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I just finished a warm fire 🔥 side chat with KK Jain, co-founder and Lead Developer of nCent, and this was their first public appearance (they even brought their crypto-puppy).

nCent is a decentralized protocol for incentive markets. Here is our video; we had 17K people watching it live!

“Boost how we harness our collective talent, and you will boost every problem-solving effort on the planet.” — Douglas Engelbart

nCent’s formation was inspired by the DARPA Red Balloon Challenge. DARPA offered a $40K bounty to the first team to find 10 balloons scattered across America. Using a recursive incentive tree, the MIT team mobilized a large group of people to help in a small way, and they found all 10 balloons in under 9 hours! The company is at ncent.io

P.S. Brian Fox of Orchid also gave a great talk. FD: I am an original investor in both companies.

2 responses to “To the Moon with nCent!! From their debut today at hack.summit”

  1. We used my 3D-printed rocket engine for the fireside chat, and the largest slice of our moon on Earth (upper right) in homage to the "BTC to the Moon" meme. Engine details from "Stealth Rocket Company" A poll we took live, before revealing that it took <9 hours to find 10 balloons scattered around America in the DARPA ChallengeAnd a kind note from KK on Twitter

  2. For faster consumption, they have posted a text summary of the talk:
    medium.com/@kk_ncnt/a-truly-fireside-chat-with-steve-jurv…

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