Upfire and the Rebirth of P2P
The Internet itself was designed from the very beginning to be decentralized. The fact that most of our data and computing ended up being centralized is something of an evolutionary fluke.
Welcome to the sharing economy of Web3. Upfire leverages the security and speed of the blockchain, bringing to the world a revolutionary incentivization system for p2p File Sharing. Forget what you saw about Torrenting. If you ever need to share a file with someone, you must try this.
Upfire files (.upr) are encrypted by default, keeping network activity private between the uploaders and downloaders of a file. This has already been tested with many users seeding multiple files. The download speeds for these files were near-instantaneous.
Current file-sharing protocols have major limitations. Centralized protocols tend to take a large cut of content creators’ profits, censor what can be shared, and don’t allow content creators to set their own prices.
Other Decentralized protocols (P2P file-sharing) offer no incentives for seeders, resulting in slow file downloads and a lack of availability of files on the network. Also other platforms require a payment from users. Upfire has free usage options. There needs to be a better, faster way to share files. Using blockchain technology and smart contracts, there is a new way to share files on the internet — through Upfire.
Using the Upfire dApp makes it possible for content creators to put a price on their files and offer them online, while earning token rewards from seeding. We are talking about artists, musicians, e-learning educators, teachers, filmmakers and could expand to many other use cases. Free of a middleman or censorship of any kind. Whoever wants to share a file, can encrypt it and decide the price. By decentralizing the file sharing process, Upfire completely removes the middleman and allows users to directly exchange information via the blockchain network.
Key Features
- Decentralization
Upfire is a 100% decentralized platform that empowers the community to control it, regulate the prices themselves and share their own content. We also allow users to engage in free seeding and downloading just like a standard torrenting platform. Free or paid, everyone is welcome. - Incentive and Earnings
It’s always nice to be rewarded for having something valuable and highly sought after. With that in mind, Upfire lets you put a price on your file to be decrypted by another user, maintaining a decentralized and fair price regulation; and we also allow users to earn rewards for simply seeding a download, sharing a file with other peers. Provide a file and get rewarded for doing so. This is the incentive of partaking in a sharing economy. - Staking
Users can stake their UPR and earn a percentage cut of all transactions on Upfire network. Rewarding and empowering our community — especially holders — is our main goal. - Speed and Price Optimization
Super fast speeds and near-free transactions –using the BNB Smart Chain, we allow our users to enhance the platform interaction. More downloads, more seeding, speedy payments. All brought to you by Upfire. - Governance
The community will retain 100% control of Upfire via a DAO, and be able to pass proposals, acquire funding from the treasury and more.
I know, you thought the best years of P2P were behind us, but with the creation and increasing adoption of the Blockchain, all has changed. Keep an eye on our socials to see in firsthand what’s new in Upfire .
