With the release of the new Gala Film Whitepaper, weâre unveiling the transformative vision and innovative technology powering Gala Film. With more detailed plans than the previous Litepaper, this document offers an in-depth look at the platformâs economy, the $FILM token, and how weâre decentralizing the filmmaking industry to empower creators and fans like never before.
Following December 5thâs successful $FILMToken Generation Event (TGE), letâs dive into the key highlights of the Whitepaper and how Gala Film is rewriting the cinema script for the web3 era.
Gala Film is more than an ad-free film streaming platform; itâs a movement to decentralize and democratize the entertainment industry. With the web3 power of GalaChain as its engine and our native $FILM token as its fuel, Gala Film will virtually eliminate the gatekeepers of traditional filmmaking, empowering creators with control over their content and fans with opportunities to participate while collecting rewards.
Gala Filmâs mission is built on three core principles:
Decentralization: Using Theater Nodes to create a resilient and secure ecosystem, Gala Film is removing single points of failure for a film world free from centralized servers and corporate control.
Community Ownership: Film is meant to be experienced, and a community-centered approach allows Gala Film users to go deeper into the content they love. From owning digital collectibles to influencing platform governance, audiences will always play a vital role in the future of Gala Film.
Fair Rewards: Both creators and participants are rewarded transparently, fostering a sustainable and equitable entertainment ecosystem driven by the cutting edge capabilities of the latest web3 technology.
Key Highlights from the Whitepaper
The Whitepaper outlines the architecture, tokenomics and vision for Gala Film. Here are some of its most exciting elements:
The $FILM Token
At the heart of Gala Film is $FILM, the utility token driving the ecosystem. Hereâs how it works:
Utility: $FILM facilitates all transactions and access to exclusive content.
Rewards: Fans can get $FILM by watching films, hosting Theater Nodes or supporting the platform through ecosystem-building activities.
Governance: Token holders will have a voice in shaping the platformâs future through decentralized governance mechanisms.
Decentralized Content Delivery
Gala Filmâs Decentralized Content Delivery Network (DCDN) powered by Theater Nodes to ensure that content is available exactly when and where it is needed.
Decentralized Storage: Instead of being housed in giant centralized server warehouses, content is distributed, stored and streamed across a network of community-run nodes, ensuring reliability and scalability on a level that cannot be matched by more traditional centralized systems.
$FILM Rewards: Node operators collect $FILM rewards for contributing computing power and bandwidth to the ecosystem, similarly to how GalaChain Founderâs Node operators collect $GALA rewards for powering GalaChain.
NFT Moments and Rewards
Gala Film introduces gamified engagement with NFT Moments, the most accessible and simple method of supporting content for regular $FILM rewards.
Collecting Moments: Moments are collectible digital assets (NFTs) tied to specific films and series. They can be transferred or exchanged on secondary GalaChain markets like NFT Harbor.
Collecting $FILM Rewards: Moment owners receive daily $FILM rewards based on the popularity of the associated content, with a total of 15% of initial $FILM allocation for Moment owners.
Governance and Decentralization
The long-term vision of Gala Film is full decentralization that will open important platform decisions to members of the community, particularly Theater Node operators.
Community Governance: Theater Node operators and $FILM holders will vote on key platform decisions, from content guidelines to reward structures.
Join the Gala Film Revolution
The Gala Film Whitepaper is an invitation to be part of a decentralized cinematic future. Now is the time to join the movement and help redefine how films are made and experienced.
Together, weâll create a people-powered entertainment ecosystem that puts creators and fans in control.
The film industry stands at a technological crossroads, its potential shackled by outdated distribution systems and centralized control.
Gala Film is leading a cinematic revolution, leveraging blockchain technology and decentralized infrastructure to dismantle these barriers. As we approach the December 5th Token Generation Event (TGE) for $FILM, letâs explore how Gala Filmâs Decentralized Content Delivery Network (DCDN), powered by Theater Nodes, addresses longstanding inefficiencies in the entertainment world and empowers creators and viewers alike.
So Whatâs Wrong with Traditional Content Delivery?
In traditional film and streaming systems, centralized servers are the gatekeepers of content. This model is not without its flaws:
Single Points of Failure: Centralized servers are vulnerable to outages, cyberattacks and bandwidth limitations, which can disrupt content access on a global scale, leading to a poor user experience.
High Distribution Costs: Content creators face exorbitant fees from middlemen who control the dissemination of their work, reducing the share of profits for filmmakers and often negatively impacting creativity.
Lack of Audience Engagement: Viewers often play a passive role, disconnected from the creative process or financial success of the films they love.
Inefficiencies like these ultimately stifle innovation, leaving creators dependent on platforms that prioritize profit over artistic freedom and user experience. As you can imagine, a system like this leads to a grayscale world of creativity, but we want to empower filmmakers to create in vibrant and vivid full color.
Decentralized Content Delivery is Here
Gala Filmâs DCDN offers a transformative alternative, changing the way that content is both managed and consumed through the power of GalaChain.
Resilience and Scalability: Content is stored and distributed across a decentralized network (Gala Film Theater Nodes), virtually eliminating single points of failure. Each node contributes bandwidth and computing power, ensuring uninterrupted streaming experiences globallyââ and rewarding community operators for their contributions.
Empowering Creators: By removing intermediaries, filmmakers can distribute their content directly to audiences, retaining creative control and earning a fairer share of revenuesââ in the long run. Without middlemen whose concerns are exclusively profit oriented, filmmakers will have the freedom to creatively thrive as their visions come to life.
Community-Driven Engagement: Viewers can operate Theater Nodes to collect $FILM rewards while participating in the ecosystem. This involvement has the potential to turn audiences into stakeholders, deepening their connection to the contentââ and giving them an active interest in its success on the platform.
The Role of Theater Nodes in Gala Filmâs Ecosystem
Theater Nodes are the backbone of Gala Filmâs decentralized infrastructure, just like GalaChain Founderâs Nodes are the backbone of the greater GalaChain ecosystem. These specialized nodes:
Host and Stream Content: Instead of relying on centralized servers, content is stored in shards across multiple nodes and delivered directly to consumers exactly when it is needed. This ensures efficient and secure content delivery.
Reward Contributors: Node operators collect $FILM tokens in exchange for their contributions, incentivizing network growth and a sustainable economy.
Support Decentralized Governance: Operators will ultimately participate in platform governance, voting on technical standards, fee structures, ecosystem improvements and moreââ.
Redefining Entertainment with Decentralization
Gala Filmâs decentralized model offers solutions with the potential to redefine the entire entertainment landscape:
Democratizing Content Creation: Filmmakers will have the ability to seek community funding for their projects directly through $FILM-based initiatives like Gala Filmâs Pitches, allowing creators to bypass traditional funding barriersââ, which stand in the way of aspiring filmmakers all too often.
Ownership and Rewards: Fans can own NFT Momentsâdigital collectibles tied to their favorite filmsâthat yield rewards based on the success of those productions, creating a shared stake in the contentâs impactââ.
Global Accessibility: By decentralizing storage and distribution, Gala Film ensures that audiences worldwide can access content without regional restrictions or interruptions.
A Vision for the Future
With its DCDN, Gala Film embodies the principles of Web3âdecentralization, transparency and community ownership.
As the Gala Film platform grows, its commitment to empowering creators and audiences will drive the democratization of cinema. The December 5th TGE marks a pivotal moment in this journey, issuing $FILM for all previously held POPCORN! And POPCORN Bucket rewards, inviting everyone to be a part of this revolution.
Join us as we redefine cinema for the digital age. Host a Theater Node, collect NFT Moments, and participate in shaping a decentralized future where every view and every voice matters. Together, weâll create a resilient, people-powered entertainment ecosystem where creativity knows no bounds.
Ready to dive in? Visit Gala Film to learn more and start your journey in the next era of entertainment.
Very soon, an updated Gala Film Whitepaper will be released with the latest details about the $FILM TGE, platform tokenomics and more. Stay tuned for this new Whitepaper release before the December 5th TGE.
At GalaChain, we have always believed in fostering trust and fairness at every level. As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency, weâre thrilled to unveil our vision for the Epic $GALA Sweepstakes.
This is much more than the most exciting new way to earn $GALA; itâs a crucial step in our ecosystemâs journey toward a fully transparent and verifiable random number generation (RNG) process, built on GalaChain and powered by Gala Games Founderâs Nodes.
The First Few Drawings
To kick off the Epic $GALA Sweepstakes, the initial draws will use a 32-byte seed generation process to ensure fairness and accuracy.
Hereâs how it works:
Seed Generation Before Entries Open: Before any entries are accepted, a 32-byte seed will be randomly generated.
Verification: Using both the hashed and unhashed seed, users can validate that the seed and hash match, using the code included below. This will allow users to generate the winning numbers themselves, compare them with the official results, and confirm that the numbers were predetermined and not altered after entries were accepted.
Verify Code đ
import Provable from 'provable';
import crypto from 'crypto';
const seedHash = process.argv[2];
const seed = process.argv[3];
if (!seedHash || !seed) {
console.log(`Usage: ${process.argv[0]} ${process.argv[1]} <seedHash> <seed>`);
}
function verifyHash(seedHash, seed) {
const hash = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(seed).digest('hex');
if (hash === seedHash) {
console.log('Seed and seed hash match');
} else {
throw new Error('Seed and seed hash do not match');
}
}
function calculateWinningNumbers(seed) {
function getUniqueOutputs(numOutputs, generator) {
const outputsSet = new Set();
while (outputsSet.size < numOutputs) {
const next = generator();
outputsSet.add(next);
}
return Array.from(outputsSet);
}
const winningNumberGenerator = Provable({
count: 100,
seed,
});
const winningNumbers = getUniqueOutputs(8, () => {
const hash = winningNumberGenerator.next();
return (Provable.toInt(hash) % 99) + 1;
}).sort((a, b) => a - b);
console.log('The winning numbers are', winningNumbers);
}
verifyHash(seedHash, seed);
calculateWinningNumbers(seed);
This approach ensures that the first few drawings are transparent, traceable and verifiable, setting the stage for a more advanced decentralized random number generator (RNG) that will be usable by creators throughout the growing GalaChain ecosystem.
The Goal: A Transparent Random Number Generator
Over the coming Sweepstakes drawings, we will roll out a revolutionary random number generator (RNG) powered by Galaâs 25,000 Founder’s Nodes and built on the robust infrastructure of GalaChain. This innovative system will transform how winners are selected, creating a process thatâs not only fair but also fully verifiable by anyone in the community.
Hereâs how it will work:
Generation of a Secret Hash: The process begins with the creation of a secret hash. This hash acts as the starting point for a decentralized, transparent chain of events.
Conversations Between Nodes: The hash is passed through a chain of randomly selected Founder’s Nodes. These nodes communicate with one another, building a trail thatâs visible and traceable on GalaChain.
Combining Founderâs Node Addresses: The addresses of all participating nodes are combined to produce a single unique hash.
Determining the Winning Number: This final hash is then used to determine a number between 1 and 100, which corresponds to the drawn number. In each Epic $GALA Sweepstakes drawing, 8 unique numbers are determined.
Why This Matters
With this system, every step of the draw process will be:
Decentralized, with no single entity controlling the outcome.
Transparent, where the chain of node interactions is open to verification by anyone.
Traceable, with every drawing able to be tracked back through GalaChain, ensuring complete fairness and accountability.
Looking Ahead
The path to transparency is a journey, and weâre excited to take it with you. While we will endeavor to provide what transparency we can in the first few draws, the rollout of our decentralized RNG will mark a significant milestone for not only the weekly Epic GALA Sweepstakesâbut for the GalaChain ecosystem as a whole.
Stay tuned as we continue to innovate, delivering fairness and transparency in ways only GalaChain can.
Bitcoin is the gold standard of blockchain, right? Not exactly. While Bitcoin may be the gold standard of cryptocurrency (Or the block standard of gold? đ¤¨), its blockchain is actually quite limited in terms of real web3 application.
The BTC blockchain writes data to the ledger. You can reference that immutable data from existing blocks, but itâs just data. Programmable and adaptable code executing from blocks isn’t what it was made for. Though solutions have been created to execute script on BTCâs chain, itâs designed to be a one-way, immutable message.
This is fine for a blockchain like the one used for Bitcoin. After all, its main purpose is to process and verify Bitcoin transactions. If you want to do more with a blockchain, however, you need to create more adaptable infrastructure.
Adaptable Systems
Ethereum solved a lot of the above problem. Using Ethereum, developers can write smart contracts and deploy them to the chain. These are then living pieces of code waiting to serve a function on the chain. Unlike with Bitcoinâs chain, they can be written into the blocks that make up the chain.
The difference between making blocks on the BTC chain and Ethereum is like going from building with a standard jigsaw puzzle to an erector set. The blocks on the chain donât just come together to build a ledger, they can connect to dApps in all sorts of ways!
This gives blockchain developers a way to build applications and services on the blockchain. Since they are written onto the blocks themselves, it necessarily means that all these smart contracts are open source and readily reviewable by anyone who wants to use them⌠or even build more functionality on top of them.
Ethereum and other chains like it opened up the floodgates. They create the possibility of a chain thatâs not only immutable, but highly interactable. Developers can access a large supply of functionality across chains and use it to build even better tools and resources.
Chains like Ethereum created the possibility of a decentralized internet â a digital system in which functionality is built on immutable and public blocks. Execution of tasks through smart contracts gives the framework to build complex interactions, all through the blockchain.
Privacy and Blockchain
Ethereum has its own limitations, however. On a chain like Ethereum, the ledger is necessarily public. This is amazing for open source development, but what happens when some data needs to stay private? This is a fundamentally limiting factor of chains like Ethereum, as digital activities across our society regularly require the use of privileged data or personal information.
Ethereum development is great for open source software, public tools and independent, collaborative development⌠but where does a corporation go if they want to build on-chain while protecting user data and proprietary information? Thereâs nowhere to hide in Ethereumâs blocks.
This is where we come to the idea of a private blockchain. While a blockchain must have a public ledger that can be verified, that ledger doesnât always need to hold all the information in a transaction. With the basic ideas of encryption, we can create systems where the publicly available information on visible blocks can be easily used to verify history and transactions without the need for sensitive information to broadcast in public.
This all brings us finally to Hyperledger Fabric. Hyperledger Fabric isnât a blockchain in and of itself, but is rather a framework on which a custom blockchain can be built.
Hyperledger Fabric enables the creation of a type of subnet on the blockchain â channels. Each channel has pluggable consensus and ordering, which means that channel creators can determine many more aspects of their environment than other channels.
If an enterprise wants to create an internal, centralized channel with permissioned access to transactions and private data masked on the ledger, they could do that just as easily as a channel creator could create a fully open source channel with democratic consensus.
Channels are GalaChain, but theyâre also separate instances running underneath it.
Think of it like a train running along a track. Each individual car is heading the same direction with the same velocity, but each can serve a totally different purpose. The design of the club car is vastly different from that of a flat car.
When youâre on or in any individual car, youâre definitely still âon the trainâ. The environment around you, however, depends on which car you’re in.Â
Each channel functions underneath GalaChain, with their own separate ledger. While they are still GalaChain, they can function independently of each other.
Next Generation Blockchain
We didnât whip GalaChain as a proof of concept. If you remember back to the early days of GalaChain, we were demoing a live game at first preview because we wanted to show how we were building something that could do more. We didnât make it this way because it was easy, we set out to create a blockchain that could facilitate real-world business, entertainment and, most importantly, adoption.
Web3 has moved beyond thought experiments and idealistic demonstrations with limited utility. GalaChain is customizable and adaptable to everyday applications. Itâs easy for developers to use and doesnât require that they problem solve to account for the rigid rules of the network.
Weâre not talking about âthe futureâ anymore. GalaChain is a tool that is useful for projects and organizations of all types now.
In our next edition, weâll dive into specifics about how GalaChain works in a more technical sense. Weâll look at how permissions and ordering work on GalaChain, specifically in the context of multiple channels.
We know thereâs a lot to cover on GalaChain. In this series, weâre trying to walk someone with a basic technical understanding through the fundamentals of GalaChain. If, however, weâve sufficiently stoked your curiosity and you just need to know more, check out GalaChainâs documentation today!
Weâll see you next time for more Understanding GalaChain!
How many of you have a file cabinet sitting around for records? Do you find it useful⌠or is keeping all those physical records more of a hindrance than a help?
Blockchain technology has the potential to totally rethink the way we interact with records. Bear with us for a minute here⌠weâre going to walk you through the riveting history of the file cabinet, and why decentralization is the answer to a problem you didnât know we had.
From Revolution to Necessity
There was a time when filing cabinets were cutting edge technology. In the late 1890s, the filing cabinet came onto the scene and gained popularity quickly. When you think back to the organizational tools available at the time, itâs not really surprising.
Before the filing cabinet, if you wanted to store and retrieve vital information, you probably kept it in a cellar, safe or ledger. Thatâs all well and good⌠but what if you have A LOT of information?
As business and formal, modern economic systems began to gain steam in the world, it was more and more necessary to have easy access to information and records. For businesses, theyâd need to keep customer records for growing regulatory forces and to understand a wider business scope than was previously possible. The advent of mail and telegraph communication brought more remote transactions, making complex balance sheets and receipts. As ownership systems became more formalized, youâd need to prove that you owned things more than with a single deed that entitled you to your whole estate!
So⌠file cabinets changed the world. Think of doctors, clerks, librarians, museum curators, lawyers â these people had tons of records. Their ability to access them quickly was directly related to their ability to accomplish more.
Fast forward 40 or 50 years after the second world war. A middle class is emerging as a majority of most 1st world countries, and they have an increasing amount of paper records. Printing developments made it easier for written documents and records to be provided to them, and they crammed them full of house deeds, wills, bank statements, voided checks, medical records, birthday cards⌠the list goes on.
See how fun it was to search for records in bound volumes before file cabinets with this list of 1700s birth records digitized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania!
That file cabinet that was such a boon to business soon became something that every person who had any sort of financial footprint needed to have in their house. The information in it wasnât all vital, but there was stuff in there that could mean serious harm if they lost it⌠so file cabinets stayed important.
Into the Digital Background
File sharing, cloud storage and insanely cheap (relative to yesteryear) external storage abound today. Most people, however, still have that file cabinet in their house. That file cabinet may not be the shining example of technological progress anymore, but it still holds incredibly valuable documents.
Anyone who owns a house knows that thereâs that packet you got at closing. We wonât blame you for not knowing what all is in there⌠but we all know that we need to keep it handy. Same with your car â your title is your certified proof of ownership. If you lose that, youâll need a new one before you can register or insure your vehicle. Tax records have to be kept for years in case of an audit â business records even longer!
I open this file cabinet exactly 1 time a year. Please, find me a better way.
âWait a minute ââ you may be saying, âSome of those things arenât paper anymore where I live!â. Youâd be correct. In fact, most of those things will likely be transitioning away from paper records very soon. With it, your file cabinet will likely get a lot more roomy on the inside. This can make you feel like that big ugly piece of furniture is a waste of space, but also that the standardized and safe place that youâve put your records your whole life is gone. Whatever will you do!?
The Future of Vital Storage
The file cabinet didnât just give us a way to organize and retrieve information for over 100 years. It also gave us an absolutely essential way to keep records safe. File cabinets were a place to keep our sensitive information, usually behind lock and key in an office or our home. Newer file cabinets are even fire resistant to protect your records in the event of a disaster. So what happens with all our digital records in the event of an equivalent digital disaster?
Traditionally cloud storage just doesnât cut it for sensitive records. Do you know what this year is? The worst year ever for cybercrime. Do you know what last year was? Also the worst year ever for cybercrime. And it goes on like that, back to when cybercrime became a thing. Do you really want your tax records or financial documents on a cloud service thatâs only as secure as its practices?
Now itâs blockchainâs time to shine. Blockchains are essentially decentralized databases. Databases are the digital equivalent of a file cabinet in terms of organization, recall and storage. Like with file cabinets, information on a database can be tagged, grouped and referenced easily. Blockchain, however, brings new advantages that traditional databases do not.
A blockchain is decentralized. On most chains, thereâs no central authority that you have to rely on to ensure security or access. The chain can be accessed without a centralized portal and validation occurs by consensus between users, meaning no one has to direct the blockchain per se, it just keeps functioning off of the established logic and the consensus of its users.
Blockchains are also secure, while still having public transparency. You could, for example, use a blockchain file system to prove that you have had a certain document in your possession for a given period of time without having to unmask what the contents of that document are. The blockchain itself can serve as proof of when and how files are changed without actually giving away what those changes entail unless you have the document in hand to reference. In short, a blockchain can provide the same chain of ownership that physically possessing a document provides, while also creating a digital paper trail that proves possession and history as long as the document has been on the blockchain.
Mundane… but Massively Important
This may seem like small potatoes⌠but technological advancements sometimes feel that way until you think about all of their ramifications. There are hundreds of thousands of hours wasted in courts around the world every year to determine the validity of documents or to verify chain of custody. With a blockchain there wouldnât be any reason to argue⌠all the data is there on the chain forever!
Again, itâs hard to say that this is the most glamorous or exciting use of blockchain technology⌠but itâs pretty dang useful. How we store and maintain necessary documents is ripe for disruption, and we do need a way thatâs more suited to our modern situation.
Weâve all had all sorts of ideas for how blockchains could change the world. This one may not make headlines, but itâs important. The biggest changes donât always seem like big changes until they totally alter the way we do business and approach life.
The future is bright⌠and maybe it involves getting that ugly file cabinet out of your house and office sooner rather than later.
