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Brand Capital Invests in Blockchain-powered App ‘Ponder’ To Launch in India
INDIANWEB2.COM – Dec 30 – Brand Capital, the strategic investment arm of India's largest media conglomerate the Times Group, has acquired a stake in Ponder, a blockchain-based recommendations platform. Founded in 2017 by Manshu Agarwal and Chris Imani, Ponder is a game-like mobile app to play matchmaker where users win money for making successful matches. With a drag and drop photos of friends or other singles that one think would be a good match, users play a matchmakers if singles like each other the user win $10, if they marry they get $1K. The app has been downloaded over 120K times and the startup is now building another referral app for recruitment purposes.
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Ponder’s Pitch on Meet the Drapers
OPW – Dec 2 – Ponder is a friend-to-friend matchmaking app that uses blockchain to pay for referrals. The app is running a crowdfunding campaign. Ponder’s founder & CEO Manshu Agarwal pitched his app on TV show Meet the Drapers.
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Ponder: A Trusted Referral Dating App On The Blockchain
GLOBAL COIN REPORT – Apr 25 – The importance of the blockchain is that it reduces the reliance on a third-party to verify transactions. Ponder uses blockchain and gamification techniques to both generate trust among the participants and to make the process more enjoyable. The first segment Ponder targets is online dating. The Ponder App is already in beta and is a game for playing matchmaker where users can earn real money by making successful matches. The app already has over 70k registered users in the US. With the app, users earn $10 if the couple that they recommend to each other become a match. If the couple marries, the matchmaker receives $1K.
PonderApp Blockchain Platform Is Making It Possible To Get Paid For Playing Cupid
BTC MANAGER – Feb 27 – Apps like PonderApp are turning matchmaking into a game and rewarding users who help to create pairings. The platform is designed primarily for romantic matches, but it can be extended to recruiting, business partners or roommates. Users need to state whether they're 'looking for love,' or 'just interested in playing matchmaker.' If it's the latter, they’ll be presented with a stream of singles. They can then make suggestions based on the users' profiles. If one of the matches they suggest like each other and would like to take things a step further, they'll both pay a fee of $10. $10 will be kept by the app, and the matchmaker receive the other $10. If the couple eventually decide to get married, the platform will pay the matchmaker $1K.
Love Is ‘No Battlefield’ With The Blockchain
FORBES – Feb 19 – Dating services have now become a $3B market. A study by Pew Research Center has shown that use of dating apps by Americans (18-24) tripled in 2016 vs in 2013. Usage by "Baby boomers" aged 55 to 64 doubled within the same time span. Today, emerging technologies like blockchain are now figuring out ways into the industry as well. For example, networking and connection platform MatchPool is a pioneering dating-meets-blockchain application. And, up-and-coming services like Hicky and Ponder are also seeking to improve upon the current online dating experience. Manshu Agarwal, Ponder's CEO and co-founder, said: "The blockchain has been called the Internet of Value, providing new ways to reward people for their time and effort." Ponder incentivizes it's users to create successful matches. Blockchain can improve security. The technology provides means to secure data and transactions. Blockchain's transparency could also help encourage good behavior among users.
by Roger Aitken
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