PocketCon/FAQ

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28 PocketCon FAQ
Salutations!

We noticed you had many questions about what PocketCon is and how it relates to Gaia. We created a quick FAQ in the hopes to clarify any confusion!

What is PocketCon? PocketCon is a new mobile app focused on sharing videos, artwork, and news with avatar and chat functionalities. It takes place in a convention setting for fans of movies, TV, and video games. The product is still in development and still have much to be defined.

When will PocketCon be released? PocketCon is in the beginning phases of production and will be released in late 2018.

What is cryptocurrency and what does it have to do with PocketCon? Much like Gaia, PocketCon will also have a virtual currency, but today's Gaia premium currency cannot be converted back to dollars and doesn't share usage by other products. A cryptocurrency system ensures that the owner of the currency retains the ownership and value of the currency, which also comes with the benefit of rising value as the currency is used more widely.

Will my Gaia account work with PocketCon? PocketCon will have its own virtual economy, so it won't work directly with Gaia's system, though we will provide advantages for Gaia users for those who wish to use PocketCon.

Who is working on PocketCon? PocketCon is separately funded and a new team is being setup to create PocketCon. The new team will include some of Gaia Online's current members, while new members are being added to the Gaia Online team as replacements.

Why isn't Gaia putting in resources/devs/fixes/etc for Gaia Online? Gaia Online as a product, is funded by you the Gaia user, and whatever the amount funded is the amount of resources available for hiring the art team and engineering team.

PocketCon, being funded separately, will also help lower the operating cost of Gaia Online by sharing resources such as server cost.

We hope that the code developed from creating PocketCon will help advance the underlying technologies as we update Gaia Online moving forward.

Why not build a Gaia mobile app instead of the PocketCon app? Gaia is currently working on a new mobile app. It is Codemonkey's current project, and is going live for testing next week.

What makes this different than other mobile projects/other projects in general you've done that you ended? A lot of us love the idea of what PocketCon promises. You can be the judge on PocketCon on it's release later this year.