Zappl is starting in a few days with its beta. I watched the released teasers and talked to the developers and I'm very curious to see the twitter-like app running. (I partecipated in the crowfunding too, some months ago. And it is still possible to invest in the project)
The Zappl Open Beta will start in about a week. How it will work? The video teasers show a bit of it. Zappl will be, as far as I understand, a microblogging platform - like Twitter is - based on the Steem blockchain. You can see the videos on Zappl's YouTube account. The last news about Zappl are also on Telegram and Discord.
How will this thing work? Getting rewards for microblogging posts sounds nice, but It could need time to get a good number of users, even with the incentive of the reward. Probably it will depend on how the Steem community will accept and use Zappl. The Steem community is still not so large, but it is very active. Are Steemians - even the whales - going to use Zappl? We will see.
Check @zappl for more news.
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Viewly is a decentralized and censorship free video hosting platform. The alpha is running already. I uploaded some videos myself. On Telegram Viewly channel there is a draft of the whitepaper, with a roadmap that considers the public launch to happen around the end of 2018.
The most interesting idea in the Viewly project, In My Opinion, is the monetization model and the handling of the ads. Content creators and their fans are at the center of the project.
At the heart of the Viewly platform lies a patronage model that enables fans to support creators directly, beyond views and watch time and likes.
Viewly will launch its own token and its blockchain. At the moment it leans on Steem.
More info about Viewly are available in the FAQ.
The draft of the Whitepaper is here.
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I'm very curious and interested in these new apps. I'm looking forward to see how they will work and how their approach will change the web - and the world.