[ANN][LBRY] Open, User-Controlled, and Decentralized Content Marketplace/YouTube

[jiggytom]

Great AMA from Jeremy and Messari

https://messari.io/c/blog/messari-ama-jeremy-kauffman-founder-of-lbry-credits

[adamvp]

I am very worried about LBRY token delisting*, but in the other hand it could be no choice  in more and more regulated world. I hope LBRY team will support some DEXes to allow us to buy LBRY easy - I have no illusion most of regulated exchanges will longer allow libertarian project supporting decentralization ...


*LBRY listed on NovaExchange:
https://app.algory.io/app/cryptonews/777217/rt-nova_exchange-were-moving-on-with

[jiggytom]

I am very worried about LBRY token delisting*, but in the other hand it could be no choice  in more and more regulated world. I hope LBRY team will support some DEXes to allow us to buy LBRY easy - I have no illusion most of regulated exchanges will longer allow libertarian project supporting decentralization ...


*LBRY listed on NovaExchange:
https://app.algory.io/app/cryptonews/777217/rt-nova_exchange-were-moving-on-with

There's nothing that we've been notified about to be worried about delistings. Polo/Bittrex did a purge recently, but we were safe.

[TimeTeller]

Are there any good YouTube alternatives? https://d.tube/ is one which seems vaguely decentralized, though its underlying steem and ipfs platforms are naïve "do the first thing which comes to mind" systems. I have zero confidence in the robustness of these systems, and it's not even a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation, since dtube is also pretty janky. It's disappointing, though I guess there just aren't enough people interested in this stuff to put enough man-hours into it.

Dtube is not really a viable alternative and I say that as a massive fan of the Steem platform in general.
You cannot watch videos that are older than 7 days and the underlying system for uploading and automatically converting videos leaves much to be desired.

I think LBRY is doing a much better job in that regard, even though monetization is still somewhat of a problem.
There you can instantly back up your entire Youtube account and receive LBRY credits for it, depending on how many Youtube subscribers you have.

You can easily watch older videos (contrary to Dtube) & people can tip video creators with the free LBRY credits they receive.

Mind you, LBRY is created as a protocol, any service, app or website can make use of LBRY. It's completely open-source as well.

More info here:
https://lbry.com/
https://spee.ch/about
https://lbry.com/news (regular updates)

Saw LBRY being discussed on politics and society BTT section. The goods things it should help people more aware of LBRY, and able to grasp the potential of LBRY protocol, not to mention Youtube become excessive in demonization, and censorship.

As the team keeps on improving their services, they should look into some of the feedback from the reviews of their app.
Currently, I can say it is fairly decent though there are some clients who are not satisfied with your services, and that's normal.



I've read one customer saying this review -



We all know that most apps in google play really ask permission to our personal files, and sometimes I don't install it as well.
But if I really need that app like Grab, I have no choice but install.
Maybe, explain to your clients why you need to do that action and explain it really well.

[jiggytom]

Are there any good YouTube alternatives? https://d.tube/ is one which seems vaguely decentralized, though its underlying steem and ipfs platforms are naïve "do the first thing which comes to mind" systems. I have zero confidence in the robustness of these systems, and it's not even a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation, since dtube is also pretty janky. It's disappointing, though I guess there just aren't enough people interested in this stuff to put enough man-hours into it.

Dtube is not really a viable alternative and I say that as a massive fan of the Steem platform in general.
You cannot watch videos that are older than 7 days and the underlying system for uploading and automatically converting videos leaves much to be desired.

I think LBRY is doing a much better job in that regard, even though monetization is still somewhat of a problem.
There you can instantly back up your entire Youtube account and receive LBRY credits for it, depending on how many Youtube subscribers you have.

You can easily watch older videos (contrary to Dtube) & people can tip video creators with the free LBRY credits they receive.

Mind you, LBRY is created as a protocol, any service, app or website can make use of LBRY. It's completely open-source as well.

More info here:
https://lbry.com/
https://spee.ch/about
https://lbry.com/news (regular updates)

Saw LBRY being discussed on politics and society BTT section. The goods things it should help people more aware of LBRY, and able to grasp the potential of LBRY protocol, not to mention Youtube become excessive in demonization, and censorship.

As the team keeps on improving their services, they should look into some of the feedback from the reviews of their app.
Currently, I can say it is fairly decent though there are some clients who are not satisfied with your services, and that's normal.



I've read one customer saying this review -



We all know that most apps in google play really ask permission to our personal files, and sometimes I don't install it as well.
But if I really need that app like Grab, I have no choice but install.
Maybe, explain to your clients why you need to do that action and explain it really well.

Complainers will complain. These are typical permissions most apps ask for if you want to save content on the device. I'll get an issue for this now that we have streaming implemented.

[jiggytom]

Are there any good YouTube alternatives? https://d.tube/ is one which seems vaguely decentralized, though its underlying steem and ipfs platforms are naïve "do the first thing which comes to mind" systems. I have zero confidence in the robustness of these systems, and it's not even a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation, since dtube is also pretty janky. It's disappointing, though I guess there just aren't enough people interested in this stuff to put enough man-hours into it.

Dtube is not really a viable alternative and I say that as a massive fan of the Steem platform in general.
You cannot watch videos that are older than 7 days and the underlying system for uploading and automatically converting videos leaves much to be desired.

I think LBRY is doing a much better job in that regard, even though monetization is still somewhat of a problem.
There you can instantly back up your entire Youtube account and receive LBRY credits for it, depending on how many Youtube subscribers you have.

You can easily watch older videos (contrary to Dtube) & people can tip video creators with the free LBRY credits they receive.

Mind you, LBRY is created as a protocol, any service, app or website can make use of LBRY. It's completely open-source as well.

More info here:
https://lbry.com/
https://spee.ch/about
https://lbry.com/news (regular updates)

Saw LBRY being discussed on politics and society BTT section. The goods things it should help people more aware of LBRY, and able to grasp the potential of LBRY protocol, not to mention Youtube become excessive in demonization, and censorship.

As the team keeps on improving their services, they should look into some of the feedback from the reviews of their app.
Currently, I can say it is fairly decent though there are some clients who are not satisfied with your services, and that's normal.



I've read one customer saying this review -



We all know that most apps in google play really ask permission to our personal files, and sometimes I don't install it as well.
But if I really need that app like Grab, I have no choice but install.
Maybe, explain to your clients why you need to do that action and explain it really well.

 These permissions are not specific or exclusive to the LBRY app - nor should they require any further explanation from LBRY or any developer whose app requires these obvious permissions - as, once again, already stated - most understand this is a general requirement/safety/awareness precaution of the Mobile Android OS.

 This is so general of a complaint in regards to the common everyday steps of installing any app on Google Play within the past 5 years - it literally pertains to EVERY SINGLE app on Google play right now.
 

Amen, but we'll make it right! https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-android/issues/586

[TimeTeller]

Are there any good YouTube alternatives? https://d.tube/ is one which seems vaguely decentralized, though its underlying steem and ipfs platforms are naïve "do the first thing which comes to mind" systems. I have zero confidence in the robustness of these systems, and it's not even a "perfect is the enemy of good" situation, since dtube is also pretty janky. It's disappointing, though I guess there just aren't enough people interested in this stuff to put enough man-hours into it.

Dtube is not really a viable alternative and I say that as a massive fan of the Steem platform in general.
You cannot watch videos that are older than 7 days and the underlying system for uploading and automatically converting videos leaves much to be desired.

I think LBRY is doing a much better job in that regard, even though monetization is still somewhat of a problem.
There you can instantly back up your entire Youtube account and receive LBRY credits for it, depending on how many Youtube subscribers you have.

You can easily watch older videos (contrary to Dtube) & people can tip video creators with the free LBRY credits they receive.

Mind you, LBRY is created as a protocol, any service, app or website can make use of LBRY. It's completely open-source as well.

More info here:
https://lbry.com/
https://spee.ch/about
https://lbry.com/news (regular updates)

Saw LBRY being discussed on politics and society BTT section. The goods things it should help people more aware of LBRY, and able to grasp the potential of LBRY protocol, not to mention Youtube become excessive in demonization, and censorship.

As the team keeps on improving their services, they should look into some of the feedback from the reviews of their app.
Currently, I can say it is fairly decent though there are some clients who are not satisfied with your services, and that's normal.



I've read one customer saying this review -



We all know that most apps in google play really ask permission to our personal files, and sometimes I don't install it as well.
But if I really need that app like Grab, I have no choice but install.
Maybe, explain to your clients why you need to do that action and explain it really well.

 These permissions are not specific or exclusive to the LBRY app - nor should they require any further explanation from LBRY or any developer whose app requires these obvious permissions - as, once again, already stated - most understand this is a general requirement/safety/awareness precaution of the Mobile Android OS.

 This is so general of a complaint in regards to the common everyday steps of installing any app on Google Play within the past 5 years - it literally pertains to EVERY SINGLE app on Google play right now.
 

Amen, but we'll make it right! https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-android/issues/586

That's a nice approach towards this matter.
People sometimes are not oriented with the setup of google play apps.
If you can explain it clearly and not be arrogant about this, I don't think users will further complain about this specific issue.
At least clarify the matter and it's not your app that is totally responsible for that requirement but like a default protocol of installing an app from google play.

[Farul]

Regarding some of the other questions:
Ability to stream without downloading will be coming over the next couple of months

The Beta Web Link to check out is: https://beta.lbry.tv

Is It Only Avaible On Desktop Site?
And I Don't Think Forcing Mobile User To Become "Seeder" Is Good.
Smartphone Has Small Storage Capacity, And Became Seeder Need A Lot Of Bandwidth(It's Expensive).

And By The Way Can I Take Over A Channel Domain In LBRY Network?
And Did LBRY Based On England Or USA?

[vv181]

And By The Way Can I Take Over A Channel Domain In LBRY Network?
And Did LBRY Based On England Or USA?

Yes, you can. https://lbry.com/faq/naming

LBRY inc is based on United States.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=322176820

[r_victory]

LBC it still has a lot of potential for growth and can maintain a sustainable ecosystem. I remember that 3 years ago LBC reached the value of $1.60, since then has fallen more than 90% and is still among the 500 highest capitalization in coingecko, this shows the interest in the platform. Since there are more than 5000 coins and tokens listed on the site...

[vv181]

LBC it still has a lot of potential for growth and can maintain a sustainable ecosystem. I remember that 3 years ago LBC reached the value of $1.60, since then has fallen more than 90% and is still among the 500 highest capitalization in coingecko, this shows the interest in the platform. Since there are more than 5000 coins and tokens listed on the site...

Honestly, we can not compare and count on those numbers at the market capitalization websites since they list most of the altcoins that existing on the exchanges, and we can't know for sure how the project behave. I mean shit ton useless cryptocurrencies are being listed on their websites too, So judging an LBRY interest by those number are not quite good.

Personally, I have no doubt about LBRY interest as the time goes by, and when the project becomes more mature, not to mention, more YouTubers are become aware and fed up with YT strict policies and censorship. A decentralized content marketplace like LBRY would be a heaven for them.

[hodlftw]

This might be the dumbest question but, how do I restore an old wallet from a previous version? I have the default_wallet, and I tried putting it in the roaming folder of the new version but it didn't work. Can anybody please tell me what I am missing? Thanks! 

[vv181]

This might be the dumbest question but, how do I restore an old wallet from a previous version? I have the default_wallet, and I tried putting it in the roaming folder of the new version but it didn't work. Can anybody please tell me what I am missing? Thanks! 

You might put it on the wrong directories. Try to look at this page for further information about migrating your wallet to the new version: https://lbry.com/faq/backup-data, https://lbry.com/faq/lbry-directories.

Also, Make you sure you always backup your wallet, just to be safe in case something unexpected happens.

[jiggytom]

The all new LBRY Erikson makes discovery a breeze - with new features like tags, comments, a channel edit page, and a whole new system for recommendations, Erikson is LBRY's biggest release yet. You can read the entire list of changes at https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/releases/tag/v0.34.0

Blog post: https://lbry.com/news/erikson-sets-sail

Main changes/additions:
New homepage that's controlled by the user - New/Top/Trending options for tags you follow, content your subbed to, and everyone. Learn more at https://lbry.com/faq/trending
First implementation of comments on LBRY!
First implementation of language chooser - Polish and Indonesian as trial run
Tagging content on publish
Editing and tagging channels (go to your channel page from Publishes)
Experimental setting for adding support
Content now sorted correctly

Thank you to the community for all their feedback during the testing cycle!

Coming over the next few weeks:
Ability to block channels/tags, and URLs
My Channels page
Creating new channels via the current edit page
Ability to stream content without downloading

[TimeTeller]

LBC it still has a lot of potential for growth and can maintain a sustainable ecosystem. I remember that 3 years ago LBC reached the value of $1.60, since then has fallen more than 90% and is still among the 500 highest capitalization in coingecko, this shows the interest in the platform. Since there are more than 5000 coins and tokens listed on the site...

Honestly, we can not compare and count on those numbers at the market capitalization websites since they list most of the altcoins that existing on the exchanges, and we can't know for sure how the project behave. I mean shit ton useless cryptocurrencies are being listed on their websites too, So judging an LBRY interest by those number are not quite good.

Personally, I have no doubt about LBRY interest as the time goes by, and when the project becomes more mature, not to mention, more YouTubers are become aware and fed up with YT strict policies and censorship. A decentralized content marketplace like LBRY would be a heaven for them.

They need good exposure so those youtubers will come to know the great benefits of this platform to optimize their works.
This would be great also for those that really put effort in creating their content and not just the typical no-effort fake contents.
Adoption is one major bottleneck of most projects. You may have the overwhelming features but the number of users are not that many.

[jiggytom]

Our latest Development report was just released! It's available for your reading pleasure here: https://lbry.com/news/jun-july-dev

We go over all the awesome new features in the latest app release, details about what had to happen on the SDK side to make this possible, as well as updates for Android, LBRY.tv, YouTube Sync, LBRYcrd, and our Roadmap.

We apologize for the long delay between updates, but the team was hard as work on the latest app and SDK releases and we really wanted to get those out before talking about them in more detail. For future reports, the goal is to make them regular, a bit more simplified, and not centered around release schedules.

[Piston Honda]

riiiiiiiiiiiiiggghhhtt

[DonValenteeno]

Preview images are loaded lazily or not at all after the upgrade. The volume slider is missing. This video lbry://stereo-boy-grain-reverb-for-bitwig-3#8 for example, won't open! What do you think you're doing?
And, please, take away that vortex greeting window!

[notblox1]

New LBRY interface looks cool, and I like dark theme.
It opens and runs smoothly so far, but I need to test it more.

[vv181]

Preview images are loaded lazily or not at all after the upgrade. The volume slider is missing. What do you think you're doing?
And, please, take away that vortex greeting window!

About the volume slider, the developer's team are preparing for a new video player application in the next release, they tried to apply in the last version but could not get it to work and postponed it for the next version. The vortex preload image also being issued on the Github, in the next version, there should be an option to disable it.