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About
Chris Horlacher co-founded Equibit Group in Toronto in 2015 and served as chairman and CEO. The idea was to do for securities what Bitcoin did for money: register and transfer equity and debt directly between issuers and investors on an independent proof-of-work blockchain, cutting out central depositories and transfer agents and settling in real time rather than the industry's three days. A 'Trading Passport' handled the compliance problem, using cryptographic verification to keep private shares circulating only among qualified investors. Equibit ran one of Canada's first ICO crowdsales, raising roughly $570,000 USD in cash and coins. Horlacher presented the thesis at FintechTO in April 2017. The company ceased operating; Horlacher left the CEO role in 2019.
Backers
Funded largely through a 2017 ICO crowdsale of roughly $570,000 USD in cash and coins
Quick answers
What was Equibit Group?
A Toronto blockchain company, founded in 2015, building a peer-to-peer securities registration and transfer system for equity and debt. Chris Horlacher described it on the FintechTO stage in 2017 as aiming to be 'the internet of securities'.
How was Equibit different from Bitcoin?
It ran as its own permissionless proof-of-work blockchain designed for securities rather than currency, settling trades in real time instead of the standard three days, and layering on a 'Trading Passport' so private shares stayed within qualified-investor networks.
Is Equibit still operating?
No. The company is no longer active and Chris Horlacher left the CEO role in 2019.