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Danil Perushev@perushev · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
Hi Product Hunters, this is Danil from Sweatcoin. We're so excited to get this out to you! Today we are launching our iOS app Sweatcoin in the US. Sweatcoin converts your steps into currency. Spend earned sweatcoins on goods, services and experiences with our partners, donate to charity or exchange them with your friends and family for whatever you fancy. … See more
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Ben Tossell@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@perushev Any way users can download from the app store without giving their number? (personally dont like giving it out to any site)
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Danil Perushev@perushev · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
@bentossell hey! we use mobile number to identify the user inside the app to avoid gaming the system (we are a currency and you cannot cheat a currency unless…!)
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Ben Tossell@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@perushev maybe it would be worth explaining why you require a phone number then. Otherwise it just seems like extra friction while lots of other companies are trying to do the same thing (which puts me off)
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Danil Perushev@perushev · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
@bentossell Hey, I need to be sure that I understand the issue. So, you don't like that we use your phone number in our app to identify you as a user? Or you don't like the fact that when you click on this link (https://swc.app.link/producthunt) we ask for you number?
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Ben Tossell@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@perushev Don't like entering my phone number before being able to download the app... haha maybe we both got confused!
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Danil Perushev@perushev · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
@bentossell Hey Ben! We adjusted the download link: https://swc.app.link/producthunt I think you were right, some users might found it disturbing to give away phone number right away. So now you can start downloading the app without giving out your phone number. Thank you for pointing this out!!! Hope you will like the app!
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Ben Tossell@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@perushev awesome :)
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Daniel F Lopes@danflopes · I help build products faster @Whitesmith
@perushev Hi! This is a very interesting concept, but i'm curious: What's your business model? Where do you get the money to pay people from sweating? :)
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Danil Perushev@perushev · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
@danflopes hey! The major idea behind the product is that we can actually change the behaviour. And we can already see it from our 2.5 month in UK — people with Sweatcoin start to walk more. This kind of sustainable behavioral change is very interesting for corporate wellness, insurance companies. But the long term vision is that we want people to pay part o… See more
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Bonda Gangadhar@bonda_gangadhar
@perushev Nice app with cool UI. In voting section why do I see offers in "pound" when I am in United States
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Anton Derlyatka@ant_ooon · Co-founder, Sweatcoin
@bonda_gangadhar @perushev Hi Bonda, thank you for your question. The thing is these offers are created by our users, so we have no influence over what they offer and what currency they chose to price their offers. And since we initially launched in the UK 3 months ago, we have quite a few UK-based users, who quite like the British Pound despite Brexit and a… See more
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