Streambed and Skynet: Putting Creators in Control of their Content

Skynet Labs is proud to announce our collaboration with Streambed Media. Both our brands seek to build a more equitable internet, so we are thrilled to further that mission together.

Content creators are the bedrock of social media. Now with Streambed and Skynet, it’s time to return the ownership and oversight of art to their respective creators.

Streambed, which is currently in beta, enables content creators to upload media such as a video, and publish it directly to platforms like YouTube and Twitter — all from one dashboard. This means that just one dashboard conveniently contains all video analytics from across all platforms. Any collaborators or partnering brands are also kept in the loop: any project collaborators are linked, creating an immutable record of creative contribution and credibility.

This ability to uphold any video’s provenance is where Skynet comes in. All videos on Streambed are stored via Skynet and its underlying blockchain, Sia. These original videos are tagged to verified content contributors. According to Streambed, “Verified collaborators are shown publicly on the index pages so all can see who contributed to the production of a new piece of content.”

Using Streambed to own your content is quick and simple. Start by uploading your video.

Now your content is being uploaded to the Sia blockchain via Skynet.

After dropping in your video title, description, and privacy settings, you can add your collaborators!

Provenance is not just important for protecting creators; it is important to the integrity of the digital future and democracy. Jenna Pilgrim, Founder and CEO of Streambed writes, “Relationships online matter. Endorsements and real human associations decide who is trustworthy and who is not, and lend credibility to important movements. From conferences to campaigns, we must link ourselves together to improve data integrity, combat fraud and defeat disinformation.”

As the new decentralized internet grows, Skynet Labs leads with confidence in decentralized storage and web applications. Content creators are owed much more than is afforded to them in today’s digital world. We look forward to continuing the fight alongside Streambed Media for the future that content creators truly deserve.