Hi @roelandp

1. It will be very difficult for us to open source the project during developments to keep it exclusive for our launch but We will be more than happy to open source our code on our Phase-1 release and once our product is stable but the open source will not include the design and animation assets.
2. We will be managing the chats on our private server for now and for realtime audio and video calls, we will be using WebRTC. Our services will be managed on AWS.
3. Our initial goal is to improve HIVE community and as we go forward we will be launching our token on SMTs but HIVE support will always be there as it is going to be its core. We want to make the onboarding for a new user to be as smooth as possible and the whole user experience of using the blockchain seamless.

We will be more than happy to answer more of your questions.