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In 2017, Kazemian told ''[[Boing Boing]]'' that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast - a wiki of everything - with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."<ref name=James2017>{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2017/06/12/can-everipedia-remake-collabor.html|title=Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?|last=James|first=Andrea|work=[[Boing Boing]]|date=12 June 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest [[online encyclopedia]].<ref name=Moon2017>{{cite web|url=https://wefunder.com/updates/90603-part-1-intro-to-everipedia-and-new-features-since-campaign|title=Everipedia Update {{!}} Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign|last=Moon|first=Jiwon|publisher=[[Wefunder]]|date=31 July 2017}}</ref> |
In 2017, Kazemian told ''[[Boing Boing]]'' that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast - a wiki of everything - with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."<ref name=James2017>{{cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2017/06/12/can-everipedia-remake-collabor.html|title=Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?|last=James|first=Andrea|work=[[Boing Boing]]|date=12 June 2017}}</ref> In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest [[online encyclopedia]].<ref name=Moon2017>{{cite web|url=https://wefunder.com/updates/90603-part-1-intro-to-everipedia-and-new-features-since-campaign|title=Everipedia Update {{!}} Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign|last=Moon|first=Jiwon|publisher=[[Wefunder]]|date=31 July 2017}}</ref> |
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Kazemian spoke at [[CoinTalks]] on August 19, 2018 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] and spoke at [[Blockcon 2018]] on October 10 in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]]. |
Kazemian spoke at [[CoinTalks]] on August 19, 2018 in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] and spoke at [[Blockcon 2018]] on October 10 in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[California]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Revision as of 01:10, 21 November 2018
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| Born | Sam Hamidi-Kazemian February 12, 1993 |
| Education | UCLA (neuroscience and philosophy)[1] |
| Occupation | President of Everipedia[2] |
| Known for | Co-founding Everipedia[3] |
| Website | everipedia.org |
Sam Hamidi-Kazemian (born February 12, 1993) is an Iranian-American software programmer. He is the co-founder and president of Everipedia,[2] a for-profit, wiki-based online encyclopedia.[4] He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[3]
Education
Kazemian attended Westlake High School, where he participated in athletics.[5] He was a member of the UCLA Powerlifting team from 2012 until 2015.[6] Kazemian was a double major in neuroscience and philosophy at UCLA.[1] He graduated from UCLA in 2015.[7]
Career
Starting as a small project in Kazemian's dormitory room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[3] Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first MVP for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.[8]
In 2017, Kazemian told Boing Boing that "Wikia, like Wikipedia, uses really old software that was built in 2001. Meanwhile there are all these new, modern crowd-knowledge sites like Rap Genius, Quora and StackOverflow, but nobody ever tried to attack the original beast - a wiki of everything - with the new, modern tools. That is what Everipedia aims to do."[4] In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest online encyclopedia.[9]
Kazemian spoke at CoinTalks on August 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, California and spoke at Blockcon 2018 on October 10 in Santa Monica, California.[10]
Personal life
Kazemian resides in Los Angeles, California.[1]
In 2013, he became interested in Bitcoin.[11] He mined over 50 various cryptocoins to become more familiar with them and to find out about the changes that were occurring in the blockchain.[12] The top cryptocoins he preferred were Dogecoin, Namecoin, Datacoin (defunct), and Vertcoin.[12] Kazemian stated that in 2014 there were many successful cryptocurrencies to mine.[11] In his dormitory room, Kazemian assembled a GPU and CPU mining operation using his outdated desktop computers and laptops to mine cryptocurrencies.[11]
References
- ^ a b c "Sam Kazemian". Crunchbase. 2018.
- ^ a b Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (8 February 2018). "Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia". U.S. News & World Report.
- ^ a b c "Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding". FinSMEs. 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b James, Andrea (12 June 2017). "Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?". Boing Boing.
- ^ "Sam Kazemian". Athletic.net. 2018.
- ^ "Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports". UCLA Club Sports. 2018.
- ^ "Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia" [Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia]. VNG Corporation. 10 August 2017.
- ^ Jafery, Reza (19 February 2018). "How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain". Hackernoon.
- ^ Moon, Jiwon (31 July 2017). "Everipedia Update | Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign". Wefunder.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c Liebowitz, David (11 December 2017). "Crypto Veteran and Blockchain Engineer Sam Kazemian Helps You Understand Bitcoin Once and For All". Bitcoin For Plebs.
- ^ a b Anthony, Miles (6 August 2017). "Sam Kazemian, Founder and CEO at Everipedia, Shares 4 Years of Mining Experience". The Crypto Times.