From d5ec7df51992898ffa44bf4ea8fe678c00bb8017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julie Sigwart Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 15:39:59 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create 240-comm-2019-11.md --- content/news/240-comm-2019-11.md | 187 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 187 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/news/240-comm-2019-11.md diff --git a/content/news/240-comm-2019-11.md b/content/news/240-comm-2019-11.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..934f82b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/news/240-comm-2019-11.md @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +--- +author: julie-sigwart +title: 'November 2019 LBRY Community Report' +date: '2019-12-09 18:00:00' +cover: 'fall-leaves.jpg' +category: community-update +--- + +# Welcome to the November 2019 LBRY Community update! + +If you aren’t part of our Discord community yet, [join us](https://chat.lbry.com) anytime and say hello! Our community allows LBRYians to interact with the team directly and for us to engage users and grow the LBRY platform. If you don't already, follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lbryio), [Facebook](https://facebook.com/lbryio), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/lbry), and [Telegram](https://t.me/lbryofficial). + +## In This Update {#updates} +* [What's new at LBRY?](#news) +* [Internationalization Update](#i18n) +* [LBRY Foundation and the Swarm](#swarm) +* [Hive Updates](#hives) +* [Giving thanks to our community](#treat) + +![Clement in Ghana](https://spee.ch/3/clement-ghana-trip-hsm.jpg) + +_Clement and crew journey to Ghana to spread the news about LBRY_ + +### What's New at LBRY? {#news} + +#### Desktop and lbry.tv +Since our last release, the team has been working to polish up the sign in process, publishing, and syncing on lbry.tv. This includes the ability to sync encrypted accounts from previous Desktop installations or Android - users will be prompted for their password which may have been set either on their Android device or encrypted Desktop wallet. By default, the passwords will be cached for 2 weeks and users will be re-prompted. + +With the next SDK update, we’ll also have the ability to track content purchases at the transaction level. This means you can purchase content on one device and play it back on another. This will also give new insight into content purchasing on both the receiver and purchaser - the transaction history will now show what claim was associated with it. We also plan to create a separate section in the My Library section to filter on paid vs unpaid content. + +We are also adding an autostart option to the LBRY app so users can benefit from it launching automatically on startup. This will allow faster access of content when coming across a URL and help support the LBRY network by hosting data in the background. + +#### SDK {#summary-sdk} +On the SDK side of the house, we’ve shipped updates bringing numerous new features and bug fixes to support cross device syncing scenarios that are currently used by the apps and lbry.tv. + +This includes: + +- Finalized wallet ID support. +- Allowing multiple wallets to be loaded with an SDK on startup. LBRY.tv currently uses this to support multiple users on a single SDK instance. +- Faster startup for users where UPnP is unavailable. +- Wallet balance caching to support faster responses for the lbry.tv use case. +- All API calls now return paginated results, including file list which previously lacked support. +- We confirmed the IPV6 download fix for Android users. + +#### Purchase transactions and history +Prior to version 0.45, content purchases were regular transactions not directly linked to a claim and information was missing for both the seller and purchaser. This also would prevent the purchaser from viewing the paid content on another device. + +To fix this, we implemented a basic purchase history mechanism. + +![purchase](https://spee.ch/b/purchase-list.png) + +#### Wallet server installation streamlined +LBRY's strength is in its decentralization. in an effort to further decentralize wallet servers run by LBRY and give users more choice in server selection/access in their region, we’ve been simplifying the entire wallet server setup and deployment process. Running a wallet server requires a full node to be accessible to populate claim/trending data and provide wallet address transaction history. + +While this is a bit technical, this equates to more choices for LBRY network users, and increases the robustness of the overall network. + +#### SDK next steps +The SDK team has been focusing on tasks related to supporting the lbry.tv use case which including troubleshooting wallet syncing issues and performance concerns with concurrent usage. + +Other items in the pipeline include: + +- Improving performance on large wallets and heavy SDK usage on lbry.tv +- Adding basic BitTorrent support +- Improving blockchain headers download directly from wallet servers +- Support content blocking and filtering through wallet servers and reposting of content +- Improving the DHT to help bootstrap the network without seed nodes + + +### LBRY App Language Translations {#i18n} + +Localization is now enabled in the LBRY Android app, and several of our hives have stepped up to add translations for these languages: Gujarati (gu), Hindi (hi), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Malay (ms), Polish (pl), Spanish (es), Turkish (tr), and Serbian (sr). + +On the Desktop, we now have translations (some partial) for 17 languages: +Chinese (zh), Croatian (hr), Dutch (nl), French (fr), German (de), Gujarati (gu), Indonesian (id), Italian (it), Malay (ms), Malayalam (ml), Polish (pl), Portuguese (pt), Serbian (sr), Slovak (sk), Spanish (es), Russian (ru), and Turkish (tr). + +If your language is not listed above, please consider helping us with translations. You can sign up for your [language for the Desktop and mobile projects in Transifex.](https://www.transifex.com/lbry/) + +If you have been helping translate, we ask you please continue to [check Transifex for new strings](https://www.transifex.com/lbry/). We are continually updating and adding new features to both the Desktop/Web app and the Mobile app. + +### Swarm Hive Updates {#hives} + +#### LBRY Social + +LBRY.social has been working hard creating original content for LBRY as well as creating statistics applications that visualize the LBRY network. + +Here are some interviews promoting individual creators: + +- [Richard Harris Q&A Session](https://lbry.social/vblog/richard-harris-lbry-qa-session) +- [Sarah Corriher Q&A Session](https://lbry.social/vblog/sarah-corriher-lbry-free-speech) + +![Richard Harris](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/richardharris-sm) +![Sarah Corriher](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/sarahcorriher-sm.jpg) + +Regarding their statistical applications, LBRY Social had this to say: + +_"[LBRYnomics Top 100 LBRY channels](https://lbry.social/lbrynomics/top-lbry-channels) + is our most popular page. We get around 1,500 per 30 days at the moment mostly from social media, which is good considering we've not really done anything in terms of SEO/SEM for it, which means this will become even more popular when we concentrate on that part."_ + +_"Electron is in the process of programming an independent trending page using [Brendon Brewer's](https://brendonbrewer.com/cv.html) new trending algorithm. He's an award winning academic who holds senior positions. So We think articles with this type of info help show how LBRY is taken seriously by serious people."_ + +![LBRYnomics Top Channels](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/lbrysoc-top100) + +At LBRY, we've been delighted to see the reactions from creators and all the social buzz the Top Channels page has brought on Twitter. Tools like these help creators better understand tangible benefits from using LBRY. + +![Lunduke Twitter](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/lunduke.jpg)![Lunduke comments](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/lunduke2.jpg) + +#### LBRY India/Block Youth Foundation + +Hive Champion Clement visited Ghana funded in part by a LBRY.fund grant. He gives this report from his trip: + +_"I got to meet some good creators and discussed LBRY with them on how they can start benefiting from the platform. They found LBRY interesting and said they’ll take some time to explore and learn more about it. +We discussed how youtube is becoming hard on content creators and how they can take advantage of LBRY to make the best out of it._ + +_I’ve been able to get some solid creators that can drive more Ghanaian content creators to LBRY. They are still exploring the platform, some have already synced and some others with over 50k+ subs will be syncing soon. They will help us drive more creators and users to LBRY as they also do organise content creators meet-ups."_ + +![Clement in Ghana](https://spee.ch/7/clement-ghana4-sm.jpg) + +#### Noob Team hive (Poland) + +The Noob Team hive is one of the most creative hives in the Swarm! Every month, they surprise us with how they're reaching out to Polish gamers, YouTubers, and folks on different tech and social channels! + +Roman Przybyła coordinated a meetup with F44 Red IT Community featuring a live session with LBRY CEO Jeremy Kauffman. + +![F44 Red](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/madiator) + +Roman also has been busy working to enable LBRY to be seen and used in more places. Some of the projects in addition to doing Polish translation include: + +- [Opening up the LBC exhange on the Bisq Network](https://bisq.network/) +- Setting up wallet server, auto-install script, and documentation for QNAP servers +- Helping update Ledger icons to work with the new Ledger X + +![Bisq Network](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/bisqnetwork) + +Meanwhile, Karolajn, who is also a TikTok star, traveled to Warsaw for a huge TikTok meetup. She spent time posing and taking pictures with her fans, and handing out collectible badges promoting LBRY. + +![Karolajn TikTok](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/karolajn-meetup.jpg) + +#### LBRY Turkey + +LBRY has seen tremendous growth and traffic in Turkey! The LBRY Turkey hive reached out to many Turkish YouTubers and have gotten several of them to sync their channels to LBRY. + +One really cool thing they've done to track their progress is to maintain a list of the [folks they've contacted.](https://docs.google.com/document/d/14R9kMPyj9vWUdA3AkBJAs_hkrceNCPvff00q-FFMEqg/edit) + +#### LBRY China + +October was a busy month for this hive! They attended the Blockchain World Forum Conference in Shenzhen, POWPOWER in Beijing, have had substantial growth on their social media accounts, and translated the LBRY app into Chinese! + +![LBRY China](https://spee.ch/4/bwf2.jpg) +![BWC](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/bwf1.jpg) + +#### LBRY.records + +With a rebranding to Britrophone, LBRY.records is developing a music distribution company and online label. They plan to handle distribution to both centralized and decentralized platforms such as: + +- LBRY (of course!) +- iTunes +- Spotify +- Deezer +- YouTube + +You can see their new [website here](https://bitrophone.com/) and you can request a demo login if you'd like to see a preview of their publishing platform. + +![Bitrophone](https://spee.ch/@lbrynews:0/bitrophone.png) + +#### Open Source LBRY + +In October, Open Source LBRY hive added thousands of Project Gutenberg books to LBRY, and over 1,300 movies in the public domain. + +#### Kerala Hive + +The Kerala hive has been busy recruiting YouTubers to sync their content on LBRY. They have prepared a [sample email contact script](https://docs.google.com/document/d/19n6Qf56yPn7yagwh8z74xKN1nSVXzTwKQNTLvzGQDX8/edit?usp=sharing) which they are offering as an example for other hives to use or tailor to suit their needs. + +Also this month, Kerala hive completed translation of the LBRY desktop app into the Malayalam language! + +### Giving thanks to our community {#treat} + +Thanks for reading our update! Enter `lbry-thanksgiving-pie` in the desktop app and we'll give you a nice treat! + +## Want to Develop on the LBRY Ecosystem? +All of our code is open source and available on [GitHub](https://github.com/lbryio). Are you a developer and want to find out more? Check out our [contributing guide](https://lbry.tech/contribute) and our [LBRY App specific contributing document](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). Make sure you have turned on the Developer option in your email preferences (see app overview page), or sign up at [lbry.tech](https://lbry.tech). We also have a [LBRY Discourse Forum](https://discourse.lbry.io) where developers can interact with the team and ask questions across all our different projects. + +If you aren’t part of our Discord community yet, [join us](https://chat.lbry.com) anytime and say hello! + +[Back to **Community Updates**](#updates) + +Thanks for supporting LBRY - stay tuned for more news and updates! And if you haven’t downloaded the [LBRY app](https://lbry.com/get?auto=1) yet, what are you waiting for? +