MaidSafe (MAID) is an autonomous data network and blockchain based storage platform founded in 2006 by David Irvine and headquartered in Ayr, Scotland. The MaidSafe cryptocurrency powers the SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) network which is a decentralized blockchain-based system and smart contract provider.The cryptocurrency symbol for the MaidSafe cryptocurrency is "MAID" and stands for "Massive Array of Internet Disks".
Introduction to MaidSafe
Funding
Equity crowdfunding round 1
On April 24, 2014 MaidSafe engaged in an equity crowdfunding campaign raising $6 million in funding.
Equity crowdfunding round 2
On October 13, 2016 MaidSafe held their second round of equity crowdfunding campaign raising $1.6 million in funding.
Timeline
People
David Irvine
Founder
Further reading
Autonomous Network
David Irvine, Fraser Hutchison, Steve Mucklisch
Academic
Beyond Bitcoin: Crypto-Ownership Companies Hope You're Ready To Decentralize Everything On The Internet
Kashmir Hill
Web
Bitcoin Internet: The Plan for a Decentralized Web that Runs on Cryptocurrency
Victoria Turk
Web
Decentralized Internet Project MaidSafe to Raise Funds via 'Safecoin' Sale
Jon Southhurst
Web
What is MaidSafeCoin? | Beginner's Guide - CoinCentral
Paul Andrew
Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
The SAFE Network: A Quick Introduction
September 12, 2018
What are storage coins? (Storj, MaidSafe, Sia, Filecoin)
April 22, 2018
Companies
References
MaidSafe
Cryptocurrency
Network security
Software engineering
Decentralized File Storage
Privacy
Proof-of-resource (PoR)
AyrCategories
Contributors
- 1
Dawson Sewell
Seeking to explain science and technology through simple writing. - 2
Michael Naval
Golden helper - 3
Alex Dean
Masters in Biostatistics/Epidemiology @ UC Berkeley | BA in Biology @ Wesleyan University - 4
Melanie Manipula
Researcher, writer and a former librarian - 5
Jed Christiansen
Special Projects & Business Development at Golden, Founder - Seed-DB. - 6
Daniel Frumkin
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering; Passionate about cryptocurrencies, AI, engineering, and travel. - 7
Jude Gomila
Founder and CEO of Golden, Entrepreneur. Previously Co Founder of Heyzap. Investor in 100+ companies. Cantabrigian (Gonville and Caius). - 8
Lena Kourkouta
Molecular biologist - 9
Tianchang He
Stanford EE MS, interested in machine learning, front-end and all things tech.