Longcoin as an alternative of social networks

Den
3 min readFeb 18, 2021

Key features of the decentralized social network LongCoin

Confidentiality.

Users of the decentralized social network LongCoin independently establish the rules for the use of the data they generate, prohibiting and granting permission for their transfer, sale and monetization. Blockchain and smart contracts will be responsible for this. Anyone can be convinced of their reliability and honesty, since this software is open source.

User rights.

In a centralized social network, ordinary users have practically no rights, which can be easily verified by reading the User Agreement of Facebook, Youtube or Twitter. The Services are provided “as is” and you cannot ask for more quality, reliability or security. In decentralized systems, users control the system by reaching consensus on all general issues (development and management), as well as the choice of each user in private moments.

No censorship from above.

Popular accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube often suffer from allegedly violated site censorship rules. This is especially noticeable in countries where there are problems with freedom of speech. For example, in Russia, Iran and China, they block accounts that say:
- about atheism, evolutionism — an insult to the feelings of believers;
- on the rights of sexual minorities — propaganda of homosexuality;
- about the change of power (by non-violent means) — incitement to extremism, incitement to hatred, work for foreign special services, insulting a government official, etc.
In America and Europe, problems with social media censorship are also present. For example, you can be blocked for images of naked people, even if they are paintings by Botticelli or Rembrandt. There are also problems with texts that talk about sex and violence, even if it is educational material or scientific research. Political censorship is also present, but not as explicitly as in Russia, Iran and China.

In the decentralized social network LongCoin, users themselves set the censorship rules, as well as how to track compliance with these rules.

Reward system.

All centralized social networks have become popular and earn billions of dollars from their users who create content and advertise these sites just like that, that is, for free. Do such sites share profits with their users? Of course no. And why, if they do everything for free?

This approach is unfair, because some work, and others become millionaires. The decentralized social network LongCoin uses a different model: every view, like, comment and other active viewers’ activity is monetized and brings profit to the content creator. Ads can also be run and will generate revenue for users, not Facebook or YouTube owners.

Why LongCoin?

Because the above points are already implemented in LongCoin Network because it works on the principle of encryption of all outgoing messages. All messages automatically fall into a single blockchain,
accessible to all network members, and the fact that messages appear on the blockchain is “seen” by everyone. But! Even the sender
cannot determine which computer will ultimately “read” the message, since only the addressee who owns the secret private key associated
with the recipient’s address can “read” the message.
Unlike traditional crypto messengers and networks, it is impossible to establish the very fact of “contact” of the sender and the recipient,
which is the most compromising factor and makes it easy to decrypt messages by striking devices on the head.
The system uses similar to Bitcoin network addresses, which can be created locally by the user in unlimited quantities.

You can get acquainted with the concept in more detail on the following links:
Website
Bitcointalk
Telegram

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