The Hunt for Satoshi' fundraiser Is Live On Swarm

Last week, we told you about the Bitcoin themed comic book currently funding on Swarm. Its working title is The Hunt For Satoshi and it is the first project launched on the Swarm discounting the platform's own crowdsale. So, why are we bringing it up again? Because the creator has announced that Bitcoin's number two guy (after Satoshi himself) will be signing five copies and giving them away in memory of legendary cypherpunk cryptographer, early internet pioneer and PGP creator Hal Finney. You might be thinking that you'll need a lot of swarm coins or BTC to get your hands on one. But the....

Alex Preukschat, Josep Busquet and José Ángel Ares García, the trio behind 'The Hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto', the new Bitcoin Comic which previewed at CoinSummit and was recently written up on CoinDeskare gearing up to launch their project kickstarter style on the new SWARM platform which recently raised over $1,000,000 worth of Bitcoin in startup capital. Preukschat says he wants to take 1,000 pre-orders of the comic before it goes to print and those who sign up will receive crypto-tokens from the SWARM platform in return for their donations allowing them access to perks and special offers....

There's no doubt about the fact that the last twenty-four hours have been crazy in the bitcoinosphere. From Newsweek's allegations that a man named Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto was the creator of bitcoin - the Satoshi Nakamoto we all know about, to the inevitable denial from the man accused. From living it peace to having a swarm of reporters outside his home, Dorian's world changed virtually overnight. And the very community he is being accused of being a part of is coming together to throw some financial support his way. Andreas M. Antonopoulos, well known in the community, decided....

November 14, 2014 – Update: Manna Fundraiser is launching soon. Since the publishing of this article, Swarm has announced on it’s website that Manna and DDP crowd sales have not yet started and are launching soon. The facts that are no longer relevant are striked through in the original article below. Manna crowdsale is launching soon. Eight days ago on November 5, the Swarm First Five kicked off their fundraising efforts at the world’s first decentralized demo day in Silicon Valley. Swarm’s 2014 Demo Day can be seen on YouTube. “We’re very excited to launch our first class,” exclaims Joel....

Five projects, selected by the Swarm, will be presenting at the world's first decentralized demo day in Silicon Valley on November 5th, starting at 7:00pm (PST). Join the world's most daring and disruptive innovators presenting their greatest ambitions and projects in the spotlight of the Silicon Valley underground. Swarm is a decentralized "Bitcoin 2.0" crowdfunding platform which raised one million USD in an exchange of Bitcoin for its own currency last July. The goal of Swarm is to support funding of innovative projects through decentralized means, rather than using traditional....