From a712ba57b081e52de068a0c67596a9fa19acde07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danyl Strype Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:34:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update blockchain social apps - fixed typo and added Lbry --- blockchain-social-apps.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/blockchain-social-apps.md b/blockchain-social-apps.md index 3735d93..2ca20bf 100644 --- a/blockchain-social-apps.md +++ b/blockchain-social-apps.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This list may need its own page, because although all these apps are all distributed, because they use a blockchain, but not federated. I think it's useful to have this list to point to, in case people think we just don't know about these apps, and because the non-scammy free code ones might be worth approaching about implementing AP or Zot to bridge to the fediverse. -Unlike the fediverse apps, because they are all in competition with each other, it's hard to see how any of them will gain the network effect to compete with the legacy datafarms. Although some, like Resonate and Muscioin, are [platform cooperatives](https://www.opendemocracy.net/oliver-sylvester-bradley/ours-to-hack-and-own), it seems like at least some of the others are just datafarm larvae like [Everipedia](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/10/13/everipedia-the-wikipedia-for-being-wrong-but-on-the-blockchain/), aiming to enslave enough users to get Vulture Capitalist funding, and exit by acquisition or IPO - Strypey +Unlike the fediverse apps, because they are all in competition with each other, it's hard to see how any of them will gain the network effect to compete with the legacy datafarms. Although some, like Resonate and Musicoin, are [platform cooperatives](https://www.opendemocracy.net/oliver-sylvester-bradley/ours-to-hack-and-own), it seems like at least some of the others are just datafarm larvae like [Everipedia](https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/10/13/everipedia-the-wikipedia-for-being-wrong-but-on-the-blockchain/), aiming to enslave enough users to get Vulture Capitalist funding, and exit by acquisition or IPO - Strypey ## Social network @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Unlike the fediverse apps, because they are all in competition with each other, * [DTube](https://d.tube/) - video hosting on the Steem blockchain +* [Lbry](https://lbry.io/) - uncensorable storage and retrieval system for digital media, using its own blockchain. + * [Musicoin](https://musicoin.org/) - music streaming on its own blockchain. * [PiePie](https://piepieapp.com/) - social media sharing on the Mithril blockchain