The app that pays you to get fit (Sweatcoin ) rewards people for the number of steps they make every day Sweatcoin is available for free in the Apple’s app store It offers one coin for every 1,000 steps which can then pay for goods Rewards include Vivobarefoot shoes and fitness classes from Wonderush Android app is in development, and app will roll out to other regions soon. It can be difficult to stay motivated when trying to get fit or lose weight, but being rewarded for every step you take could make things a little easier.
The company is also developing a proprietary version of blockchain anti-tampering technology to manage the distribution of its currency, akin to how bitcoin transactions work. It’s an elaborate second act for Fomenko, whose last start-up, Bloom.fm, a UK music app launched in 2013, drew 1.3million downloads before imploding when its sole investor, a unit of Gazprom Media, pulled out after Russia’s invasion of Crimea and he failed to find fresh funding.