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Foundations of Blockchain
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Foundations of Blockchain

by Koshik Raj
January 2019
Beginner to intermediate
372 pages
11h 17m
English
Packt Publishing
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Pain points in crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has many advantages over conventional funding, such as that it provides the opportunity for anyone to create or fund a project effortlessly. That being said, it does have limitations:

  • Crowdfunding still needs to create agreements between the initiator and the contributor for most of the funding process if it involves reward, equity, or debt.
  • Some crowdfunding formats don't provide a flexible investment option for the supporter, which results in a lack of participation.
  • The supporters of a project need to trust that they will earn their equity or reward after funding the project, so they will need to trust the crowdfunding platform and the project.
  • Most crowdfunding will be initiated by non-profit ...
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ISBN: 9781789139396Supplemental Content