About Sapien
A multitude of theories behind human intelligence suggest how fundamental social networks have been to the evolution of our species, Homo Sapiens. Whereas thousands of years ago the primary objective of interaction was survival, we now interact for numerous reasons, ranging from business to pleasure. Companies like Reddit and Facebook have enabled us to continue this ancient practice of socializing, while simultaneously driving open-source innovations like React.js and GraphQL. Another example of the earliest social activity is payments. Bitcoin is the first successful implementation of a borderless, cryptographical store of value enabling us to discreetly send funds to another person. Yet it was Satoshi Nakamoto’s brilliant idea behind the coin, the Blockchain, that has opened the floodgates of innovation. Immutable, hashed data is stored in blocks that are chained together to create a distributed database, secured with cryptography. This new technology has begun to disrupt everything from healthcare to banking to consumer apps. It is quite likely that we are witnessing the early stages of Web 3.0. Our team believes it is now feasible to combine the innate human desire for social networks with the immense power of the Blockchain to give each individual unprecedented control over their online social experience. We intend to build a democratized social platform that truly serves its users, fueled by a flexible cryptocurrency, SPN, built on the Ethereum Blockchain.
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Ratings

Rated on Feb 3, 2018
I upgraded my rating after getting feedback from the team and deeper insight. The team is devoted to the project and product development. Good luck!

Rated on Jan 18, 2018

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Rated on Jan 13, 2018

Rated on Feb 7, 2018
Great Team. Awesome projects that seems to have been very well thought out. I look forward to seeing what Sapien does after the ICO

Rated on Jun 1, 2018
The team is a bit inexperienced, but they're passionate and dedicated. It's a great idea and if executed the right way will become very popular, a lot of potential here.

Rated on Apr 17, 2018

Rated on Feb 9, 2018
In the era where social media platforms are under more and more scrutiny due to their content, Sapien looks to help clean up many of the issues that are present. I look forward to seeing where the project will go.

Rated on Feb 3, 2018

Rated on Mar 18, 2018

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Rated on Jan 15, 2018

Rated on Feb 12, 2018
I love the vision. Empowering a new social media network in combination with News that can start to draw people from the incumbent network by rewarding them for sharing their data and allowing them to control it. It's not a new idea, but one that has not been executed well with Blockchain yet.

Rated on Dec 28, 2017
The two founders are young and building their first major product - but I've met them in person and what they lack in experience they make up with passion. Ankit is pouring his heart and soul into this project. And don't forget just how young Vitalik was when he took on the status quo with his vision for Ethereum, built it and rocked the world. Plus any number of dot com and Web 2.0 products came from folks still at college - just look at Facebook.
The vision is clear - to turn our current centralized social networks inside out and put people and freedom of speech first. It goes far beyond what Steemit is offering and has better economics IMO. Based on my experience as a Steemit user I think there is every chance a well executed Sapien could be extremely popular.
I have tried the beta site and they already have a lot working, I was actually impressed how much you can do. Just needs users and of course it needs to be ready to scale!

Rated on Feb 8, 2018

Rated on Feb 13, 2018

Rated on Feb 9, 2018

Rated on Mar 3, 2018
Yet another social platform. Neat Whitepaper, team and advisers are ok, not very unique
product and vision.
"ERC20-compliant cryptocurrency that will incentivize quality content"? You must be kidding. You have to learn more about cryptocurrencies, tokens and distributed technologies and difference between them.

Rated on Mar 30, 2018

Rated on Feb 13, 2018
The project has several strong and weak sides.
What I like about this project:
- Passionate team;
- Transparent and clear business model;
- Good token economics;
- Great marketing;
- Relatively unique concept;
- Experienced advisory board.
What I don't like about it:
- Democratized or decentralized social news platform doesn't exclude "fake" news, as marketing of the platform promises. In fact, various misconceptions and fake news could be unintentionally promoted by majority of population. Thing like "fake" or "not fake" can be very subjective and can't be solved by decentralization process;
- Majority of blockchain social platforms are not as successful as they look on the paper;
- Road Map is not clear and detailed enough;
- It might take a long time before the platform will be able to form its basic customer base;
- Product is not ready yet

Rated on Jan 28, 2018

Rated on Feb 7, 2018

Rated on Feb 3, 2018
Team is raw, young and unproven, but I think a good team should have more than just past ico experience. This team seems dedicated, and has a decent amount of advisors.
This product has a unique vision to deal with a Fake News problem that we have in our society. I agree with other reviewers that this product takes Steemit a step further and aims to provide more control to the users.
It has the potential to be a popular network and the pre-ico numbers are showing quite an interest so far.

Rated on Jan 26, 2018
Very good traction on social media and telegram. Great project, very good potential.

Rated on Feb 7, 2018

Rated on Jan 24, 2018
Great team and excellent project. I have re-rated Sapien after a thorough review.

Rated on Mar 7, 2018
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15% March 20-22
12% March 22 - March 24
9% March 24-26
6% March 26-28
3% March 28-30
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Milestones
Idea behind Sapien conceived and development begins
Closed alpha is launched, written with full-stack javascript
Private beta launched with integrated chat and voice channels
Transition from an end-to-end encrypted platform to Blockchain application
Complete SPN white paper and begin Ethereum smart contract development
Launch testnet faucet and showcase token in Sapien
Token Sale Phase #1 and implement payouts for creators and curators
Increase brand awareness and begin porting Sapien platform to a DApp
Token Sale Phase #2 and revamp UI/UX for crypto novices
Ramp up marketing efforts; acquire 10k new users per month
Build infrastructure for Democratized Autonomous Platform
Roll out decentralized marketplace, premium content and features
Open developer platform to third-party applications and integrations
Optimize platform to scale and add 1M new users per month
Tokenize user data and extend token use to other websites
Add 10 million new users per month