BitClout
BitClout is an open source blockchain-based social media platform. On the platform, users can post short-form writings and photos, award money to posts they particularly like by clicking a diamond icon, as well as buy and sell "creator coins" (personalized tokens whose value depends on people's reputations). BitClout runs on a custom proof of work blockchain, and is a prototype of what can be built on DeSo (short for "Decentralized Social"). BitClout's founder and primary leader is known pseudonymously as "diamondhands"; his real name is Nader al-Naji.
| Development | |
|---|---|
| White paper | bitcloutwhitepaper |
| Initial release | March 2021 |
| Code repository | https://github.com/bitclout/core |
| Source model | Open source |
| License | MIT license |
| Ledger | |
| Ledger start | 18 January 2021 |
| Timestamping scheme | Proof of work |
| Block explorer | https://explorer.deso.com/ |
| Website | |
| Website | bitclout |
Under development since 2019, BitClout's blockchain created its first block in January 2021, and BitClout itself launched publicly in March 2021. The platform launched with 15,000 "reserved" accounts - a move intended to prevent impersonation, but which backfired as some people with reserved accounts tried to actively distance themselves. Later, in September 2021, BitClout was revealed to be the flagship product of the DeSo blockchain.