Decentralized Marketplace Social Kapital Aims At Longest Crowdsale Ever
Cointelegraph spoke with Sirus Knight, one of the experts at the core of Social Kapital, a decentralized VC fund and business idea marketplace similar to The DAO. On June 20th it launches a crowdsale campaign. Whilst The DAO wants to achieve the complete automation of the Blockchain, Social Kapital places more emphasis on using the Ethereum to power its community and governance committees. Here is what Sirus Knight had to say about their project, The DAO, and the nascent industry of decentralized organizations. Business processes important. CT: Do you think some other company can reach....
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