Odysee

Odysee is a video-sharing website and app launched in late 2020 by the team behind LBRY, a blockchain-based protocol for publishing and paying for digital content. It offered creators a familiar interface for uploading and watching videos while recording publication data on the LBRY blockchain and allowing tips and rewards in LBRY Credits (LBC). The platform marketed itself on censorship resistance and attracted creators who had left or been removed from larger services, which also drew criticism over the content it hosted. LBRY's model came under legal pressure when the US Securities and Exchange Commission sued the company; in 2022 a federal court ruled that LBRY had offered LBC as an unregistered security, and LBRY later said it would wind down. Odysee continued to operate as a separate business. It is an example of the attempt to build a creator economy on Web3 foundations.