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http://uk.businessinsider.com/25-most-exciting-bitcoin-startups-in-the-world-ethereum-21-coinbase-coindesk-2015-3?op=1

enjoyed the read
knew of all of them
hope you enjoy too

this 21 thing is fascinating though if pans out as some are predicting

21st point is indeed interesting, i never heard about it before to be honest.
They also have retail price lidted there so is it out already or is it just an price preddiction or something along that?
I'm currently on mobile phone so i'm quite limited to research about it.

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Guido

Very nice article link, thank you for posting it.

FWIW the below are the ones I am keeping an eye on, with a comment:

-- 21 Ledger (hardware wallets), I have a Ledger Nano and like it a lot.  Competitors could probably enter though...
-- 15 Factom (placing document links on the blockchain).  This could be big.
-- 12 blockchain.info (blockchain and BTC tools).  Nice to use, but buggy...
-- 10 DarkWallet (enabling better privacy).  I don't know much about them, but I want to learn more!
-- 08 Swarm (crowdfunding BTC startups).  I am interested in finding a way to invest in possible winners in BTC.
-- 02 Ethereum ("Bitcoin 2.0").  I need to learn more
-- 01 "21" (?, but loaded up with VC cash).  We ALL need to learn more!  :)

Highly recommended article.

What is 21? Outside of a chosen few, no one knows for sure. But that hasn't stopped it raising a staggering $116 million before it has even launched — a record for the industry.

It's led by VC Balaji Srinivasan, who is a partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz — which was one of the firms to invest in 21's recent round along with RRE Ventures. When the news of its funding round broke, CEO/cofounder Matthew Pauker told The Wall Street Journal that it was working on "several interesting developments over the next weeks and months" that would help "drive mainstream adoption of bitcoin."

Highly respected VC Marc Andreessen said 21 was "working on what they — and we — consider to be core infrastructure for mainstreaming bitcoin."

Hardware manufacturer Qualcomm (who also works with Apple and Samsung) is involved, and many believe 21 intends to embed the bitcoin network into consumer electronics and the coming "internet of things." Five years from now your smartphone, your router, your laptop, and your fridge may all be part of the bitcoin network, if 21 gets its way.

^^^
Do I really want my fridge monitored 24/7/365 by the all-seeing/all-knowing Brave New Bitcoin World?

I haven't heard of the 21st one either. It's definitely interesting and the retail price is good.
Well another great startup is Coinfinity (https://coinfinity.co/start-en/). That's the company behind Bitcoinbons (https://www.bitcoinbon.at/) that I've recently written about. They even have their own ATM in Austria.

Reading that article has actually given me some more hope and optimism about bitcoin now. Had no idea about some of these projects. I still think the remittance market is going to be the biggest industry for bitcoin's adoption. Surprised it hasn't taken off already, though.

I don't understand that author, where is Maidsafe?   Why is Filecoin listed and not Storj ?

lmao: most exciting bitcoin startup.. "Ripple: Fixing the flaws in bitcoin" ;D

and ethereum 2nd? wow.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2zoiyw7.jpg

lol Ripple has nothing to do with the blockchain technology.. it's just a money transfer mechanism..

The ledger wallet seems nice, but why should I carry yet another device in my pocket. My phone is not going to be replaced soon, and a 'usb stick like' device is surely te be lost at some point, more than my phone. RFC is more common on phones these days.

The price is very nice, so it might work out and convince me to try it at the least.


21 sounds like a big bubble. 21-flow :P

There are lots of good ideas in the list, and some that are over-played (Ripple!) but I am not sure that I see the must have killer app in that list.
Sending money quickly around the world, and having it out of the hands of banks is the main advantage of bitcoin that I see.  I am not sure that these apps fully utilize that.

How about a simple "accept bitcoin" app? So that essentially every business or person with a smartphone can accept bitcoin?

Ledger is a very nice and cheap option compared to Trezor, its not ment to be carried with around but to secure your coins and put it in the safe  ;)

Hm, not quite. Ledger Wallet's design allows you to carry it on your keychain, so I would say it is designed to have it with you at all times. What is meant to be inside a safe is the recovery seed, in case you forget your PIN.

Yeah, sorry, I forgot you can actually use it on any PC..  ::)

Not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.

No, I was completely serious this time!

Why would you think I was sarcastic ?

I don't understand why ripple is there in the list. It doesn't have anything to relate to bitcoin or in any way contribute towards its development. At least coindesk deserves to be there. For me, the most interesting I see playing a role in the social media platform is changetip whereby it will definitely help to promote bitcoin and help towards adoption. And that is where small tipping matters.

10. DarkWallet: Untraceable bitcoin wallets - this can be bad obstacle for mass adoption I think. Mass media and people who think that bitcoin is just tool
created for hackers for criminals would have a solid argument when this service will launch...

whateva bro, let them talk. masses are dumb anyway.

Um, what? Ripple? I disagree with 20 - mainly because it's XRP - and I disagree with 11 - FileCoin. Storj should be there, it should at least be tied with 11. They're both doing something similar.

Why would it be a bad obstacle? Most of the public already thinks bitcoin is untraceable or anonymous so this wouldn't be any different. I don't think darkwallet will become mainstream and only have a niche use amongst criminals and super libertarians but it's there if you want to use it.

21 project ? Any more info ?

Dark wallet got already relased some time ago wasn't it?
Or did i get it messed up with darkcoin?

DarkWallet was released in early May of 2014 I believe, and is not related to DarkCoin.

For the media DarkWallet was another "proof" that Bitcoin is the ideal payment method of choise for criminals.

Since when is caring about privacy considered a criminal activity? Since never. Only the media don't seem to understand that.

Yeah, those are missing and lol at the Rippley shilling "Ripple: fixing the flaws in Bitcoin". What a giant tool that article writer.

I don't see anybody other than a criminal benefit from a full privacy proof currency. I, myself, support privacy-aware currencies, but believe it or not the main customer is the dark side of the market.

This is good stuff. Bitcoin economy need more legit companies to be able to distance from scam and ponzi projects we see every day.

Ripple shouldn't be there. So there were 4 companies I had never heard of. That includes 21, and I'm actually surprised to see it included as the article doesn't even say what this company is doing. The Internet of things? My fridge will do my shopping, and pays with BTC?

21st ". It's a kind of customised USB stick holding your wallet, boasting "state of the art security" and claiming to be "malware proof.""

well those who claim their thing is malware proof end up getting most of the bigger customers, end up as a big target for attackers, and often also get prooven wrong in their claims.
nothing is attack proof, the only thing they can claim is that they have a good security, thats all.

cheers