{"id":122607,"date":"2023-07-14T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/kim-dotcom-teases-bitcoin-cash-killer-app-as-bitcache-heads-for-liquidation-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T20:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:15:59","slug":"kim-dotcom-teases-bitcoin-cash-killer-app-as-bitcache-heads-for-liquidation-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/kim-dotcom-teases-bitcoin-cash-killer-app-as-bitcache-heads-for-liquidation-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Dotcom Teases Bitcoin Cash ‘Killer App’ as Bitcache Heads for Liquidation\n – Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bitcache, a crypto project founded by political activist and founder of the now-defunct file hosting service MegaUpload, Kim Dotcom<\/a>has begun a liquidation process in New Zealand due to unpaid legal fees by the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe business formerly known as Bitcache has been liquidated because a law firm that offered to work for shares in the company decided years later to invoice the company for past legal fees,\u201d tweeted<\/a> Kim late Thursday. He pointed out that he “was the evangelist for the business and supports the liquidation of the company.”<\/p>\n

Despite news of the liquidation, Kim Dotcom tweeted<\/a> on Thursday that the project will continue under a new name, Fileshop. He added that it’s “been developed from scratch with a completely new code base and without any of the Bitcache IP.” He said he’s also working with some “friendly previous investors and partners.”<\/p>\n

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The good news is that the project, now called FileShop, has been developed from scratch with a completely new code base and without any of the Bitcache IP. Very happy to announce that friendly previous investors and partners have not been forgotten and that this app is coming.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The new project says<\/a> Dotcom, aims to become a “Bitcoin Cash killer app.”<\/p>\n

The Bitcache blockchain, was touted<\/a> by Kim as a disruption in how online content creators will be able to monetize their content. It was built as a subscription-as-a-service that would allow for Bitcoin<\/a> to be used for micro-payments\u2013receiving substantial funding through the well known investment firm, BnkToTheFuture<\/a>,<\/p>\n

According to a report<\/a> from Newsroom<\/i>, a New Zealand media outlet, the platform failed to launch in early 2017, due to “unexpected hiccups” Kim Dotcom said at the time. Dotcom says Newsroom<\/i>was named as an evangelist due to his ongoing disputes with the US government over the now-defunct website MegaUpload.<\/p>\n

Kim Dotcom taken<\/a> heavily<\/a> to Twitter throughout 2017-2018\u2013claiming<\/a> his company would introduce millions of new users to bitcoin\u2013the project never came to fruition. In late 2022, after years of silence, Dotcom announced the project.never got the software right<\/a>,<\/p>\n

Newsroom<\/i> reported that Auckland lawyer and former Bitcache director Phil Creagh applied for liquidation last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s pretty straightforward, there are fees owed and not paid. The company has not taken any steps so far to avoid being placed in liquidation,” Creagh told the news outlet. “We’ll put it into liquidation and see what, if anything, can be recovered.”<\/p>\n

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