Raindrop

Problem:

The tools creators use to engage with fans force them to be tied to certain platforms.

Centralized membership platforms like Patreon and Onlyfans have too much power over content creators. Risks include:

• ①Legacy payment methods with little flexibility
• ②Being censored or de-platformed
• ③User data is not portable. Migrating content and fan base to different platforms is difficult.

Creators lack tools to engage with fans in a decentralized, permission-less way.

Solution:

Build tools for creators to connect and engage with their fan base directly.

Features（Originality）

1.Data Portability

Creators content and fan base can be migrated to other platforms

2. Membership community made easy

Create communities at the touch of a button. Minimum knowledge of development is required to use Web3 technologies.

3. Real time and transparent data visualization

Visualization of on-chain data to help creators understand their communities.

WOW factor

Data portability by Ceramic：User data is portable. Migrating content and fan base to different platforms is easy.

①Data Portability

• Ceramic：We are mixing these on-chain solutions with off-chain portable data by using Ceramic and Lit protocols, to achieve a superior UX combined with React to easily onboard every kind of use in any platform.

• IPFS/Filecoin：To allow creators to do closed content with images on the decentralized networks. Also, to allow uploading of profile images on it.

• Livepeer：To allow creators to do closed content with movies on the decentralized networks.

②Membership community made easy

• Unlock：Subscription framework, using NFT as a proof of subscription to unlock exclusive creator streams.

• Polygon( Mainnet )：For creators to deploy membership NFT because of low transaction fee. Polygonscan is here

• Optimism( Mainnet )：For creators to deploy membership NFT because of scalability. Optimistic.etherscan

• The Graph：To track Unlock smart contract deployments and NFTs (keys) owners to use quickly on the frontend. This makes Raindrop a multi-chain application and the subgraph really helps us to do that with good UI/UX experience for not only users, but also developers in our team.

• EPNS：It is used as a notification function for creator content’s update for fans. Demo is here

• Tellor：Allowing creator to conduct giveaways for their subscriber by using Tellor RNG to generate a random number for us which can be used to select the winner.

③Real time and transparent data visualization

• Worldcoin：To prove that creators and fans is real human.

• ENS(Soon)：It is used as one of the creator's profile information to increase their credibility.

• Sismo(Soon)：To increase trust and understand about users well by aggregating on-chain data visible while protecting user privacy information.