DLive - The First Decentralized Live Streaming Platform on Steem!

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What is DLive?


DLive is the first decentralized video live streaming platform on Steem! It can be seen as the Twitch on the Steem blockchain including, but not limited to, gaming contents.

Logo

Background


The live streaming industry is an inside racket.
Even though the industry has been rapidly growing for the past couple of years, most of the profits for broadcasters are squeezed by middlemen such as Twitch, Youtube, Live.me, and so on. The unfair treatment may come in different ways, but the outcome is always the same--bad news for broadcasters.

New broadcasters are “on the outside”--not good for fans or finances.
Generally, broadcasters find it difficult to get started or to sustain their performance on the existing platforms because of what is called a “high monetized entry bar.”

What this means is that most of the platforms require a very high commitment from the broadcasters before they even start earning money. For example, as a Twitch broadcaster, the only way to be profitable from gifts and subscriptions is to be in the Affiliate program. However, Twitch has very strict requirements to qualify for that program.

(screenshot from Twitch)

Another example of the monetization problem is that Live.me only allows users to check out when they have reached a minimum balance of $200, and there is a daily limit of $600. Therefore, only a very small portion of broadcasters are profitable.

(screenshot from Live.me)

High cut
Traditional centralized platforms generate enormous revenue from taking a huge cut from broadcasters’ income pool. For example, according to Twitch’s agreement, “The Net Subscription Revenues for the Channel Subscription Services will be split 50% to you and 50% to us.” Many also charge service or transaction fees when users leave tips, even though tips are clearly meant to reward broadcasters.They’re gouging the very people who are making them successful!

Pop-up ads
Another major revenue source for centralized platforms is push ads. Broadcasters are not the only ones getting squeezed. Ever find yourself watching something great and then those annoying pop-up ads start to glut the screen?

User contributions
Equally unfair, users’ curation contributions such as their “likes” and “dislikes” are not recognized. Thanks to Steem's economic model and blockchain technology, we are able to change the rules and disrupt the current playground.

DLive’s solution


Micropayment with no fee
Users can show their appreciation to broadcasters by transferring STEEM directly or simply upvoting. There will be no “Affiliate Program” or check-out limitation. This way, every broadcaster can easily monetize their contents from the very first day.

No cut
DLive will take 0 transaction or commission fees from broadcasters and users.

No push ads
The nature of a decentralized community is that the individual should have more freedom, right? DLive will not force any users to watch ads. No more pop-up ads to annoy you....

Everyone is rewarded
Just like other Steem communities, curation and creation reap rewards.

User interface preview
Homepage
UI

Live streaming detail page
UI

What is next
We are implementing the main live streaming features and will post more technical details in the coming weeks. We will update you as soon as we have more to report. Please follow our progress.

Feedback
We are open to feedback from the community and would like to build a good product that the community wants. If you have any feedback or ideas that you would like to share, please comment under this post and we will try our best to implement them.

Contact
Please feel free to private message us on steemit.chat@DLive

Support us!
If you would like to help us with this innovation, you can upvote or resteem our post. We would be grateful for your help! The funds raised under @DLive will greatly help us to build the product faster and better.

Don't forget to Follow @DLive on Steemit!

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This is awesome!
I have ambitions to broadcast but all the other services are not how I wish to exist or my data to exist.
I will utilize dlive for sure!

So glad that you like it! I hope you will enjoy our product! Please help resteem this post to support!

Can you work with dtube and merged the two products. Youtube has live streaming and recorded videos dtube is an alternative to youtube so it needs it own live streaming

They are already merged in a way because they both use the steem blockchain. In the future with steemconnect you will be able to jump from one app to another in just a few sec without having to log in and out every time.

no I mean in one place. I do not want to jump to place just to see videos. Youtube has the two features in one site.

I disagree, I think it would be nicer if youtube seperated video from live, they made the mistake to combine it.

But youtube doing really good because of it.

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

OK, I will do that. I like this initiative very much.

Great Post liked it a lot Keep up the good work will resteem ur every post
DO LIKE AND PLEASE REPLY....

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Yes thats awesome!!!

Wow

Thanks very good post !!!!

Keep it up!!!

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happy to listen , hopefully see you soon at these platfome !!

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great comment

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

WOOOOOT!! DLive, we need to talk. We have some great ideas to share with you. Ping ken on telegram please: t.me/kenCode

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

Funny chat messages in the UI <3

Lol this team is so funny ;)

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Is there any demo showing the service already?

Same question here!

I am asking for a tutorial video too.

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

I share @netuoso's concerncs since everyone can claim to develop a cool product on Steem but never delivers. It is popular to upvote these kind of posts so scams are always on the table. So you really need to deliver more details about yourself to gain more trust.

However, I love the idea and I love the sneak-peak design of the homepagw. Count me in as one of your first users since I am going all-in with live-streaming. If you need a beta tester let me know.

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I hope all your concerns can be dismissed when you see our beta version, which is coming very soon! And yes, you are more than welcome to become our first users.

Since there is no crowdfunding platform yet on steem, developers and entrepreneur of teams like @dlive and myself are trying to raise fund from campaigns and marketing. While this might be a scam if the product is not delivered, it is still better than initial coin offerings.

Thanks to @steemit @ned we will soon be able to raise fund via trusted icos on steem with SMTs or Smart Media Tokens.

Really excited and having fun building apps for steem. and yeah, its easy af if you have got little logical aptitude.

I would hardly call a failed product a scam, if they show their intent with a post and it generates interest, the intent is what was worth the reward, the product will generate its own worth once launched, seperate from the intent to do so.

For instance this post could be useful even if the project never gets made.

'scam' 'ponzi' and 'pyramid' are words that are used waaaay too loosely these days

Exciting! I hope you get to do it the right way to be a successful team.

Have you build a steem app already? If yes, please share a link to it with me on Steemit.chat, my username is @lucashunter. I will wait for your message on Steemit.chat

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

This is possibly the single most important development on Steemit. I have been waiting for this functionality since I joined Steemit.
The censorship of content such as football highlights and football matches on Facebook and Youtube has hit an all time high.
This might seem extreme but "DEATH TO CENSORSHIP."

two thumbs up :)

lol...glad we are so many!!

Agreed. YouTube, FB and even Twitter all have a history of censoring content. Out of curiosity, what excuse do they give for censoring football?

Apparently they are taking revenue away from the broadcasters. I might as well take advantage of DTube and Dlive to stream those matches and also provide full matches for download.

Thank you so much for your support! Here is our latest update on DLive! Check it out!
https://steemit.com/dlive/@dlive/dlive-answers-for-tech-teasers-bounty-survey-for-all-readers

Wow that's soo innovative!! Wish it all the best ;pp

Thank you so much! Please resteem to support us!

Oh course!! Resteemed! It'll be a huge success :)

Upvote and Resteemit. Great project. Keep it up.

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We are implementing the main live streaming features and will post more technical details in the coming weeks.

... Great, see you then.

Yes! You can expect to see our beta version very soon!

where is the dlive website link

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I love this idea! Can't wait to try it out!

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