@Lukelintz
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I love how the post came out right at midnight, haha. Happy New Year, @nader and the entire $DESO team and community!

I had the first read-through at 3:00 am last night, but I have been able to take a much deeper dive now over a morning cup of coffee.

I wanted to express some takeaways...

Aspects I was pleasantly surprised about:
- Focus's algorithm is based on wallet balances, transaction fees, etc.
- The paid reposts system. This doesn't exist on any social media platform currently. I am very curious how advertisers utilize this and respond.
- The paid messaging is brilliant and will work very well in the long run! This was a beautiful takeaway from OF and Patreon.
- The unlockable paid content and end-to-end encryption will undoubtedly perform very well. It's a proven billion-dollar model.
- 100% of all fees going back into burning $FOCUS. This is arguably the most essential part of this entire launch, creating the value of $FOCUS.
- The referral structures are very strong!
- "Floor bid token sales are burned" is an exciting concept. I don't quite understand how this will work, so I will seek more clarification.

Some questions/concerns:
1. can you reserve $FOCUS with creator coins during the reservation period? (I think I already know the answer is "no" to this, but just wanted to make sure)
2. I didn't see anything about video in the whitepaper. Will there be any video capabilities with $FOCUS?
3. What is the protection against a massive sell-off after removing the floor bid? (Because it's a no-brainer to keep $FOCUS during the initial two+ years where the floor price is guaranteed). Is the idea here for the platform to go so massive and have so few people sell because they feel safe with the floor price, and then once mass adoption kicks in and the floor bid is removed, it won't really matter?
4. Is the "Reservation Tax" 10%? (It wasn't mentioned in the spreadsheet)
5. You mentioned a problem with BitClout being "Reserved profiles that came with a coin..." was this just a mention rather than a change happening?
6. Can locked $FOCUS be used to buy creator coins?
7. Will you publicly release each platform's Bounty Hunter valuing algorithm?

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This, exactly! You get it. Everything compounds. I love stories like this. It reminds me of how I started Bitclout back in 2021.

I believe even more people will experience crypto for the first time in 2025 through Focus, and we should make the process less intimidating for them.

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