MVP "Pay-to-Play" Livestream Consumer Template App

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This issue describes a mechanism which would allow Publishers and Operators of an Inifinite Digital Stage to receive payment from Viewers who are watching content on the stage.

Test Signal

First, to show you that I'm serious, I invite you to run this command:

ffplay http://52.29.226.43:8935/stream/hello_world/source.m3u8

It should play a test signal for a HLS AV livestream (video + audio). This can be used to test and build against.

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dApp User Journey

• User loads URL in Browser (or loads App in Mobile / TV / Watch)
• If wallet balance = 0, dApp shows wallet ETH address + balance

Note: DAI is used here for indicative purposes, but this could be ETH or any ERC-20 Token.

• If balance > 0, dApp plays video and pays a (hardcoded) amount per second, to an address (hardcoded) in the App / URL:

• User leaves URL / or taps screen to close App
• dApp stops playing video and stops paying anyone anything

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Strategic Thoughts

This MVP app uses hardcoded values for the "price per second", and the "pay to" address, as a way to demonstrate a proof-of-concept.

Further iterations will aim to evolve to allow:

• Publishers to set their own "price per second" dynamically in the market for content

• Publishers to set their own "pay to" address, e.g. into a DAO, or a Charity, or to their own keys.

• Viewers to install this dApp on consumer devices such as Smartphones (Android, iOS), Tablets (iPad, Android), Smart TVs (e.g. Samsung TVs, Apple TV, Watches (e.g. Apple Watch), Cars (e.g. Tesla Self-Driving Cars).