Crowdfunding has become a popular form of collective funding, in which small donations or investments, made by groups of people, support the development of new projects in exchange of free products or different types of recognition. Social network sites, on the other hand, promote user cooperation and currently are at the basis of any individuals cyber-interactions. In this paper, we present LikeStarter, a blockchain-based decentralized platform that combines social interactions with crowdfunding mechanisms, allowing any user to raise funds while becoming popular in the social network. Being built over the Ethereum blockchain, LikeStarter is structured as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), that fosters crowdfunding without the intervention of any central authority, and recognizes the active role of donors, enabling them to support artists or projects, while making profits.

Zichichi M., Contu M., Ferretti S., D'Angelo G. (2019). LikeStarter: A Smart-contract based Social DAO for Crowdfunding. NEW YORK : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/INFCOMW.2019.8845133].

LikeStarter: A Smart-contract based Social DAO for Crowdfunding

Zichichi M.;Ferretti S.;D'Angelo G.
2019

Abstract

Crowdfunding has become a popular form of collective funding, in which small donations or investments, made by groups of people, support the development of new projects in exchange of free products or different types of recognition. Social network sites, on the other hand, promote user cooperation and currently are at the basis of any individuals cyber-interactions. In this paper, we present LikeStarter, a blockchain-based decentralized platform that combines social interactions with crowdfunding mechanisms, allowing any user to raise funds while becoming popular in the social network. Being built over the Ethereum blockchain, LikeStarter is structured as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), that fosters crowdfunding without the intervention of any central authority, and recognizes the active role of donors, enabling them to support artists or projects, while making profits.
2019
INFOCOM 2019 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops
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Zichichi M., Contu M., Ferretti S., D'Angelo G. (2019). LikeStarter: A Smart-contract based Social DAO for Crowdfunding. NEW YORK : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/INFCOMW.2019.8845133].
Zichichi M.; Contu M.; Ferretti S.; D'Angelo G.
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