21 Inc’s New Venture: Email That Pays Recipients in Bitcoin
The Bitcoin company 21 Inc has launched yet another platform to its lineup of services that competes with social email systems like Linkedin’s Inmail. Essentially the company wants people to replace their public email with an inbox that pays in bitcoin. 21 Inc Wants You to Get Paid to Receive Emails. The San Francisco-based 21 Inc is a company that’s....
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