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Nick Abouzeid

Audius (Closed Beta) - The future of music streaming on the blockchain

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Audius wants to cut the middlemen out of music streaming so artists get paid their fair share. Coming out of stealth today led by serial entrepreneur and DJ Ranidu Lankage, Audius is building a blockchain-based alternative to Spotify or SoundCloud.

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Guillaume Bardet
This is fantastic. Really looking forward seeing how the project will improve over time, it sure looks like it is in good hands :) I am always curious to know if and how licensing would work? I think it can be a great way for creators to increase their revenue.
Rohit Goyal
@roneilr @ranidu @forrest_browning Great stuff! Having explored and read a lot on this space myself i absolutely believe the need of something like this. And felt really excited to see the Audius post as someone is building it. Since the white paper is not live yet here are the few questions i have... 1) What kind of hosting solutions are you considering to serve the streaming peer-to-peer? 2) How are you ensuring the payment on basis of per stream? Are you guys building your own blockchain or are you using an already built blockchain(in that case which one) 3) Have you guys given thought to piracy as well? In terms of original creator of any file uploaded on your platform.
Roneil Rumburg
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@ranidu @forrest_browning @imrgoyal hey Rohit, these are great questions—we'll be addressing them in our whitepaper soon but aren't ready to share that just yet. Thanks for your interest in Audius!
Rohit Goyal
@ranidu @forrest_browning @roneilr Great! Looking forward. :) Also would be happy to help in anyway. :)
Raman Ksaitor
@ranidu why did you guys stopped working on AskWhale 🐳 ? Did the redesign kill it? It was gaining good traction and engagement. I loved it! Made new friends there. …before redesign 😒
Benjamin Lupton
Wait, is this for podcasts or songs?
Benjamin Lupton
Why is there no button or anything about being notified when it goes live? All the website is, is a link to the whitepaper.
Martin Mali
How is this different from Decent?
Sheep Capital
As a producer myself, I am very excited to see this come together. My main question is why would listeners use this platform over spotify, soundcloud or any other big player? I don't see success unless that issue is solved.
Celian Riboulet
I have discovered Audius a few month ago, and from a developer stand point, it is a great app, the public API is not perfect yet but it does the job! The platform is and it a pleasure to see it grow up!
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