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LBRY: A Blockchain Based Decentralised YouTube Alternative

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It is a free open source and community run platform for sharing digital content. 
It is a new protocol with a peer to peer, decentralized file sharing and payment network secured with blockchain technology.
You own your data, you control the network. Indeed you are the network.

 Content creators can use LBRY to share digital content like videos, music, images, e-books and even podcasts.As a user, you can use the platform to watch videos, listen to music and read e-books. 

The platform doesn't have ads on its website and does not track you in order to serve you ads like YouTube does. It is ad free if you are logged into the network or using it's app. LBRY app is available for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and macOS. The mobile apps also show you the value of your LBC in USD.

You can browse their website here. It has both light and dark modes.

 LBRY is governed by its own cryptocurrency called LBRY Credits or LBC for short. These can be earned in various ways including using their mobile app which is still in beta. You can find the entire source code of LBRY project on its GitHub repository.
  • Publishing Content - Uploading on the platform earns you some LBC.
  • Following Creators on the platform.
  • Commenting on their works(videos, images, music etc)
  • Daily watch Rewards - You earn a random reward for watching anything at all.
  • Following reward - If you are a content creator you earn a reward if you get a following or followers.
  • Inviting others to use the platform - Earn 15 LBC for each user that joins the platform using your invite link. If you join LBC using my link, both you and I will be credited LBC.
  • Tips - Content creators can be sent LBC by people watching your content. They are called tips. 
  • Content creators can also set a price on their content so that viewers pay LBC in order to watch.
  • Earn LBC by crediting the person who invited you if you didn't use an invite link to join the platform.
  • Creating an account on LBRY and setting up your profile also earns you a few LBC.
Like any other cryptocurrency you can buy it, mine it or have it sold to you by someone else.
As the platform continues to gain popularity, the LBRY rewards program is likely to change. Just like bitcoins which were once readily available but are now valued at thousands of dollars.

 LBRY app is available for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and macOS. 

You can also check out LBRY's future plans here.
If you decide to use LBRY and you can follow me there and watch all my videos on LBRY.


LBRY also has a YouTube Partner Program where YouTube creators can sync their channels with the platform instead of uploading each and every video from their YouTube channel. The only requirement is having 100+ subscribers.
You can also find me on Mastodon which is a decentralized alternative to Twitter. More about it can be found here. Friendly tip: If you join Mastodon, DO NOT USE URL SHORTENERS IN YOUR POSTS OR PROFILE. No one's going to pay attention to them.


If you don't like tech giants like Google, Huawei, Microsoft, you can use platforms like LBRY and PeerTube which is also a decentralized video sharing platform.
More information on LBRY can be found on its FAQ page.

Please let me know what you think of LBRY in the comments section below.
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