--- author: mike title: Our Christmas Surprise! date: '2015-12-24 02:27:31' --- We at LBRY have spent the past several months talking up our protocol. It’s the world’s first decentralized, censorship-resistant, open-source, peer-to-peer information marketplace. It’s one part Bitcoin, one part Bittorrent, and one part improved DNS. It takes uploaded media, encrypts it, splits it into a thousand pieces, and sends it to hosts around the world – only to reassemble it instantly when you click “Stream” or “Download.” That is to say, it’s a fancy and complicated piece of machinery. “But what can we *DO* with it?”, you ask. Today, we reveal the answer. All of our talk of indie artists and global content distribution was really a red herring. LBRY is actually designed to do one thing and one thing only: play the film *It’s A Wonderful Life*. We’re actually shocked how many of you didn’t notice this. In all of our promotional materials, only one piece of content is ever accessed. That’s right, *It’s A Wonderful Life*.

We have put the genius of Satoshi Nakamoto, Bram Cohen, and Ronald Coase together to deliver the whole world just what they wanted to watch on Christmas Eve: *It’s A Wonderful Life*. Heck, you could use LBRY to watch *It’s A Wonderful Life* any day of the year! It can play *It’s A Wonderful Life* on VLC, Quicktime, Windows Media Player. You name it, we have found a way to play *It’s A Wonderful Life* there. I know what you’re thinking… “That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for!” We know, and you’re welcome. Happy holidays, and have a wonderful new year! *Want to get us something for Christmas? [Sign-up to become an Alpha Tester](https://lbry.io/get) and earn 1,000 LBRY credits!*