Today BlockchainBrad (BCB) catches up in an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Min Kim of the ICON Foundation to find out how things are progressing in ICON (@helloiconworld) . We didn’t dive deep into tech this time because this chat was more intended to be an ICON UPDATE for the crypto community. This was an entirely FREE and UNPAID video for the people.

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This is not intended as financial advice and this is a completely free interview aimed at providing educational and informational value for the crypto community.

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  1. thanks guys for watching. This update is less tech driven and more generalised to inform people about the direction that ICON is going. I really hope it helps. It was entirely free. Please don't forget to leave a comment below guys, I read them all and your thoughts & feedback means a lot, thanks!

  9. Interoperability alliance sounds like a big hoax, just like the the G3… nothing signed, no official agreements, just talk… seems like many of these things were initiated and not followed through on because it seems like everyone is only interested in scratching their own back and no one else’s, every competing project is now looked at as competition unfortunately. Could you imagine the amount of progress we could have in the space if all the incredibly intelligent people started collaborating and working together, crypto would be unstoppable, the old paradigm wouldn’t stand a chance!

  10. Not trying to spread FUD and would like others opinion on the matter, please correct me if I’m wrong but this is kind of how I see it…

    Icon could have all the partnerships in the world but that doesn’t require their partners to buy up their token (ICX) which is required for an increase in token price which everyone is wanting and anticipating (myself included). Icon Loop is the parent company which generates actual “revenue” so interested parties that want to use their platform “icx” would pay Icon Loop to implement the necessary blockchain services and there’s not a direct correlation between that and actual token value. Any tokens these “partners” require and purchase for the use of the network would be negligibly reflected in the actual token price/value.

    Could have this completely wrong.. appreciate your insights!

    And thanks for the interview Brad, cheers!

  13. Thanks Brad, By a country mile the best interviewer in the space, you always ask the right questions at the right times and gets the answers. I would of liked to hear about where they are at in terms of the DEX development but apart from that pretty happy.

  16. What a bs about the price drop and how “popular” Icon is. He clearly misses what is the sentiment. And they should have rizen in price the moment Ether dropped and explain ICX is not dependant to BTC AND ETH. People working in blockchain forget that not everybody understands how blockchains should be explained. The word “blockchain” is yet not so that people understand what it is. If we all just make the world understand and mainstream this word, the adoption will go MUCH MUCH faster. Right now it is to technical and new. The word “shop” is centuries old and almost instinctive. Blockchain should become like this

  20. at 28 minutes Brad asks him to please clarify and expand on the depth of icon's government connections. So what does min do? He explains about a new news team. That is NOT what you were asked to provide. You were asked a direct question that YOU YOURSELF could have easily answered by giving a run down of how deep the government connections go, and describing which agencies they are with and what are the plans these agencies have with icon in the future. This is exactly the reason I myself (and I assume many people) decide to PULL OUT OUR INVESTMENT from different coins. Bec ause when you are asked a direct question, you should have the courage and decency to just answer it. WE are the ones who pay for the ecosystem to run with our hard earned fiat, not the icon owners. If you use your own seed capital then you can avoid questions, but when we pay, then you must clearly and directly ANSWER. Does anyone else notice this blatant problem? Because I felt the same sort of shady mis-direction the way a politician talks when brad was interviewing the NEO research guy recently. He was dodging and beating around the bush too and occasionally doing MIS-direction when he did not want to answer something. It also made me very concerned. A good example of how you should honestly and directly talk to people is Charles Hoskinson of Cardano. When they ask him direct questions, he answers them the way they should be answered… with direct NON-poltical truthful answers. I really wish these other blockchain representatives would do the same. It also bugs me when in the comments section people write "brilliant interview" as if they totally missed the fact that some questions were evaded and not directly answered. I assume that is because people have been so conditioned by main stream media to be lied to and mis-directed away from direct examination that they cannot tell the difference between an honest and frank interview, and one that is laced with dodge ball answers.

  22. ICON will be huge, great interview. Many projects come and solve one or a few problems really well but what if they can't solve EVERYTHING well enough to be useful for a full business requirement? Those who believe we'll just have a couple of projects, protocols or apps owning the larger market share are wrong. The idea of the single chain trust basis of the Internet is not THE way to faster adoption. The future (my assumption) is full of many chains existing, side by side, and the kings will be the ones that bring the many blockchains, living in isolation, together in interoperable harmony. ICON will be one of those kings.

  28. @icx_official This update with Brad or other chosen project reviewers for sake of investors was long overdue. While i agree that they are focused on building tech & internally they are overwhelmed by the growth, demand & partnerships. Even a monthly progress report would suffice. It was a total disregard for investors who through lack of timely communications in an emerging technology space started dumping the token. A simple communication like the following was warranted.
    "In business side executing better than ever. Closing more deals. expanded Developer networks. Many Enterprise partnerships, almost overwhelmed. Will not kill themselves by doing too much public marketing for purpose of #Crypto token price increase."
    Blockchain is not just about tech ..it is about Business, Investors, Roadmap, accomplishments, Finance. If the Dump continued how long would ICX have to finance the growing staff ..he need to He with business side or hire someone.

  35. Thank you Brad that was a great interview.. u asked some tough questions and let the man talk which is when you are at your very best. U do a great service to the crypto community at large.

  38. This team lacks any bullshitters and that's a good thing. If you are looking for inflated hype, go to certain projects which publicize grotesque statements on Twitter and Telegram and scream their baseless ambitions from the rooftops. But if you want to invest in business-oriented topnotch blockchain technology, ICON is the real deal.

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