Reddit Crypto Engineer, Reddit on the Blockchain
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,....
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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....
Ryan Charles, the former Cryptocurrency Engineer hired by Reddit to work on a cryptocurrency for the front page of the internet, has been let go. Ryan Charles explained his previous motivations for leaving BitPay to join up as the world's first Cryptocurrency Engineer: I was won-over by the then-CEO Yishan, who had an awesome vision for the future of reddit, including cryptocurrency as the financial system of the internet city that is reddit. However, Yishan suddenly and unexpectedly resigned his position a month or two later, probably due to exhaustion. Ryan Charles Says Reddit Isn't....
Ryan X Charles has been let go from his post as cryptocurrency engineer on social platform Reddit. The developer, who only this week demonstrated his proof of concept forpeer-to-peer bitcoin payments on the site, announced the news in a Reddit post, saying: 'I have complete confidence in the new leadership, but cryptocurrency is no longer in their plans.' He added that he was 'fairly confident cryptocurrency will return to Reddit in the coming years', but that it would "have to wait a while for things to calm down" - a reference to the company's current situation after the sudden departure....
Reddit is introducing its own cryptocurrency. Known simply as "Reddit Notes," the company hired BitPay developer Ryan Charles back in September of this year to serve as Reddit's new "cryptocurrency engineer" and assist in the currency's integration. While Reddit Notes will not be available to users for some time, the social networking service is holding a special lottery in celebration of the digital currency's birth, saying that it will give away a hefty amount to various loyal site users. The company announced in a blog post last month: "To celebrate all of you and your contributions, we....
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....