NextBrain
NextBrain aims to use blockchain technology to empower humans through mindfulness meditation.
Inspiration
Technology has made our lives become easier, but not without consequences. People are now more distracted by zillion things throughout the day and forgot to take care of their minds and body. We are inspired to fix this and make technology work for humans instead of against us.
What it does
NextBrain’s wellness program uses meditation mining to obtain cryptocurrency rewards. Users can earn crypto incentives through the NextBrain ecosystem while practicing mindfulness to enhance focus, increase productivity and improve their well-being.
The mindfulness hub also gives users the opportunity to broaden their ownership interests and offers up access to innovative meditation techniques. Tokens obtained from meditation will be used to obtain wellness courses, games, and other materials. Creators will be able to release guides, music, arts, applications, and other types of content as NFTs.
How we built it
We started with a core MVP, a meditation app that allows people to meditate with a small task that requires the user to be present. They will earn ERC-20 tokens on the Tron network if they can complete this task a number of times successfully.
Challenges we ran into
The most challenging part with the current MVP is to come up with a task in which the result is verifiable without much work from us and the client. For this, we made a small game of counting drops that is easy to do but difficult to complete if the user is distracted by other thoughts. All data is encrypted to prevent cheating. The only way to "win" and earn the token is to maintain focus and keep their mind empty.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We have sent the app to 20 users to try. Half of them can earn tokens and half of them cannot. The overall impression is that it's challenging but also helps them a lot with calming their minds. However, the not-earning earning group didn't come back after the trial, while more than half of the earning group returns often, despite that this is a test token at the moment.
What we learned
A huge barrier for users to give up on improving their health is that there is no clear improvement in the short run to keep it going. People need some form of reward along the way. Therefore the earning part plays a crucial role in the success of Next Brain.
What's next for NextBrain
We aim to build more applications and start a community of like-minded people to share knowledge and accompany each other in this journey. Once there is a good amount of free users, we will work on a mobile app and start working on a freemium business model with the revenue coming from several sources, including premium features, subscriptions, creator-profit sharing, and affiliation.
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