# SWARM Crowdsale

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/swarm-crowdsale/344>\
**Category:** Counterparty\
**Created:** [June 22, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/swarm-crowdsale/344 "2014-06-22T03:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![fractastical](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/fractastical/32/22_2.png) [@fractastical](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/fractastical)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/swarm-crowdsale/344/1 "2014-06-22T03:23:55Z")

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Hello everyone,  
  
  
&nbsp; As most of you have probably seen we have launched our Swarm crowdsale on Counterparty.   
  
  
  
  
&nbsp; You can see one of the discussion threads on Bitcointalk here: [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=653568.0](https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=653568.0)  
  
  
&nbsp; Although information is available at [our website](http://www.swarmcorp.com) or our SWARM Skype group, just wanted to let you all know that I am available for questions here.  
  
  
&nbsp; Ask away!  
  
  
Best,  
  
  
&nbsp; Joel Dietz  
  
  
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**Author:** ![knircky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@knircky](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/knircky)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/swarm-crowdsale/344/2 "2014-06-22T11:59:50Z")

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My issue here is that there is no explanation of how swarm actually works.  
  
  
Its a bit hard to invest into something that i don’t understand.  
  
  
How is swarm different from just creating an asset on cp and using this as stock type asset to crowdfund?

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**Author:** ![fractastical](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/fractastical/32/22_2.png) [@fractastical](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/fractastical)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/swarm-crowdsale/344/3 "2014-06-22T13:01:16Z")

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[quote author=knircky link=topic=421.msg2738#msg2738 date=1403452790]  
My issue here is that there is no explanation of how swarm actually works.  
  
Its a bit hard to invest into something that i don’t understand.  
  
How is swarm different from just creating an asset on cp and using this as stock type asset to crowdfund?  
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It’s 50% Kickstarter (think nice user interfaces that anyone can use), 50% due diligence (as in a filter that keeps away scam coins).   
  
So even if it is possible for you to crowdfund yourself just by creating an asset, you’d probably reach a much wider audience if you Swarmed it.