Origin Protocol

Origin Protocol is a sharing economy organization founded in 2017.

Origin Protocol
Founded2017
FoundersMatthew Liu and Joshua Fraser
HeadquartersSan Francisco
Websitewww.originprotocol.com

History

Origin Protocol was cofounded in San Francisco in 2017 by Matthew Liu and Joshua Fraser, in order to connect buyers and sellers to transact directly without any intermediaries.[1] Origin received $38 million in early funding, including a $3 million seed round in 2017 that was led by Pantera Capital, a $6.6 million CoinList sale, and $26.4 million in additional funding.[1][2] As of 2018, Origin had been used by 45 organizations to create independent sharing economy applications.[3]

Protocol

In 2018, Origin launched on the Ethereum Mainnet, as a decentralized marketplace protocol to connect users and providers directly without requiring trusted intermediaries. Users can create marketplaces for their products or services, without the use of a third-party app or company,[1][4] as Origin claims to facilitate the creation of peer-to-peer marketplaces.[5] These are created through Origin’s database of offerings and customers distributed to potential users, who can create a marketplace based upon that information without having to interact with a private company.[6]

gollark: It's not that hard, it's just monoids in the category of endofunctors, but also burritos.
gollark: If you're firecubez, then explain why you are NOT cubes OR on fire.
gollark: Yes, you're "firecubez"; this is true and not false, entirely.
gollark: `>>` is a special case of `>>=`, which encapsulates all the real-world-passing stuff in a way which also happens to generalize nicely to everything else, thus monads.
gollark: Maybe *your* Haskell compiler can't.

References
  1. "Origin launches protocol for building cheaper decentralized Ubers & Airbnbs".
  2. Alois, J. D. (August 29, 2018). "Following CoinList Funding Round, Origin Protocol Launches Decentralized Messaging Service". Crowdfund Insider.
  3. Hurst, Samantha (April 25, 2018). "Origin Protocol Secures $28.5 Million Through Strategic Round". Crowdfund Insider.
  4. Clarke, Laurie. "Could Decentralised Platforms Redefine the Sharing Economy?". Techworld.
  5. Alois, J. D. (August 1, 2018). "CoinList: Origin Protocol Raises $6.6 Million. $2 Million was Funded in Just 5 Minutes". Crowdfund Insider.
  6. Lindeman, Tracey (April 5, 2018). "Startups Want to Use the Blockchain to Take Our Data Out of Uber's Hands".
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