BoxSnax #9: Dlive Hits 5M Users, F1 Delta Roadmap & Auction Results, Sandbox Updates
Dlive Hits 5M Monthly Active Users, F1 Delta Releases Roadmap & Sells France Edition $25K , The Sandbox Updates
Streaming Platform Dlive Hits 5mil + Active Users
Dlive was reported to have reached 5 million active users as of April. For comparison, Twitch has 15 million active users (as of May). MAU increased from 3 to 5 mil (+67%) between March and April. This growth coincided with the announcement that Pewdiepie would exclusively be streaming on Dlive.
Dlive is a streaming service, similar to Twitch, built on top of the blockchain network “Lino”. Contrary to Twitch, Dlive doesn’t take a cut from content creators’ revenues. DLive gives 90.1% of subscription and gift revenue directly to creators in Lino Points. The other 9.9% goes into a pool that rewards users based on their contributions to the network. There are also processing fees from third-party providers when converting Lino Points into cash and vice versa.
Dlive promotes a content creator centric streaming platform, but there are concerns within the blockchain community that Lino points may not benefit creators/users as advertised. In short, some believe that the locking/staking mechanics of Lino points could lead to a decrease in Lino points actual value; which would benefit the platform at the expense of everyone else. You can see these concerns voiced and explained on this reddit thread.
While user/creator benefit may not be as advertised, Dlive provides a polished streaming service to compete with Twitch, who is not free of criticism either (Twitch is often accused of compensating content creators poorly while prioritizing monetization). Let’s see how things shake out.
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F1 Delta Time: Gameplay Roadmap & France Edition Sells for $25K
F1 Delta time released their gameplay roadmap on Tuesday (see below). They are looking to release a marketplace by September, player profiles by October, and hold their first Grand Prix race in Q1 2020.
Also, at the beginning of the week the France 2019 Edition race car was auctioned off for 96.6 ETH (~ $25K at time of sale).
The Sandbox Shares New Project Updates
The Sandbox released their latest project update, see our summary below.
Land Editing Undo Function: When “terraforming” users will now be able to undo any changes made to their land with the click of a button
Marketplace Progress: Adding more filter categories to make assets easy to find (ex: search for static or animated items). Thumbnail views as well as 3D previewing of assets, and asset dimensions, will also be added.
VoxEdit Ghost Rig (see GIF below): When users are modifying a model that is attached to a rigged skeleton, they will be able to see how edits affect the skeleton at the core of the model.
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