LBRY is a decentralized platform for sharing content, primarily works by artists, producers, writers, and others. Through this platform, these creators can maintain the artistic integrity of their work while also earning income from it. LBRY is the first fully encrypted, open-source content publishing service built on the blockchain. The platform allows users to publish material and bypass intermediaries to connect directly with consumers. An integrated credit system also enables content creators to earn money through their work. The introduction of the LBRY token (LBC) signifies the end of the era of Bitcoin and altcoin duality, marking the dawn of "application currencies (Appcoins)."

Introduction

LBRY is a digital content hub based on blockchain technology. It provides solutions for content markets and the issues they face. As more and more digital content distribution moves online, there is a growing need to protect digital content from issues such as copyright infringement, censorship, privacy concerns, and monetization. LBRY offers smart solutions to manage the growing digital content distribution platforms. The goal of LBRY is to empower users and content creators with control using blockchain technology.

The use of blockchain technology helps LBRY provide users with individual control over their content. The decentralized nature of the platform provides freedom from third-party interference and influence over the content and authorship of what is published. This eliminates potential problems like copyright fraud, plagiarism, and censorship.

LBC is the cryptocurrency provided by LBRY Credits. This cryptocurrency was created to support the digital content market on LBRY. The cryptocurrency tokens enable network users to access monetized digital content on the LBRY platform. Users can also mine these cryptocurrency tokens on the LBRY platform by providing block rewards.

Use Cases

LBRY Blockchain
Like Bitcoin, the LBRY blockchain maintains balances—in this case, balances of LBC, LBRY’s cryptocurrency and credit unit. More importantly, the LBRY blockchain also provides a decentralized lookup and metadata storage system. The LBRY blockchain supports a set of specific commands that allow anyone to bid (in LBC) to control LBRY names, similar to domain names. The person controlling the name can describe its contents, access costs, payment details, and where to find it. These names are sold in continuous auctions.

Data Network (LBRYNet)
LBRYNet is the layer that makes the LBRY blockchain useful beyond a simple payment system. It explains how information available on the LBRY blockchain is handled, how payments are dispensed, how content identifiers are found, and so on.

Applications and Devices
LBRY applications are how users actually interact meaningfully with the LBRY network. LBRY clients package the powerful features of the LBRY protocol into a simple application that allows users to easily search for content, pay when necessary, download, and use it.

Content Discovery
While the namespace provided by the LBRY protocol helps with discovery, the web would be less useful without search engines or aggregators, and LBRY needs its own discovery mechanisms. Search features can be built from the metadata directory available on the blockchain as well as the history of content transactions available on the blockchain or observed on the network. All this data, along with user history, allows for the creation of content recommendation engines and advanced search features.

Content Distribution
Digital content distributors with a server-client model are subject to the whims of internet service providers and hostile foreign governments. If the owners of cables and routers choose, traffic from host servers can be limited or stopped. However, in the case of the LBRY protocol, content comes from anywhere and everywhere, making it less vulnerable to being throttled.

Transaction Settlement
While payments can be dispensed directly on the LBRY blockchain, the LBRY protocol encourages scaling of large numbers of transactions without using off-chain settlement. Essentially, instead of issuing transactions to the core blockchain, transactions are issued to third-party providers. These providers have large coin reserves used to maintain balances internally and settle fewer transactions to the core chain. In exchange, these providers charge a small fee, lower than what would be required to issue transactions directly to the blockchain.

Commentary

LBRY is a digital content hub based on blockchain technology. It provides solutions for content markets and related issues such as copyright, censorship, privacy concerns, and monetization methods. Beyond being a decentralized platform based on blockchain, it is also a marketplace for all types of digital content, such as e-books, songs, videos, and more, supported by LBRY. The blockchain technology encompasses the LBRY technology, protocol layer, and service layer.

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