How to Access Top Bitcoin Minds: A Profile on ZapChain
Recently, I was introduced to a new social network for the Bitcoin community called ZapChain. Started by Matt Schlicht, ZapChain is a community platform where the bitcoin obsessed can congregate to answer questions and discuss ideas for bitcoiners and non-bitcoiners alike. The Bitcoin Magazine team put forward a question and to our very pleasant....
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Zapchain becomes the latest Bitcoin-based startup to close its doors. ZapChain, the Bitcoin-based content sharing and tipping platform is soon going to shut down. The Reddit like social media platform focused on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology has announced its impending demise on its user’s timelines. The notification on states, “ZapChain will be shutting down on, or shortly after August 31, 2016.Please withdraw your balance.” Founded by Adam McKenna and Matt Schlicht, the platform became popular with the Bitcoin community after it offered an efficient way to monetize the content.....
The social network ZapChain has announced its partnership with Coinbase, which will enable artists to sell their material for bitcoin. Talib Kweli will be the first recording artist to start this event by giving his fans the ability to purchase his latest album through the ZapChain service. Kweli will be the first of many artists to sell their work on....
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Bitcoin-powered social media platform ZapChain has raised $350,000 in seed funding and is launching a new digital goods initiative in partnership with Coinbase today. The money was raised from venture capitalist and Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) partner Tim Draper, Boost VC founder and CEO Adam Draper and the Boost Bitcoin Fund. According to ZapChain chief operating officer Dan Cawrey, the funds are being used to expand its ranks of content creators and digital community members. "I invested in ZapChain because the company is giving bitcoin one of its highest and best uses," Tim Draper....