Right now… there’s a lot of ideas begging to explode. It’s like going to a new candy store and having so many choices… where to start???
I want to focus on the biggest demand “potential” with a large consumer base “already waiting”. It looks like PUT bandwith (uploading) will be in very high demand because of limited speed/access combine with potential demand after SAFE goes public. This is core to farming and consumer uploading.
I hate to split focus, but I do believe they can done simultaneously.
Farming Vault Demand
There are many farmers that don’t have “reliable high upload bandwith” needed to run a large farm. Their choices are likely…
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Use the following cloud hosting services.
- Digital Ocean
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Other ISP services (@Southside is setting up one).
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Collaborate with a friend or business partner, sharing the expenses and profit.
Consumer Upload Demand
There may not be many at first, but eventually there will be people who want to upload their entire collection of… whatever, but have very slow upload speed.
At that point, I hope we develop a “grandma just button” way for them to do it. It’s like those express lanes people use to get to their destination faster. People are always willing to pay more for convenience.
Bringing it all together
Assuming SAFE Network PUT storage becomes as cheap as we hope…
Assuming upload bandwith gains demand from farming and consumer uploading…
A co-op providing premium upload bandwith service will be in a great position to meet both demands and help mass adoption.
I would like to talk in more detail about the following.
- Developing SAFEcrypt Drive delivery system.
- Integrating payment system to accept all crypto currencies.
- Co-op funding after SAFE goes public.
Depending on the discussion, this may end up being my main focus. It involves farming, and can tap into future upload demand.
Here’s the bottom line
- The main revenue stream (Safecoin) comes from vault farming.
- Additional revenue stream (alt coins) comes from uploading service.
- The total budget from the Co-op will determine the starting scale of the operation. But unlike a crowd sale which is a one-time deal, the Co-op allows others to join later, adding more funds to the pool, similar to mining pools, except the farmers are “silent,” meaning they are not actively maintaining the vaults.