Thank you to all who submitted KYC applications during our whitelist registration period which ended on Sunday May 20th.

We’ve received a remarkable quantity of applications, greatly exceeding our initial projections. Our automated process successfully screened out clearly fraudulent applications, which comprised only a small percentage of the applications received. We now have a backlog of thousands of legitimate applications that we need to manually review as required by Swiss regulations. Since you all spent a lot of time and care to prepare the required documents, we feel it is our responsibility to the community to review each and every one of the submitted applications.

Even with a team of 10 that has worked tirelessly to review documents since the start of the KYC period, it would take us more than the next 48 hours to be able to go through each application and arrive at an (approved or denied) decision based on the KYC criteria.

After discussion with our team and our advisors, we are updating the TGE start date to Thursday, May 31, 2018 13:00 CEST (Zurich) to accommodate the large amount of applications. Based on acceptance rates, we should be able to project and announce the individual caps for Batch C by Monday, May 28, 2018. For early Cardstack supporters, you will also receive notification of your individual caps which will be higher as a symbol of our appreciation. We will be updating the TGE dashboard to reflect this information in the next twelve hours.

We know how eager you are for the TGE to commence. Similarly, we are thrilled and grateful to reach this final step in our fundraiser with such strong support.

Last week Chris had a great conversation with Ivan on Tech about the kind of community we're aiming to build with Cardstack. We've covered the highlights here!
https://medium.com/cardstack/building-on-blockchain-the-right-way-fea937e8d731

The new date for our Crowd Fundraiser (Batch C) is Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 13:00 CEST. Details here: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-start-date-of-the-cardstack-crowd-fundraiser-cda0cf04b736

IMPORTANT NOTE:

We are not collecting any funds at the moment! The TGE has been moved to next week, May 31. All contributions must be sent directly to Cardstack’s Ethereum smart contract. The Ethereum address of the smart contract will only be made available on cardstack.com after the close of the KYC/whitelisting process. Be safe and stay vigilant.

We will not solicit any funds via DM or email, ever. Always ensure that you're talking to the right person. Look for the 'admin' tag when someone provides you with information.

Just in! Here's a good writeup about the problem Cardstack wants to solve: https://www.financemagnates.com/thought-leadership/can-blockchain-unite-apps-and-dapps/

Chris participated in a panel at the recent New York Institute of Technology symposium where he discussed the need for people from a diversity of backgrounds to get involved in blockchain. Read more on our blog! https://medium.com/@cardstack/breaking-down-the-silicon-valley-silo-88a00c26bcc

We're pleased to announce the contribution caps for the Crowd Fundraiser: https://medium.com/cardstack/the-contribution-caps-for-the-crowd-fundraiser-3e0bd3e8e4e9

New episode of Crypto Zombie features Cardstack director Chris Tse! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzsynX1n9zU&feature=youtu.be

Check out our new blog that describes Cardstack's unique approach to blockchain! https://medium.com/cardstack/four-ways-to-improve-the-decentralized-internet-c33ea86f9155

Cardstack's latest mention in the media. A nice summary of our approach to decentralization: https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/18/05/11788887/can-cardstack-bring-decentralized-services-to-mainstream-use

ALL PARTICIPANTS: Please carefully review the instructions for the Crowd Fundraiser (Batch C), opening May 31 at 13:00 CEST. https://medium.com/cardstack/contribution-guide-for-the-crowd-fundraiser-8c89a35ff823

VIDEO GUIDE: How to contribute to the Cardstack Token Generation Event. Watch now! (9 minutes)

https://vimeo.com/272704582

It's been a long journey to this point, but we're just getting started. We're grateful for all your support, and we hope you'll join us now in the Token Generation Event.

https://medium.com/cardstack/ten-reasons-to-love-cardstack-9c94ef354098

These are the final, official ETH-to-CARD and ETH-to-USD rates. Please refresh your TGE dashboard to find this information.

Dear community: Thank you for your support. We are opening the TGE momentarily at 13:00 CEST, and are now setting the Telegram to read-only. The best way to get support during the TGE will be using the chat function inside your TGE dashboard.

Note the final ETH-to-CARD and ETH-to-USD rates: https://t.me/cardstack/84500

You MUST include these fields (including ‘Data’) when sending your transaction: https://t.me/cardstack/84541

For your reference, the full instructions are here: https://medium.com/cardstack/contribution-guide-for-the-crowd-fundraiser-8c89a35ff823

And remember that the authentic Cardstack Token Smart Contract Address will ONLY be available through your TGE dashboard on cardstack.com.

As the founding director of Cardstack, I’m truly humbled by your passion and support. It’s been a long journey since I began the Cardstack Project in 2014, but with our incredible and growing community, I know the most rewarding part is what’s to come. Thank you for joining us.

Due to heavy load, your dashboard may not be displaying live fundraiser progress. Don’t worry—if your Ethereum transaction is confirmed on Etherscan, it has been recorded on the blockchain and is successful.

Please remember—when sending your transaction, remember the Gas Limit, Gas Price, and Data fields! Transactions without 'Data' will be REJECTED.

The TGE dashboard is currently experiencing technical issues—our team is working on it. The Cardstack Token Smart Contract is functioning normally on the Ethereunm mainnet. Please don’t worry: CARD tokens are still available, and you will be able to participate as planned when the dashboard regains full functionality.

If you need to verify the authenticity of your Cardstack Token Smart Contract address, paste it into this web tool: https://cardstack.com/verify/ For now, do not send funds to any address that is not verified through this tool.

REMEMBER TO INPUT 0xa6f2ae3a IN THE DATA FIELD. OTHERWISE THE TRANSACTION WILL NOT GO THROUGH

Attention—Our TGE dashboard is now working normally. Please refresh your page.