Sowing Seeds Of Discords Amongst Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts On Reddit. Is It Ethereum?
On Monday, 11th January, a Reddit user @itstimebitcoin, posted an article entitled “The ugly truth: Bitcoin is doomed and needs to be replaced”. The article that talked about “how bitcoin is doomed and Ethereum will replace it” soon became very controversial and was later removed on Wednesday, 15th January. (A cached copy of the article can be accessed here). Many Reddit users complained that they received personal spam messages from multiple newly created Reddit accounts that read “Hello, I saw your post in the bitcoin reddit, what is your opinion on Reddit post (link).” “I wouldn't think....
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Here's a potentially interesting bit of news for cryptocurrency enthusiasts that may be looking for a job. Social sharing website Reddit.com (which has a huge bitcoin community at r/Bitcoin) is apparently hiring handful of 'Cryptocurrency Engineers' out of their San Francisco office. The job listing is posted over at Lever, which you can view by following this link. Here's what they need, according to the listing: reddit is looking for a couple engineers with extremely strong discrete mathematics or computer science backgrounds to explore new technology applications and infrastructure....
Social content sharing website Reddit may integrate Bitcoin P2P payments, allowing users to make send money between each other for tipping or making purchases. Reddit was already no stranger to the ins and outs of cryptocurrency. Just last month (December) the site announced plans to develop its own digital currency which would be given away to users as a reward and as a 'celebration' of its users' contribution towards the success of the site. Added to that, there is also the fact that the site's /r/bitcoin board has become one of the most popular destinations for Bitcoin users and....
Reddit just revealed their plans to create a cryptocurrency as part of a widely-supported move to share 10% of the equity raised with Reddit users. Hours ago, Sam Altman, a well known venture capitalist, announced that he was investing in reddit personally, not through Y Combinator. Also joining Sam in the $50 million USD fund raise for Reddit are Marc Andreesen of Andreesen Horowitz and Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital. Sam Altman worked alongside Reddit's cofounders, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, nearly a decade ago when they were in the same Y Combinator's start-up batch. Editor's....