3 Killer Apps To Larn Out On An Middle On Inwards The Crypto/Blockchain Space...

Continuing our serial on companies in addition to projects featured at Blockchain Expo 2017!  Our offset article was "4 companies revolutionizing industries alongside blockchain" - today, nosotros hold back at three apps that either have, or are close to hitting the market!

Props past times YouNow

Props seriously has the potential to live on a game changer.  It's a decentralized, mobile video in addition to streaming platform, in addition to the society behind it is i that knows the infinite good - their flagship site YouNow has been inwards functioning since 2011.

They already get got pop YouTuber Philip Defranco on board equally an adviser, in addition to aim to expire the novel platform of selection for those who mightiness live on on YouTube Live or Twitch currently.

We asked their CEO & founder, Adi Sideman - what's the primary argue a streamer mightiness desire to switch over to their platform? He told us:

"Currently they don't get got whatsoever variety of personal stake inwards the platform that they're helping to produce in addition to bringing thousands of registered users to every month. On a decentralized platform, creators, developers, users, anyone who contributes to the network has a personal stake, they're getting paid inwards an asset that has a potential to grow."

Props is inwards it's offset ICO stage for accredited investors, populace ICO begins Dec 11th.

You tin abide by Props online at PropsProject.com


Stack

Stack is out to solve what I run into equally the large consequence inwards cryptocurrency.  I persuasion it this agency - 2017 was the twelvemonth the thought of owning cryptocurrency went mainstream. 2018 volition at nowadays live on close putting those cryptocurrencies to role inwards the existent world. That's where Stack comes in.

The STK token is ERC20 token, funded past times linking your ether wallet to the app, that tin live on instantly exchanged on the mobile app into fiat, in addition to then using a retailers existing credit carte du jour processing capabilities, consummate the transaction.

We spoke to Stack's COO Nicolas Dinh, he says:

 "There are 36 1000000 merchants accepting credit cards today, thus you're opening upward the globe of cryptocurrency.  Money that exchanges betwixt shoppers in addition to merchants is at $22 trillion dollars globally, imagine if simply 1% of that was cryptocurrency - how large that would live on for the entire crypto community."

Stack is currently inwards pre-ICO stage in addition to tin live on institute online at STKToken.com


Shping

Shping (pronounced 'shopping') could genuinely appeal to both ends of the retail employment organisation - the shopper, in addition to the brands.

The i affair I institute cool close this, is it's non around variety of 'shopper reward' programme - yous don't fifty-fifty demand to purchase the production to earn tokens - yous simply demand to attempt out yous genuinely looked at it.   This would live on done past times scanning the items bar code on your phone, that's when a produce tin partner alongside Shping in addition to tell yous more, play a video close the product, etc. 

From a brands quest of view, it presents a unique opportunity- promoting a production to someone who's asset it inwards their hand, in addition to inwards a seat to purchase it immediately.

We spoke alongside their founder in addition to CEO, Gennady Volchek, he says:

"There's a expose of agency people tin earn points, offset past times scanning the product, if it's a partner production they may desire to present yous around media close it for additional points, if nosotros don't get got a production inwards the database, yous tin scan it in addition to come inwards it inwards in addition to earn around additional points equally well, fifty-fifty past times leaving a review of the production - thus there's a expose of ways a consumer tin earn".

Shping's ICO begins January 22nd of 2018 in addition to tin live on institute online at tokensale.shping.com

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A collaborative article from our Silicon Valley tidings team:
Ross Davis (Editor inwards Chief), Harvest Hill, Drew Jackson, in addition to Kevin Williams.
Silicon Valley News Desk