MASQ Network x Satoshi CLUB AMA Session 16 Dec 2020
PART 1. Introduction of MASQ Network project and community questions.
Hello, Satoshi clubbers and guests of this site. We are happy to present you with a project called MASQ Network. It is a community-driven network providing people around the world access to a censorship-free, clear internet.
The plan of AMA session:
- Part — Introduction and preselected questions.
- Part — Live questions
- The Quiz about MASQ Network
The reward pool is 500$
Leading the AMA our clever and fun admins:
Mary | Satoshi Club — @madamlobster and D. | Satoshi Club — @Cool_as_Ice
The Representative of the project:
M V — [MASQ NETWORK] — Marketing and Branding
KauriHero — Project Leader and Head of MASQ committee.
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Introduction of MASQ Network
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Hello, Satoshi Club! We are happy to announce our AMA session with MASQ! Welcome to Satoshi Club
KauriHero:
Hello everyone!
Thanks for having us
Mary | Satoshi Club:
You’re welcome
D| Satoshi Club:
Hello! Welcome!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Let’s start our day with MASQ!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Hello!!!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Hello! Happy to see you here!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
We’re thrilled to be here. I’m Mac Vaughn — Marketing and Branding.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
And first of all, guys, I want to ask you to introduce yourself and of course MASQ project
KauriHero:
Of course!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Nice to meet you
KauriHero:
I go by KauriHero- and I hail from way down in New Zealand!
I am the Project Leader and Head of our MASQ committee running this project.
We have started our project back in Oct 2019, and have been working with an amazing and diverse team up to this point
Mary | Satoshi Club:
New Zealand, it’s a beautiful place
Mary | Satoshi Club:
You made a lot of things this year!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
I’m From San Francisco, Ca, and have been doing marketing for over 10 years. I make things look pretty. lol
KauriHero:
Yes, we are very lucky here!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Your marketing is very nice, I saw your gifs
but for sure, it’s just the top of the iceberg. What is the MASQ project about? How can you describe its concept in several sentences?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
I have an amazing team behind me. I have someone for every aspect of our branding. I couldn’t be happier with the team I’ve put together. One of the best teams I’ve been a part of and had the pleasure to lead.
KauriHero:
Absolutely. MASQ is all about freedom against censorship in the world wide web (the clear web — that you, me and everyone surf every day)
We are developing a solution that is both open-source and accessible to everyone, and they don’t have to sacrifice the 3 main powers that fuel the solution:
Privacy
Community Spirit
Decentralization
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Oh, my favorite words!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Me too!
KauriHero:
sorry my keyboard stalled lol
D| Satoshi Club:
Nice! I like ideas like that
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Thank you, guys, for your intro! Ready to start with the questions from our community?
KauriHero:
absolutely!
Let’s go!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Can’t wait.
Preselected questions about the MASQ Network project.
D| Satoshi Club:
Q1 from Telegram user @getrichie
How are the results that MASQ provides different that the results that Tor Browser provides? Looks like it has the same end result.
KauriHero:
Good question!
This is a technical question, as well as a good question for non-tech people who want to use these things. Tor uses a concept called onion routing.
Of course, this is where traffic will be routed through several layers
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Yes, I also use Tor from time to time
KauriHero:
Yes, it is great and an amazing non-profit foundation fighting for free web. Onion routing is great, but there are a few issues that happen when it comes to the end of the onion. The last few hops on Tor are on a public list of ‘exit nodes’ which everyone can reference with MASQ. This is not an issue — only the nearest nodes around you (your neighbors — up to 5 nodes) will know you are a possible exit node for their traffic,
since that knowledge is so limited, no one watching or inspecting the traffic can try to monitor this, but here is the magic of MASQ Nodes. With Tor, there is no incentive for the node runners, other than to help others for the cause. (which is noble in itself)
MASQ will incentivize users who will earn for sharing their bandwidth!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
I wonder if it affects in any way the speed?
KauriHero:
Good question. As many users of Tor report, there are slight latencies since traffic is routed around 6 nodes total for one cycle. Our initial tests show that we are in between the speeds and latency of VPN and Tor. But of course, it also depends on your nearby Node neighbors the development of Node will allow us to continually improve this, and once of our stages of development will be advanced Node Terminal Intelligence, where it will detect when your speeds are low and will route you to a fast and better path
Mary | Satoshi Club:
I want the speediest neighbors
because my Tor is very slow and it’s annoying when I have to use it.
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
And it doesn’t incentivize you to use it whereas MASQ will!
D| Satoshi Club:
If there will be more nodes in MASQ ecosystem, speed would be higher?
KauriHero:
Yes, I hear you!
That’s another issue with Tor, as there are only so many exit nodes out there on Tor.
Tor is great don’t get me wrong — but with Node nearly every user can choose to be a routing node or exit node if they wish (and earn MASQ)
No special set up required
Mary | Satoshi Club:
And now I want to ask — your browser is ready and I can start to use it today, right?
KauriHero:
Technically yes, as there are more node pathways, and the fastest ones will be used
Actually, we have a usable alpha version on GitHub.
It is a medium level skill to download it and run it, but it is open source and anyone could actually try to use it today (at their own risk — please don’t try to do illegal things on it lol. The user GUI is browser-based and will work on any major browser (Firefox, Edge, safari, opera, etc)
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:x
We have a testing group and we are always looking for more testers!
KauriHero:
Yes, that’s right!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Thank you! I think you will definitely get new users today!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Here, you can see a video of it actually working
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Testers
And are you ready for the next question?
KauriHero:
SURE
D| Satoshi Club:
Q2 from Telegram user @flagschemicals
The MASQ team intends to have a core group of individuals forming a committee. How will the members of the first committee be chosen? Also, is this committee a decision-making entity or its role is to give suggestions and expertise?
KauriHero:
The first committee was formed when the project first started.
Since then, some of the members have moved on to other things, and we have engaged a few loosely as advisors — who just help with business connections and advice.
Our ultimate goal is to make the MASQ network successful and large enough where it can not be shut down.
Then the committee will be dissolved. MASQ started as a community project of volunteers and remains that way today
We are grateful for all the help we have had along the way.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
And what about decisions and committee roles?
KauriHero:
Our committee does discuss and make strategic decisions now.
But there is NO central CEO.
I was voted project Leader, and each role was voted on based on skillsets in the real world.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Does the word volunteer mean that you are not paid for your work?
D| Satoshi Club:
Looks fair
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
That is correct!
KauriHero:
Yes. We do have some committee tokens that are released now, but for the last 12 months, it was all volunteer work.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Got it
but it seems that everything works great in this way
Thank you for your answers! Ready to go forward to the next question?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:w
Let’s go!
KauriHero:
Yes
D| Satoshi Club:
Q3 from Telegram user @klaus_crypto
Recently you listed on Linkswap. Why you have chosen this DEX instead of the more popular Uniswap? or do you have some special relationship with the link swap team? because you are making campaigns together
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Great question
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Yes, I also wondering) Uniswap is something like a must-have nowadays
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
LInkswap had already been in the works/development for awhile. I knew through an associate of mine that the features they were going to implement would be revolutionary in this space. I asked my associate if there was any way we could be a part of their launch. I knew that launching on Linkswap would give MASQ more eyeballs than just being another coin listing on Uniswap. We were offered an exclusive listing with rewards and that I knew our community would be thrilled about and Linkswap launched and after 1 week was already the 8th largest DEX in the world
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Can you tell us more about these rewards? We like rewards
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/linkswap-hits-20m-value-locked-as-new-farmers-boost-yfl-price-outlook
KauriHero:
Yes Uniswap has like 50 new project listings per day — it’s almost like a flood of unknowns to try to stand out from (even though we know we have a very special project and solution for the world!)
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Amazing article on Linkswap, sure!
KauriHero:
Sure that’s another reason we really liked Linkswap as our first listing partner. Link swap has offered rewards for staking liquidity tokens for many of the initial pairs.
We are one of the initial ones to be included.
They are rewarding our liquidity provider token holder YFL + MASQ tokens each day
Mary | Satoshi Club:
You’re right
KauriHero:
Some users are reporting APY of well over 200%
KauriHero:
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
AND Linkswap will have some amazing features soon like “LINKCHECK” where they will do verified checks of projects so that users can feel more comfortable getting involved in a new token/coin.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
I see the logic behind your decision! It’s original and there are a lot of benefits for your members
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
100%
KauriHero:
Also to add is when we did due diligence on Linkswap, we looked at where their strengths were compared to Uniswap.
In nearly every area where Uniswap has a flaw, Linkswap had identified it and implemented a feature to help make it better!
D| Satoshi Club:
This is really awesome!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Btw, what about fees on Linkswap?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
LInkswap will take over the DEX space… of course, that is my opinion haha
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Everything is possible
KauriHero:
It’s the same fee structure as Uniswap.
0.3% trading fee
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Got it! Thank you! Ready to go to the next question?)
KauriHero:
For sure!
D| Satoshi Club:
Q4 from Telegram user @barkadita
You have an airdrop pool that is not very common this day. Please tell us who will be able to benefit from it and when will it take place?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
We picked up the code from a dead project and basically ran with it. We tried to engage that old community of users and already did that airdrop. It was a 1:1 at first. Once we realized that we would not be able to honor that original airdrop, we did a 40:1 swap for those original tokens.
KauriHero:
The current airdrop pool is to help any loyal members who still have original airdropped MASQ to use it on the software.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Old community? what do you mean by that?
KauriHero:
The community from the dead project
We continued the code development and still going strong after 13 months.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Oh, you rewarded them, that’s nice)
KauriHero:
Yes that’s right
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Everything is clear for me here
KauriHero:
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Do you want to add something or we can go to the next question?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
Well. There is something else…
KauriHero:
Yes, one more thing. Early Xmas cheer for those watching.
D| Satoshi Club:
Very generous airdrop from you, those people should be happy
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
ALMOST ALL remaining airdrop pool tokens that were not claimed in the swap will be BURNT
KauriHero:
After 3rd jan
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
lowering our supply even further
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Wow!
KauriHero:
Let’s see who is watching from our current community
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
HaHa
KauriHero:
You heard it here first at Satoshi Club
D| Satoshi Club:
Nice! Satoshi club good place for news
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Thank you, we like to be the first to hear good news
KauriHero:
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Sure, your community will be happy
5th question?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
let’s do it
D| Satoshi Club:
Q5 from Telegram user @cryptomonkss
MASQ tokens power connectivity, and when people pay for your shared bandwidth, you’ll earn tokens. What is the reward? is it fixed or is it based on the market demand and the speed I provide? What is the maximum number of nodes I can provide?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
Great question
KauriHero:
Wow, very good question. The reward will be MASQ tokens, and the design will be such that the user can set their rate for traffic.
If it’s too high, other nodes won’t use them. if it’s too low they won’t earn much, and will likely not be able to handle the ideal amount of traffic. So it will create its own market within the MASQ network.
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
What is the maximum number of nodes I can provide? — One per public IP address.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Do you have any structure described in the article, for example, for these rewards?
KauriHero:
Good question and right now, that mechanism is undocumented, other than in the code.
D| Satoshi Club:
Do you have a guide on how to run a MASQ node?
KauriHero:
Yes, there are several guides.
And we have a lot of documentation on GitHub for medium to advanced users. We can provide these to anyone who is interested in testing.
D| Satoshi Club:
Great!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Thank you! Now we know where we can get it! Ready for the last 6th question from this part?
D| Satoshi Club:
Thank you guys for the answers! ready for the last question from this part? HeHe.
KauriHero:
Yes!
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
Let’s do it
D| Satoshi Club:
Let’s go!
Q6 from Telegram user @balabas4bounty
You are working on the third pillar of your system: Clandestine
Potentially eyebrow-raising traffic, both inbound and outbound, is masqueraded as harmless, boring traffic so that an observer will not be able to tell that an MASQ Node is even running. As I see here, you want to hide the user which uses your services, in order not to detect me as a user of your services. So, you want to say that at the moment I can be detected as a user of your services? until this third pillar is ready
@MASQ_ai don’t forget to join!
KauriHero:
Very good question. Nice one to end on! So right now, the 3rd pillar isn’t active, that’s right.
But all that means is that if someone was to inspect the traffic or data packets, it will look like they have had some changes to the packet, but still look fairly normal, and also of course they are encrypted.
It also might be able to be used over time to detect patterns that are unusual. Of course, this is not 100% safe yet for users in China who might have police knock on their door if they get caught using a VPN.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Yes, for sure
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
Basically, as it stands now, the software works like a VPN, so even though clandestine isn’t active now, it is still powerful in its current form.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
If there is no policeman behind the door it’s safe, right?
KauriHero:
Clandestine will be the ultimate final product. Hahaha.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Guys, thank you! I really excited to try how the MASQ browser works and earn rewards
M V — [MASQ NETWORK:]
That’s amazing! We hope you do.
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Sure
And now we are close to the live part
ready for the storm?
KauriHero:
Yes I have my storm coat on!
Mary | Satoshi Club:
Let’s go
PART 2.Questions about the MASQ Network project from the live chat of the telegram community.
In this part, we open a chat for the crypto community for 100 seconds. Then the guests from the MASQ Network DeFi project choose the top 15 questions. — 10 in the AMA, 5 in an article after AMA. The 15 crypto enthusiasts have earned cryptocurrency in the sum of 250$.
Q -1 from a telegram user @Joseunda
After being on Linkswap, do you plan to be listed on any CEX, what does DEX offer you that CEX doesn’t?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
No plans at this point BUT we are looking to see what platform might help us grow next! We’re looking at several options. I am sure we will but cannot give a date.
Q -2 from a telegram user @abowhasebe
Does the MASQ project have NFTs?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
No BUT, we are exploring that now and think it’s a great way to reward and engage your community for loyalty.
Q -3 from a telegram user @wonderkit
If Linkswap has been released, what event will Masq raise on Linkswap to attract new users?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Both Linkswap and MASQ have extensive marketing plans in place. MASQ has just hired a top tier marketing firm who will be helping us reach out to influencers, magazines, blogs, and other crypto-related sources to help us spread the word. We are very active with our marketing. Thank you!
Q — 4 from a telegram user @bathulosnom
Can you tell us more about your tokenomics? What will happen with unclaimed airdrop tokens? Will you burn them?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Yes! As we answered in our AMA, we will be burning the majority of the airdrop/swap tokens. Thank you.
Q — 5 from a telegram user @cindy_crypto
I know how to use command line but I wonder if do you have GUI for us to use Masq easily?
KauriHero:
Good question here!
Advanced and medium-level users can actually run the entire software from the command line.
It’s open-source and some users have done this and also done tests on their own machines.
We have found it is very stable on Linux in the command line and some users are actually hosting ‘cloud nodes’ of MASQ in cloud VPS providers like AWS and GoogleCloud.
Q — 6 from a telegram user @Tunmiii
How do I get my computer/device connected to MASQ network?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Right now, you can download an HTML/GUI demo but we are working on an electron-based app that will run on windows/mac/Linux.
Q — 7 from a telegram user @macvaughan
What was your power throughout the journey of MASQ? How has the artistic and creative vision of MASQ changed the whole of its development?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
I love this question. MASQ stands for “Masquerade”. I personally love the idea of masquerade parties even though I have only been to one. I used my experience from that to drive the graphics and feeling. I wanted people to have the feeling that they were at a party where they could truly be themselves.
Q — 8 from a telegram user @Nickkiii
I’m new to this and I want to participate in the MASQ Liquidity Providers (LP) and Staking program, but I need assistance, do you have any tutorials or guidelines explaining how to Add MASQ-ETH Liquidity and How to Stake LSLP Tokens for Rewards?
KauriHero:
We actually released 2 video guides for using Linkswap with a full walk thought tutorial to show you have to add Liquidity to the MASQ-ETH pool and to stake the tokens for rewards.
It’s on our YouTube channel
Q — 9 from a telegram user @AC7878
What Blockchain project has similar technology with MASQ?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
We’ve done our research and we are the only one with the ground up technological solution NOT using a vpn. It will be a one of a kind, never seen before.
Q — 10 from a telegram @Pratze
So why the MASQ team have chosen to stay anonymous? Don’t you think this can scare off potential investors, because I think the anonymity of team member can increase the scam case?
KauriHero:
At the moment, the project is all about the software solution.
We are simply just the volunteers making this happen.
Since we never did an ICO or asked for private investors, we want to keep it that way and don’t feel our identities are important in that way.
We also know one-day large agencies, govts and corporations may not like how disruptive this technology is.
They will want a target to blame or try to shutdown.
So much like Satoshi himself, we feel at least for now, it’s best to keep as much of the personal info out of the limelight.
But that could change in future
Q — 11 from a telegram user @Idee02
MASQ only have 3 international TG community. Do you have any short-term plans to expand to the Chinese, Korean, European, and UK markets? How can community members contribute to the development and expansion of the MASQ project in this aspect?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
YES! I want to expand to all of these and am looking for admins and moderators. If you know anyone please send them my way!
Q -12 from a telegram user @regard94
What mechanisms do you have for the case of security — aren’t you afraid that some AI or hackers could just hack you?
KauriHero:
Hackers and botnets won’t be able to get into the MASQ network and traffic themselves.
The data packets going through the network and nodes are still encrypted and using standard TCP/IP protocol and security.
So it’s really no riskier of getting hacked than normal use of the Internet.
That said if you aren’t using strong passwords, or try to click on a phishing or hacked website, you are still at risk either way.
Q -13 from a telegram user @boradam
What was the most challenging part of your project that you overcome?
M V — [MASQ NETWORK]:
Honestly, getting taken seriously as a project and then being listed. It took us a year to get here to this place. Good question.
Q -14 from a telegram user @KASG95
I understand that privacy is necessary, but really without it, MASQ will not be able to provide Internet access to those who need it? How then do conventional networks that do not have privacy do it?
KauriHero:
Very good question.
That’s where the power of three pillars come into play.
With MASQ Network the traffic will be made to look like other traffic (gaming, telnet, email, etc)
So even though the traffic may be inspected it is still encrypted in the contents (meaning it is private) but the packet just looks like it came from something else.
Usually, gaming data somewhere like Russia or China won’t be inspected
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Part 3 — Quiz about project
In the final part, we would like to check your knowledge in terms of the MASQ Network project. They’ve prepared 4 questions for this part, so everyone could be a part and answer. Participants had 10 minutes to answer. 1500$ was distributed between the winners.
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