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author: mike-vine
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title: Our Christmas Surprise!
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date: '2015-12-24 02:27:31'
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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.
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“But what can we *DO* with it?”, you ask.
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Today, we reveal the answer.
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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*.
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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*.
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<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BNtivEJKHxI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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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*.
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Heck, you could use LBRY to watch *It’s A Wonderful Life* any day of the year!
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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.
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I know what you’re thinking…
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“That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for!”
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We know, and you’re welcome.
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Happy holidays, and have a wonderful new year!
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*Want to get us something for Christmas? [Sign-up to become an Alpha Tester](https://lbry.io/get) and earn 1,000 LBRY credits!*
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