Abra Wants to be the Uber of Digital Cash, Says Founder Bill Barhydt at Exponential Finance 2015
Sponsored by CNBC and the prestigious Singularity University, the Exponential Finance 2015 took place in New York City on June 2 and 3. The Singularity University is an educational center dedicated to high-impact, world-changing applications of disruptive, exponentially accelerating technologies. Exponential Finance 2015 examined how rapidly accelerating....
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Bill Barhydt talks fast, often in big, sweeping terms that pass with the frequency of mile markers. "We are basically preparing Abra to go global as quickly as possible," he says in interview. On the phone with CoinDesk, Barhydt even sounds as if he’s flying through space and time, the wind rushing around him audibly as we kick off a conversation about Abra, the peer-to-peer "digital cash" startup for which he has served as CEO since 2014. While Barhydt exudes velocity, the language he employs seem a far cry from his startups muted public presence. While the company has....
With the current onslaught of bitcoin-related applications and services it's an interesting time to be a part of the greater digital currency community. The blockchain possesses a seemingly infinite number of use cases, and those who can think creatively and be the first movers in a certain sector are pioneering some of the those brilliant ideas into our everyday lives. The creation of many of these apps allow for the seamless and frictionless transference of value in a myriad of ways. Abra, founded by its CEO Bill Barhydt, is currently preparing to disrupt the status quo and bring the....
Bill Barhydt, serial entrepreneur and former Netscape director, debuted his first Bitcoin startup, Abra, on Wednesday, March 4. The announcement came on the last day of the Launch Festival, an annual conference known for premiering new and innovative startups. In his speech, Barhydt explained that Abra was created to help migrant workers in various countries send money to their loved ones back home. “Our mission with Abra is to turn every smartphone into a teller that processes withdrawals. This is not just another bitcoin app. The wallet is a full-fledged digital asset management system,....
Former Goldman Sachs's software engineer, Bill Barhydt, recently unveiled a new Bitcoin-meets-Uber application at the Exponential Service Conference, held in New York last week. According to the available details, the new mobile application Abra is derived from the Bitcoin technology, which enables users to take benefit of a peer-to-peer digital cash network on smartphones. They get to send cash instantly - to any other phone number in the world - which somewhat seems like a little revolution in itself, though repeated. But perhaps the most notable feature to have come out of Abra is its....
Bill Barhydt, the entrepreneur and former Netscape director who is credited with giving the first TED Talk on bitcoin, has debuted a bitcoin venture called Abra. The announcement, which came on the final day of Launch Festival 2015, ends seven months of silence for the stealth project. Barhydt previously founded mobile banking startup Boom Financial, which raised $17m in 2012, and WebSentric, one of the first online meeting services. Speaking at the event, Barhydt explained that the goal of Abra is to attack the $550bn global remittance market by reducing its associated fees. For ease of....