Pink Paper is a decentralized and permissionless publishing platform for individuals and communities worldwide to express their opinions and share information with the rest of their communities. Pink Paper is a project aimed at creating a decentralized platform for content creation and monetization, powered by blockchain technology. The platform seeks to enable creators to earn rewards directly from their audience, without the need for intermediaries such as traditional social media platforms or advertising networks.
The project aims to achieve this by creating a decentralized publishing platform where creators can publish their digital content, such as articles, blogs, videos, and other forms of digital media, directly to their audience. The platform will use blockchain technology to facilitate secure and transparent transactions between creators and their supporters.
Additionally, Pink Paper seeks to create a social network for creators and their supporters, where users can interact with each other, share content, and support each other's work.
Problem / Solution
Problem:
Centralization of content distribution: Currently, most content creators rely on centralized platforms like social media networks or advertising networks to distribute their content. These intermediaries often take a significant portion of the revenue generated by creators, leaving them with little control over their work. Pink Paper aims to decentralize content distribution by providing a platform where creators can publish their content directly to their audience, without intermediaries.
Lack of transparency in revenue sharing: Many content creators are frustrated with the lack of transparency in revenue sharing on centralized platforms. They often have little insight into how their content is monetized or how much revenue they are receiving. Pink Paper seeks to address this problem by using blockchain technology to record all transactions on the platform, providing complete transparency in revenue sharing.
Inequitable distribution of rewards: In current content creation ecosystems, rewards are often distributed based on popularity or algorithms, which may not always be equitable. Pink Paper seeks to create a more equitable reward system
Censorship: There are increased attacks from big tech worldwide on free speech. Big Tech platforms are increasingly banning specific individuals and communities from their platforms. In these testing times for free speech, Pink Paper aspires to protect the ethos of free speech and freedom for communities who want to raise their voice.
Solution:
We will provide a free platform that will be available with zero censorship and there’s an increasing need for such a platform where users' data is being used to profit billions and at the same time deplatform them anytime the big tech wants.
Detailed product description
Decentralized content marketplace: Pink Paper provides a decentralized marketplace where creators can publish their digital content directly to their audience, without intermediaries. Creators can upload various types of content such as articles, music, videos, and other forms of digital media.
Social network for creators and supporters: Pink Paper also offers a social network where creators and supporters can connect, interact, and share content. Users can follow their favorite creators, like, comment, and share their work. The platform also enables users to earn tokens for participating in the community, such as by creating content or engaging with other users.
Donations/Tiping: Users can tip/donate to their favorite creator/writer using the platform. This will help creators in a big way as we have a 0% take rate currently as the platform.
Crowdfunding: Creators can also crowdfund their work using the platform. Fans can donate directly to their favorite projects and verify the amount directly delivered to the creators.
5 AI-powered: With the help of ChatGPT integration writers can take assistance to get a particular section of the article they are writing.
Go-to-Market plan
We will be partnering with DAOs and companies to bring their content system to Pink Paper. It will be used for providing key updates and announcements for their communities
We will be launching a creator fund to incentivize writers, which will be distributed according to the engagement brought through their communities.
We will be collaborating with renowned authors and novelists, and publishing their upcoming novels on the Pink Paper platform, (increasing the visibility and engagement of the platform through their communities)
We will be collaborating with Researchers and publishing their research papers on the platform ( this will give penetration into the community of learned individuals in various academic fields)
We will be collaborating with localized news agencies and publishers to have local, national, and international news published on the platform.
Value capture for Secret Network ecosystem
We are targeting 10,000 users in the next 5-6 months.
Rupin Mathur(Founder)
He has been a Blockchain Maximalist since 2015 and an advocate of decentralization and self-sovereignty. He worked as marketing head for QuadB Apparel from 2015-2017, India’s second-largest custom apparel brand where he established the first VAL (Virtual Assembly Line) creating hundreds of nodal points for blue-collar workers and scaling the business infinitely. From 2017 onwards, he decided to go all-in Web3 and thus acted a crucial part in setting up Finstreet, a crypto education platform.
During this journey, he worked alongside brands such as Near, Algorand, WazirX, Huobi, Polygon, Aave, and many more to help bring their respective platforms adoption into the Indian Markets. He has begun his journey to create and bring adoption for the Decentralized content management platform, Pink Paper
Vinayak Kalra, Technical Consultant
Vinayak Kalra is a blockchain developer, public speaker, and mentor have contributed to various projects including UniqArt, and Bricks Protocol as tech lead along with building KaiFoundry. He is a regular speaker and mentor in various cohorts organized by IITs and other prestigious engineering colleges.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayak-kalra-b40910105
First Phase: MVP
A. Building MVP on Secret with the following features:
a. Decentralized content publishing
b. Tipping / Donations for the creators to contribute to the creators’ economy
c. A minimalistic design for content creators to ease creating content
B. Enhancing user experience while publishing and browsing, using the feedback of the community
C. Building community and establishing the community on different social platforms
Second Phase: Public Testnet Launch
A. Partnerships with DAOs and projects to start publishing on the platform.
B. Enhancing the security of the publishing platform.
C. Changing the content template, where users can select from a variety of templates to showcase their blogs on.
Third Phase: Mainnet Launch
A. Partnerships across networks to bring their content publishing on the platform.
B. Strategic partnerships with publishers in different domains to build diversified content on the platform.
C. Voice search feature
D. Admin analytical dashboard where Pink Paper can see how the project is performing and strategize and plan the platform accordingly
E. Improving SEO-related services in the project over time so that relevant people get ranked in their content
Funding Request: We are requesting $30,000 in the following tranches:
Team Name
Pink Paper
Project Description
Pink Paper is a decentralized and permissionless publishing platform for individuals and communities worldwide to express their opinions and share information with the rest of their communities. Pink Paper is a project aimed at creating a decentralized platform for content creation and monetization, powered by blockchain technology. The platform seeks to enable creators to earn rewards directly from their audience, without the need for intermediaries such as traditional social media platforms or advertising networks.
The project aims to achieve this by creating a decentralized publishing platform where creators can publish their digital content, such as articles, blogs, videos, and other forms of digital media, directly to their audience. The platform will use blockchain technology to facilitate secure and transparent transactions between creators and their supporters.
Additionally, Pink Paper seeks to create a social network for creators and their supporters, where users can interact with each other, share content, and support each other's work.
Problem / Solution
Problem:
Centralization of content distribution: Currently, most content creators rely on centralized platforms like social media networks or advertising networks to distribute their content. These intermediaries often take a significant portion of the revenue generated by creators, leaving them with little control over their work. Pink Paper aims to decentralize content distribution by providing a platform where creators can publish their content directly to their audience, without intermediaries.
Lack of transparency in revenue sharing: Many content creators are frustrated with the lack of transparency in revenue sharing on centralized platforms. They often have little insight into how their content is monetized or how much revenue they are receiving. Pink Paper seeks to address this problem by using blockchain technology to record all transactions on the platform, providing complete transparency in revenue sharing.
Inequitable distribution of rewards: In current content creation ecosystems, rewards are often distributed based on popularity or algorithms, which may not always be equitable. Pink Paper seeks to create a more equitable reward system
Censorship: There are increased attacks from big tech worldwide on free speech. Big Tech platforms are increasingly banning specific individuals and communities from their platforms. In these testing times for free speech, Pink Paper aspires to protect the ethos of free speech and freedom for communities who want to raise their voice.
Solution:
We will provide a free platform that will be available with zero censorship and there’s an increasing need for such a platform where users' data is being used to profit billions and at the same time deplatform them anytime the big tech wants.
Detailed product description
Decentralized content marketplace: Pink Paper provides a decentralized marketplace where creators can publish their digital content directly to their audience, without intermediaries. Creators can upload various types of content such as articles, music, videos, and other forms of digital media.
Social network for creators and supporters: Pink Paper also offers a social network where creators and supporters can connect, interact, and share content. Users can follow their favorite creators, like, comment, and share their work. The platform also enables users to earn tokens for participating in the community, such as by creating content or engaging with other users.
Donations/Tiping: Users can tip/donate to their favorite creator/writer using the platform. This will help creators in a big way as we have a 0% take rate currently as the platform.
Crowdfunding: Creators can also crowdfund their work using the platform. Fans can donate directly to their favorite projects and verify the amount directly delivered to the creators.
5 AI-powered: With the help of ChatGPT integration writers can take assistance to get a particular section of the article they are writing.
Go-to-Market plan
We will be partnering with DAOs and companies to bring their content system to Pink Paper. It will be used for providing key updates and announcements for their communities
We will be launching a creator fund to incentivize writers, which will be distributed according to the engagement brought through their communities.
We will be collaborating with renowned authors and novelists, and publishing their upcoming novels on the Pink Paper platform, (increasing the visibility and engagement of the platform through their communities)
We will be collaborating with Researchers and publishing their research papers on the platform ( this will give penetration into the community of learned individuals in various academic fields)
We will be collaborating with localized news agencies and publishers to have local, national, and international news published on the platform.
Value capture for Secret Network ecosystem
We are targeting 10,000 users in the next 5-6 months.
Team members
Team Website
Team's experience
Rupin Mathur(Founder) He has been a Blockchain Maximalist since 2015 and an advocate of decentralization and self-sovereignty. He worked as marketing head for QuadB Apparel from 2015-2017, India’s second-largest custom apparel brand where he established the first VAL (Virtual Assembly Line) creating hundreds of nodal points for blue-collar workers and scaling the business infinitely. From 2017 onwards, he decided to go all-in Web3 and thus acted a crucial part in setting up Finstreet, a crypto education platform. During this journey, he worked alongside brands such as Near, Algorand, WazirX, Huobi, Polygon, Aave, and many more to help bring their respective platforms adoption into the Indian Markets. He has begun his journey to create and bring adoption for the Decentralized content management platform, Pink Paper
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupin-mathur-3a7689141/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinayak-kalra-b40910105
Team Code Repos
https://github.com/pinkpaper/pink-paper-frontend
Development Roadmap
First Phase: MVP A. Building MVP on Secret with the following features: a. Decentralized content publishing b. Tipping / Donations for the creators to contribute to the creators’ economy c. A minimalistic design for content creators to ease creating content B. Enhancing user experience while publishing and browsing, using the feedback of the community C. Building community and establishing the community on different social platforms
Second Phase: Public Testnet Launch A. Partnerships with DAOs and projects to start publishing on the platform. B. Enhancing the security of the publishing platform. C. Changing the content template, where users can select from a variety of templates to showcase their blogs on.
Third Phase: Mainnet Launch A. Partnerships across networks to bring their content publishing on the platform. B. Strategic partnerships with publishers in different domains to build diversified content on the platform. C. Voice search feature D. Admin analytical dashboard where Pink Paper can see how the project is performing and strategize and plan the platform accordingly E. Improving SEO-related services in the project over time so that relevant people get ranked in their content
Funding Request: We are requesting $30,000 in the following tranches:
Additional Information
N/A.