# Earn.com

> Earn.com was a paid messaging and microtask platform where people earned bitcoin for replies, surveys and small tasks. Rebranded from 21.co in 2017, it was acquired by Coinbase in April 2018; Coinbase announced its closure in December 2019 to concentrate on Coinbase Earn.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Balaji Srinivasan (Co-founder; CEO from 2015), Matt Pauker (Co-founder of predecessor 21E6; former CEO), Daniel Firu (Co-founder of predecessor 21E6), Nigel Drego (Co-founder of predecessor 21E6), Veerbhan Kheterpal (Co-founder of predecessor 21E6), Lily Liu (Listed as co-founder in retrospective profiles; joined as CFO in 2015 according to Srinivasan)
- **Products:** Paid inbox and profiles, Paid surveys and microtasks, Token distribution campaigns, 21 Bitcoin Computer, two1 Python library and CLI
- **Notable:** Developed paid email and tasks from its predecessor’s micropayment software., Acquired by Coinbase in April 2018., Provided a route to obtain bitcoin through work rather than purchase or mining.

## Products & services

- **Paid inbox and profiles** — Recipients set a price for responses; senders paid for replies in bitcoin.
- **Paid surveys and microtasks** — Businesses reached targeted groups with compensated questions and small online tasks.
- **Token distribution campaigns** — Crypto projects offered token rewards for participation and feedback.
- **21 Bitcoin Computer** — Predecessor developer hardware for building bitcoin-payable services; support ended in 2017.
- **two1 Python library and CLI** — Open source predecessor tools for bitcoin wallets and machine-payable HTTP services.

## Achievements

- Developed paid email and tasks from its predecessor’s micropayment software.
- Acquired by Coinbase in April 2018.
- Provided a route to obtain bitcoin through work rather than purchase or mining.

## Latest updates

- **2018-04** — Coinbase acquired Earn.com; exact terms were not publicly disclosed.
- **2018-12** — Coinbase launched its educational successor Coinbase Earn, initially invite-only with ZRX rewards.
- **2019-12** — Coinbase announced it was sunsetting Earn.com to focus on Coinbase Earn.
- **2020-02** — The announced deadline for users to withdraw Earn.com balances was February 20, 2020.

## Links

- Website: https://www.earn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earndotcom
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/earndotcom
- GitHub: https://github.com/21dotco
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/earndotcom

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