what's audius?
Audius is a decentralized music streaming and sharing platform built on the Solana blockchain, designed to empower artists by giving them control over their content distribution, attribution, and monetization without intermediaries. It enables users to upload, stream, and discover music freely, with over 350 million streams and 150,000 artists on the platform. Key features include real-time payments in USDC directly to artists' wallets, the recently launched Open Audio Protocol (Audius v1.0) which introduces Artist Coins for fan engagement and tokenized fan clubs, and a refreshed Explore page for enhanced content discovery and trending artist spotlights. The platform's native AUDIO token facilitates governance, staking, and rewards within the ecosystem. Audius has secured licensing agreements with major U.S. performing rights organizations to ensure legal streaming and fair compensation for creators.
Audius album launch integrates with Arena, offering perks to ticket holders.
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Offers a $3,000 prize for developers building with Audius tools, APIs, and artist coins at the Graveyard Hackathon.
Album launch on the platform integrates with Arena, offering perks to Arena ticket holders.
Kodak artist coin launches on the platform, with transactions flowing through $AUDIO token.
Audius ranks 6th by development activity among Ethereum-based ecosystem projects with improved ranking position since last month according to Santiment data.
Platform launches v1.0 with Artist Coins on Solana, allowing musicians to control their economy with direct fan engagement, reporting 350M streams and 150K artists.
A scam email campaign is actively targeting users with false AUDIO airdrop claims.
The platform launches a refreshed Explore page with enhanced discovery features for spotlighting artists and trending content.
New GAP Season 10 integration launches with tiered rewards in $YGG tokens and points for platform engagement and listening streaks.
New partnership with Cointelegraph launches theme song contest for Chain Reaction show, deadline July 1.
Weekly bracket-style music competition offers $15k in prizes with professional feedback
New agency initiative launches to develop open-source products and onboard major artists through SDK integration.
New reward program offers 10 $AUDIO tokens for comments pinned by verified artists.
Earn 1,000 $AUDIO tokens through verified artist remix co-signs.
Weekly rewards program offers 1,000 $AUDIO tokens for remix co-signs from verified artists.
New reward program offers 100 $AUDIO tokens for qualifying tastemakers in Week 7 challenge.