Web3backers

Web3backers connects your existing web3 and web2 social accounts and information (see ENS, lens, linkedin, twitter, github, on-chain, etc.) to create a funding page for you to drive product sales and paid consults based on your combined reputation.

Web3backers pulls information from your existing web3 and web2 networks to create a patreon-like experience without the 10% fees. Get clients and drive an alternative source of revenue.

Three big pieces are:

1. Creating a monetization-focused site for web3 creators and builders without requiring starting over on a greenfield platform.
2. Every web3backer profile page has its own smart contract deployed on either low cost or high through L1/L2 networks such as scroll, neon, and filecoin.
3. The shareable profile page gives you an overall network score based on data from Airstack and Next.ID. Content such as courses can be sold, or a chat opened up directly from the page on XMTP with the creator's wallet address (no emails required).

Existing platforms for creator monetization exist such as Patreon and Buy Me a Coffee, however many of these fall short in different ways. While Patreon charges fees of up to 12% and operates primarily on web2 principles, Web3backers offers a monetization-focused solution that seamlessly integrates web3 and web2 social connections without the need to start from scratch on a new platform.

Every Web3backer profile page comes with its own smart contract deployed on efficient L1/L2 networks like Scroll, Neon, and Filecoin, reducing transaction costs and ensuring a more transparent payment process. Additionally, Web3backers provides users with an overall reputation score derived from data from Airstack and Next.ID, enabling creators to sell content like courses and offer paid consultations directly from their profiles without relying on email subscriptions. This innovative approach positions Web3backers as a disruptive force in the creator monetization space, addressing many of the limitations of existing platforms that require centralized management.

The goal of this project was to create an app that took existing social data and enabled wiring up to a highly auditable/self-governing system (smart contracts) to both facilitate sales of content and drive consulting conversations with potential clients.

More description on github here: https://github.com/cbonoz/nyc23

Web3backers adds in a few core technologies around social data aggregation and low-cost contract networks. Technologies and how they are used:

• Filecoin/IPFS: Filecoin/IPFS: Contract deployment compatible with FEVM. Filecoin also serves uploaded content and the smart contract provides an access barrier to the addressed content based on cid. FEVM deployment code here used in app also: Deployment code for testnet FEVM smart contract also used in app.
• Scroll: Contract deployment on L2. Low cost and L2 networks helps reduce transaction fees and improve scalability, making it cost-effective for users and creators to interact with the platform. Scroll adds a level of auditability to all interactions with the profile page.
• Neon: Main Contract deployment option that helps with gating and auditing at low cost / high throughput. Payments for consulting fees can be handled through the platform without the need for email addresses. Neon also adds a level of auditability to all interactions for each user's profile page on an external chain. ** Airstack: Profiles and social. This entire app is around abstracting addresses and focusing on identity and social credibility. Used for the research tab and getting information about potential Web3backers. Mixed with Next.ID for web2 elements, Airstack allows importing a user's social identity into the app without needing recreation. Also used on main profile page.
• Mask/Next.id: Profiles and social APIs. This app is centered around abstracting addresses and focusing on identity and social credibility Relation service data is used to create a universal profile that forms the basis of the Web3backers profile page for each user automatically. Mixed with Airstack, mask/next.id API allows importing a user's social identity into the app without needing recreation.
• Privy: Privy is part of the root of the application. Authentication experience and transaction signing regardless of wallet. Privy provides a simple user experience for accessing the app and data on the connected smart contracts regardless of network.
• XMTP: XMTP is used for chat functionality within the platform. Users can open direct chats with creators, potentially for consultation or communication related to services or content.
• ENS: Core component of general profile account lookup abstraction (maps the address -> ENS profile and avatar). A big part of the profile information automatically created is linked through the user's ENS and alternatively DID.
• QuickNode: Used on the infrastructure side. Added an RPC endpoint with scroll for more availability and performance compared to public networks.