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Starting as a small project in Kazemian's [[dormitory]] room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.<ref name=FinSMEs2018>{{cite news|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/02/everipedia-raises-30m-in-series-a-funding.html|title=Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding|last=|first=|publisher=FinSMEs|date=10 February 2018}}</ref> Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first [[Model–view–presenter|MVP]] for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.<ref name=Jafery2018>{{cite web|url=https://hackernoon.com/the-revolution-of-knowledge-how-everipedia-is-decentralizing-history-6eb44bb9ea75|title=How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain|last=Jafery|first=Reza|publisher=Hackernoon|date=19 February 2018}}</ref>
Starting as a small project in Kazemian's [[dormitory]] room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.<ref name=FinSMEs2018>{{cite news|url=http://www.finsmes.com/2018/02/everipedia-raises-30m-in-series-a-funding.html|title=Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding|last=|first=|publisher=FinSMEs|date=10 February 2018}}</ref> Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first [[Model–view–presenter|MVP]] for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.<ref name=Jafery2018>{{cite web|url=https://hackernoon.com/the-revolution-of-knowledge-how-everipedia-is-decentralizing-history-6eb44bb9ea75|title=How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain|last=Jafery|first=Reza|publisher=Hackernoon|date=19 February 2018}}</ref>


In 2017, Kazemian told to ''[[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>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==

Revision as of 23:04, 20 August 2018

Sam Kazemian
Sam Kazemian in 2018
Born
Sam Hamidi-Kazemian[1]

(1993-02-12) February 12, 1993 (age 31)[2]
Mazandaran Province, Iran[citation needed]
EducationUCLA (neuroscience and philosophy)[2]
OccupationPresident of Everipedia[3]
Known forCo-founding Everipedia[4]
Websiteeveripedia.org

Sam Hamidi-Kazemian[5] (born February 12, 1993) is an Iranian-American software programmer.[2] He is the co-founder and president of Everipedia,[3] a for-profit, wiki-based online encyclopedia.[6] He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[4]

Education

Kazemian attended Westlake High School, where he participated in athletics.[7] He was member of the UCLA Powerlifting team from 2013 to 2014 in his junior year of high school.[8] Kazemian was a double major in neuroscience and philosophy at UCLA.[2] He graduated from UCLA in 2015.[9]

Everipedia

Starting as a small project in Kazemian's dormitory room at UCLA, Sam Kazemian founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014.[4] Kazemian and Forselius constructed the first MVP for Everipedia while Kazemian was still at UCLA.[10]

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."[6] In 2017, he stated that Everipedia aims to be the largest online encyclopedia.[11]

Personal life

Kazemian resides in Los Angeles, California, US.[2] In 2013, he became interested in Bitcoin.[12] 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.[13] The top cryptocoins he preferred from back in the day was Dogecoin, Namecoin, Datacoin (defunct), and Vertcoin.[13] Kazemian stated that in 2014 there were many successful cryptocurrencies to mine.[12] In his dormitory room, Kazemian assembled a GPU and CPU mining operation using his outdated desktop computers and laptops to mine cryptocurrencies.[12]

References

  1. ^ "CoinTalks – Thought Leaders in the world of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency". Eventbrite. Retrieved 2018-08-16. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 12 (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Sam Kazemian". Crunchbase. 2018.
  3. ^ a b Chavez-Dreyfuss, Gertrude (8 February 2018). "Novogratz's New Fund, Others Invest $30 Million in Online Encyclopedia". U.S. News & World Report.
  4. ^ a b c "Everipedia Raises $30m in Series A Funding". FinSMEs. 10 February 2018.
  5. ^ "CoinTalks – Thought Leaders in the world of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency". Eventbrite. Retrieved 2018-08-16. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 12 (help)
  6. ^ a b James, Andrea (12 June 2017). "Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable?". Boing Boing.
  7. ^ "Sam Kazemian". Athletic.net. 2018.
  8. ^ "Sam Kazemian - 2013-14 Powerlifting Roster - UCLA Club Sports". UCLA Club Sports. 2018.
  9. ^ "Everipedia: Bản sao xấu xí và tội lỗi của Wikipedia" [Everipedia: ugly copy and sin of Wikipedia]. VNG Corporation. 10 August 2017.
  10. ^ Jafery, Reza (19 February 2018). "How Everipedia is Decentralizing History with Blockchain". Hackernoon.
  11. ^ Moon, Jiwon (31 July 2017). "Everipedia Update | Part 1: Intro to Everipedia and New Features Since Campaign". Wefunder.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ a b Anthony, Miles (6 August 2017). "Sam Kazemian, Founder and CEO at Everipedia, Shares 4 Years of Mining Experience". The Crypto Times.
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