Try out the demo, which is hosted live here!
We are eager to continue the project after the hackathon in order to actually launch it in the world.
Raindrop offers creators a decentralized alternative to platform subscriptions sites like Patreon or Onlyfans.
- The tools creators use to engage with fans force them to be tied to certain platforms. Centralized membership platforms like Patreon and Onlyfans have too much power over content creators. Risks include:
- Legacy payment methods with little flexibility
- Being censored or de-platformed
- User data is not portable. Migrating content and fan base to different platforms is difficult.
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Build tools for creators to connect and engage with their fan base directly. We help creators access web3 technology to better connect with fans. Raindrop helps fans get direct and exclusive access to their favorite creators by leveraging web3 identity and payment technologies. Creators bypass the middleman and keep 100% ownership of their content.
- 1. Data Portability
- Creators content and fan base can be migrated to other platforms
- 2. Membership community made easy
- Create communities at the touch of a button. Minimum knowledge of development is required to use Web3 technologies.
- 3. Real time and transparent data visualization
- Visualization of on-chain data to help creators understand their communities.
- 1. Data Portability
- Front-End: React, Typescript, Rainbowkit/Wagmi,
- Back-End: Ceramic, IPFS, Livepeer
- Contracts: Unlock Protocol
- Blockchain: We are deployed on Polygon and Optimism
- Ceramic： We are mixing these on-chain solutions with off-chain portable data by using Ceramic and Lit protocols, to achieve a superior UX combined with React to easily onboard every kind of use in any platform.
- IPFS/Filecoin： To allow creators to add gated content with images on the decentralized networks. Also, to allow them to upload their profile image and cover on it by using web3storage.
- Livepeer： To allow creators to add gated content with videos on the decentralized networks.
- Unlock： Subscription framework, using NFT as a proof of subscription to unlock exclusive creator streams.
- Polygon：For creators to deploy their membership NFT for little cost and scalability.
- Optimism： For creators to deploy their membership NFT for little cost and scalability.
- The Graph: To track Unlock's smart contracts deployments, and track NFTs (keys) owners of each Lock to quickly use on the frontend, instead of calling the contract directly. This makes Raindrop a multi-chain application and the subgraph really helps us to do that with good UI/UX experience for not only users, but also developers in our team.
- EPNS： It is used as a notification function for when creators create content, notify their subscribed fans.
- Worldcoin： To prove that creators and fans are real humans, to increase trust in them.
- Notification by EPNS：It is used as a notification function for creator content’s update for fans. Source code is here!
- Video upload function by Livepeer：To allow creators to do closed content with movies on the decentralized. Source code is here!
- Worldcoin：To prove that creators and fans are real humans, to increase trust in them.
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- No platform to determine what content will or will not be allowed, no opaque algorithm to determine what content will rise or fall, and no inter-party payment platform that can withhold payments from creators based on arbitrary policy changes will accelerate the creator economy by coming into existence.
- With traditional subscriptions, Twitch determines the subscription price and revenue sharing. If Twitch decides to cut back on compensation to creators, there is no easy way to move your community to another platform. With an Subscription NF, the NFT with the community is yours. No platform dictates how you interact with your fans.
Having a well designed app/front-end giving creators the ability to token gate their premium content for it to be consume only by the fans financially supporting their work seems like a great alternative to existing web2 platforms!
#### ① Enhance the UX of creators' contents by making them compatible with a variety of content formats, including text, video, photos, and audio.
How creative and unique:
- Having a well designed app/front-end giving creators the ability to token gate their premium a variety of decentralized contents by Livepeer, IPFS etc for it to be consume only by the fans financially supporting their work seems like a great alternative to existing web2 platforms!
How creative and unique
- There are numerous mechanics to align incentives for collectors and service providers like Scarce, Tiered Time-limited, Revokable, Refundable, Resettable, Locked up, Burned, Staked, Soulbound, Price-controlled Held custody of. However, there is still no platform that makes these easy for anyone to use.
How creative and unique:
- To make Web3Social's products a product market fit for consumers, it is necessary to achieve a better UX, and a mobile experience is essential to this. There are only a few projects in the industry that are able to combine data portability and mobile.
- Communication methods for full remote and long term hackathon development.
- Hidetaka Ko | Product Manager, UI/UX | We have been developing and operating Japan’s largest homestay matching service for 4 years as CEO/Co-Founder.
- 0xYee | Full Stack Software Engineer | Working with a DAO the past 2 months.