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Everipedia is Wikipedia on the blockchain. What does that mean for privacy, openness and fair use?\n\nIt\u2019s less than 2 weeks until the launch of the EOS blockchain and today we chat with Mahbod Moghadam, co-founder of Everipedia, a blockchain-based Wikipedia built on the EOS blockchain. Mahbod graduated from Yale in 2004 and was the co-founder of Rap Genius (now, Genius.com) which finds the meaning in song lyrics. \n\nWhile building Rap Genius, Mahbod decided to create his own Wikipedia page, and was unpleasantly surprised that he wasn\u2019t allowed. Apparently didn\u2019t have a high profile, even after raising millions, to be accepted at Wikipedia.com. \n\nWith the idea that anyone should be able to create a wiki page for themselves, he and a few other co-founders decided to launch Everipedia.org as an \u201cexpansion pack\u201d to Wikipedia.com. Basically, if you weren\u2019t popular or \u201ccool\u201d enough to get a Wikipedia page, you could create your own page on Everipedia. \n\nBefore you think that Everipedia is some scrub website, they imported all of the current Wikipedia articles. This means that they have over 6,000,000 unique articles to search from. Before you cry \u201cplagiarism\u201d, please remember that Wikipedia imported the articles of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Ok, everyone cool now? \n\nAnyways, here\u2019s some additional information about Everipedia.org:\n\n\nEveripedia background:\nover 6 million articles\nNo ads\nAnyone can create an article and be an editor about anything, no censorship\nStarted with all of the wikipedia articles inside of it?\nHired Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia AND Everipedia\nRaised $30M, fully funded by Block.One, the creators of the EOS.io software\n\nMore fun facts, Everipedia didn\u2019t start off as a blockchain project. They started as a website that offered reward points to incentivize authors and editors. Guess what? This influence model can\u2019t complete with the tokenized world of blockchain. So, Everipedia networked with Block.One and raised $30M, complete bought by Block.One, and decided to be the first airdrop on the EOS platform. Ok, they didn\u2019t drop their tokens first, but they were the first to announce. Why would they do this? Well, they want to build a community of content creators, editors and consumers. Airdropping your tokens on EOS means that you get and instant community of like-minded please. Pretty clever. \n\nSo, tune in to find out why their token, the IQ token, exists and how it incentivizes users and why they chose to build on the EOS blockchain. We\u2019re just getting started with EOS and there\u2019s going to be a LOT more dApps that decide to airdop in order to quickly build a community. If Dan Larimer learned one thing about Steem, it was that the initial token distribution is very important, and by incentivizing airdrops to EOS token holders, dApp team can take advantage of the year long ICO. \n\nI hope you enjoy this episode and I\u2019ve included all the links to keep up-to-date with the Everipedia team, Don\u2019t forget to buy EOS tokens and register them ASAP in order to receive the free Everipedia IQ tokens. This isn\u2019t investment advice. I don\u2019t have any license, certification or experience to offer it. What you do with your money is your own business. I don\u2019t care, and good luck. \n\nUntil next time...KEEP BUILDING FREEDOM!!\n\nIn Liberty,\nAshe\n\nContact Info:\nEmail: mahbod@everipedia.com\nWebsite: https://everipedia.org/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/everipedia\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everipedia-inc.\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/everipedia