Last week, the startup company Lotus published a new project on reditemming to create a decentralized religious community, in which support of Buddhist and meditation was supported on the basis of Atheram Blockchain. According to the company's white paper, the structure of the community will be divided into three parts: "an off-block channel software platform" which connects teachers and students; "An internal economy supported by the membership fee and the ERC 20 Token purchased by a central banker Smart Agreement;" And "a website and
The database is connected to the network with backend flock. "
ERC 20 compatible Karma (KRM) tokens will be used for mobilization of platforms for exchanges and for platform development. In addition, if users are able to develop the network, they will receive KRM as a reward.
The company believes that they can form a block-based community in a radical manner by combining science and religion. There is also a request of 14th Dalai Lama's Tenzin Gyatso, which is included in the white paper:
"If scientific analysis proved to be proved decisively to prove some claims in Buddhism ... then we should accept the findings of science and leave those claims."
The Lotus community will be divided into two parts: Students and teachers teachers will either be elected or appointed by the company's owner, they offer religious services to students, in which "Student retention and advancement facility, make content for the network and New recruitment of new students "teachers will earn karma token for their activities.
On the other hand, students can register independently in the community, however, for the price, Lotus students will be allowed to join the "temple" and classes, but they have to pay KRM token to do so. In addition, there is "work-gate" material available only when some students pay a monthly monthly subscription fee if students pay attention, then students can also earn KRM bonuses, more regular their activity, The more bonuses they can earn, the white paper is detailed.
When Lotus published his white paper on the reddit at the Itorum Community, he received harsh criticism. Most users argue that Buddhism does not follow materialism
"I think that 'the search for meaning beyond materialism' and physical 'mix of spiritual practice' do not blend together very well. Only one thought," a user has written
"What you are doing is not man Buddhism It is Opportunism Buddhism is about simplicity, you are taking people into complexity, basically to mediate with your system to encourage people to make money. Is (not), "another user wrote on the radio.
Other people in the community suspect that the entire project, which is planning to start an ICO, is going to grab a scam or some kind of money
"The problem here is the man: You are coming with an IOC at a time when the corruption contained in the ICO is very public. I like the idea of decentralized meditation app, I really do this, however, the fact is that you For some such 'decentralized religion', the ICO is doing non-profits, especially the scandal of intellectual scandal, and I believe that this is one. If it really is your gift If you are passionate about paying attention to people and making you spiritual, then you will not have a profitable business model. Without non-profit, in fact, you have no leg to talk about spirituality, " A user called PJBRD7 said about the project.
Surprisingly, the negative opinion on such a project seems to be that Lotus has changed some of the project concepts:
"We're changing a little bit:
Stop the ICO from all marketing materials / crowd funds and work on building our community.
Start playing the slow and steady 'snowball going down a mountain' game.
Write a blog post at least once per week; Each post highlights one community's biggest concerns with our project (like why we need ERC 20 token).
It also gives us time to find both Blockchain and Buddhist consultant.
Get away from 'secular meditation' with 'Buddhism'. "