Battle of the Crypto Bands: Brainstem ReflexDAO vs Pulse One
Earn passive income, improve your health & enter Web3 from your wrist! Here I breakdown the companies, technology & passive income potential for both
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This is a first, a little experiment where I put two DePIN projects against each other, compare the most important attributes and help you decide which is right for you. Do you want to see more of this, less, or do you have any suggestions for the next head to head? Let me know in the comments!
Where to Start with ReflexDAO? Their vision for a Health Cloud with a user controlled data ecosystem, their blog on physical and mental health or their brand new Reflex wearable centered around autonomic reflex health?
Where to Start with with Pulse One? Their backing from the Solana Co-founder and Delphi Ventures, their sold out wave 8 or their Pulse One Wearable for improved holistic health?
If you answered all of the above you are in the right place!
Sneak Peak: The Brainstem / ReflexDAO Drop is live January 9th and the Pulse One Drop is live January 15th! Only 200 devices of each will be Available…Reserve Yours Now before this drop sells out! To help maximize your ROI don’t forget to utilize the following discount codes!
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Get excited to start your DePIN enabled health journey while mining crypto and earning rewards! Over the next few minutes I will be breaking down these two wearables based upon the following aspects:
Company Creditability and Expertise
Product Technology and Design
ROI and Passive Income Potential
Executive Summary — Pulse One
Project Summary & Mission: Pulse is a next-gen wearable brand that turns vitals into value! We’ve developed an all-in-one app and wearable device that 10x’s your sleep, nutrition, and fitness — all whilst rewarding you for sharing your data
Go-to-Market Differentiation: The customization for the device and their development of a health and wellness platform that includes nutrition
How to Mine: With their wearable band
Investment to Start Mining: $162 with Discount Code DEPINBT or DEPINBETATESTER
Ongoing Expenses (electricity etc.): Minimal
Executive Summary — ReflexDAO
Project Summary & Mission: Empowering individuals providing them with insights into their Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and data ownership for improved health and wellness.
Go-to-Market Differentiation: Their Reflex App & virtual assistant along with your ability to support health research with this R&D device
How to Mine: With their wearable R&D band
Investment to Start Mining: $200 with Discount Code — with Discount Code DEPINBETATESTER
Ongoing Expenses (electricity etc.): Minimal
To put it another way, you can get rewarded in Crypto and improve your health for just using your new Web3 wearable!
They are also sleek devices that would complement the wrist of any Crypto DePIN enthusiast:
1. Company Credibility and Expertise
ReflexDAO / Brainstem Social Media Stats
Number of Discord Members: 28K
Number of Followers on Twitter: 50K
Number of LinkedIn Followers: 176
Pulse Social Media Stats
Number of Discord Members: 3K
Number of Followers on Twitter: 16K
Number of LinkedIn Followers: 221
ReflexDAO / Brainstem Leadership
Co-founders: Robin Lehmann and Max Campbell
Visible Leadership Team: Yes
Relevant Expertise: Yes
Pulse Leadership
Co-founder: Mansimran Singh
Visible Leadership Team: Yes
Relevant Expertise: Somewhat
Company Credibility and Expertise Winner: ReflexDAO / Brainstem
2. Product Technology and Design
ReflexDAO / Brainstem Technology and Design
Device Measures: Continuous data collection for heart rhythm analysis
User Benefit: Centers around improving autonomic reflex health, sleep analysis and diabetes prevention. A ECG is also included. For context, autonomic reflex health refers to the proper functioning and balance of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which controls involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, and respiratory rate.
Third Party Benefit: When authorized, the sale of user data to researchers to advance medical knowledge. Additionally, researchers can provide optional activities for users to complete that increase rewards
Personal Design Aesthetic Rating (1–5): 3
Additional Features: Brainstem Health Cloud which is built to enable collaborative research and empower self-driven preventative health care
App Sneak peak:
Pulse One Technology and Design
Device Measures: Tracks heart rate, VO2 max, sleep quality, calories burned
User Benefit: An all-in-one health and wellness platform combining a wearable device and app to track fitness, sleep, and nutrition, providing personalized insights and rewards for healthy habits.
Third Party Benefit: No sale of data is mentioned
Personal Design Aesthetic Rating (1–5): 5
Additional Features: Pulse offers unique features like wireless charging (battery lasts up to 5 days), built-in digital wallets, AI powered insights and rewards for health data.
Product Technology and Design Winner: Pulse One
3. ROI and Passive Income Potential
Pulse One
Pulse Reward System: “More details about rewards will be revealed soon!” A HP related leaderboard also exists
Tokenomics: Unknown — No information exists
Blockchain Utilized: Unknown — No information exists
ReflexDAO / Brainstem
ReflexDAO / Brainstem Reward System: “Own your own data and share it with people you trust. Collaborate, increase your health awareness and get rewarded”.
Tokenomics: Unknown — No information exists
Blockchain Utilized: Ethereum with bridge to Solana & PEAQ
Short-term Rewards: Planned - $50 in $BEAT for registering the device and $50 worth of $REFLEX to become a DAO member.
Future Rewards: $BEAT tokens immediately for certain tasks in the app. Airdrop for the next device
ROI and Passive Income Potential Winner: Tie (both HIGHLY speculative)
Summary and Overall Recommendation on the Pulse One and Reflex DAO / Brainstem
Summary: Both are in very early stages. With that comes higher risk but also higher potential reward. That said, if you want a more encompassing health and wellness band — the Pulse One is for you. If you are passionate about heart, sleep and autonomic reflex health AND want to support research in the area — the ReflexDAO is for you. ROI is not a guarantee.
Buy / Wait / Avoid: Wait
Confidence in either Project: Low (will update once whitepapers are published)
Confidence in either Team: Medium
Presence and Influence in the DePIN Space: Low
Value in the Product / Requirement of the Miner: High
Clarity on Path to Revenue: Low
How to Start Mining with Pulse One and Reflex DAO / Brainstem: Buy a wearable from the upcoming drops Here Through Helium Deploy
TL;DR: Both companies are in very early stages yet have a vision to enable health improvements while providing passive income. It is an ambitious but challenging goal. If the idea of supporting their R&D, improving your health and possibly making money excites you — go for it! If you instead want a straightforward miner with a calculated ROI check out These DePIN Miners Instead
For those who also want to pre-order and commit to their passive income & health journey the most effective way is through Helium Deploy (for the drop only 200 units are available starting he is live January 9th for Brainstem / ReflexDAO Drop and January 15th for the Pulse One). To save you hard earned money, I have these custom codes for my followers which works on all other Helium Deploy hardware:
Questions, comments or suggestions on the next DePIN project I should spotlight? Let me know!
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