Understanding the capacity to store information, not depending on a single entity (decentralization of information) and understanding that programming resources nowadays provide the ability to encrypt and store them in multiple nodes, requiring more than one confirmation for their veracity, providing perpetuity and trust; the P2P concept takes on much validity and is more fair (it could be deeply rooted in microeconomic studies). This concept refers to "Peer to Peer," meaning that information exchange takes place directly between two peers, without an intermediary.
Let's give practical examples: Sharing valuable content through Youtube.
To monetize on Youtube, the platform requires a certain number of followers on your channel, along with a certain number of viewing hours. All of this is then subject to the fee that Youtube, as an intermediary, puts on the value of your content. For me, this is unacceptable. Let's ask ourselves, why?
1. Investigative and educational content is unrelated to capital; it moves with a different timing than what consumer demand dictates. In other words, high-quality content can take a long time to develop. A single video with valuable content may require a considerable amount of time to create. Youtube, as an intermediary and as an entity that places value on your content, requires that you have a certain frequency of uploading files to your channel to not lose the reach of your channel and to monetize.
2. The price that Youtube sets for content is insignificant compared to the actual value of the content's development, which is calculated by the time it took to develop it. For Youtube, this variable is not taken into account: the time spent developing the content.
3. Having a high demand for the frequency of uploading content to be considered for monetization is too much. It forces creators to upload videos almost weekly (or even multiple times a week), which affects the investigative process by an absurd frequency variable, resulting in low-quality content.
4. With such a high demand for the frequency of uploading content to reach monetization, the incentive for research is lost because the creator requires dedicating time that is taken away by the video production to some other discipline that is profitable to make a living. Content that could have been relevant to many people is now lost.
5. Taking into account the previous points, the investigational character to be monetized on Youtube becomes mediocre given the deplorable monetization conditions that Youtube imposes on content creators. It is simply an unfair deal.
This is where the P2P concept becomes relevant in structuring how knowledge is shared and creating spaces for research. Let's delve a little deeper:
Ethereum is a blockchain, understanding a blockchain as a chain of computers in different parts of the world that act as validators (anyone can apply as a validator) of information where more than 1 confirmation is required to validate the process and verify that the information is registered or transferred.
Now, by requiring more than one confirmation to validate an information transaction, its veracity increases. Ethereum has a currency that moves through the blockchain, and encrypted contracts can also be moved. These are called "Smart Contracts." A "smart contract" is a contract registered on the Ethereum network (remember, to register it on the blockchain and give it veracity, the contract had to be validated by more than one validator). Once registered on the blockchain, the contract is immutable (the metadata is immutable) and remains written in the chain of nodes perpetually.
A smart contract can have many functionalities. It is essential to read this information to have a clearer understanding.
A contract is registered on the blockchain by the wallet address that made the transaction to register it. Then it can be transferred to another wallet, etc., like a regular contract. This is when we delve into the different types of "smart contracts" that Ethereum offers. I recommend researching thoroughly on the previous link.
Under the DISCORD button or the header menu, you will find all the information, the different ways in which it will be shared, and what is intended to be forged in the community. Here's a summary of the materials you'll find on the Discord server:
1.Category of different channels for individual lessons that cover various topics. It contains files in PDF format, backing tracks, and links to private videos covering each lesson. Study topics include music, composition, sight-reading, performance, audio production, working with DAWs and Live, among many other concepts.
2. Transcription category in Concert, Bb and Eb. Scores of transcriptions with video and reinforcement material will be shared.
3. E-book category. Here, all the material (backing tracks and video links) developed in the ebooks and the ebooks in PDF format are shared.
4. Live masterclass category. A Live Stream channel where there will be a pedagogical process with the members of the community. Tasks are developed covering the concept seen in the masterclass.
5. Category for all members of the community to ask and answer questions (there are different channels, both chat and audio).
6. Category for sharing collections from other members of the community with access to other private servers with relevant content. Also sharing music, projects, interdisciplinary work, and research related to knowledge.
7. Music category: Here you can download all the original scores and arrangements of compositions authored by me, as well as original scores and arrangements not published in record works.
8. Category for free lessons. This category contains free lessons for members both inside and outside the community.
9. Category for welcome messages and tutorials on access and relevant information.
10. Over time, more related categories may be added.
Creation of a series of collections, each of which will contain a limited number of graphic pieces, these NFT´S pieces will serve as an entry key to a private Discord server.
All the collections created by me, which can be found at the address of my wallet:
0xfb69484bA978B2d3a18Ec972AC2167c318B3AaD7 or simply juandarango.eth,
Share access to the private Discord server. The pieces can be acquired on OpenSea or preferably directly through this website on the store.
By acquiring a NFT, you will have access to all the content that I have developed over the years on a Discord server. The average of lessons in spanish and english is 50%~.
1. Guitar Study: Within it, I will offer all the courses, lessons, and audiovisual material that I have developed. In addition, there will be masterclasses and other things that arise among the community members to investigate.
2. Music Study (composition, interpretation and production skills), a study group will be formed with assignments to be completed and checked in groups through private livestreams.
3. Share basic technological knowledge. Basic notions of programming and animation with AI.
4. Development of new community research material around different concepts.
5. Eventually share knowledge about programs and uploading web pages on IPFS, as well as creating collections of NFTs, and also server configuration on Discord.
By creating different collections with a limited number of pieces (NFTs), they can become valuable in the market, as in addition to the functionality of providing access to a private server, they can be attractive to collectors. This means that the community gives the value. If you have acquired a piece, entered the community, absorbed a lot of knowledge, and then decide not to be there anymore, you can put that NFT up for sale at the price you want on any NFT marketplace such as OpenSea by connecting your wallet.
There is a transferability of value.Even more interestingly, over time, collections of pieces from the community or colleagues can be added so that you have access to the server for a limited time, for example. That is, NFTs from a colleague's collection can interact on the server for a month or x number of days, for example.
There are countless resources that can be offered over time. The beauty is that networks of knowledge are created, and you can share with pieces from colleagues' collections, thus creating a micro-economy where the value is given by the people themselves.As we delve further into the field of interdisciplinarity, knowledge begins to be conceived as a unity. Let us understand this as the transversality of technological and artistic resources for the preservation of knowledge as a human species.