As YouTube Bars Russian Creators, Bitcoin Offers A Sovereign Alternative
As centralized platforms like YouTube block Russian civilians from monetizing their work, the need for Bitcoin grows.Who should have the right to deny another the capability to earn an income? Law enforcement? A government? Where is the line, and how do we determine when things have been taken “too far”?Should any individual, or group of individuals, actually possess such power? YouTube, Google And CensorshipOn March 10, 2022, an editor of Russian news publication Meduza, Kevin Rothrock, tweeted about a development that will likely have lasting effects, and will be felt across the entirety....
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YouTube recently released news about integrating a new direct-to-creator tipping/funding feature. This is most likely to compete against Vimeo's Tip Jar feature. This is great news for content creators and YouTubers everywhere, but the potential could be largely expanded if YouTube includes Bitcoin. Here's the playing field between YouTube and Vimeo. YouTube is owned by Google. Vimeo is owned by InterActiveCorp, which also owns CollegeHumor, OKCupid and many other sites. Vimeo already has their Tip Jar feature open. However, it is only open to paying members as well as they only process....
Russian winter, voluptuous blondes, vodka and a wad of cash don't tend to mix well and they are guaranteed to result in a particularly nasty morning. Luckily a Russian bar franchise has started accepting bitcoins as a form of payment, so inebriated bar goers should have less explaining to do tomorrow. Killfish bars allows users to create their own wallets using credit cards and multiple mobile payment services, as well as bitcoin. Russian tech magazine Tjournal gave it a try and it worked. One bitcoin would add $706.16 (at the time of writing) to the wallet and there is just a small fee to....
In an open letter to YouTube creators released today, the platform’s CEO Susan Wojcicki has suggested that the company will consider embracing many emerging Web3.0 tools, including NFTs, as a means to help creators make money. Let’s look at what we know from Wojcicki’s open letter, and what we could potentially expect from the dominant […]
Susan Wojcicki stated YouTube's intent to "help creators capitalize on emerging technologies." YouTube's CEO, Susan Wojcicki, addressed YouTube's priorities for 2022 in a letter published Tuesday on the company blog. Among those priorities is the possibility of adding nonfungible token, or NFT, features for the platform's video creators.there's *so much* to in 2022: @SusanWojcicki shares the future of YouTube → https://t.co/uL2WIbLwXK pic.twitter.com/JEW8yzqh7e— YouTube (@YouTube) January 25, 2022 What this could look like is yet to be determined, however. No additional details were....
“There’s a lot to consider in making sure we approach these new technologies responsibly, but we think there’s incredible potential as well,” said YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan. YouTube is looking at NFT integrations to provide new methods for creators to engage with fans and develop additional revenue streams. The news comes just a few weeks after YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki hinted that the platform can use Web3 “as a source of inspiration” for growth and possibly adopt NFTs on the website. In a Feb. 10 blog post, YouTube's Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan outlined a long list....