Having the internet is one advantage that my generation has over the older generation. The internet has made it possible for people to share ideas. The school has become more uncomplicated and more comfortable for students. A lot of information and knowledge is being stored on the internet that a lot of students depend on it to do assignments and other tasks. Apart from the student community, large information storage also makes it possible for any class of individual to access and use some of the available information.
However, the availability, accessibility, and ability of different individuals to put up unverified content online is a significant challenge facing today’s internet users. This problem has made people go in seek of trusted websites that can provide better solutions to this menace. In an attempt to get traffic to their websites, most bloggers put up a lot of unverified content, thereby making it hard for users to identify the truth quickly. I once searched online, and I was shocked when the top two results brought by the search engine contradicted themselves. It took me a while to finally get to the page.
Having gone through that type of confusing experience, I had always wished we had a platform were all information posted on the platform were verified information. This type of platform will eliminate doubts since all the data goes through the scrutiny of other users who are familiar with the topic being discussed.
The Good news is that my wish came through and I will be introducing that excellent platform in this post.
What is Lunyr
I may define Lunyr as a decentralized platform that enables its users to make a valuable contribution to the store of knowledge hosted on the platform. This Ethereum based platform has room for both the provider of the information (contributor) and the reviewer of this information. Both sets of people get rewarded with the platform token known as LUN (Lunyr Token).
How to get started
People often get scared of unknown platforms because they think it will be difficult and demanding to get an account. The Lunyr platform is the opposite of such thoughts. Getting started is as simple as the elementary alphabets. All the user needs is to download their desktop application depending on your Operating system. Check the link section to get the direct link to some of the OS.
After a successful installation, users can then proceed to create their account on the platform. This single account is all the user needs to function as either a contributor or a reviewer. The platform makes it possible for users who can perform as both a contributor and a reviewer to do so.
A personal unique Lunyr wallet is also needed to store all tokens that will be earned in the contribution and reviewing process. After taking out a few minutes to create your new Lunyr Wallet, I am pleased to inform you that you are now ready to start your Lunyr journey.
How it works
One thing that gives me joy about this platform is the working mechanism of this platform. It was carefully designed in a way that it is challenging to spam, and false information is hard to scale through the review process.
Contributors to Lunyr are not limited to any niche or scope. Everyone is free to contribute to any topic as long as it is a fact.
The system works by allowing users to contribute to the knowledge bank. The contribution passes through a peer-to-peer compulsory review process. The reviewer then verifies the contribution to ascertain the accuracy of the contribution. This rigorous review process thereby reduces the possibilities of spam contributions.
Only contributions that pass the review process will be hosted and rewarded.
Conclusion
Lunyr is a 100% decentralized platform that gives incentives to both the contributor and the reviewer. Adding incentives to the reviewing process will make eligible users take up the laborious task of reviewing and verifying the authenticity of all contents. It goes a long way of showing the commitment of Lunyr to providing a rich, authentic knowledge bank for the world.
Check the link section to get the link to your desired OS.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are entirely my view and do not reflect the mind or view of anyone else.
Resources
I wrote this post and all its contents based on my experience, research, knowledge, and personal use of the Lunyr platform.
Most images are from my usage screenshots, and I provided links to all external images where applicable.
Links and References
Lunyr for Windows: https://download.lunyr.com/lunyr_client.exe
Lunyr for iMac: https://download.lunyr.com/lunyr_client.dmg
Lunyr for Linux: https://download.lunyr.com/lunyr_client.deb
Lunyr Website:https://lunyr.com/
Twitter handler: https://twitter.com/LunyrInc