The creator of Reddcoin.co.uk speaks with Reddheads.com

RH: Your website reddcoin.co.uk is really fun, but it seems to have just popped up out of nowhere! For how long have you been thinking about setting it up? N_reddcoin: I first became involved with Reddcoin early on, in February, and since then I have been planning to become more involved. RH: What is your “day job”? N_reddcoin: I worked in IT in London for the past few years. I had many dreams of technical projects that I could work on in my spare time – some purely for fun and others that may eventually turn a profit. However, after working all day on the computer for my job I needed to switch off in my free time, and due to lack of time none of these projects took off. After months of deliberating (and saving money) last September I left my job to focus on these projects. These projects are not all Reddcoin/CryptoCoin related – another is an early stage niche UK web application – but Reddcoin.co.uk has been a great place to start. RH: One of the first articles you published was about ten cryptocurrencies. What is it that you like about Reddcoin in particular? N_reddcoin: In terms of the product and vision: I think Reddcoin has a reliable development team, a good niche in social media that could quite easily take off big once it begins to hit critical mass. A strong point for me, although clichéd by now, is that it feels much nicer to receive 10,000rdd than 0.0014btc. In terms of price: I think coins like Bitcoin, Litecoin and even Dogecoin have most of their growth priced in already. Reddcoin on the other hand could grow 20 times and still look cheap in comparison. RH: Reddcoin.co.uk is brand new but you have already published plenty of articles. How do you have the time to be so prolific? N_reddcoin: See the answer about leaving my job above! Now I split my time between language lessons, parties, and working on projects. RH: How long can you afford to live before having to go back to a day job? N_reddcoin: If I was still in London my living costs would rip through my savings in no time – so I moved temporarily to a far less expensive (and more exciting) country to get things off the ground. RH: What is it that motivated you to go one step further than simply being part of the Reddcoin community, to actually create something that supports Reddcoin in the way your website does? N_reddcoin: For me it is really fun and rewarding to create something of some value for other people, and as I am fascinated by cryptocurrencies and Reddcoin in particular it was a good area for me. It hasn’t been long, but I have already learnt a lot from developing this project. RH: What are your future plans for reddcoin.co.uk? N_reddcoin: I plan to build up quality content that is focussed on Reddcoin and the UK cryptocurrency ecosystem, with some more analysis/investigative work that goes deeper than what is available already online. If possible I want to keep it free from traditional advertising and fund it through Reddcoin, for example to integrate a microtipping button for Reddcoin into the site, and once it becomes more established to reach out to work with other people in the Reddcoin community – such as yourself!