Reddit Will Create Its Own Cryptocurrency Backed by Reddit Shares
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....
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Earlier today, Reddit posted to its blog and announced the "Reddit notes," the name of the long-awaited Reddit cryptocurrency. Reddit recently closed a $50 million USD funding round led by Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz, and Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital. Soon thereafter, Reddit announced their plans to "share" 10% of the equity raised with the loyal users of Reddit, without whom the funds could not have been raised. To help with their new cryptocurrency, Reddit posted a job ad for a "cryptocurrency engineer" and quickly hired BitPay developer Ryan Charles back in....
Ah, Reddit. Such a fantastic website. A place to learn things from other members, view hilarious GIFs, and for the bitcoin enthusiast, a community active enough to keep you reading for days. And they've announced today that they've received a whopping $50 million in funding from Sam Alton, along with Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital and Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz. So what's this got to do with bitcoin/cryptocurrency? Well, they're planning to give ten percent back to the Reddit community. Seriously. And one of the ways they are considering doing that is with cryptocurrency. Here's....
Reddit is the 9th most visited site in the US and ranks 36th for the entire world. Incorporating Bitcoin into Reddit would expose millions of people to the nascent technology. In the past week, Reddit Crypto Engineer Ryan Charles debuted on the Reddit Blog. The blog announced plans to integrate Reddit with Bitcoin's blockchain technology simultaneously. Recently, Reddit's CEO, Yishan Wong, resigned. Alex Ohanian, Reddit co-founder, returned as executive chairman. With that return, Reddit announced the consideration of creating its own cryptocurrency. Shares would be given to the community,....
On Friday, American social news aggregation and discussion website, Reddit published a job listing seeking a senior backend engineer for a non-fungible token (NFT) platform. As part of Reddit’s development team, the new hire would help “design, build and ship backend services for millions of users to create, buy, sell and use NFT-backed digital goods.”
Reddit’s Job Application Is Looking for a Senior Engineer for a Possible NFT Platform
Reddit seems to be in the midst of creating a non-fungible token (NFT) feature on its platform and from a recent job....
Given Reddit's status as perhaps the most prominent social network for bitcoin discussion, it is unsurprising that the wider community took notice when former BitPay developer Ryan X Charles was brought on board as the site's first 'cryptocurrency engineer' this September. Interest was further piqued with the announcement that, fresh off $50m in new funding, Reddit would go beyond simply embracing bitcoin as a currency, seeking instead to give 10% of the round to users through a cryptocurrency backed by its own shares. Since then details about the project have been scarce. However, Charles....