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Please indicate if there any Asian builders.", "questionId": 2}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "@Handuo", "hidden": true, "question": "Telegram handle of major point of contact", "questionId": 3}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We still have sufficient runway with our last round's funding but we're considering raising a round soon.", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate your financial plan here if it's not included in your project description.", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "The network we establish is open to everyone and any application to build on. \nOn top of that, we see an enormous amount of migrated content on Asian social media platforms (such as \u5c0f\u7ea2\u4e66) that are initially created by creators in the West (i.e. YouTube creators). This is essentially piracy but many times with a good wish, spread valuable content. We believe our protocol can incentivize source attribution for this type of content for them to become \"branches\" of the original sources. In this way, Asian viewers can trace back to the content's origin which will enhance intercultural communications.", "hidden": true, "question": "Please demonstrate how your project would advance Asian public goods ecosystem.", "questionId": 5}], "project": {"id": "0x0be2aa5efd1614bfcd3360a2d26dcccc8bd9d8b4afddb02ed176387b92d23b4a", "title": "Fractopus", "logoImg": "bafkreifr4vra76l4hceavuju5652elj34u5ynoeot7cj5jcldr4g6xjdgu", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreigf5bko34bejdluwv57v3t3cc7455oz7xyvl6gcg4mb5s643gueku", "protocol": "undefined"}, "website": "https://www.fractopus.net/", "bannerImg": "bafkreiaihws5jatpt75fidagyy7o746vkr7y3ludgrkk4vnt75r24go47q", "createdAt": 1722295713371, "userGithub": "HanduoZ", "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..gYMlOvnUTeDAUmiu9X_K4_8SOTH63nl6nFYVdX8_Ueibs9Qq-dPWQ3enESm-gLLrbt8SdjcZ0CRY8H8LzEEDBg", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2024-07-29T23:21:16.118Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2024-07-29T23:21:16.118Z", "expirationDate": "2024-10-27T23:21:16.118Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xaE65D09E6d626fe7eeA35618DaA349055a57118e", "hash": "v0.0.0:P10HS66MWWqkeCO48V0V0AOPgZg5Q4IoNIub+cT2l3U=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#Copus_io"}}}, "description": "**Fractopus: Connect content to inspirations, not algorithms.**\n\nFractopus is an on-chain protocol that connects content on the Internet into a peer-to-peer revenue-sharing network based on inspiration and source attribution.\n\nThe current Internet has four major problems: \n1. Information is lacking source attribution\n2. Content is controlled by centralized platforms\n3. Creators struggle to get revenue and exposure\n4. Consumers are trapped in information bubbles\nThey are all caused by the missing interconnectedness of the Internet. \n\nFractopus incentivizes creators to connect their content with their inspirations, bringing exposure and revenue share to each other. \nEach piece of content can address other content as its sources by allocating percentages of its future revenue to the sources (inspirations). In this way, it becomes a branch of its sources and is showcased in a \"You may also like\" section after them, gaining exposure. \nThe sources get revenue streams from all of its branches, branches of the branches, etc. While the branches deliberately choose where they gain exposure, instead of having the obscure algorithms choose for them. This forms a two-way incentive that resembles the traditional multi-level marketing mechanism. \n\nIn this way, we solve the four problems with one protocol and establish an interconnected Internet where:\n1. Information is easily traceable\n2. Content is in an open database\n3. Creators control monetization & exposure terms \n4. Consumers experience democratic content curation\n\nThe network that Fractopus establishes is essentially a percentage allocation layer based on URLs. The network is a public good stored on-chain and is accessible for any person or application to build on. Use cases other than revenue-sharing are also open to be explored. \n\n\n**Copus: Fractopus\u2019 flagship dApp: an open-source publishing platform**\n\nBased on Fractopus, we built Copus, a multimedia publishing platform that is designed to create interconnections and revenue-sharing relationships between content. \nCopus supports unique features such as bi-directional linking, collective content graphs, and community content curation. \nTo try it out, please visit: https://www.copus.io/ ", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectGithub": "", "projectTwitter": "Copus_io"}, "recipient": "0x730620BE5785257f5Be08AD3Ee3994E34B04C864"}}