The term “appcoin” refers to a cryptocurrency created to be a digital token paired with an application. Originally, appcoins were commonly associated with cryptoequity, but they have increasingly been designed to be essential to the use of new decentralized applications.
CoinTelegraph had the opportunity to interview Mike Vine, Technology Evangelist for decentralized content distribution platform LBRY, on appcoins’ increasing use beyond cryptoequity.
http://cointelegraph.com/news/the-appcoin-revolution-interview-with-mike-vine-of-lbry