Cardstack (CARD) ICO Review & Analysis

CardStack

The Experience Layer Of The Decentralized Internet

ERC20 Token

Cardstack is an open-source framework and consensus protocol that makes blockchains usable and scalable for the mass market, creating a decentralized software ecosystem that can challenge today’s digital superpowers.

Cardstack is a leap forward for blockchain at every layer of the software stack — providing a toolset that unlocks the potential of the decentralized Internet for everyone.

Cardstack Framework is a comprehensive SDK for building powerful, cohesive blockchain apps. At the core is Cardstack Hub, which orchestrates data and value transfer across multiple blockchains and the cloud.
Cardstack-powered dApps can tap into the Tally protocol, which gives dApps the power to perform complex computations to organize large networks of users — such as batching payments, counting votes, and rewarding good work.
Developers can monetize their Cardstack- based apps via the smart contracts powered by the Cardstack Token (CARD), an Ethereum-based ERC20 token designed to fairly reward Cardstack- powered communities.

“Cardstack’s approach to decentralizaton lets self-sovereign users act as their own hub, so that interactions with applications and services running on networks of different topologies flow through a software stack controlled by the users.”

Positives

Rock Solid Team. Plenty of Computer Scientists Which Is Definitely a Required Field for This Sort of Project. Website Shows a Team of 18 Members Which Is a Great Amount for a New Project or ICO.
Beautiful Website. Super Easy Research for Investors. Extensive Documentation Including a Full Whitepaper and a One-pager for Investors Who Are Time Poor. Great Graphics. Well Structured and Presented.
Cardstack Provides Investors with a 10 Minute Intro Video Which Is Beautifully Animated and Explains the Platform Well. This Sort of Platform Is so In-depth That Some People May Not Understand Without a Visual Explanation
Github Progress Is Seriously Impressive. With over 96 Releases and over 1500+ Commits at the Time of Writing (April 2018). This Is One of the Most Active and Extensive Githubs We Have Seen from a Project This New.
Competitors Are Going to Find It Hard to Compete Quickly. Cardstack Is Creating a Platform That Is Not Easily Copied Due to the Extent of the Features They Are Developing. This Isn’t a Copy/Paste Project with a Single Function.

Concerns

No Advisors Currently Listed on the Cardstack Website. Team Members Are Extremely Solid so This Isn’t a Huge Concern. An Update on This Would Be Great, Though.
Some of Cardstacks Selling Points Such as Fiat On-ramps and Batch Payments Are Already Being Developed by Other Projects in the Space. Cardstack Will Need to Make Sure the Features They Introduce Are an Improved Version of What Is Already Available.
Cardstacks Development Plans Are Ambitious and Great in Theory but We Struggle to Find the Real “Solution” That They Bring to the Table. Usually Projects Can Find a Major Issue with an Industry and Explain Clearly How They Will Fix It. Cardstack Has a Lot of “Fixes” But Doesn’t Go into Detail about Why We Desperately Need to Use the Service.