BlockChain News
Pioneering the Decent Network, Publiq
is an independent decentralized applica-
tion built specifically for sharing news and
articles. The Publiq dApp plans to change
the way media works by leveraging block-
chain technology as a reward system for
the “generation, selection, assessment and
publishing” of independent and authentic
content. The white paper reads:
within the context of the dApp, it can also
be used for other instances (job inter-
view or resume) given that it represents
a lifetime reputation that is traceable and
transparent on the blockchain.
The reputation within the platform is also
the base for the reward system employed.
After making a popular post, the Publiq
“The PUBLIQ team is building our future media ecosystem based on blockchain
technology combined with analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). PUBLIQ is re-
building trust in media by empowering authors and readers to be part of a safe,
impartial and fair ecosystem.”
Publiq is a community-driven project
in which anyone can create immutable
and uncensorable content that is “cryp-
tographically sealed[...]and timestamped”
on the Publiq blockchain. While the cryp-
tographic hash of the content is stored on
the Publiq blockchain, the content itself is
encrypted and stored off-chain, using the
DECENT blockchain content distribution
network.
reward system will credit the author with
the PBQ token, the native value token
within the dApp. The reward is given ac-
cording to the received Publiq score. Not
only is the this score relevant for rewards
It is also the basis for the AI-powered rec-
ommendation engine which makes sug-
gestions based on what readers chose to
read and what they like about articles.
Although Publiq can function without
Although Publiq gives everyone a plat-
paid advertisement or content, advertis-
form in which they can speak their mind
ers can still purchase placement by buy-
or share the latest news, the content is still ing PBQ which is then distributed among
subject to an anti-spam fee which is fol-
the ecosystem participants. What we’re
lowed by a review and curation process.
left is a completely fair, independent and
This process is conducted by the readers
uncensored news source for the decen-
themselves through a reputation system
tralized future. The website reads:
that encourages users to post relevant
“PUBLIQ is reshaping the media industry
and interesting articles/news stories.
by enabling censorship free generation,
This same reputation is measured through selection, assessment and publishing of
the Publiq score, a weighted average of
content. It offers a unique experience
the different feedbacks given to every sin- where the wealth generated is fairly and
gle author. While the Publiq score is used exclusively distributed to the network
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