Kik Messenger Joins the Kin Rewards Engine

When Kin was initially launched, the team behind Kik Messenger made the choice to temporarily forego potential Kin Rewards Engine earnings in order to allow cooperation and competition to flourish among other developers who wished to earn a stake in the ecosystem. Since then, over 35 million users have earned Kin within consumer apps and over 3 million users spend Kin monthly — making it the most used cryptocurrency by mainstream consumers.

In October of last year, the Kik Messenger app was acquired by MediaLab, the company behind such leading internet properties as Whisper and DatPiff. They’ve recently also announced their intent to double down on Kin as a business model, as well as purchase a stake of their own from the open market — commitments they made after seeing the potential for Kin to enrich the consumer app experience.

Now that Kik Messenger is under new management and wish to align themselves with and contribute to the Kin Ecosystem, the time has come to officially enroll the popular app as an equal participant in the Kin Rewards Engine.

Having recently released rewarded ad experiences, Kik Messenger is currently in the process of applying to have their user purchase demand whitelisted for the Kin Rewards Engine buy track. This will allow them to contribute value to the Kin Ecosystem by utilizing their own methods of allowing users to purchase Kin, whether with their attention or otherwise. As of KRE 2.2 this process is available to all developers who wish to have their consumer demand tracked through methods that are not yet whitelisted, as well as those who wish to provide a new solution for purchasing Kin to other developers in the ecosystem.

Kik Messenger is expected to join the Kin Rewards Engine payout period of August 9th — 15th.

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