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BitClout: A Crypto Trend Worth Watching
With big-time investors like Andreessen-Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, will the product live up to the hype?
Have you ever wanted to bet on a person? You meet someone, through school or university, and you just think to yourself; Man, whatever that guy does, he’s going to knock it out the park.
You just know that whatever they are working on is going to be a success. Maybe they’ve got a special Midas-touch, or maybe it’s a specific work-ethic. BitClout gives you a way to bet on that person’s success (reputation, actually), without their permission.
Here’s a hypothetical example.
You meet a young guy straight out of college — Max — who has it all going for him. He’s smart, good-looking, and has a work ethic to match. You think… I want to be part of this kid’s future.
Theoretically (not yet, anyway, there are only 15 000 ‘profiles’ you can buy right now) you could go onto BitClout and buy Max’s creator coin — MaxCoin. That’s assuming that no one else knows about Max yet, and his creator coin is still very cheap, so you can own the whole thing. As Max matures, and maybe you help him along the way by providing him valuable connections, mentoring, and resources; his reputation grows, and…