I have some questions about this project.
1) Your MMU has a patented airflow design. Looking over the people on your team, I cannot figure out who has the technical expertise to come up with this. Did you license this IP from a third-party? If you developed it in-house, can you answer who on your has the expertise to come up with this design?
2) Was Jonathan Koch the one who programmed the Envion OS?
3) Are you manufacturing the MMUs yourself or do you have a contract with a third party? If you cannot disclose the identity of the third party, can you notarize that this infrastructure is in place and terms are already agreed?
4) Is your ASIC and GPU supply chain secured with terms already agreed? If so, can you release a notarized statement to that effect?
5) It seems like you have been working on this project for a long time, yet your corporate registry shows that you came into existence in October. Can you explain this discrepancy?
6) Who is Cyrill Alexander Stäger and why is he not listed on your team page?
7) If your prototype is really functional, why are you unable to provide realtime mining statistics on your dashboard?
I felt these are really legit questions, instead of repeating them I'll quote it at +1.
I like the initiative whereby the team are committing resources to develop their own Envion OS, but how reliable is it? How many members are involved for ongoing development and testing cycle?
I'll also like to know the following:
- For the subsequent harvests, how will the 75% profit be divide among EVN token holder? Based on the token share %? Or flat rate base on investment sum?
- How will we know if the ICO proceedings are prioritized on MMU production and deployment? At the same time 3rd party investment are coming in to buy their own dedicated MMU unit, the available production might have been prioritized for them mid-way.
So guys I didn't break my promise. Laurent was so kind to handover the questions and I will just post them here:
1) Your MMU has a patented airflow design. Looking over the people on your team, I cannot figure out who has the technical expertise to come up with this. Did you license this IP from a third-party? If you developed it in-house, can you answer who on your has the expertise to come up with this design?
Our IP for the cooling system and our other innovations was all developed in-house. Our cross-disciplinary teams worked closely together during the initial stages of development with many team members contributing to a number of different features, including the cooling system. The team leaders you see on the website were supported by additional engineers and industrial designers—with everyone pitching in wherever it was needed.
2) Was Jonathan Koch the one who programmed the Envion OS?
As far as I know, he was not deeply involved in that team.
3) Are you manufacturing the MMUs yourself or do you have a contract with a third party? If you cannot disclose the identity of the third party, can you notarize that this infrastructure is in place and terms are already agreed?
Different third-party manufacturers will be responsible for different aspects of production according to the very specific work that must be done for each part. We will not be notarizing every part of the production line, nor do we think that is necessary. An intrepid member of the Telegram channel did some great due diligence and followed up with team member and global supply chain expert, Seif Mousaied Shieshakly, to discuss the envion production line. His comments demonstrate our level of preparation for January production.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2348435.msg24716291#msg247162914) Is your ASIC and GPU supply chain secured with terms already agreed? If so, can you release a notarized statement to that effect?
We have agreements with a number of suppliers. As with the last question, we will not be notarizing every part of the production line. We have not experienced any difficulty whatsoever in sourcing GPUs and ASICs. The shortages you may have heard of are retail shortages; supply is plentiful for buyers with multi-million-dollar orders.
5) It seems like you have been working on this project for a long time, yet your corporate registry shows that you came into existence in October. Can you explain this discrepancy?
I have been working with envion since October and have not represented anything other than that. There are numerous posts on Telegram where I indicate this. My involvement began just prior to the ICO to help manage the community relations.
6) Who is Cyrill Alexander Stäger and why is he not listed on your team page?
Cyrill Stäger is responsible for compliance with Swiss laws and regulations. He manages the communication with the Swiss financial regulator, coordinates accounting and auditing, and is responsible for administration and back office.
The team page doesn’t show every single employee at envion. It gives you an impression of the quality of the team leadership and main contributors. Many team members prefer to concentrate fully on their work and without the distraction of outside contact requests.
7) If your prototype is really functional, why are you unable to provide realtime mining statistics on your dashboard?
The dashboard is just there as an example of what the dashboard looks like—not performance data. We have provided statistics on the functioning of the MMU and invited community members to see it live in operation. The envion team uses the functional MMUs for further optimization and the testing of new configurations for more specialized installations and applications. Live statistics would not necessarily be representative of the performance expected in normal operations and could be confusing for those without mining expertise. We have provided normal performance data here:
https://medium.com/@envion/exemplary-hardware-specifications-kpis-of-envions-mmu-ff5fb77cd5da
