For a completely new user, you can take LBRY more like a YouTube alternative where you can watch your favorite videos without ads and even get to earn. In the point of a content creator or say youtuber, you can consider LBRY as a platform that you can publish all your digital contents or videos and set a price or monetize it. You can also mirror your existing youtube channel to the LBRY platform here. LBRY however is quite different from YouTube especially on the technical side and the kind of contents you can publish on the platform. You can read more about what is LBRY here.
LBRY is different from YouTube in terms of the contents you can publish. For instance, on YouTube you can only publish videos whereas on LBRY, you can publish video,audio, image, books, static websites, .zip and all other kind of digital files. Being built on the blockchain, LBRY gives more advantage to publishers/content creators and users. It’s completely censorship resistance and contents are always monetized. Users get to earn LBRY Credits which encourages returning users, publisher growth and more engagement on the platform.
There are various rewards users get to earn just by using LBRY. currently the LBRY app is available for Android, Mac, Windows and Linux Users. There is also https://beta.lbry.tv for accessing LBRY on the web.
Overall LBRY is a cool platform for anyone who likes watching videos. Get to earn some partial income and also not get bored with ads when watching your favorite content. Publishers can be rest assured that their contents won’t get demonetized and wont be censored. Give LBRY a try today and let me know your feedback :).
LBRY now is like YouTube in 2006, get involved now and start making some money and get popular :) in the LBRY Community
NOTE: this is very simplified and intended for folks new to blockchain/ cryptocurrency. Follow me for more user friendly post on getting started with LBRY
LBRY Website: https://lbry.com
Technical resources for developers: https://lbry.tech
Join the LBRY Discord Chat: https://chat.lbry.com
Join the LBRY India Community: https://lbryindia.com