Birdlance | Freedom and protection for freelance photographers

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Project Introduction:

Birdlance is seeking to provide a solution for managing online stock images and authenticity management for photographs.

Stock images and digital images, in general, are an essential subset of the internet ecosystem. Companies use them, as well as individuals who develop websites, bloggers, graphic designers, advertising agencies, news agencies, and so much more.

Birdlance has the ambition to become one of the best online marketplaces for pictures, illustrations and artwork while also protecting the intellectual property of Photographers and Graphic Designers by being able to prove authorship and report copyright infringement of any kind. Unsolicited usage of a photograph in either its original as in its edited form can be detected by Birdlance and will be reported to the original author of the content.

Hardcap is 660,000

Learn more: https://www.birdlance.com/


Project highlight:

Birdlance comes to the market with distinct advantages over conventional platforms to both customers and artists. Contributors at Birdlance benefit from a low fee in selling price, while creators take up to 90% of the earnings.

A structure that allows creators to keep over 90% of the final sale price allows them to offer their work cheaper and offer more purchase value for the customers.

The idea and systems being put to place are made possible by using blockchain technology, computer vision and Birdlance’s own user community.

Most of the processes become automated and decentralized, significantly reducing the costs of platform governance.

Price control and autonomy - It is very important to us that only the artists themselves can determine the value of their work and that they are given the opportunity to offer their work to lots of potential buyers. Our platform provides this opportunity which is realized by using synergies from Blockchain technology and the creative industry.

Crypto economy - Birdlance appeals to a broad audience that is currently still far from the Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies.

Computer vision - 85% of the images uploaded to the internet are used without permission. Our reverse image search and AI monitor your pictures and can trace even derived works back to its original. Send legal takedown notices for images that were not duly purchased via the platform and used or re-purposed in any form.


Project Strength:

Currently, there are many options to build a cryptocurrency, the easiest one being an ERC20 token. Since sending ERC20 tokens and interacting with smart contracts costs gas and we want users to be able to value their own work and decide their own price, we looked into various options of paying for gas on behalf of our users. This would rapidly become a costly experience, making the whole process counterproductive.

That’s why Birdlance decided to launch its own Proof of Stake Blockchain (based on NXT). Our utility coin (BLNC) can be used for buying and selling photographs on the platform and buying various Birdlance services.

Photographers can easily convert their BLNC to their EUR or USD wallet. When selling their BLNC on our platform, the system will match them with users who are buying BLNC to buy pictures and other Birdlance services at real-time market prices. This means that a big audience that is currently still far from the Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies can use the Birdlance platform with ease, leading to true adoption.

How to setup a Birdlance node for free: https://medium.com/birdlance/how-to-setup-a-birdlance-node-for-free-b8c7de062c4d


Connect with us:

Website Link: https://www.birdlance.com/
Telegram Group: https://t.me/birdlance
Facebook Link: https://www.facebook.com/birdlance.project
Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/BirdlanceCom
Medium Link: https://medium.com/birdlance
Whitepaper: https://birdlance-assets.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/Birdlance_Whitepaper.pdf

[FrankMathis]

That sounds pretty interesting. I like the idea as a beginner freelancer. Thanks for sharing it.