“YouTube na scam. It is the perfect monkey dey work, baboon dey chop example for some Content Creator’s. If Ads don’t come then you are broke because YouTube pays about $10 for 1,000 views”.
These were the observations of a frustrated 4months old YouTuber, Stanley. When we met at The GenZ Hackfest, Stanley had given up on content creation and decided to try software programming instead.
I smiled at his complaints and asked him if he had tried other platforms. “They are all the same” Stanley replied.
Well, that’s not exactly true. He thought YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram were the only content platforms. He was surprised when I told him that blockchain tools can help him create and earn more from his skill.
Did that also surprise you? It shouldn’t. The blockchain is a decentralized system and this is a big flex in content creation. You completely create, control, and determine the prices of your work.
I’ll also share some of these tools with you if you are willing to stick to the end. For now, you need to understand how blockchain for smart contracts operates. Shall we?
What Are Smart Contracts in Blockchain?
A smart contract is to blockchain what blood is to humans. The blockchain cannot be fully decentralized without them.
This useful piece of technology is the reason why the blockchain has a unique operating system. They make the transfer of assets and goods safe on the blockchain, all thanks to decentralization.
You can also read about the decentralization of the blockchain and how it works to know more.
How Smart Contract Tools Empower Content Creators
If you want to convert your content to an income source that doesn’t depend on Ads, then blockchain is the solution for you. It uses smart contracts on any blockchain platform to give you a memorable content creation process and experience for your audience.
Your audience can gain more than just consume content. They can also earn money from engaging your content and this means; that the more engagements you get, the more money for you.
Here are 5 ways blockchain smart contracts helps content creators:
- With decentralization, you can decide ownership and earnings, unlike traditional content apps; Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube.
- It also creates a mutually beneficial environment; creators and consumers can make money. People who come across your content can also get paid to read, view, support, or review content.
- You can create copyright for your content that helps you monitor how they are used. This helps to prevent theft.
- Entertainers and artists can also sell and license their work on person-to-person (P2P) platforms.
- Blockchain developers can also make their app creation and code writing process easier.
If you’re still here, I assume you truly want to learn more. So let me introduce you to:
12 Rewarding Content Creation Tools on Blockchain
Theta
It is one of the popular smart contract tools for content and has an amazing clientele list. Sony, Binance, and Google also validate their systems.
The idea behind this platform is that creators and viewers are rewarded when they add and watch videos. It is a P2P platform where you can host, distribute, and promote videos.
Content Box
It has 3 features that are useful for both content creators and consumers; a content pool, a common user pool, and a quick payment system. Their privacy policy also means that you have complete content control and no third party.
Steemit
It is both a cryptocurrency and a blockchain platform. Steem, as it is called, supports written content like blogs, messages, comments, and articles.
Built like Reddit, content originators make money when the community supports it with their votes.
NEO
Here, there is an active blockchain developer community. You can create, write and design your blockchain app with a .neo domain name. It also has its cryptocurrency called Neo Token.
You42
This platform is for pure entertainment on the blockchain. You can make money when you play games, listen to music, watch videos, etc. Imagine making money from doing the things you love.
Dragonchain
It is a secure tool owned by Disneyland. Dragonchain has 5 validation levels and first started as a nonsalable tool that offers different programming languages for blockchain app development.
In 2020, it grew into a commercial enterprise and launched Dragon Den, a tool that allows users to reward content originators. It is secure with many as 5 validation levels.
Binded
This is a copyright protection tool that is used to make image theft difficult. To do this, you need to register and attach copyrights to your image on the blockchain network.
Binded also gives you secure vaults to store images. This way, image owners can monitor usage across web searches.
Pixsy
This is another tool to stop image theft and has an acquisition deal with legal binding. You can generate copyright for your images and make money in the process.
Mycelia
It is a P2P platform where musicians can sell and license their music on the Ethereum blockchain.
Middlemen on this platform take no fees and payments are split between the artists and other people involved in the production.
Brave
It is a web browser that loads news websites 5x faster and safer than regular browsers. This is an important tool for creators looking for ideas.
You can also be paid for doing tasks on the platform.
Cherry Network
Cherry Network is a decentralized smart storage tool. It uses P2P to store and distribute large amounts of data.
With Cherry, you can create and run decentralized applications (dApps) with full ownership and access. You also decide who can view your data and what they can do with it.
AIOZ Network
Aioz uses decentralization to improve content distribution. Here, you pay low transaction fees for streaming content and storing files.
Conclusion
Making decentralization an important part of your content might be one of your best decisions as a content creator. Decentralized systems are the future and you should be a part of them.
Blockchain for smart contracts gives you the type of freedom, control, and earning power that traditional apps cannot. There are so many smart contract tools that satisfy all your content creation needs; sourcing and distributing, plus everything in between.
If you want to save time, effort, and money, you should use blockchain technology in creating, distributing, and promoting your content.
Asides from content creation tools, the blockchain also boasts of other applications that make life easy, safe, and more profitable. Here are the top 15 web3 applications you should know.
It looks like you are excited like me and want to try out one of the platforms, I wish you good luck and make sure you have Fun.
I am going into our Telegram group where the gist continues.
featured image credit: from ‘The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.’ Photo by Ilze Kitshoff, courtesy of Sundance Institute.
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