Blockchain-Based Web 3.0 Platform Breaks Down Barriers for Creators

The team behind SingularDTV, a blockchain-based digital content distribution and management platform, is planning the launch of a decentralized system in which artists and digital content creators can build, monetize, protect and manage their creations using the blockchain technology. Based on the Ethereum network and the ConsenSys venture production studio, SingularDTV relies on a tokenized ecosystem using a local cryptocurrency called SNGLS to help artists and creators benefit from transparent media production and distribution. Essentially, the SingularDTV platform aims to construct a....

Current content monetization systems are seen as broken, but some blockchain solutions claim to hold the key to solving their issues. By doing so, they have helped regular people become known celebrities, many of whom now hold more influence than TV networks and print media outlets. The same can be said for music streaming services like Spotify and iTunes, which now allow musicians to skip record label deals and simply upload their songs directly to platforms through services like DistroKid and others.While these are amazing feats, to say the least, the model still needs to be improved.....

The software used by Stem, which is based on blockchain technology, lets creators aggregate data from a lot of different distribution platforms. Monetizing content on the Internet is not an easy task these days, but there are solutions under development as we speak. Stem, a startup using the blockchain to help content creators collect and share revenue, recently announced a US$4.5m funding round. One of the hardest things to do as a content creator is earning money and keeping track of where all funds are coming from. Thanks to a wide variety of platforms in existence to try and make a....

We all know that when it comes to freedom of expression, platforms like YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and alike haven’t always lived up to their promises. The landscape for creators is constantly changing with regard to what can and can’t be expressed, monetizing their content, and adhering to guidelines and rules policed by, well, who really knows? Therefore, artists, vloggers, influencers and entertainers have much to consider before creating and publishing their work to avoid being demonetized at best, or at worst, banned from a platform altogether, and all that hard work is simply thrown....

Bitcoin is the first large-scale, peer-to-peer, cryptocurrency platform experiment that has a real chance to make a significant impact on how we use money around the world. To begin to understand it, you need to think of it as an open "money platform", and not just a new type of currency. Once you detach its currency-related speculative and volatile characteristics; within its own ecosystem, Bitcoin attacks the traditional money supply chains and breaks down traditional barriers and conventional practices. That is why it is feared by some, misunderstood by many, and embraced by the early....