An encrypted wallet is launched in the overseas version, which supports users to obtain the platform token Box by creating content, sharing, listening, commenting, etc., so as to realize the first application landing. At the same time, Bo Shen, founder of Fenbushi Capital, will join the ContentBox team as a strategic advisor and cornerstone investor.ContentBoxrevealed to the reporter that it has been on the global audio platformCastboxAn encrypted wallet is launched in the overseas version, which supports users to obtain the platform token Box by creating content, sharing, listening, commenting, etc., so as to realize the first application landing. At the same time, Bo Shen, founder of Fenbushi Capital, will join the ContentBox team as a strategic advisor and cornerstone investor.
Castbox was originally the initiator of ContentBox. Founded in 2016, it can be understood as the global version of Himalaya.. The difference is that in addition to podcast content, Castbox also captures radio programs from all over the world, supports more than 70 languages, and has 5,000 audio content. Recently, Castbox has acquired 16 million users in 175 countries, 45% of which are from the United States. The app ranks top 3 on the Google Play list in the UK, the US, and South Korea, and is also a fast-growing and highly rated app on the Android and iOS audio lists.
The new project ContentBox created by Castbox is positioned on the underlying blockchain platform dedicated to the digital content industry。ContentBox wants to use blockchain technology and Token economy to solve problems such as the long repayment cycle of content producers, the high copyright cost of content distributors, the opaque promotion of advertisers, the lack of contribution from content consumers, and the high operating threshold of hardware equipment. A series of industry problems.
ContentBox is open to all developers. The functions currently supported include BOX Payout, a cross-application secure multi-party payment system, BOX Passport, a cross-platform unified identity authentication system, and a one-stop content management solution for independent publishers and application developers. Tool BOX Unpack. The Castbox wallet this time is a solution customized by ContentBox for Castbox, this means that BOX has been connected to 15 million users.
After supporting listen to FM mining, the next step of Castboxs plan is to create content and find traffic: Castbox is discussing cooperation with KOLs on YouTube, Apple podcasts and SoundCloud, Stanford University, Harvard University, Purdue University and other cryptocurrency student associations, hoping to attract them to produce blockchain vertical content on Castbox.
When talking about investment logic, Shen Bo said that when blockchain technology changes the traditional model, it will inevitably encounter obstacles due to violation of vested interests. Therefore, a more feasible approach is to use blockchain + industry products that have already landed, so he is optimistic about ContentBox, which is the bottom platform of the entire industry chain and issues Tokens; in addition, the technical team and industrial experience of ContentBox also make him more recognized.
It is understood that Wang Xiaoyu, CEO of ContentBox, is also the founder of Castbox, and has worked for Google in Beijing, Dublin, and Japan. CTO Hu Gang graduated from the Department of Computer Science of Peking University and has an MBA degree from Duke University. He is a serial entrepreneur and former CTO of 5miles, a well-known e-commerce platform in the United States. Liu Xiaohui, the person in charge of technology, is a Ph.D. in distributed networks. He once worked at Facebooks US headquarters and led the research work.
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