At UFOstart we focus on marketing for a decentralized world. In order to stay up-to-date on cutting edge technology and the blockchain marketing industry, we constantly research and analyze blockchain projects worldwide. This is an ever-evolving landscape and we are excited to share it with you. Check out the projects below and let us know what we're missing!
Leadcoin is a decentralized lead sharing network, Participants can earn LDC tokens by sharing their data with interested businesses on LeadCoin's Lead Sharing Network. *Founded: 2017*
AdHive is an advertising platform where users purchase and hold ADH tokens. Participants receive a token reward in exchange for placing ads on videos, providing native advertising assessments, and completing surveys. *Founded: 2017*
Plentix is a decentralized referral / reward platform based on blockchain, which connects and rewards participating users quickly and efficiently. *Founded: 2017*
Fanfare is a video-sharing app for fans to connect with brands, through videos, games and rewards.
Kin is used to generate value through a shared, decentralized cryptocurrency in a digital ecosystem of apps and their users. Kin is designed to enable developers of apps (like kik for example) to monetize differently instead of using traditional ads. *Founded: 2017*
2key tracks links and conversions with smart contracts over the information flow from sender to receiver. In case a referral link results in a conversion, the referrer receives a reward. *Founded: 2017*
The BLOCKv platform enables the creation of Vatoms, a new digital asset class that bridges the gap between physical and digital worlds. Vatoms are dynamic, digital objects, that connect brands and customers, artists and fans, citizens and governments, etc. Designed for discovery, a Vatom can be dropped onto a map, captured in augmented reality, moved into virtual reality, transferred and stored.
Papyrus is an open source public blockchain network compatible with Ethereum ecosystem, utilizing Proof-of-Authority (PoA) consensus mechanism coupled with 'separation of powers' governance approach to improve network performance and reliability.
Noiz is an AI + blockchain communication platform that allows brands and consumers to chat with one another directly in online ads, messaging apps and the NOIZ app. *Founded: 2017*
Swash is a browser extension that captures, anonymizes and sells ones data on a decentralized marketplace, while controlling what one wants to share.
ClearCoin's is a smart contract based advertising and media buying technology offering. ClearCoin (XCLR) is a utility token built on the Ethereum technology used for the ad tech product. *Founded: 2017*
Kind Ads is an advertising platform aiming to serve user-friendly ads through email and push notifications. *Founded: 2017*
Bigbom is a smart virtual ad assistant born from AI tech. As an advertising ecosystem, it aims to use smart contracts to optimize campaigns.
DATx is a blockchain-based digital advertising project. Advertisers will be able to pay for marketing services with the DATx cryptocurrency token, while consumers will be able to earn within the DATx chain by opting in. *Founded: 2018*
The MAD Network is a distributed ad tech ecosystem designed to minimize the role of intermediaries and return lost value to advertisers and publishers. *Founded: 2017*
Full Stack Programmatic Advertising At Scale. DSP, SSP, DMP, Blockchain Ad Buying platform, Quantum Analytics, and White Label Solutions for scaling businesses forward. *Founded: 2013*
This platform uses blockchain technology to connect publishers and advertisers for making direct deals. Adshares is an open ecosystem that allows anyone to start offering ad-related services in a fair and transparent marketplace. *Founded: 2017*
**Index Exchange** is a global advertising marketplace where premium digital media companies transact their ad impressions with accountability and in real-time. The offerings include buy- and sell-side auditing tools, including changes in the auction process to make sure buyers don’t overspend.
RefToken is a decentralized affiliate marketing platform on the Ethereum blockchain. *Founded: 2017*
**Vene** is a set of customer centric ad-tech marketing tools. **SaaS performance marketing** and compliance tool. Vene dash allows you to track, manage, analyze and optimize the results of affiliate business. Vene Overwatch is a tool to identify and protect against fraud protection. *Founded: 2017*
Minds is a free & open source social network dedicated to privacy and freedom. *Founded: 2011*
Decentralized communication platform on Blockstack. Encrypted messaging. *Founded: 2014*
*APPICS* is a *reward-based* social media application that enables all users to earn a fair share of the overall revenue, as well as creative influence within the network, through a *cryptocurrency* reward-token.
Voice is a blockchain-powered social network that rewires the formula in users’ favor cutting out the opaque one-sided data auctioneering, eliminating the hidden algorithms, and cycling value back into users’ hands in the form of the Voice Token. Voice Tokens are earned by being you, and expressing your voice; they possess the utility of attention, and can be used to elevate content in different ways throughout the ecosystem. In other words, we believe Voice is social as it should be where what’s good for the platform is also good for you.
The leading Crypto advertising network offering the most innovative advertising and monetization solutions for Advertisers and Publishers worldwide since 2014.
AffiliateCoin is a powerful online advertising platform built on the blockchain to remove middlemen and dramatically reduce the $50 billion problem of ad fraud using advanced AI technology.
Ubex will be an advertising platfrom including a trading desk, DSP, SSP, DMP and a exchange.
A revolutionary ad platform with total transparency of payments between advertisers and publishers, powered by blockchain technology.
DLive is the first **live streaming** and **video** community on the blockchain for you to share original content, and earn feeless rewards. Live Streaming on Lino **Blockchain**. *Founded: 2018*
Sapien is a decentralized **social news platform** like Reddit built for user privacy and customizability. A transparent and highly customizable, encrypted **web3** application focused on protecting user data. *Founded: 2017*
Cent the income-generating **social network**, wants to enabling anyone to earn money by sharing their wisdom and creativity. Built on Ethereum and a feels like **Facebook** a little bit ;-) *Founded: 2017*
Mithril is a decentralized **social media platform** that rewards all content creators. Each user's content and social interactions generated in the Mithril ecosystem will mine MITH based on their algorithm. *Founded: 2018*
HOQU on EOS (blockchain version): The blockchain version is the 1st decentralized affiliate platform combining the performance-marketing model with blockchain smart contract technology. HOQU integrates advertisers, networks and affiliates into a single platform, significantly reducing the financial costs & increasing transparency for all market participants.
Basic Attention Token radically improves the efficiency of digital advertising by creating a new token that can be exchanged between publishers, advertisers, and users. It all happens on the Ethereum blockchain.
Status brings the power of **Ethereum** into your pocket by combining a **messenger**, crypto-wallet, and Web3 browser. Status strives to be a secure communication tool that upholds human rights. They enable community money, community law and through privacy, preserve culture. *Founded: 2017*
Peepeth is a social media platform like Twitter. Peepeth data is saved to the Ethereum blockchain. Blockchain data is open, decentralized, and immutable.
The AdEx platform is built on the Ethereum blockchain to connect publishers and advertisers without intermediaries on a decentralized ad exchange.
Steemit is a decentralized **social media platform** where everyone gets paid for creating and curating content. Steemit is one of the early blockchain projects and an alternative to **Reddit**. *Founded: 2016*
WOM is building a **blockchain-based Protocol** that gives brands, content creators, publishers, and social networks a way to monetize **word-of-mouth** recommendations on any app or platform. WOM Protocol gives **Influencer Marketing** a new way of trust. *Founded: 2018*
Subsocial is an open platform for decentralized **social networks** and marketplaces. Built with Substrate (Polkadot) and IPFS. Subsocial is one of the first 17 projects that have been carefully selected by Parity to participate in Substrate Builders Program. Subsocial is a recipient of the technical grant from Web3 Foundation.
Rally allows creators to form their own always-on digital economies centered on the value they create for their fans. Powered by digital assets on the blockchain, Rally offers additive creator monetization through deeper fan engagement and rewards.