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by AElsinore77 2715 days ago
I'm the above poster's cofounder that pitched this in person with YC on April 30, 2018 - exact same name and idea. I'm definitely curious if this is just innocent coincidence.
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Definitely coincidence, we are not even based in U.S. and we never had any connection with Y.C.

We wanted a simple name and this was one of the first options we thought, together with BitSubscribe .

Hope you understand.

I wouldn't be too surprised. It's a very logical name for the idea, and makes sense that other people would think of it.

To be honest, I'm not too sure if this would be the best fit for a startup incubator and VC funding. If I was a libertarian and very interested in free speech, I think I would prefer to use a platform that was bootstrapped and independent. Going through a startup incubator and taking VC funding doesn't feel very aligned with this culture.