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Problem Statement

patron leverages the synergies of classical web2-based patronage platforms with the key characteristics of the blockchain: anonymity or identity (whichever desired), financial support, immutability of content, non-fungible collectibles, and decentralized architecture.Why do we need patron? For the ease of use and for the independence of artists and creators!Use cases:Independent artists and creators sharing their work with the world.Journalists (even anonymous), yet backable by crypto, sharing independent news.News curators compiling domain specific news from around the world.Features: patron is an attempt to empower creative individuals to share their work and creations with the world. The goals of the platform are:Ease of use of blockchain technology.Anonymous or identified financial backing of artists and creators, anonymous or identified roles for artists and creators.Decentralized content delivery.Immutability guarantees that digital content cannot be altered or removed (think of independent journalism).Discovery: How do you ensure artists and creators get discovered? A classical portal website will be the interface to the content and work of creators where patrons can customize their feed by up- or downvotes, similar to reddit or hacker news.

Solution

This is a noob's project based on Scaffold-ETH. An idea. Aside of the great Scaffold-ETH jumpstart nothing else works, yet. Scaffold-ETH is an incredible starter package to get a project off the ground. As for sponsor technologies, the following uses are planned:TheGraph for indexing and finding news posts, work artifacts, and documents.Xmtp for publishing messages between patrons and creators.Push for notifications of replies, favorites.IPFS/Filecoin to store bigger attachments linked to messages (PDFs, archives, documents).Livepeer for video attachments and live video chats.WorldID for world-wide verified identification (this is optional, both for patrons and creators).Uniswap to implement token swaps between creators and their patrons.0x - like uniswap - to implement token swaps between creators and their patrons.polygon to publish work on the network.skale to publish work on the network.