Audius, the ‘Decentralized Spotify,’ Is Moving Part of Its Service to Solana ...

Audius, the ‘Decentralized Spotify,’ Is Moving Part of Its Service to Solana ...

Decentralized music app Audius announced Thursday that it will migrate its content management system over to Solana’s high-speed blockchain from an Ethereum sidechain operated by the POA Network that runs on a set of trusted validators. Audius occupies a similar space to popular music players like Pandora or Spotify, but it allows artists to set […]


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