Blockcast Network
  • Welcome to Blockcast Network
  • Intro
    • The Internet Capacity Crunch
  • Overview
    • What is Blockcast?
    • Mission And Values
    • How Blockcast Works
    • Ecosystem Roles
  • Getting Started
    • How Do I Participate in The Network
      • BEACON
        • Start Running your BEACON Today
        • BEACON Common Questions
      • RELAY
      • CAST
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  • Content Providers
  • Node Operator (That could be you!)
  • Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  • Broadcasters
  • End User

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  1. Overview

Ecosystem Roles

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Content Providers

These are content owners and developers of live streaming, over-the-top (OTT) media, and gaming platforms reaching a large number of clients. They pay for efficient, accelerated downloads and high bitrate streaming from their media origin to their end-user audience or device fleet.

Node Operator (That could be you!)

Node operators run cache servers as part of the Blockcast content delivery network. In return for providing resources like bandwidth and electricity, and for maintaining the node's uptime, they earn weekly rewards for serving content.

There are three distinct types of nodes in the Blockcast network:

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Transit and/or access network provider for node operators and end users. While this typically refers to major providers like Verizon or Comcast, there are also smaller Wireless ISPs (WISPs)—with over 3,000 in the United States alone.

ISPs can operate CDN nodes as part of the Blockcast Network. They benefit from:

  • Receiving revenue share as node operators

  • Reducing network congestion by running local caching facilities

  • Improving service quality for their users

Broadcasters

Broadcasters are satellite or TV broadcast spectrum holders who monetize their unused capacity through Blockcast’s marketplace to scale the delivery of popular content to mass audiences.

End users are the primary beneficiaries of the network. Participating content providers steer them transparently to the nearest RELAY node with no active participation needed from the user.

End User

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