What is Gems?

The decentralized mechanical turk has found birth in the protocol of Gems.org and the Ethereum Network. A mechanical turk, like that of Amazon, is a web base crowdsourcing marketplace which enables entities and individuals to harmonize the utilization of human intelligence in performing small tasks which computers currently lack the capability to complete. Gems.org will accomplish this in a revolutionary way by implementing blockchain technology to reduce the 500–1500% over-payment that entities currently encounter when implementing these microwork tasks into a project. Beyond that, the individuals completing these tasks will also be able to profit in greater magnitude.

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Who is Gems?

Co-Founders, Kieran and Rory O’Reilly are moving at breakneck speed to launch this platform under the tutelage of names like Biz Stone and Ben Maurer. This brings to the table, talent from Facebook, Google, Twitter and Medium. After dropping out of Harvard University the co-founders together successfully founded gifs.com, an online editing and artificial intelligence company, who’s customers ranged from Google to Netflix. It’s no question that the launchpad they have is built upon passion for innovation.

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Where is Gems?

A current valuation of the San Francisco based platform is to be determined, it’s easy to see how this technology will create absolute disruption in the market and race to a sizeable share of it also. An Initial Coin Offering (ICO) will allow cryptocurrency users and investors to help fund the project and open in Late-January to Early-February. The sale is at first limited to contributors of their community content.

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Where Is Gems Headed?

Quarter One of 2018 is chock full of implementations to the roadmap for Gems. The team has already implemented their alpha and looks to have the platform on MainNet, as well as a successful token sale and many other early aspects of development. The action Gems have taken to donate $100k worth of micro-tasks will ensure a healthy balance between requesters of such tasks and miners who complete them.

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Why Gems?

In conclusion, I am wholeheartedly excited for the benefits of this platform. As an enthusiast of decentralization, one can quickly see where this technology will cut out an inefficient and parasitic middle man service. The boost to the true players in this microwork ecosystem will see a happier and healthier market and will undoubtedly change the atmosphere for the better. This follows perfectly to the theme of distributed systems and their disruptive power.

Looking forward to ICO, I will write about it when they announce the details to the public.