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EB54 – Daniel Peled & Tom Kysar: Gems, the social messaging app that pays you for your attention
Support the show, consider donating: 3HKQKYUfxNPuT3oV7kuFiYtjVR2VT3Vga4 (http://bit.ly/1AHaVk5) Daniel Peled, CEO of Gems, and Tom Kysar, Marketing Lead at Koinify, join us to talk about a project that aims to revolutionize social messaging. As one of the first decentralized social networks built on blockchain technology, Gems hopes to put the ownership of the network back in the hands of its users. While large centralized social networks collect your information and sell it to advertisers, Gems is building on a different model in which users only receive solicited messages and get paid when companies advertise to them. Gems is also a cryptocurrency which can be traded between users within its mobile app. The initial crowdsale, organized by Koinify, will run from December 1st to January 5th. Links mentioned in this episode: - Gems: http://getgems.org - Koinify: http://koinify.com - Gems Token Sale Details & Update on the Koinify blog: http://koinify.com/blog/gems-token-sale-details-update/ Sponsors: Fairlay: http://fairlay.com/epicenter Gems presale will raise to 1500BTC: http://bit.ly/1tpUBxv Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/podcast/054 YouTube: http://youtu.be/P_n56kcI7jg Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture. - Visit our website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com - Subscribe to our newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter - Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc