This interview took place several months ago, but I never really found the right time to share it. Now that I am starting to make video content again, I want to explore the different existing and functional possibilities using a blockchain which rewards in cryptocurrencies.
So now is a good time to talk to you about LBRY!
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Can you present LBRY ?
LBRY is a company, protocol, blockchain and application built around a Bitcoin type financial system with the addition of a content/data sharing network, similar to BitTorrent. The overall goal of LBRY is to be a decentralized solution for digital media sharing, monetization, discovery and consumption. Think YouTube, but without having a company control what is being shared and how its monetized. Check out more about LBRY here : https://lbry.io/faq/what-is-lbry
Why LBRY was created ?
LBRY was created to bring the control of content and monetization back into the content creators’ hands and to prevent censorship that happens on centralized platforms like YouTube. With the popularity of Bitcoin and decentralized technologies increasing, more and more everyday use cases will be re-engineering using a blockchain.
Who has created LBRY ?
You can see the team who created LBRY here: https://lbry.io/team.
Who is the team of LBRY ? How many persons work for LBRY (How many in full time ?) ? Where are the workers (In same office, in same country…)
The majority of the team is here: https://lbry.io/team but we have contributors from all over the world including Switzerland, India, Africa,England, Wales, Finland and of course the US. We do have an office in New Hampshire, USA where a couple employees work from.
LBRY can be staking or mining ? If, LRBY can be staking, what is the rentability ?
LBRY uses a Bitcoin clone, soit is a POW/mined coin. You can find out more information about pools here: https://lbry.io/faq/mining-pools /credits here: https://lbry.io/faq/block-rewards
How LBRY is funded ?
LBRY originally had 500K in VC funding which allowed initial development to begin – https://lbry.io/news/500k-vc-funds-pillarOtherwise, LBRY has reserved some LBC which can be used for development projects if needed: https://lbry.io/faq/credit-policy
Is that what LBRY to competitors (direct or indirect) ? How to manage them ?
Biggest competitors would be Alexandria, SingularDTV and dTube. We really don’t try to compare ourselves to competitors as most of them barely have a working product and a more narrow vision compared to LBRY.
How do you LBRY in 1years ? 10 years ?
In 1 year from now we would hope to have more features in the app such as a more precise search function ,notification system, subscriptions and commenting/ratings. At the same time, we’d like to improve the availability of content on LBRY and make both the downloads and user experience faster. We’d also like to have at least a couple big YouTube creators sync their content on LBRY. And last but not least, a mobile platform for Android/iOS.
In 10 Years, we could see LBRYas the go to application for anyone sharing digital media. This could be bigmovie studios and smaller content creators alike. The platform would be all webbased with hosts that serve up data, which they are paid for in credits.
Why use LBRY ?
LBRY puts the control of yourcontent back into your own hands, without having to follow the rules of acompany like YouTube. See more here: https://lbry.io/faq/benefit-consumers
Who can use LBRY ?
Anyone can download and useLBRY : https://lbry.io/get
We have a Rewards program that gives new users access to some LBRY Credits they can spend on content or publishing.
How LBRY see the future of the blockchain ?
Blockchain and decentralizedtechnologies will continue to grow over the next couple of years and we hopeLBRY is on the forefront.
How manage the different team of LBRY (Dev, Marketing…) ? It’s difficult ?
Right now, LBRY is fairly smallin terms of teams and departments so it’s not too difficult to handle. We holdalmost daily calls between the various groups to go over strategy and currentdevelopments.
What and when is the next news/important date for LBRY ?
We recently just released an updated LBRY app version (v16) which added some nice enhancements and new features like tipping. Please follow our social media accounts for upcoming news releases.
What is your role in LBRY Team?
I am the Chief Operating and Growth Officer. It is my responsibility to make sure LBRY is on the right path financially and operationally so that it can meet its long term goals
Do you have a word to say to end this interview ?
Just want to say THANKS for the interest in LBRY and I hope I was able to answer all of your questions. If you haven’t already, checked out the latest version of the LBRY app at https://lbry.io/get.
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