Scorum

Inspiration

We have been inspired by decentralized blockchain media for a very long time. In 2018, we launched a sports centered blogging platform on our own decentralized blockchain. At that time, there were no blogging platforms for a sports audience, in principle, we wanted to create a cool place for sports fans from all around the world to spend time debating their favorite topics and sports teams. see scorum.com Since our main direction thus far has been mainly towards text formats, we believe that now is a good time to integrate a third-party video solution so that our users can fully enjoy blogging while having the ability to freely integrate videos without any overly burdensome restrictions.

What it does

Scorum is a blogging platform that rewards all users who contribute to it. We have integrated tools for creating content, for following the authors you like, and we also include anti-plagiarism tools, a block explorer, and an online crypto wallet.

How we built it

First we produced a fork of Steemit and then we enhanced and simplified the coin economy by changing the distribution of rewards. Next we added our own improved UX / UI that makes it easier to on board new members and improve their blogging experience. Since the Scorum blockchain is based on a Graphene design, we are capable of performing a large number of transactions at high speeds (10k in 3 seconds) and these transactions are free within our network. This then allows us to build unique mechanics, right now it is just a media blogging platform, but we are also in the process of developing it into a platform for NFT games and much more.

Challenges we ran into

During the previous bear market it was difficult for new crypto projects to survive, there was just not enough funding to finish all the elements of the ecosystem. Thus after our initial phase of funding was depleted and our subsequent funding has been limited, further development has been slowed up until this present time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We managed to implement many of our original goals despite the onset of a major bear market, this was enough to generate a large community around the project and keep us moving forward. In fact, we have recently launched a new non-sports related blogging platform which opens up another avenue for even greater adoption potential. This also creates an even greater need to easily integrate the ability to insert video aspects into our platform: see scorum.co

What we learned

There is strength in the interaction of various blockchain projects, the entire blockchain ecosystem will evolve by connecting different projects into large ecosystems. It is impossible and meaningless to build an interesting, detached ecosystem. But by combining expertise and solutions with other networks then the entire ecosystem will grow and expand into many use cases for all users everywhere.

What's next for Scorum

We want to build a multi chain entertainment platform. We have already begun building bridges that will soon connect Scorum with all of the most popular blockchains. At the same time, we are adding the functionality of NFT games to our network. Thus, users of all popular blockchains will be able to use their tokens both for the Scorum media platform and in the new NFT games being designed for the Scorum platform. Along with the NFT games we will also be designing an NFT market place which could provide another avenue for integration with the Theta network.