BeFreeWeb
Own your network.
Power back to the people.
BeFree is a community-owned, decentralised network for everyone: communities, creators, brands and IPs. Own your network, your identity, your data and your revenue.
We brought India online once, on Facebook and YouTube. Now we're bringing it home.
BeFree didn't start at a hackathon. It started with India's first online audiences, and it was born inside the Ethereum community.
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2005 – 2026
Business of Cinema
Two decades at the heart of Indian entertainment. Business of Cinema has marketed 300+ films, plus music albums and brands, and built the country's first online fan communities. The same team, the same network, all the way to BeFree.
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2009 – 2012
Facebook & YouTubeThe mass migration online
In Facebook and YouTube's early days in India, Business of Cinema brought celebrities, brands, movies and studios onto the platforms and drove the mass migration. India's first live stream with a celebrity, then live streams with Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Adnan Sami.
Aamir KhanFirst live video chat on Facebook · Dec 2009
Shah Rukh KhanMy Name Is Khan premiere webcast · 2010
Adnan SamiLive on Facebook · Jan 2011
Aamir KhanHis Facebook page hits 2 million fans
Neil Nitin MukeshLive on the go
Salman KhanSings Main Hoon Hero Tera live
Built by Business of CinemaWe started their pages. We took them live.
Official YouTube and Facebook pages set up and run by BOC, from the first upload to the first live stream.
Aamir KhanPages · Live streams▶ Watch
Shah Rukh KhanPages · Live streams▶ Watch
SKSalman KhanPages · Live streams▶ Watch
Adnan SamiPages · Live streams▶ Watch
NNNeil Nitin MukeshPages · Live streams▶ Watch
Sameera ReddyPages · Live streams+ many more actors, films and studios. From 2009 to 2012, we mass-migrated Indian fans to YouTube and Facebook.
YouTube partner network · 30+ channels · 9.9B+ engaged views · 42.7M+ subscribers
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May 2018 · Ljubljana
Ethereum Swarm SummitBeFree is born
Anand Jaisingh, founder of Business of Cinema, Taylor Gerring, Ethereum co-founder, and Dr. Daniel Nagy, founding father of Ethereum Swarm, together with the Ethereum Swarm community, come together to form BeFree. The lesson becomes a protocol: the people who build a network should own it.
AJAnand JaisinghFounder, Business of Cinema
Taylor GerringCo-founder, Ethereum
Dr. Daniel NagyFounding father, Ethereum SwarmLjubljana 2018The Ethereum Swarm community Ljubljana 2018At the Swarm Summit More from this event▶ Eric Tang · Livepeer decentralized video transcoding -
Nov 2018 · Prague
Devcon4▶ YouTube Devcon4 · Prague 2018First BeFree social network demoFirst live on stage
The first BeFree prototype: a demo of social on Ethereum Swarm, showcased at Devcon4 in Prague (Oct 30 – Nov 2, 2018) by Taylor, Anand and Daniel.
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May 2019 · Madrid
Swarm Orange Summit▶ YouTube Swarm Orange Summit · Madrid 2019BeFree social network prototype 2Prototype 2
The second BeFree social network prototype and the BeFree invite system, shown at the Swarm Orange Summit in Madrid (May 23–25, 2019).
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2022 · Ibiza
BeFree goes global
The Ethereum Swarm team and the BeFree team meet in Ibiza and connect with the community there. Golshifteh Farahani joins as BeFree's global brand ambassador, taking the network beyond India.
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Now
BeFree is the network where the community owns the platform, and everyone owns their own network: communities, creators, brands and IPs.
Your people connect and pay you directly, via UPI, card or crypto. Your content lives on decentralised infrastructure. Your identity is verified on Ethereum. Nobody can ban you, throttle you, or take your community away.
Your identity
A verified on-chain identity. Portable, impossible to fake, impossible to delete.
Your data
Stored on decentralised, encrypted infrastructure. Never sold behind your back.
Your network
Your members, fans and customers are a portable asset. Export them anytime. The relationship is yours.
Your revenue
Every subscription, ticket, collectible and sponsorship flows to you directly. No platform skimming, no thresholds, no holds.
Before anyone talked about owning networks, we helped build them. Business of Cinema brought India's audiences onto the platforms. BeFree brings them home, to networks they own.
Not a company you trust. A network you own.
EthereumEthereum
Identity, creator tokens, revenue splits and governance run on transparent smart contracts. Owned by the community.
LivepeerLivepeer
Video is streamed by thousands of independent nodes. No single party can censor or demonetise you.
IPFSIPFS
Every post, track and file gets a permanent content address. It can't be quietly swapped or deleted.
PrivyPrivy
A real wallet for everyone, no seed phrases. Export to MetaMask or any wallet, anytime.
Everyone builds a network. Now everyone owns one.
BeFree isn't only for creators and fans. Any group of people who gather around something they care about can own the network they build.
Communities
Clubs, collectives, DAOs and fan groups. Own your members, run your own economy, govern together.
Creators
Artists, actors, athletes and influencers. Your audience, your content, your income, on your terms.
Brands
Reach people directly and transparently. Build a customer network you own instead of renting attention.
IPs & franchises
Films, shows, music catalogues and sports. Turn a fanbase into a community that shares in the story.
Sports
Teams, leagues and athletes. Turn supporters into members who share in every season.
You
Everyone else. Own your identity, your data and your connections, and earn from what you bring.
Be free.
Join the communities, creators, brands and IPs building a network everyone owns. No landlords. No middlemen.