There are now so many alt-coins out there that it’s almost impossible to keep track of which projects are legitimate and which are garbage.

This article is the first entry in a series I will write for Hacked which will give summaries and context around a specific crypto project.

The topic of today’s summary is Po.et.

So what is Po.et?

Essentially, Po.et is a universal ledger built off of the Ethereum Blockchain that intends to track attribution and ownership for the world’s digital creative assets.

In the digital age, all it takes is one click to copy someone else’s picture, video, paragraph, or song, and repost it as your own. The thief then reaps the monetary benefits of someone else’s work while the creator gets nothing.

Even if artists or journalists wanted to license their work properly, the current methods are highly labor-intensive and generally aren’t worth the time and effort spent.

Po.et wants to digitally timestamp content and be utilized as the main source of what content is licensed by who and when they were licensed.

Po.et utilizes this via something they dub, “Proof of Existence”, which they describe as the first non-financial application of the blockchain.

If I were to upload a media file or essay to the Po.et platform, the file is given a unique digital “fingerprint” that can’t be altered given the immutability of the ledger.

While a useful implementation of blockchain technology, the real value that Po.et offers is that there is no barrier to the licensing information itself. All of it is public and viewable by anyone without having to spend any money or tokens.

Po.et also wants to be a platform for content to get discovered.

Creators can create their own decentralized marketplaces that use POE tokens to upload and rate content. In order to add content to a specific marketplace, a creator must stake a certain amount of POE tokens. If the users of the marketplace don’t feel that the content belongs there, they will reject it and confiscate the staked coins.

Each marketplace determines their own voting terms requirements and amount of POE that new content contributors must stake to join. The more quality content in a given marketplace, the more valuable the marketplace will become.

In theory, this incentivizes members to only accept quality, relevant submissions and reject content that does not fit.

The process of staking is supposed to act as a self-selecting mechanism for individual markets. For example, in a marketplace for cat pictures, adding a dog picture would get my staked coins confiscated, disincentivizing me from trying to add it there in the first place.

But what if the first time a piece of content is submitted to Po.et is by someone who has plagiarized it?

Po.et gives users the ability to “challenge” the submission. Using the unique fingerprints assigned to each document, members can vote to accept or reject a challenge. If the challenge is approved by the majority of the members of a given marketplace, the new content is removed from the marketplace.

The Po.et team describes the use of POE tokens as follows:

1.  To bootstrap the network effects of Po.et by creating a community of engaged invested stakeholders and publishers
2. To raise funds for the long-term development of the Po.et Foundation
3. To provide a mechanism to incentivize and reward early adopters and positive contributions to the Po.et network

The founder’s argument is that POE tokens will serve as the economic incentive behind Po.et’s need to promote quality, curated content on their trustless platform.

The team minted a total of 3,141,592,653 POE during their ICO in August 2017. The team sold 50% to the community through a token sale event, raising a total of $10 million USD.

The rest of the token allocations were as follows:

• 8% Founding Team
• 10% Angel Investors
• 10% Integration Partners
• 22% Foundation
• 50% Token Sale

The Po.et team currently has 10 core members, who include CEO Jarrod Dicker.

Having Dicker as a CEO is impressive given that he previously served as the president of innovation and commercial strategy at The Washington Post. As such, it stands to reason that he is extremely well versed in the issues plaguing the licensing of media content.

The development of Po.et has been separated into three phases by their team. These are as follows:

1. The Rosetta Era

The Rosetta Era began in June 2017. During this period, Po.et released their ICO and raised $10 million dollars from the token sale. They used these funds as their seed round and were thus able to launch their public test net and integrate their first publishers onto the platform. WordPress users were officially able to timestamp and keep an updated log of all of their written work.

2. The Guttenberg Era

This is the era the project is currently in. According to their roadmap, Po.et will unveil their licensing marketplace in the upcoming months. This marketplace will supposedly integrate 20+ established publishers and allow creators to begin hosting their written content.

As well as facilitating discovery, the marketplaces will also accommodate creative licenses and allow for payments to content creators through what they describe as frictionless payment channels.

3. The Alexandria Era

The final era of development for the platform will be open to all interested users and begin supporting images and videos in the marketplace.

The current value of POE tokens is hovering about $0.03 cents.

Given that the team is led by an absurdly overqualified CEO, and that the team has already reached multiple successful development milestones on time, my analysis is that Po.et is a sleeping giant.

They solve a very specific problem that the leaders of the project have tons of professional experience dealing with in their prior careers.

Po.et could be a great token to hold long-term in anticipation of the platform being fleshed out. As always, I encourage readers to exercise caution and do their own due diligence on a project.

In the future, I will write a guide on how to properly allocate an altcoin portfolio but for now, I would recommend putting in no more than $200-$400 for small accounts (as part of a diversified portfolio), or $500-$1000 for larger accounts.

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The major cryptocurrencies are all sporting gins today, with Ethereum, EOS, Stellar, and Monero leading the way higher percentage-wise. Despite the rally, the short-term technical setup is unchanged in most cases, with the top coins still on neutral trend signals, and with no buy signals having been triggered just yet.

From a technical standpoint, Ethereum is still clearly the coin to watch, as the price of the ETH token rose back above $700 today, showing relative strength yet again, getting close to a short-term buy signal.  While a signal is not confirmed yet, a break out from the bullish corrective pattern could be near.

ETH/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

The coin faces strong resistance between $735 and $780, with targets above that at $845 and $900, while support is found between $625 and $645 and between $555 and $575. We still advise traders to wait before entering new positions here, even as the correction lows are likely in.

BTC/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

Bitcoin is still stuck below the key $8400-$8700 zone after it hit another marginal new correction low near $7900. Although BTC is not a buy signal, the downside momentum is fading and the coin could be close to a breakout of the correction pattern, despite its recent relative weakness. Strong support is still found between $7650 and $7800, while resistance is ahead between $9000 and $9200, $10,000, and $10,500.

New Leadership yet to Form

IOT/USD, 4-Hour Chart Analysis

While the leaders of the April rally are trading consistently with an ongoing uptrend, for now, there are no standout performers spearheading the rally among the majors. EOS is still holding up above the $12 while the other prior leader IOTA is also trading above key support at $1.7 but without clear bullish momentum. Should the coin move above the $1.9 resistance, the short-term trend signal would switch to buy, but as of now, the corrective pattern is intact.

As the long-term charts are looking more constructive after the pullback, long-term investors could soon be looking for entry points,  while traders could also get buy singles in the coming days.

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Disclaimer:  The analyst owns cryptocurrencies. He holds investment positions in the coins, but doesn’t engage in short-term or day-trading, nor does he hold short positions on any of the coins.

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The segment has been drifting lower in a choppy fashion ever since our latest look at the long-term charts and the two-faced nature of the market is still apparent. Bitcoin and the other relatively weak majors, like Litecoin, Monero, Dash, and NEO are clearly lagging the leaders from a technical standpoint, while Ethereum is still the most positive out of the largest coins.

The leaders of the rally are still holding up above the crucial support levels, keeping the recovery intact but as the overbought long-term readings are mostly cleared, the coins should start to show signs of bottoming soon. For now, we advise traders and investors to remain on the sidelines in the case of the majority of the coins until the short- and long-term time frames show conflicting trends.

BTC/USD, Daily Chart Analysis

Bitcoin didn’t reach a severely overbought momentum reading as the move above $10,000 failed, and the coin started a correction off that level and dropped below the $8400 support in the process. The short-term corrective pattern is intact, while the long-term MACD is in neutral territory again.  Key long-term support is found just above $7650 and in the $6150-$6250 zone while further resistance is ahead between $9000 and $9200 and near $10,000.

ETH/USD, Daily Chart Analysis

Ethereum is holding up above the $625-$625 support zone, within a short-term correction pattern, while the long-term momentum indicators are still above neutral territory. The trend signals are neutral in case of the second largest coin, and traders and investors should wait before entering new positions. Resistance zones are ahead between $735 and $780 and near $845, while support is found between $555 and $575.

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