#kurrenci

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Kurrenci

^ What do they do? Currency for the internet. Why are they special?

Through ecommerce and gaming partnerships offer discounts for purchases and thus individual, controlled exchange rates

Kurrenci can be purchased (with MoneyGram), exchanged (from foreign currency, gift cards), or earned

A portion of earnings go to a variety of charities

Are they funded? Bootstrapped Who are their comps? Bitcoin, Ven How do I find them? Website / Crunchbase / Twitter / Facebook / Pinterest / Youtube What else can you tell me?

$1 = 1 kurrenci. Offer bill-splitting with friends. 

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A new digital currency just for the internet, that's more valuable, fun, convenient and secure than 'old money'.

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How do Kurrenci rates work?

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At a time when pop-up ads, spam and aggressive Web marketing define so much of the online shopping experience, who wouldn’t welcome a simpler and more private way to shop online?

Even better, what if that online shopping experience also had a way of making money cheaper?

For the online shopper, such a scenario could only exist in a perfect world. Well, that “perfect world” scenario may be closer than you think.

Read more: http://bed-stuy.patch.com/articles/brooklyn-based-tech-start-up-to-launch-kurrenci-new-money-for-the-internet

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CROWN HEIGHTS — Call it iCash. 

While Silicon Alley insiders drool over Google Wallet's futuristic credit app, a renegade group of coders have snubbed the SoHo silo for a nondescript warehouse on a gritty block between Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, working to bring the cash economy into the Internet age. 

Kurrenci, a Brooklyn-based startup whose virtual currency comes online Friday, is hardly the first company to try to mint money specifically for the web — and far from the only one hoping to revolutionize how people spend it across the wired world.

Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120614/crown-heights/street-smart-startup-kurrenci-snubs-soho-for-crown-heights#ixzz1yAJelNXv

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Sometimes an idea is so out there that it’s hard to even explain clearly without sounding like a crazy person. Kurrenci is one of those ideas.

Kurrenci is money for the Internet. You “buy” Kurrenci (or earn it through browsing and other interactions) and then you can use it at various locations on the Web, including ecommerce sites, gaming services, and peer-to-peer payments. Read full article...