J. R. Willett launched the first ICO… but still has a day job
ICOs? He held the first one. Stablecoins? He dreamed of them by accident. Vitalik Buterin tried to get him on board to help launch Ethereum, but he was too busy. He is J. R. Willett, one of the most fascinating men in the industry.Back in 2012, Willett, now 41, felt he could improve Bitcoin by making it possible for anyone to create interoperable tokens backed by the protocol. He released a white paper that described the new model and invented a way to fund the project with a token sale. He procrastinated for the next 18 months, hoping someone else would take the bait. Eventually, he gave....
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Due to the profitability of early seed round investments and private IDO sales, the launchpad market seems already overcrowded. Still, there is much space....
When J.R. Willett unveiled “The Second Bitcoin White Paper” – the first whitepaper that introduced the concept of initial coin offering (ICO) in January 2012, none really paid any attention to the document. It was not until 2017, where the little crazy idea of the Seattle-based software developer will give birth to the ICO craze […]
1. What is an ICO? An ICO is a recently emerged concept of crowdfunding projects in the cryptocurrency and Blockchain industries. ICO stands for Initial Coin Offering. It’s an event, sometimes referred to as ‘crowdsale’, when a company releases its own cryptocurrency with a purpose of funding. It usually releases a certain number of crypto-tokens and then sells those tokens to its intended audience, most commonly in exchange for Bitcoins, but it can be fiat money as well. As a result, the company gets the capital to fund the product development and the audience members get their crypto....
Save the date December 5-6, 2014: First-Ever Virtual Expo for the Global Crypto Community. Hundreds of developers, opinion leaders, bitcoiners and enthusiasts have already confirmed their attendance in the Crypto Money Virtual Expo. The event will feature live online lectures from the top figures in the industry: Peter Todd, bitcoin core developer. David Johnston and Sam Yilmaz from DApps fund. Matthew Roszac from Tally capital. R Willett from Mastercoin. Kirk Johns from Merchantcoin; and other leading developers and visionaries from the crypto community. The format: Virtual expo that....
Its been a few months now since NeuCoin launched its much anticipated digital currency, and today, the organization has launched its first consumer application - giving users the ability to tip emerging new artists with NeuCoin through the Jango platform. Additionally, NeuCoin has launched a Facebook game - Solitaire Racer - which gives players the chance to earn NeuCoin while playing. Both projects are aimed at rapid growth and NeuCoin adoption among mainstream users who have not used cryptocurrency before. "It's about making crypto fun and available to mainstream users. The base goal is....