[ANN] Pink: Escort startup Series A share sale

[covert24]

First post ever on the ol' bitcointalk forums here.  Long time lurker though looking for something innovative.  Have been binge-watching Criminal Minds on Netflix recently and have come across something that correlates to this on Season 9, Ep. 12.  Basically an escort service with the option to pay in bitcoin was part of the episode.  I see you ha e outlined  your security roadmap/plan of attack rather well. The use of ram based servers and Tor gates, while not new, is an extremely effective, yet cumbersome form of data storage/processing.  Basically what my entire point of posting this is what if something were to happen?  What if, after all the background checks for a particular escort or client came back clean, something were to develop such as a serial killer using only YOUR service to facilitate his acts of violence. How would they be stopped?  How could they even be tracked?  Saw the episode and immediately thought of this coin.  Don't take this as FUDing as I feel like this is a reasonable question to ask
  One that I don't think has been discussed yet as its more of a "worst case" scenario type thing.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing more updates on this peoject.!

[danBitcoin]

Is there any other ICO with Pink in its name?

There is Pinkcoin: https://pinkbuffaloz.com/

They have a pretty interesting blog post about their booth at BlockCon 2017, did you guys go?

We're looking a few upcoming conferences but nothing solid yet.

Which one are you guys most hoping for? I went to Blockchain Life 2017 and learned so much.

[bananafana]

We really should stop disparaging users of such services, or the people that would sell their services through the app. They've used technology before, they can handle learning a new tech process if it's for their good.

A lot of clients or non-clients simply have no clue what they are talking about. Many providers are absolutely top-notch professionals. Sex work is work and is a lot more than just sex. People, especially guys, think hey, have sex, get paid, easy! In reality it's running your own brand, marketing, screening customers, maintaining secrecy. Dumb providers do not do well.

Providers as a group will have a far easier time installing an APK than the general population. It's not a hard task at all.

Last time I installed an .APK it was like 2 clicks. Anyone who runs Android should have no problem with it.

[bradpink]

First post ever on the ol' bitcointalk forums here.  Long time lurker though looking for something innovative.  Have been binge-watching Criminal Minds on Netflix recently and have come across something that correlates to this on Season 9, Ep. 12.  Basically an escort service with the option to pay in bitcoin was part of the episode.  I see you ha e outlined  your security roadmap/plan of attack rather well. The use of ram based servers and Tor gates, while not new, is an extremely effective, yet cumbersome form of data storage/processing.  Basically what my entire point of posting this is what if something were to happen?  What if, after all the background checks for a particular escort or client came back clean, something were to develop such as a serial killer using only YOUR service to facilitate his acts of violence. How would they be stopped?  How could they even be tracked?  Saw the episode and immediately thought of this coin.  Don't take this as FUDing as I feel like this is a reasonable question to ask
  One that I don't think has been discussed yet as its more of a "worst case" scenario type thing.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing more updates on this peoject.!

Well you can come up with these made-for-TV dramatic ideas for any service. What about an AirBnB killer that only goes after places he's already stayed?

Pink is a terrible service for a would-be killer to use. Clients undergo screening through our system, plus additional screening providers may require. There would be a record of each use, at least for a while (we will delete old records). If a provider does not check in after a date, we alert their emergency contacts, and there will be a record in our system of a missing checkin.

And if the attacker is going to follow up with people after a date, then there's no point in using Pink anyways.

[covert24]

First post ever on the ol' bitcointalk forums here.  Long time lurker though looking for something innovative.  Have been binge-watching Criminal Minds on Netflix recently and have come across something that correlates to this on Season 9, Ep. 12.  Basically an escort service with the option to pay in bitcoin was part of the episode.  I see you ha e outlined  your security roadmap/plan of attack rather well. The use of ram based servers and Tor gates, while not new, is an extremely effective, yet cumbersome form of data storage/processing.  Basically what my entire point of posting this is what if something were to happen?  What if, after all the background checks for a particular escort or client came back clean, something were to develop such as a serial killer using only YOUR service to facilitate his acts of violence. How would they be stopped?  How could they even be tracked?  Saw the episode and immediately thought of this coin.  Don't take this as FUDing as I feel like this is a reasonable question to ask
  One that I don't think has been discussed yet as its more of a "worst case" scenario type thing.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing more updates on this peoject.!

Well you can come up with these made-for-TV dramatic ideas for any service. What about an AirBnB killer that only goes after places he's already stayed?

Pink is a terrible service for a would-be killer to use. Clients undergo screening through our system, plus additional screening providers may require. There would be a record of each use, at least for a while (we will delete old records). If a provider does not check in after a date, we alert their emergency contacts, and there will be a record in our system of a missing checkin.

And if the attacker is going to follow up with people after a date, then there's no point in using Pink anyways.

Good enough for me.  Literally finished watching the episode and saw this on the ANN page and had to at least ask.  Thanks!  Will be watching this project to see where it goes 

[Dipsomaniac]

Will you invite more advisors to your team?

[deeltje]

First post ever on the ol' bitcointalk forums here.  Long time lurker though looking for something innovative.  Have been binge-watching Criminal Minds on Netflix recently and have come across something that correlates to this on Season 9, Ep. 12.  Basically an escort service with the option to pay in bitcoin was part of the episode.  I see you ha e outlined  your security roadmap/plan of attack rather well. The use of ram based servers and Tor gates, while not new, is an extremely effective, yet cumbersome form of data storage/processing.  Basically what my entire point of posting this is what if something were to happen?  What if, after all the background checks for a particular escort or client came back clean, something were to develop such as a serial killer using only YOUR service to facilitate his acts of violence. How would they be stopped?  How could they even be tracked?  Saw the episode and immediately thought of this coin.  Don't take this as FUDing as I feel like this is a reasonable question to ask
  One that I don't think has been discussed yet as its more of a "worst case" scenario type thing.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing more updates on this peoject.!

Haha! I like you, you should stick around. Very interesting point though, with so much focusing on anonymity, could it be too much?

[Zeatorius]

I read the first line and thought this must just be a joke then again it is the oldest profession in the world, how it would work with bitcoin however is another matter.

[BuyingFast]

How many people work on this project part time or full time?

At this point, approximately 10. I won't be more precise due to opsec concerns. We're mostly transparent, but about the actual people involved, every bit of obscurity helps maintain operational security.

Then your team is bigger than that of most ICOs out there. How many of those 10 are developers? That's the golden question, right there.

[danBitcoin]

Will you invite more advisors to your team?

I'm also curious about this. What areas do you see yourself needing more advisors in, in the future?

[thang long]

Very interesting idea/ topic. I just might want to get involved.

[celestio]

I'm just now seeing the UI preview, that actually looks pretty good. Nice and intuitive. Lots of features is nice, but I'd wait and keep it simple until you have a larger user base.

[BlitzandBitz]

Do you plan to launch in Asia?

[S-triple-C]

"Too many ICOs issue useless tokens that only serve to line their own pockets, and damage whatever product they're making."

This is entirely true. Someone should regulate ICO's.

[bradpink]

Then your team is bigger than that of most ICOs out there. How many of those 10 are developers? That's the golden question, right there.

We have around 5 people actually working on product development. We've already started programming the system as well as designing policies.

[bradpink]

Do you plan to launch in Asia?

Any particular cities you are interested in? We are going to be really busy in 2018 building out the US, Canada, and UK/IE.

[bradpink]

Will you invite more advisors to your team?

I'm also curious about this. What areas do you see yourself needing more advisors in, in the future?

After we finish our B round we're going to be doing a CEO and CFO search.

[gembira]

Another one sex project... Which dividends you mean? We will receive % from each prostitutes? Like souteneur? 

[bradpink]

I'm just now seeing the UI preview, that actually looks pretty good. Nice and intuitive. Lots of features is nice, but I'd wait and keep it simple until you have a larger user base.

You are correct. We are focusing on a simple flow for now. Everyone has their own 100 favorite ideas. We will slowly add the best ones.

[AppreciatingValue]

First post ever on the ol' bitcointalk forums here.  Long time lurker though looking for something innovative.  Have been binge-watching Criminal Minds on Netflix recently and have come across something that correlates to this on Season 9, Ep. 12.  Basically an escort service with the option to pay in bitcoin was part of the episode.  I see you ha e outlined  your security roadmap/plan of attack rather well. The use of ram based servers and Tor gates, while not new, is an extremely effective, yet cumbersome form of data storage/processing.  Basically what my entire point of posting this is what if something were to happen?  What if, after all the background checks for a particular escort or client came back clean, something were to develop such as a serial killer using only YOUR service to facilitate his acts of violence. How would they be stopped?  How could they even be tracked?  Saw the episode and immediately thought of this coin.  Don't take this as FUDing as I feel like this is a reasonable question to ask
  One that I don't think has been discussed yet as its more of a "worst case" scenario type thing.  Thanks in advance and I look forward to hearing more updates on this peoject.!

Well you can come up with these made-for-TV dramatic ideas for any service. What about an AirBnB killer that only goes after places he's already stayed?

Pink is a terrible service for a would-be killer to use. Clients undergo screening through our system, plus additional screening providers may require. There would be a record of each use, at least for a while (we will delete old records). If a provider does not check in after a date, we alert their emergency contacts, and there will be a record in our system of a missing checkin.

And if the attacker is going to follow up with people after a date, then there's no point in using Pink anyways.

Hmm screening. What kind of screening exactly? As far as I know, people prefer to be anonymous when browsing and visiting "working girls". If the girls are marketing themselves as "escorts" or "sugar babies" instead of prostitu***, then we all have seekingarrangement which has literally thousands of girls. They too have a system in place for screening "sugar daddies". I know, it's probably nothing special, and the website membership costs like $70. Bust just wondering what's the advantage of this platform over seekingarrangement or whatsyourprice?