Solarplex Spotlight: Viksit's Vision to Bond Communities Through Crypto
Solarplex (fka Dispatch Protocol) has been one of Solana's most successful projects at the intersection of crypto and social. In spite of still being in an invite-only beta, Solarplex's userbase has been on a tear, generating tens of thousands of unique posts each week. During our chat with Viksit, the Founder of Solarplex, we learn about his views on crypto social, Solarplex's unique value proposition to communities, the role of cNFTs in creating novel experiences, and where he sees Solarplex going long-term. - - Time Stamps 1:05 - Viksit’s background 6:16 - Decision to build Solarplex 11:12 - Why build decentralised social media 16:00 - Business case for opening up social graphs 24:51 - How to attract users from web 2 30:12 - Using digital assets in social media 34:06 - Monetisation from gaining access 35:15 - Roll-out strategy 37:39 - Dealing with bots 40:08 - Decentralised moderation 45:51 - Data storage on-chain 48:36 - Where Solarplex sits within existing social media 53:51 - Future features to be rolled out 58:34 - What has been a surprise - - Podcast Resources Follow Sal: https://twitter.com/Sal_The_Bull Follow Dave: https://twitter.com/SolBeachBum Follow Unlayered: https://twitter.com/UnlayeredPod Subscribe on Apple: http://apple.co/3VyBSWI Subscribe on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/42q03J2 Subscribe on Google: https://tinyurl.com/5dwn2476 - - Episode Resources Follow Viksit : https://twitter.com/viksit Viksit’s blog : https://Viksit.com/ Follow Solarplex : https://twitter.com/solarplex_xyz Solarplex Website : https://Solarplex.xyz