Canya Coin
I've written a few articles about some better known cryptos. Today I want to talk about a much lesser known crypto called Canya coin. 
This is going to be a shorter post but let's start with what it is. CanYa is a trusted app-based service that connects people and businesses who want to get stuff done with providers who can help. So it's not a new idea, but implementing it through a peer to peer cryptocurrency platform cuts out the middleman and with them their fees. The Canya team aims to leverage the tech and smart contracts to minimize fees and keep them as low as 1%. It'll enable users to buy the coin with different forms of currency thereby opening the market up to more users.
Product
One of the biggest things that has been attracting me to Canya coin is they already have a working product. That's right. I'll repeat it because there are so few crypto projects we can actually say this about right now. Canya Coin already has a working product. See for yourself or here for ios.
To go along with that, the team just purchased a majority stake in Bountysource. A community with over 46,000 members. It's a smart move and is going to go a long way to get their product adopted.
Team
One of the things that I really like is that the Canya team has been transparent in everything they do. They've been going the extra mile to ensure every move they make is compliant with any laws. Even going so far as to performing KYC verification on anyone who contributed at least 10 ETH to their ICO.
I recently asked in their telegram how they were expecting to attract new users. One of the team members responded that they are heavily into the development of their web app and it will be ready soon as per the white paper. They're also going to be leveraging their newly acquired majority stake in Bounty Source.
All of this is adding up to tell me the team is serious about their product.
Token distribution
Another indicator that the team isn't in this for some quick pump and dump or is just another ICO scam.
From the article at http://strategiccoin.com/3-secrets-behind-canya-australias-second-successful-token-launch/
"One-fifth of the total supply of CAN tokens were allocated to a reward pool, and community members could earn tokens from this pool in a variety of ways, from creating CanYa-focused content to translating official CanYa communications into other languages.
Token buyers could also receive rewards for referring other token buyers, and one user referred almost 100 other contributors. These incentives not only increased community engagement but also helped market the TGE to many contributors the project would not have otherwise reached.
Importantly, the token distribution is also structured so that the development team and advisors receive their tokens last, following predefined vesting periods as long as one year. This lock-up period helps assure contributors that both the team and its advisors are committed to the project’s long-term success rather than simply short-term profits.
For these reasons, along with the strength of its development team, Strategic Coin awarded the CanYa TGE with a viability score of 3.7 out of 5.0, and investors rewarded the startup with $12 million AUD to bootstrap its ambitious project."
What this means is that they are focussed on building the community and team members required vesting period means they can't just cut bait, sell and run.
CMC
Be aware when looking this coin up on coinmarketcap.com they don't seem to be reporting the market cap correctly and are showing it around the 1100 rank. The total supply of the coin is 100,000,000 and at about $3 a coin right now that would put this coin at $300 million for market cap, ranked in the upper 100s.
The other thing it has in its favor is it's not terribly easy to buy right now. The only exchanges its listed on at the time of writing this are EtherDelta, which isn't terribly user friendly and scares off a lot of buyers and the up and coming kucoin exchange.
Disclaimer
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Looks like an interesting project. Can you maybe discuss the value of the CAN Token's utility a little? What is the value of holding these tokens?
I'm guessing the expected growth in token value will result from more users offering services on the CanYa app, meaning an increase in the total value of services offered relative to a capped token supply?
Good question. So I think you nailed it. The value of the token increases as their adoption / user base increases. The use of the token is to ease the process of matching service requesters and those that will perform the service especially when the match crosses international borders.
There are 3 uses the team have outlined:
The first two are to give service requesters a means to promote their listing and for rewarding users through things like referrals, registration and new user rewards. These two I believe are intended to help with the platform adoption.
The main use is as a payment from the service requester to the fulfiller. There is a fee around 1% for this of which 30% goes to the reward pool, 30% goes to the platform to support maintenance and further development, 10% will goto designated charities the first of which they chose giveth and the last 30% will be burnt. The burning will over time reduce supply and aide in the increased demand.
The value of a particular token doesn't always increase just because their is an increase in platform adoption. I think this is a common misconception in the cryptosphere at the moment.
That being said, I think the first use you've described - where the coin is a means of promoting listings - is a good example of the potential appreciation of the coin over time. I'm less convinced about the other uses resulting in an appreciation in coin value.
Still, a great project and I'll follow the success of the app. Thanks for the post!
I would think an increase in adoption would create a decrease in supply. So if the demand even just stays level wouldn't that alone cause the token value to appreciate? I think the other piece is there is a token burn mechanism through their fee structure which over time would decrease supply to the same effect and an increase in adoption would accelerate that.
If you don't mind, I'd love to read your thoughts on this. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment!
It comes down to what some people refer to as 'token velocity' - the speed at which tokens change hands, or conversely the amount of time people typically hold tokens. The structure of a platform has a huge impact on people's desire to hold tokens.
For a good overview, check out: https://multicoin.capital/2017/12/08/understanding-token-velocity/
So back to your examples for the CanYa coin - the desire for people to hold tokens to use to promote listings gives reason for token value to appreciate, so does token burnoff as you say.
Whereas in the example of the token underlying payment for services, this just results in lots of tokens changing hands lots of times, which alone wouldn't necessarily increase the value of the token, it would just increase its velocity.
If you're not planning on using a platform, then you're typically an investor wanting to hold tokens. I suggest thinking about token velocity and the reasons that a particular project has for people to hold tokens long term. As discussed in the article I linked, the lower the token velocity, the greater the network value, meaning greater growth of each token on that network.
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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