Talk:BTCJam

Corpdepth review of citations

This is a review of the 15 citations present in the article as of this writing to support deletion discussion. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 15:53, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Source	Significant?	Independent?	Reliable?	Secondary?	Pass/Fail	Notes
"The bitcoin guidebook" book citation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	This has details beyond the 'largest microlender in bitcoin' note, but thought this was the most significant bit to include
"Banking Beyond Banks and Money" book citation	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	This puts the company into context of it's peers and provides some activity statistics.
Tech.co article "The 5 Hottest Finance Startups from 2014"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	yet another brief description in a list
web page published by Sand Hill, "The Sand Hill 25 Bitcoin Innovative Disrupters"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	another short description in a list
Business Insider article "The 10 Most Promising Startups Building Stuff With Blockchain Technology"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	short description in a "highlights" list
Business Insider article "The 25 most exciting bitcoin startups"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	longer description with more info than the FoxBusiness listing, but still a tidbit within a list
FoxBusiness article "30 Hot Fintech Startups to Watch"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	very short description of company in a list of 'recommendations'
BTCjam blog "BTCJam has closed" (there are two citations to this item)	Y	N	N	N	N	self-published blog without a "notable" author
coindesk article "Bitcoin Lending Platform BTCJam Stops Taking New US Customers"	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	this indicates a major change in the company's operating model
coindesk article "Bitcoin Foundation's Patrick Murck to Advise BTCJam"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	though this might have significant impact on BTCJam, picking up a new advisor is not a significant point of interest
BraveNewCoin article "BTCjam Launches New Automatic Investing Tool"	N	Y	Y	Y	N	This seems to be a minor tool launch by the company
TechCrunch article	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	TechCrunch article with named author, "BTCJam Brings Its Bitcoin-Based Lending Service To Emerging Markets"
News article from UOL, an online service provider, in Portuguese	Y	Y	N	Y	N	calling this unreliable due to unfamiliarity with source - could be reversed by another editor more familiar with the source.
"500Startups" entry	Y	Y	N	Y	N	This is a company directory of 100s of companies which 500startups claims to have funded. It is unclear whether entries here are composed by the site team or are solicited from listed companies, as is the case with some company directory services.
Total qualifying sources					4	There must be multiple qualifying sources to meet the notability requirements