记者：铅笔芯
Po.et中国社区建立以来，受到了中国社区的热烈关注，很多人评价Po.et是“小而美”。不过，社区也对Po.et的提出了十大问题，其中甚至包括“诗人代码太少，是个空壳项目”的尖锐质疑.Poet基金会对所有的疑问和质疑给出了答复，我们一起来看看Po.et团队和社区的精彩互动。
1，既然Po.et是基于比特币区块链技术的，那么为何发行的是基于以太坊坊的代币（即所谓的ERC20代币）这些基于以太坊底层发行的代币如何在比特币网络上使用？逻辑上如何说的通？
Poet基金会：Po.et uses several distributed technologies including bitcoin for timestamping, Bittorent for file storage, and soon ethereum/IPFS for smart contracts. An ERC20 token allows for future compatibility with these smart contracts, as well as a rich ecosystem of wallet providers and exchanges.
翻译：Po.et使用多个分布式技术比如，用比特币来处理时间戳，用Bittorent来处理文件储存，很快还会用以太坊/ IPFS来处理智能合约。一个ERC20代币能实现与智能合约兼容，还可以搭建丰富的生态，比如对接钱包提供商，对接交易平台。
2，比特币网络并不是以其交易速度所着称，那么它是否优秀到足以支撑Po.et的交易需求？为什么选择比特币网络？选择比特币网络的优势在哪些？
回答：The main advantages of bitcoin is the security of it's blockchain, with the most powerful mining network in the world, and it's track record of reliability and uptime. Bitcoin's transaction throughput is limited, but this does not pose a problem for Po.et because Po.et uses the bitcoin blockchain for timestamping only, not data storage, and many hundreds or thousands of articles can be timestamped into a single bitcoin transaction using Merkle trees
翻译：比特币区块链最大的优势在于它的安全性，因为它是有着世界上最强大的挖矿网络以及其可以稳定，及时地记录交易的特质比特币交易的吞吐量会受限，但这并没有给Po.et造成任何困扰。因为Po.et仅仅使用了比特币的时间戳，而不用其存储数据。单个使用默克尔树的比特币交易就可以把几千篇文章盖上时间戳。
3，Po.et主要竞争者是哪些？体面，Steemit或者是其他？该Po.et项目的差别在于哪里？具有什么独特的竞争优势？
回答：There are already a number of projects that have built general purpose timestamping platforms like Tierion, Factom, and Stampery. Po.et has taken the opposite approach, creating something very vertically integrated first focused on the media and publishing industry, and then once that part succeeds and is actually in use then intent is to broaden the platform to other opportunities. The most similar project is Mediachain, which was focused on licensing of artwork before it was acquired by Spotify earlier this year.
现在有不少项目都是通用型时间戳平台，比如Tierion、Factom和Stampery。但Po.et另辟蹊径，Poet首先通过垂直整合媒体和出版业，等到项目在这一阶段取得成功后，再逐步进行平台扩展，延伸到其他领域。最相似的一个项目是Mediachain，它专注于处理艺术作品许可权，后来该项目在今年早些时候被Spotify收购。（*注：美国的一个音乐播放软件，类似QQ／网易云音乐）。
4、如果有人抄袭你的项目甚至重新开始一个类似项目，你将如何应对？这在中国可能发生。
Poet基金会：As with any open-source project, this is a possibility, but one of the key value drivers for Po.et is the network of publishers and content creators using Po.et. As more and more publishers adopt the project, the network effects of using Po.et become greater, making it harder for anyone to start a new project using the same idea.
对于任何的开源项目来说，这个问题都会存在。但是Po.et价值的最大助力在于Poet项目有丰富的行业资源，如出版商和内容创建者/平台，他们都会使用poet平台。随着越来越多的出版商和内容发布者开始使用这个项目，Po.et的网络效应也会变得越发明显，要抄袭同样的想法开展一个新的项目的难度也会越来越大。
5、Po.et的盈利模式是什么？持有Po.et代币的好处是什么？
Poet 基金会：Po.et tokens entitle the holder to a share of future revenue earned by the Po.et Foundation, the primary developer of commercial applications for the Po.et network. The Po.et Foundation will build smart contracts, applications, and marketplaces that leverage the media assets and information stored on the Po.et network. The Po.et Foundation will earn revenue from some of these applications such as licensing fees, and distribute a share of that revenue to all of the token holders.
翻译：Po.et代币让持有者拥有未来Po.et基金会收益分红权，而Po.et基金会会是Poet网络商业应用的主要开发团队。Po.et基金会将构建智能合约、开发商业级应用、拓展市场，这些都会让Po.et网络上的媒体资产和信息实现价值最大化。Po.et基金会会在这些应用场景中通过诸如授权费的手段获得收入，这些收入会分配给所有的代币持有者。
6、我们该如何评价这个项目？能否请你从底层技术、代币价值、项目的实际应用、对行业的影响等角度进行分析？
Poet 基金会：Po.et's key value proposition is taking a proven, well-tested, and wide-ranging feature of blockchain technology and applying it specifically to the digital media industry. The idea for Po.et was originally developed at BTC Media, one of the largest media companies in the bitcoin/blockchain industry because this technology could solve problems faced by many of its publications, such as Bitcoin Magazine and Distributed. This message has resonated with other media companies, as Po.et has already on-boarded alpha partners and advisors representing both the blockchain and traditional media institutions. Po.et has a real product, that is integrated with multiple publications already, and the Po.et network already represents thousands of articles from different publishers.
Po.et的主要价值在于：项目使用的是区块链技术中一项已被证明可行、已被充分测试、且应用广泛的特征（时间戳），并将这个区块链特征专门的应用在了数字媒体领域。Po.et的最初构想是在BTC Media诞生，而BTC Media本身是世界上最大的一家比特币、区块链媒体之一，旗下品牌有Bitcoin Magazine和Distributed。随着Po.et的测试版引入数家媒体合作伙伴，并且有了在区块链和传统媒体机构很有影响力的人作为顾问，Poet的构想在更多的媒体公司中引起了共鸣。Po.et有实际的产品，产品已经有了数家多出版商用户，且Po.et网络现在已经有多家出版商的数千篇文章记录在了Poet的测试版网络中。
7、Po.et似乎希望通过时间戳来保护某个作者的内容的原创性。 那么如果Po.et中记录的文章的部分被剽窃了怎么办？ 在这种情况下，作者的权利似乎仍然受到侵害？
Po.et 基金会：This is something the Po.et team has thought a lot about - how to resolve conflicts on the network, especially around ownership or plagiarism. There are a couple ways to address this issue, including having "notaries" that validate new content added to Po.et and to also incorporate a reputation system to economically incentivize good behavior and penalize bad actors. There will also be a dispute resolution system to handle unforeseen conflicts.
这个问题Po.et团队也认真思考过—如何处理poet网络中的争议，尤其是所有权和抄袭问题。解决这个问题的方法有很好几种，比如使用公证人来验证Po.et网络上新加入内容的原创性，或者也可以加入信用评价机制，通过经济行为鼓励好的行为、惩罚破坏者。Poet将来也会有争议解决系统，处理一些不可预知的争议。
8、中国有些参与者评论说https://github.com/poetapp中的代码量太少，从而对Po.et产生质疑，甚至说Po.et只是一个“空洞”的项目？ 你会作何回应？ 你如何评估这些开源的代码？ 请从程序员的角度回应。 （这个评论已经成为微信讨论组中共同的关注点，每个人都在等待团队的回答）
Poet基金会：Code on GitHub - The Po.et team has only posted a fraction of the project's code publicly on GitHub, as the main repository is still being refactored in order to open-source it. However, the project has been in development for over 6 months, with 92,792 lines of code in the main repo spanning 1000 commits. The working version can be viewed on alpha.po.et .We plan to open-source the rest of the code before the token sale, to let programmers fully evaluate the project.
关于Github 的代码： Poet 团队仅仅在GitHub上公布了一部分的代码，原因是主要的代码库正在重构以让所有的代码能够开源。再者，整个项目已经开发了超过6个月，在主要代码库里边有92,792行代码，总共有1000次更新（commit）。 可以运行的版本也可以在 alpha.po.et 查看。po.et的全部代码会在众筹前全部公开，所有的程序员都可以对其查看、进行全面评估。
9、在中国，有传闻说Po.et代币将上线B网与P网及其他交易所，这是真的吗？
Poet基金会：We can't comment on any specific exchanges right now but Po.et is reaching out to several major global exchanges about being listed.
我们目前不能就具体某一交易所发表评论。但Po.et目前确实在和数家主要的全球化交易所进行合作洽谈。
10、为何采用邀请码的机制来开展众筹？个人投资者有投资上限吗？大额投资者有锁仓期吗？
Poet基金会：Yes, this is the reason for the invite code system - to limit the amount that each individual is able to purchase in order to encourage a wide distribution of tokens to many investors. Each invite code will be capped at a certain amount in the public token sale, in order to prevent several large investors from buying the majority of the tokens immediately. The initial token purchase maximum will start around $25k USD, and decrease as the sale progresses.
Lockups - The tokens held by the Po.et Foundation for long-term development will be locked up and released over 50 months, with 2% of the tokens becoming unlocked each month. Additionally, the tokens issued for $1m of investment from early investors is subject to a 6 month lockup.
我们使用邀请码众筹目的正是给每个个人投资者设置投资上限，这样尽可能让更多的人持有代币，让代币更加分布。每个邀请码将设定一个代币众筹的上限，以防止投资大户一下子买断所有的代币。初步的投资者投资上限是25,000美金，这个限额会随着公开众售的进程而降低。
锁仓计划： Po.et基金会持有的用于团队长期发展的代币将会有锁仓计划，Po.et基金会持有的部分每个月将解锁2%，总共用时50个月全部解锁完毕。此外，投资额超过一百万美金的早期投资者，其代币都将锁仓6个月。
Poet 旨在为内容创造者、出版商以及消费者重塑价值。目前该项目已经与The Merkle ,Crypto Insider, Coin Speaker， 铅笔四家国内外知名区块链媒体达成伙伴关系，这几家媒体将会是项目的首批出版商用户。 Poet 的投资人包括了分布式资本合伙人 沈波，以太坊创始团队成员 &Jaxx创始人Anthony Di Iorio, BTC Inc(国外知名区块链杂志Bitcoin杂志母公司CEO David Bailey等。
项目众筹目标：1000万美金
众筹时间：2017年8月8日
EST时间08:08分
官网：po.et
本文仅代表作者个人观点，不代表区块链铅笔的立场，不构成投资建议，内容仅供参考。
