its been 3 days and no reply to my last comment.
Why Dfinity team is not engaging with this proposal. I think they are not interested in this project.
Holiday weekend here in the US so we are just getting back online. We have worked with the Dfinity tokenomics team since later December on this white paper and SNS plan. They have been great at giving input and have been supportive of us using SNS this year. They are letting the community ask questions etc at this point.
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We are working with several projects on the IC especially because our current chat engine is compatible with Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Slack. We have Discord groups (from the IC) with over 15K members with real time access to Catalyze chat rooms via Discord clients. We have been testing that feature for 6 mos.
As we raise SNS we can expand our business development across the IC and into other chains. We think Catalyze can be a platform to bring other ecosystem users into the fold but having the funding to do those reach outs is part of the going forward plan.
Thanks!
From a user perspective what did you think of the platform? Without factoring your sentiment on # of users.
Integration with Discord sounds promising. Maybe some kind of integration with a Microsoft Word or Excel type of product on the platform and a video chat and some other stuff it could be a cool business product.
Might also be a spot for businesses to collaborate & create enterprise level software or dapps etc., I donât think what Catalyze is today will be the Catalyze that is tomorrow.
#1 rule in business is change and because of AI the world will need more thinkers and less workers, maybe businesses or groups will need Catalyze to be a hub for AI. That seems like a logical path to me.
Speaking of AI and the fact we will need less worker mindset and more thinker mindset, AI will need to play a critical role in redeveloping our childrenâs education. There is so much opportunity here. Itâs mind blowing. Anyway - just my thoughts cheers and happy 4th of July mate!
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Whitepaper - Catalyze âOnce the audit is completed (estimated to be June 20th) and any issues addressed the code base will be made public under the GNU GPL V2 license.â
https://twitter.com/catalyze_one/status/1674093794399010816
" Our SNS code audit was successfully completed
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Iâve recently published my Catalyze Due Diligence, which can be referenced below;
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Thanks!!!
I know this is a lot of work. We take reviews to heart as well.
R.
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You can take comfort in the fact that it was taken to heart.
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Last hour question⌠Iâm confused, whatâs the marketing plan?
It looks like you have incentives for users (I love that approach) - but this implies that some how or way these users found their way to Catalyze.
Any partnerships with other pre-SNS projects or specific âhot & trendingâ verticals like AI or other cryptocurrencies?
Discord a Web2 business has never to my knowledge and will never be profitable, itâs a money pit where as an investor you hope for a higher valuation on the next raise to inflate your current investment - why is Catalyze different?
Is 18-24 months enough time to acquire enough users?
Hi Catalyze, I see you werenât able to answer my question during the previous SNS sale, if you have some time to get back to me Iâd appreciate it. Thanks.
Before/after creating SNS canisters, I recommend that you first answer any questions/concerns of the community and let your investors understand that it is a mistake to invest at the last minute in a project that you want to support.
Hey sorry we didnât get to this earlier.
Until now we have been a engineering oriented project and like most blockchain start ups we have focused on development and leveraging Twitter and other social platforms for outreach.
While those approaches worked in the last bull run we feel more traditional marketing strategies need to be combined with web3 models. By hiring a marketing lead we can begin our transition to a hybrid and KPI driven marketing programs. That lead will craft our marketing and user acquisition strategy. We will report on that plan to the DAO & community at large once the person is on-boarded.
As stated above, marketing will start with bringing on an accomplished marketing lead (web2 & web3) in addition to a Community/Brand Ambassador Lead. The marketing person will lead brand development, advertising, PR, user acquisition, and will manage a set of user personas so we can target our marketing and application strategies around real world use cases.
The Community Lead will be responsible in-part for launching a Catalyze ambassador program and will work with our partner ModClub with providing guidance, people, and tools for Catalyze community moderation.
Working with the Marketing Lead this role will own the Catalyze landing page, in-platform events, promotions, and the like. This person will also be educating the community on our tokenomics model, token use cases, and token grant program. They will be the voice of the users/community managers back into the leadership team. We expect this role will have a few directs in time as will be the case for marketing as they deliver results to the DAO.
Other Thoughts.
I can say doing target marketing videos (showcasing key features in real work use cases), training/education AMAs, blogging about how to come out of the bear marketing as a community/community leader, ads, should be part of our outreach.
For example we can bridge Catalyze chat to most major chat apps (Discord, Slack, Telegram, WhatsApp) but that fact is not well known even within the IC. A marketing program targeting transitioning from web2 to web3 without losing your 14K Telegram channel (as an example) is needed.
In addition we need to focus on value propositions that go beyond Catalyze and market the IC overall.
We need to attract users from other chains and from Web2 into the IC. We plan on supporting Eth and ckEth. The latter by supporting ckEth in Catalyze and also Solidity based app add-ons to Catalyze. Think Slack app marketplace for IC and Eth based mini dapps. We already support ckBTC but plan to do more outreach in the BTC community later this year.
We also have some web3 gaming partnerships that are being negotiated and we hope to share some of those when we can.
Building tools is cool but helping people navigate what comes next, how to succeed at building lasting & self directed communities vs audiences will be as important as cool tech for attracting users.
Given I am former Gartner Research VP and our COO Johann Hartmann is a former WEF (and NHL) community leader/writer we will be working with a writing team to help bridge the divide between cool tech and practical âhow toâ and best practice content mined from the communities. We will be working closely with our partner Nuance to create and publish that content.
Lastly, while we have been working towards SNS we have also invested a significant about of capital and time redesigning and reskinning Catalyze. What is out there today is an MVP with an MVP UI that needs to be retired. I see the comments. 
What is coming is a more polished, easier to navigate, and more useful application that is more of a representation of what we wanted Catalyze to be from the start. This transition will usher in great browser experience (desktop and finally mobile!). That update will be followed by native clients for IOS, Android and then MacOS and Windows desktop clients.
These are some of the many reasons and initiatives that a successful SNS will enable.
How will all this play out or be decided?
We will conduct Town Halls post-SNS to discuss these programs and ideas before they get submitted as proposals.
We need to remember that anything we do post SNS will be community driven and proposal based. In addition to the ideas shared here we expect our community of SNS token holders will have ideas, programs, and approaches they can offer up as proposals or informally. That is the power of the DAO. Many minds working on solving the same challenges, together.
It is an area we take quite seriously and will be making it a key focal area post SNS. Thanks for the question.
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That message has delivered and well received. Thanks for your support!!
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In Catalyzeâs resubmitted SNS proposal, it blames technical issues for not raising the funds to hit its minimum threshold.
What are these technical issues? Are they on Catalyze or DFINITYâs side?
âWhy a new proposal? In light of recent developments, Catalyze is resubmitting a proposal for decentralization to the SNS, driven by a commitment to transparency and inclusivity. The previous SNS campaign encountered unforeseen technical challenges resulting in major investors being locked out of the system right at the end of the process, which prevented equitable participation. Acknowledging the significance of decentralized decision-making and our responsibility to ensure equal access, we are taking proactive measures to rectify the situation. Our renewed proposal aims to rectify the technical issue, guaranteeing the full engagement of all stakeholders and reaffirming our dedication to fostering an open and democratic ecosystem within the SNS framework.â
Specifically, how were âmajorâ investors locked out for a whole week?
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