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LegendaryActivity: 1484Merit: 1000 2013-05-17 Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app May 18, 2013, 01:04:51 AM #1 http://pandodaily.com/2013/05/17/gliph-joins-boost-vc-launches-bitcoin-messaging-and-payments-app/



Quote Portland-based Gliph has been building a secure, anonymous messaging app for two years without a strong use case for the technology. Its also done so while bootstrapping.



And then, as co-founder Rob Banagale put it, bitcoin sailed in. When the virtual currency began to take off this year, the founders knew that theyd found an application for their technology.



We knew identity and payments and transactions were important but how it was going to fit together we werent sure, he says. We just knew we needed to start at security and privacy and getting people to connect.



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LegendaryActivity: 1449Merit: 1013Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952 Re: 2013-05-17 Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app May 18, 2013, 08:08:23 PM #7 Quote from: teknomunk on May 18, 2013, 02:17:18 AM The Gliph site describes itself as "Secure Texting + Bitcoin Payments", so encrypted text messages. Entirely possible for it to be both secure and social by limiting messages to only your contacts.



Thanks, I get it now. Seems like a good idea. Just looking at the site - hmmn "Safely interact with people who aren't "friends". Interesting, guess I've got some reading to do.



Rob, if you're reading this, thanks - is your app subpoena-proof, as it were? Can some "authority" make you reveal message contents under duress? I see "Your personal data is your property, and you own it in accordance with our privacy policy" in your FAQs, but of course the devil is in the whatsit. More specifically, what would have happened, hypothetically if Manning and Assange had used Gliph to communicate?





Thanks, I get it now. Seems like a good idea. Just looking at the site - hmmn "Safely interact with people who aren't "friends". Interesting, guess I've got some reading to do.Rob, if you're reading this, thanks - is your app subpoena-proof, as it were? Can some "authority" make you reveal message contents under duress? I see "Your personal data is your property, and you own it in accordance with our privacy policy" in your FAQs, but of course the devil is in the whatsit. More specifically, what would have happened, hypothetically if Manning and Assange had used Gliph to communicate?

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Hero MemberActivity: 525Merit: 505My other Avatar is also Scrooge McDuck Re: 2013-05-17 Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app May 19, 2013, 04:16:35 AM #9



Just downloaded and played with Gliph; and I gotta give you props on making a truly original app.



I know exactly what _I_ would use Gliph for, being one of those die-hard privacy nuts, but what I'm having trouble figuring out is what the general public would use it for.



Can you say a few words about who your target market is and how you plan to make Gliph's adoption as large as it can be?



Thanks! Hi Rob,Just downloaded and played with Gliph; and I gotta give you props on making a truly original app.I know exactly what _I_ would use Gliph for, being one of those die-hard privacy nuts, but what I'm having trouble figuring out is what the general public would use it for.Can you say a few words about who your target market is and how you plan to make Gliph's adoption as large as it can be?Thanks! Luke Parker

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Last edit: May 22, 2013, 08:22:34 PM by Gliph #14 I believe you can create a wallet on Coinbase with just an email address and password.



If you are very concerned about privacy, you may need to provide more if you want to move USD into and out of the service. You could create a Coinbase account and move money into that wallet from another and you should be good to go.



Currently, Coinbase does send an email to the person you send bitcoin to with your account email address.



For privacy, we also recommend when you sign up for Coinbase that you do not use a personal or work email address. Instead use a Cloaked Email address, (an email privacy service Gliph provides), or a different throw away account.



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LegendaryActivity: 1449Merit: 1013Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952 Re: 2013-05-17 Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app May 22, 2013, 10:37:45 PM #15



I'm not in the USA. As far as I can tell, coinbase is US-only at the moment.



http://support.coinbase.com/customer/portal/questions/833938-foreign-countries-and-currencies-



I think this means Gliph will not be much use to me for a while, other than the potential for an email cloak.



With respect to email cloaking, I've tried various services over the years. All went belly-up - ahead of their time perhaps, or just bad implementations.

In every case it meant lost email addys, and a mad scramble to tell correspondents to change my address - particularly awkward when I couldn't send from the suddenly-defunct old address.



Yours is structured differently for sure, but can you offer some reassurance as to what happens in the unlikely event of a water landing your company going under some day?

Could a user carry on with minimal disruption?



Thanks!

Thanks for the updates, Rob. Please keep the details coming.I'm not in the USA. As far as I can tell, coinbase is US-only at the moment.I think this means Gliph will not be much use to me for a while, other than the potential for an email cloak.With respect to email cloaking, I've tried various services over the years. All went belly-up - ahead of their time perhaps, or just bad implementations.In every case it meant lost email addys, and a mad scramble to tell correspondents to change my address - particularly awkward when I couldn't send from the suddenly-defunct old address.Yours is structured differently for sure, but can you offer some reassurance as to what happens in the unlikely event ofyour company going under some day?Could a user carry on with minimal disruption?Thanks!