[ANN] [PRE ICO LIVE] CellBlocks: An Economy for Inmates in the Prison System

[celestio]

Is there an effort to try to abstract away the "crypto" aspect and therefore easier for inmates to use? I know it's tough to learn something new and training everyone might take some time. Making a simple front end for them could solve a lot of those problems.

[GoBelle]

The hardcap was listed, but I didn't see the softcap. Will there be a softcap? In the event that the minimum amount is not reached, what happens?

[cellblocks]

I never considered how prisons are unable to profit from inmate-to-inmate money transfers. I think it's going to make prisons more interested in this project to see the estimated $3 billion dollars worth of transactions between inmates per year and how that could eventually be a return on investing in Cellblocks. I hope you guys really stress that in your presentations

Oh, trust me, they brought that up and did their math.

[cellblocks]

The hardcap was listed, but I didn't see the softcap. Will there be a softcap? In the event that the minimum amount is not reached, what happens?

The softcap is on the countdown on the site.  It is set to 500,000k  If not reached, it is all refunded

[cellblocks]

Is there an effort to try to abstract away the "crypto" aspect and therefore easier for inmates to use? I know it's tough to learn something new and training everyone might take some time. Making a simple front end for them could solve a lot of those problems.

for the pilot prison we will teach the inmates in a class style setting, when it makes it way to all the prisons in the state, there will be a training video they can watch

[GoBelle]

The hardcap was listed, but I didn't see the softcap. Will there be a softcap? In the event that the minimum amount is not reached, what happens?

The softcap is on the countdown on the site.  It is set to 500,000k  If not reached, it is all refunded

Awesome, that's good to know. Thanks. I seriously doubt that will be the case because this project is going to go places, but I had to ask

[cobeksede]

Jr.member code??
he said there jr member can 15, i did not find the code??

[celestio]

Is there an effort to try to abstract away the "crypto" aspect and therefore easier for inmates to use? I know it's tough to learn something new and training everyone might take some time. Making a simple front end for them could solve a lot of those problems.

for the pilot prison we will teach the inmates in a class style setting, when it makes it way to all the prisons in the state, there will be a training video they can watch

That is a very practical solution. It sounds like the most cost-effective way to go about it, honestly. I think with practice and training, the inmates should have very little trouble picking it up.

[cellblocks]

Jr.member code??
he said there jr member can 15, i did not find the code??

Sorry, I don't understand this?

[cellblocks]

The first 4 hours are key.  You get an extra 25% bonus on top of the normal bonus.

[HerrHeimlich]

I never considered how prisons are unable to profit from inmate-to-inmate money transfers. I think it's going to make prisons more interested in this project to see the estimated $3 billion dollars worth of transactions between inmates per year and how that could eventually be a return on investing in Cellblocks. I hope you guys really stress that in your presentations

Oh, trust me, they brought that up and did their math.

That's great to know I think Cellblocks has thought of every way they can save/make money while providing a more convenient and safe method of payment for inmates. I doubt you guys will have any trouble convincing prisons to join the initial launch.

[bananafana]

The more people involved, the better this project will do. How do you plan to engage the community to support Cellblocks?

[Crypto_Man1212]

Being such a unique project, I am wondering if Cellblocks has any patents filed or do you plan to file any in the future?

[cellblocks]

We are proud to welcome our new Advisor

Peter Borenstein

Attorney​ and Founder Restorative Justice Fund
Peter is a California based attorney who helps incarcerated people protect and manage their assets while in prison. He also helps them recover their property when it has been stolen from them as a result of their long-term incarceration.

[Crypto_Man1212]

We are proud to welcome our new Advisor

Peter Borenstein

Attorney​ and Founder Restorative Justice Fund
Peter is a California based attorney who helps incarcerated people protect and manage their assets while in prison. He also helps them recover their property when it has been stolen from them as a result of their long-term incarceration.

Congrats on your new advisor. He seems to be very qualified. How are advisors compensated, if you don't mind my asking?

[GoBelle]

The first 4 hours are key.  You get an extra 25% bonus on top of the normal bonus.

That's an interesting sales structure. Is it modeled on another project in particular?

[okspam]

Cellblocks is a very interesting idea. How did you guys come up with this idea and what made you decide to use the blockchain to solve these problems?

[xoof]

Here you go.   https://medium.com/p/5e5f1c67da4a .  We will be starting it next weekend

Do you have a bounty campaign (signature, social media, telegram, etc)? I am excited to buy some CLBK tokens but sadly it's not going to be available until April

Did you guys ever get a bounty thread going here? Looks like the article linked is gone.

[HerrHeimlich]

Is there an advantage to registering for the Cellblocks sale early? Are there referral bonuses?

[cellblocks]

We pay in tokens.  They get a % over time