Sweatcoin Pays Brits Blockchain-Based Digital Currency to Get Fit
If you’ve ever needed an incentive to get fit, a new app launched in Britain could give you the boost you need. The new fitness app for Apple devices, Sweatcoin, rewards steps people have taken with digital currency, which can be used to buy goods and services. The British-made app by co-founders Oleg Fomenko, Anton Derlyatka, Danil Perushev and Egor....
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