In recent years, Google's YouTube video-sharing platform has removed or blocked a number of cryptocurrency-related channels. The platform's policy has prompted cryptocurrency enthusiasts to look for decentralized alternatives to YouTube that allow users to circumvent censorship as well as receive tokens in the form of tokens. The Bitcoin for Beginners YouTube channel reviewed some of YouTube's decentralized alternatives on April 1.
The video used factors such as performance, past records, and user interface as the main criteria for selecting the most appropriate platforms. Among the most popular decentralized video sharing platforms mentioned are LBRY, Bitchute, BitTube, PeerTube, and Dtube platforms. In the following, we will briefly examine these platforms.
The LBRY platform has a blockchain protocol that is controlled by the community and allows users to extract (send) minibar credits and send them as rewards to video producers. However, finding good content on LBRY is not easy, because before you follow the channel, this platform will not show you popular videos.
Launched in 2018, the BitTube platform allows users to circumvent censorship thanks to the IPFS protocol (IPFS stands for InterPlanetary File System), which is a peer-to-peer protocol and network. - Equally used to store and share data in a distributed system file). Betty is a more entertaining option because it offers services such as live streaming, games, groups and more. The platform also has a reward system that rewards the creators and viewers of that video based on the time each video is viewed. Bitotib has two types of privacy tokens.
The Bitchute platform claims to use peer-to-peer WebTorrent technology, but the service can remove content from centralized servers. Also, most of the videos on this platform are highly political. The DTube platform is based on the IPFS protocol and the STEEM blockchain and rewards its users with a DTC token that can be used to remove the ad option. The last platform mentioned is Peertube, which was launched in 2015 and is based on WebTorrent technology. The platform offers the same peer-to-peer video sharing feature.
Google service boycott
One month ago, the Crypto community launched a lawsuit with the hashtag # ForkGoogle # to counter the censorship of cryptocurrency-related content by Google. The hashtag is in fact an informal memorandum of understanding against Google, accusing the tech giant of "launching repressive campaigns against Bitcoin and the blockchain industry over the years." The ForkGoogle # hashtag calls on the crypto community to boycott Google's services and use decentralized alternative platforms such as the Steemit blogging service and the Brave open source browser.
