Keybase, a Revolutionary Encrypted File Sharing Platform
Keybase is a new encrypted cloud storage and file sharing application different from all the other services out there. Digital storage has moved from good old floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, magnetic hard disks to cloud storage. There are lot of players out there offering cloud based file storage services. Some of the big names in cloud based storage systems include Google (with their Google Drive), Microsoft (OneDrive), Apple (iCloud), Dropbox, Box and others. Using cloud storage services comes with its own advantages in terms of accessibility and flexibility when it comes to storage space....
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Keybase, a cryptographic message and verification startup, has raised US$10.8 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and including angel investors and entrepreneurs such as Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, MakerBot co-founder Bre Pettis and Chain.com CEO Adam Ludwin. Keybase was founded last year as a hobby project of OKCupid co-founders Max Krohn and Chris Coyne, who sold the dating site to Match.com for US$50 million. With this venture, Krohn and Coyne hope to help people obtain public cryptography keys to encrypt and secure information sent via email. The....
A new project called Keybase is attempting to make cryptographic keys, like those used for bitcoin wallets, easier for everyone to use. One of the most important elements of bitcoin is arguably the cryptographic key pair, and every wallet has two keys: a public one as an advertised address, and a private one that controls it. Yet, the system is not perfect. Key pairs are confusing for many users and there isn't yet an effective, decentralized way by which keys can be linked to an identity, thus proving ownership. Keybase believes it can help make using keys more secure and understandable....
Kim Dotcom has announced that his upcoming cloud based file sharing platform MegaUpload 2.0 will have Bitcoin support. Kim Dotcom’s famed MegaUpload file sharing service is set to make a comeback in a new avatar soon. This time, the new MegaUpload 2.0 will embrace the digital currency revolution by including Bitcoin payment option. Kim Dotcom, the tech entrepreneur and the founder of ‘Internet Party‘- a political party in New Zealand – has hinted the possibility of Bitcoin payments integration in his upcoming file sharing application earlier this weekend. The announcement was made on his....