28.03.2024

DeNet ICO Review: Decentralized Web Hosting

This ICO’s marketing blurb states that DeNet is an “open-source network that allows anyone to lease the capacity of their computers or servers”.

Few could argue that the internet is here to stay. From humble beginnings in the 1990s to the almighty beast that it is today, online technology will only become ever more pervasive in the future.

New websites pop up by the thousands every day, and they all need hosting space to live in.

DeNet is a brand new ICO that provides a one-stop, blockchain-based decentralized marketplace for web hosting services.

DeNet: Web hosting & personal processing power for hire

What this means in real terms is that the ICO is aiming to gather together a decentralized community to provide data storage facilities, web & app hosting platforms, and associated services.

DeNet will support and manage the blockchain platform while also participating in the community.

The DeNet platform includes two main components: DeNet.Core and DeNet.Hosting.

DeNet.Core is a decentralized system for computing devices, where users are miners and applications are launched.

DeNet.Hosting generates tasks for DeNet.Core, and its users are owners of websites and web-applications.

DeNet in figures & quick facts

  • Token name – DeNet token (DNET)
  • Total amount of tokens issued – 1bn
  • Pre-sale start date – Q1 2018
  • ICO start date – Q1 2018
  • Softcap – $6m
  • Hardcap – $20m

The DeNet token

The company will issue its own currency, the DeNet token (DNET), which is designed as a universal currency (within the confines of the DeNet platform), available to all users across all operations and settlements, as well as a reward instrument.

Once created, the tokens will be allocated as follows:

  • Token sale – 70%
  • First contributors – 21%
  • Advisors – 2%
  • Team – 6%
  • Bounty – 1%

Bonus system

Community members can earn bonus points by adding a site to the platform, or reporting a bug.

Reputation system

The DeNet platform will incorporate a reputation system, described in the white paper: “Reputation is the right to deferred additional DNET Token (~ 0,032$) to the server performing quality work.

Reputational tokens increase transparency of the final accounting, according to DeNet.

The team

DeNet’s website presents a team of 13 people, led by a 19-year-old entrepreneur.

The team members field good technical expertise in their respective disciplines.

Overall, it appears to be a young, dynamic team with plenty of capabilities.

Competition

There are no other ICOs currently in operation that provide or enable web hosting services, so from that point of view, DeNet enjoys a prime vantage point.

Social media presence and digital footprint

Here are the numbers for Denet at the time of writing (mid-February 2018).

  • Twitter – 980 followers
  • Facebook – 1,273 followers
  • Telegram – 291 followers
  • LinkedIn – 156 followers

DeNet’s social media reach is quite low at this point in time, which means that this ICO has a long way to go to achieve a meaningful community.

White paper

DeNet has wisely split its documentation into a technical and non-technical white papers.

Consult these documents for more detailed information about the platform, additional features, etc.

Conclusion

DeNet’s value proposition is attractive enough. Web hosting services are, and always will be required as the size of the online pool grows, but given the diminutive social media reach, it’s hard to see how DeNet can achieve a large enough community to make the project a success.

It’s still early days for DeNet, and we will revisit its progress in due course.

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