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The Two-Layer Economic Model
BitCDN's economic architecture is designed to ensure fair compensation for infrastructure providers, transparent revenue streams for content creators, and a sustainable model for platform growth. It operates on two distinct but interconnected layers:
- Layer 1 - Infrastructure Compensation: Node operators (seeders) who contribute bandwidth and storage are directly compensated with micropayments (e.g., BSV, stablecoins) for the data they serve. This payment is for the utility provided to the network and is independent of content ownership or the $BITCDN platform token.
- Layer 2 - Content Monetization & Ownership: This layer focuses on the intellectual property itself. Content creators and rights holders can tokenize their work, enabling direct-to-consumer sales, revenue sharing, and unique access models using Master Content NFTs, Revenue Share Fungible Tokens (FTs), and Access/Collectible NFTs.
This dual approach separates the payment for delivering content from the payment for the content itself, creating a clear and robust economic framework.