From c4b10fdd19a1f8c51c796b24294a99979432caf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Kauffman Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:35:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Delete lbry-revenue.md --- content/faq/lbry-revenue.md | 16 ---------------- 1 file changed, 16 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/faq/lbry-revenue.md diff --git a/content/faq/lbry-revenue.md b/content/faq/lbry-revenue.md deleted file mode 100644 index 19ce7b6a..00000000 --- a/content/faq/lbry-revenue.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: How does the company behind LBRY make money? -category: other ---- - -The LBRY protocol has a built-in digital currency that allows it to function called LBRY Credits (LBC), similar to Bitcoin. A built-in digital currency creates an opportunity for a new kind of business that has never existed: [the protocol-first enterprise](https://medium.com/the-coinbase-blog/app-coins-and-the-dawn-of-the-decentralized-business-model-8b8c951e734f#.6mr8znoiu). - -LBRY Inc. has reserved 10% of all LBRY Credits to fund continued development and provide profit for the founders. Since Credits only gain value as the use of the protocol grows, the company has an incentive to continue developing this open-source project, and we can do it all without taking a percentage of anyone's transactions. - -Here's how LBRY Inc. **doesn't** make money: - -- **We do not take a cut of any LBC transactions.** When users purchase content on LBRY, 100% of the listed price goes to the publisher. There is also a small fee added on top that is paid to the decentralized network of hosts that store and deliver the content to you. LBRY Inc. doesn't take any of that unless the company is publishing or hosting content itself. The same rules apply to everyone. -- **We do not earn profits from auctioning of names**, nor do we benefit from bidding wars over names. Our goal with the naming system is simply to allocate names most efficiently to benefit users. -- **This is not a "pump and dump" scheme or vaporware.** LBRY Credits have already experienced a bubble, and we paid it no mind. LBRY is real software with a live blockchain and hundreds of thousands active users. Our goal is to increase the long-term value of the protocol, which if adopted globally, will make our reserve many times more valuable than any short-term bubble. We're patient and focused on the future. - -LBRY, Inc. also makes or will make money through financial exchanges, optional advertising, providing value-added services to LBRY users and/or consulting content producers who want to harness the power of LBRY. But remember, by design, **we are not able** to single-handedly change the rules on users of the network.