Crowdfunding for
musicians
on decentralized infrastructure
We've created a two way conduit for music lovers to support their favorite musicians and for musicians to give back to their fans.
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Simply Simple
This ain't your grand daddy's NFT project. No need to develop a collection of artwork. No need to predefine a limited amount of mintable tokens. Just deploy your smart contract, create your first FanPin, and tell the world that you're doing things a little differently.
The Protocol
Step-by-Step Guide to understanding the FanSociety protocol
FanSociety is a simple protocol and our goal is to get Artists started with the least amount of friction. Deploy your very own ERC-1155 smart contract by signing a transaction with your wallet. That's it — you're now the proud owner of a smart contract to manage your community.
FanSociety is a simple protocol and our goal is to get Artists started with the least amount of friction. Deploy your very own ERC-1155 smart contract by signing a transaction with your wallet. That's it — you're now the proud owner of a smart contract to manage your community.
FanSociety is a donation platfom. A FanPin is a proof of donation. Under the hood, they're ERC-1155 tokens. FanPins are a kind of hybrid between NFTs and ERC-20 tokens; they can have an image represent the token like an NFT, and they can be fungible in the sense that there are more than one of any particular FanPin token. Here's what sets FanSociety apart. This allows Fans to be identified in cohorts or generations of fans. Earlier Fans are more valued than later arriving fans; and Artists can choose how to give back to their community in a very fine grained way, or a very broad way - that's how we think things should work anyways.
FanSociety is a donation platfom. A FanPin is a proof of donation. Under the hood, they're ERC-1155 tokens. FanPins are a kind of hybrid between NFTs and ERC-20 tokens; they can have an image represent the token like an NFT, and they can be fungible in the sense that there are more than one of any particular FanPin token. Here's what sets FanSociety apart. This allows Fans to be identified in cohorts or generations of fans. Earlier Fans are more valued than later arriving fans; and Artists can choose how to give back to their community in a very fine grained way, or a very broad way - that's how we think things should work anyways.
Creating a FanPin is easy; provide both an image to represent the FanPin, and the minimum required donation amount in the native token and stablecoin. Images and token metadata are hosted on IPFS, the Artist will sign a transaction to create a token within their smart contract. Any Fan that now wants to support the Artist can donate and will mint the active FanPin as proof of supporting the Artist. This timestamps when a fan discovered the artist and creates a link between fan and artist. At any time, the Artist can create a new FanPin 'generation' by following the previous steps. When a new FanPin 'generation' is created, the previous FanPin will no longer be active and Fans will now receive the new FanPin as proof of support. In this way, the Artist can use a single smart contract for their entire career, creating a public record of all of their supporters. A FanSociety smart contract is a 'living' contract that needs to be managed with care in order to foster a healthy functioning community. In other words, we're providing the protocol, but it's up to the Artists and Fans to make this thing work.
Creating a FanPin is easy; provide both an image to represent the FanPin, and the minimum required donation amount in the native token and stablecoin. Images and token metadata are hosted on IPFS, the Artist will sign a transaction to create a token within their smart contract. Any Fan that now wants to support the Artist can donate and will mint the active FanPin as proof of supporting the Artist. This timestamps when a fan discovered the artist and creates a link between fan and artist. At any time, the Artist can create a new FanPin 'generation' by following the previous steps. When a new FanPin 'generation' is created, the previous FanPin will no longer be active and Fans will now receive the new FanPin as proof of support. In this way, the Artist can use a single smart contract for their entire career, creating a public record of all of their supporters. A FanSociety smart contract is a 'living' contract that needs to be managed with care in order to foster a healthy functioning community. In other words, we're providing the protocol, but it's up to the Artists and Fans to make this thing work.
FanSociety is designed as a two way conduit to foster the 'giving economy'. Artists now have a decentralized database of Fans and have the ability to give back in (mostly) any way they want. Artists could give away merch, such as t-shirts or limited edition vinyl, or even tickets to shows. On-chain raffles are also possible with on-chain verified randomness. It's up to each Artist to decide what, who, and when to give back to not just say 'Thank You for your support', but to actually show it. Keep in mind, Artists never promise any sort of reward for a Fan's donation; there is no sense of a 'return on investment' because FanSociety is an entirely donation based protocol. Give happily.
FanSociety is designed as a two way conduit to foster the 'giving economy'. Artists now have a decentralized database of Fans and have the ability to give back in (mostly) any way they want. Artists could give away merch, such as t-shirts or limited edition vinyl, or even tickets to shows. On-chain raffles are also possible with on-chain verified randomness. It's up to each Artist to decide what, who, and when to give back to not just say 'Thank You for your support', but to actually show it. Keep in mind, Artists never promise any sort of reward for a Fan's donation; there is no sense of a 'return on investment' because FanSociety is an entirely donation based protocol. Give happily.
Team
Meet the team behind FanSociety
Musician, developer, dreamer.
