• Why demand for the $LPT token may skyrocket in the next bull market
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🔶 What is Video Transcoding?
Video is the lifeblood of the internet
It represents over 80% of total internet traffic today, and this figure will likely increase as platforms such as YouTube, TikTok and Twitch continue to gain prominence
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Video transcoding is a key step in delivering video to the consumer
It’s the process of reformatting video files so that they can play on a variety of devices such as PC, mobile, etc…
In short, companies need to transcode their videos if they want people to see them
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🔶 Problem
Unfortunately, transcoding can be extremely expensive –
It can cost $3 per stream per hour, up to $4,500 per month for a server and up to $1,500 per month for a CDN
All in, a growing video startup can often find themselves with a streaming bill in the millions!
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Because most transcoding is done through centralized cloud providers such as AWS, Google or Microsoft, broadcasters must also contend with:
$LPT is a utility token with three main use cases:
• Rewards: Orchestrators are rewarded with $LPT
• Collateral: Orchestrators stake $LPT as collateral
• Governance: The $LPT token can be used for governance
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🔹 Initial Distribution
10 million $LPT were released at launch with the following distribution:
• 63% to the public
• 19% to early investors
• 12% to the founding team
• 5% for the Livepeer Grant Program
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🔹 Emissions Schedule
$LPT is an inflationary token
The supply adjusts based on the level of participation in the network (if > 50% is staked, inflation decreases to 0, if < 50% is staked, it increases)
Below is a estimation from @messari on the token’s long-term supply
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🔶 Big Picture
Video transcoding services such as Livepeer will play an extremely important role in the development of the metaverse
While they currently power formats such as 4K and UHD, they will likely also be needed for VR and AR content
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#LPT 's decentralized network of 70K GPUs may also have numerous uses beyond video transcoding
Not only are GPUs the primary tool for AI (ML and DL), but they are also used in rendering, gaming, IOT, zero knowledge proofs, and a variety of industrial applications
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This represents a massive opportunity for $LPT as many of these use cases have potential values in the tens of trillions! (e.g. AI alone is expected to be worth $80T)
A successful entrance into any one of these spaces could increase $LPTs value by orders of magnitude
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In short, $LPT is establishing a beachhead as a key technology provider in the large and growing video streaming market
It’s also building a strong network for the future, and could become one of the key infrastructure providers of the $10T to $30T #metaverse
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