internet connection.

[betMaster]

Giving real utility to the ECAT tokens is a really valuable feature that many companies usually ignore , furthermore having not just a single way to obtain them is the thing i loved the most in this project. It's a win win situation to both company and users since developing winning strategies will help the company and earning tokens will help the users to access premium data sets .
I truly think this is one of the best projects in this field and will definitely keep an eye on it .

[radjie]

Will continue to monitor token sales that will take place in mid-August and hope there is a certainty of the dates to be issued.

[mprep]

ATTENTION: Due to the bounty incentivising posting on the ANN thread (which is an on-forum altcoin giveaway in any and all definitions), this thread is locked. There is zero tolerance for those blatantly breaking the "no on-forum altcoin giveaways" rule.