Here is an exclusive interview with the Founder of Mira, Dmitriy Baday. As the CEO, he oversees the network development, project staff, and organizational partnerships. Among his projects are Ctrl-V Mining Club, and dozens of other IT and blockchain systems.
Dmitriy, start by telling us: What is the main idea behind the project and why did you decide to work on it?
I have vast experience in startup’s development and a clear vision of all processes from inside. The company was created by myself, it is my own child of evolution in this case. The core idea, I think, was freedom, and to close the gap between people without special competence and complex world of crypro and blockchain. We really want to provide affordable access to the new way of managing cryptocurrencies and simplify their usage.
What is Mira about?
The idea combines a set of features for dealing with cryptocurrencies that, in their entirety, can not be matched by exchanges or wallets currently available on the market. Apart from removing security problems, which arise when private keys and passwords are stored online under the control of third-party holders, moving transactions off the blockchain results in the absence of commissions when money changes hands, and also provides complete anonymity not only for new owners but even at the moment of purchasing a container at Mira’s exchange, as the only information needed for MiraBox creation is its ID. Another important benefit — accessible to people who lack technological know-how.
When was the company launched?
The project went live in July 2017.
What makes participants want to join you? What do people get in return?
Well, first — by joining us, people support a new and successful project that makes cryptocurrencies easy and accessible to everyone. Second — people will be able to pay for platform’s services with MIRA tokens; thus, they can save a lot on commissions. Third — every holder of MIRA tokens will be able to sell them after ICO. As a rule, after successful ICO, it’s value grows, and it will bring the profit for the people who bought MIRA tokens on the pre-ICO, pre-order and ICO stages.
Tell us a bit about your team and it’s strengths? Do your team members have relevant background and experience?
The Mira team is a diverse group of experts with varied vast experience across the financial, technology, marketing, analytics and blockchain markets. Every member is really into the project, and working hard to accomplish the goals. The core team has decades of joint experience. Our legal department constantly monitor the project and future regulations for cryptocurrency to make sure we work transparently and legally. When you contact us, you always talk to real, friendly humans — our online support managers always respond quickly by email or in Telegram chats to help you and explain the project. It was critical for us to put together people with a variety of backgrounds since MiraLab is taking an interdisciplinary approach.
What will be the fees to use the Mira platform?
The Mira Commission is minimal; it is only 0.05% of the NominalBox transaction amount. NominalBox allows for the purchase of cryptocurrency almost at cost (the user would still pay stock fees on the stock market). The Mira Commission for the sale of a MultiBox or SmartBox is paid in MIRA, but it is not necessary for the user to purchase cryptocurrency, he may add cryptocurrency to the MultiBox or SmartBox by paying only a service fee — 0.30% OR 1.50%, respectively. This revenue allows us to fund the further development and maintenance of the platform’s operational capability.
Are you focused in any specific geographic areas?
No, Mira’s product is for everyone, and one of our ambitions for the coming years is to help people across the world to understand and get started with cryptocurrencies as easily and quickly as it possible.
How was the pre-ICO? Are you satisfied with the results?
Surely by now, you’ve heard about our presale’s success as we hit the funding cap we set for the first round, $1,980,000 before the end of token sale! This success shows how interested people are in our product. We appreciate support given to us by contributors. This was expressed not only in the hundreds of interested participants and allocated funds, but also in supporting comments and messages in social networks. Solid work has been done by our team as we faced severe difficulties. Hackers have attacked Mira website twice during the presale. Of course, we knew that such attacks would occur that’s why we had prepared enough for this — Mira has a strong DDoS protection. That’s why attackers did not achieve anything. The support team also did everything possible to ensure that each participant received an answer to his question.
Pre-order campaign is currently ongoing and is on its way to meet the first target (4,500,000 MIRA). However there could be potential investors out there who might not fully grasp the participatory process as such can you kindly give us a step-by-step guide on how one could participate in the crowdsale?
- Go to miralab.io and click ‘Pre-order Now’ on the top-level block.
- Complete the simple form on the page.
- Receive the next steps via email, follow them.
- Relax and wait for your tokens.
Have you talked with any exchanges about their interested in enabling trading of your ICO tokens?
Negotiations are currently taking place, we have secured a couple of exchanges, but it’s actually too early because our ICO is even not started.
What is your “bird’s eye view” of the blockchain industry as a whole?
The world has changed, and the prospects of the future are bright as we are looking at a world of no double-spending and amazing IT-solutions, similar to the rise of the internet. It has the potential to disrupt multiple industries and make processes more democratic, transparent, efficient and secure. It’s very exciting and humbling for us to be able to participate in the web’s third wave of innovation.
What is the plan and your further actions?
We have plenty in store for you, and over the next few weeks, we’ll be diving deeper into the functionality of our tech and announcing some exciting news. We’ve already collaborated with developers and some blockchain organizations to streamline their participation in the network. Besides, there is a time for building a global brand awareness.