“I think our aspirations are so small. Making Bitcoin institutional? I could give two fucks if JPMorgan cares about Bitcoin. It does nothing for me as a person, and it makes me sad that so many people have made institutional adoption a goal," Demirors said.
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SingularityNET founder Ben Goertzel is known for robotics, AI, DeFi, and his floppy-brimmed hats (Photo: SingularityNet)Ben Goertzel is putting artificial intelligence into decentralized finance
SingularityNET’s founder discusses his new DAO, sci-fi level AI coming to crypto finance, his frustration with Ethereum, and embrace of Cardano
Decentralized AI marketplace SingularityNET has announced a new DeFi project called SingularityDAO. Modern Consensus caught up with founder and CEO Ben Goertzel via Google Hangouts to learn more about this new project, his company’s recently announced Cardano partnership, and when he thinks we’ll have superintelligent artificial intelligence.
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Spl.yt co-founders Jason Civalleri and Cyrus Taghehchian doing contemplating the future on their laptops (via Spl.yt).Startup targets Amazon using blockchain tech
How to cut Jeff Bezos out as e-commerce middleman
What if Amazon’s third-party sellers went into business as a decentralized collective? A blockchain-enabled inventory and sales management tool called Spl.yt boasts all the technological features to make it happen. To buy something on Spl.yt is to buy it directly from the seller, with blockchain technology keeping things fair for merchant and customer alike. E-commerce sellers list their inventory for sale as tokenized assets on the blockchain, and the same technology instantly settles all payments and records customer feedback. A robust affiliate program amplifies this decentralized signal by letting existing e-commerce list Spl.yt inventory for sale and collect a cut of whatever sales they make. By displaying its collective inventory…
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Crypto-powered gaming platform pays players for winning mobile games
RewardMob is like having an arcade room on your smartphone
The days of pumping quarters into arcade machines aren’t completely gone — that experience is simply making the leap to mobile. And because it’s 2018, that experience is also blockchain-powered. RewardMob is a crypto gaming company with a smartphone app that lets you play games on your mobile device for a chance to win prizes. After downloading the app, you can opt in to daily tournaments that pit you against other competitive players. When you win, you stand to receive cash, gift cards, or some of the company’s proprietary RMOB tokens. To condense the idea to a sound bite, RewardMob is the place to monetize your Candy Crush skills. No,…
