This is the first time I'm using Presearch as I heard about it here on Publish0x.
Presearch.org it's a search engines aggregator because you can use it to search directly on different known platforms (eg. YouTube, Google, CoinMarketCap), also they have their own search engine called Presearch - a decentralized search engine using blockchain. Now let's start from the beginning.
I've used the Publish0x affiliate link so after I've created my account and I got the 25 PRE tokens - will discuss about the PRE tokens a little bit later.
Starting with Presearch
Once you have created the account, you can start using it. The interface is pretty simple, as it should be, each external tool has it's logo and you have to select which one you want to perform the search:
Using the ecosystem search engines Presearch and Dsearch will get you some rewards in PRE token just by search anything on them. The reward is fixed 0.12 PRE for each search and you have a cap of 30 searches that can receive a reward every day, so this means that you can do each day just by searching a total of 3.6 PRE tokens. The difference between these 2 search engines is that Presearch uses the blockchain technology creating a decentralized engine and on the other part Dsearch acts as a normal search engine.
If you choose any other search option, the search will have no reward, but this seams to be fair, right?
PRE token - ERC-20 standard tokens
The price of 1 PRE at this time is:
PRE tokens can be bought directly from presearch.org using BTC, ETH or credit card. For all these options you need to complete a form with some personal data.
PRE tokens can be used in the Presearch ecosystem for something called Keyword Staking - if you want to create an ad and promote it using some keywords, when you stake PRE tokens, PRESEARCH will recommend first your ad to the end user.
What about withdrawing? You can withdraw your PRE tokens when you reach the 1,000 PRE tokens - in order to have this withdraw you also need to have Level > 8, will talk also about account Levels and what they mean.
Another thing interesting is that you can run a node to validate the testnet blockchain but you will need 1,000 PRE tokens in order to do this.
This is a shot from the account dashboard:
Would like to mention also that Presearch have a protection based on a level that you have assign, in order to protect the ecosystem against people that automate the search process just to get the daily PRE tokens - it is called RVS (Reword Verification System). You start with Level 5, if you use Presearch normal on a daily basis and not just 30 searches for the rewards, then your level will increase, this means that your tokens eligible for withdraw will increase also: with Level > 8 you can withdraw 100% of your PRE tokens, when you reach the minimum 1,000 PRE tokens, and for example if you have Level 5, only 50% you can withdraw.
I do appreciate the team and the project for all the hard work - I would like also to add that the project have integrations with different browsers like Brave, Chrome using browsers extensions. I also took a look at the WhitePaper that looks interesting with lots of details https://www.presearch.io/vision.pdf
All the above information is a short overview as the Presearch is more complex and has lots of features that needs to be discovered. For example you can customize your dashboard changing the colors and much more.
This is my constructive feedback for the Presearch Team:
1. these is no confirmation email when you create a new account, you use the Google Captcha, but why not using also a email confirmation flow;
2. I would add some colors to the Search Providers as it would be faster to find what you want by the original logo, including the color;
3. on the Nodes section, when I try to watch the video pressing the "Watch the Video" button, is not working for me, the screen has a grey gradient but it seems also click is disable and I have to refresh the page because the screen seems to be blocked;
4. with a daily reward of 3.6 PER tokens this means that I can reach the 1,000 withdraw cap in 277.77 days - I do understand that the main purpose of this search engine is to create an ecosystem, but I would take into consideration other utility of the PRE tokens - what about having an email campaign where you ask users what are their expectations and some new ideas to share with you based on their experiences, I will go to Point no. 1, is the email correct? that's why I was thinking to have the email confirmation flow; I saw you are using the typeform.com for Nodes so it will be interesting to have the community feedback;
5. If I choose to buy PRE tokens using BTC/ETH why is needed my personal data?
I do appreciate all the work behind this project and I think you already know that you can improve some features and maybe come up with new ones. Keep up the good work! I will continue follow Presearch project because it has potential.
Thank you for reading,
CryptoCata
