Can you elaborate on the collaboration with AlchemyRPG? I was a very early adopter of AlchemyRPG and just backed Moonbeam and super curious how these two products will work together. Thanks!

I have a few times in the past tried being a creator with limited success. I have a small audience, mostly friends who are also creators. I always aim to be entertaining and foster a friendly community, even though I'm not the most skilled gamer. Would there be place for someone like me on Moonbeam?

So will this be a platform mainly for gaming? Or will this be flooded with Hot Tub and IRL streams?

Hey! Loved the livestream. I'd love some more info on realms overall. Some questions off the top of my head: Does everyone have a realm when they sign up? Can I create multiples as an individual creator? Can I join one without having my own? How do I find new realms to join? What does that interface look like? Is there some big first-mover advantage here? What stops realms from consolidating audiences to the point where the biggest ones have way better reach than others and hurt discoverability for smaller realms?

What are you guys planning to do ensure copyright protections to IP owners **and** creators, especially in the realm of music? The BBEG of nascent communities is the big suing hammer of Major Labels and Large copyright owners, and any user uploaded content space is in risk.

What are additional months of Moonbeam+ good for if you subscribe at lifetime? Are they giftable, completely useless, or am I misunderstanding something?

Where, if anywhere, do you draw the line? Is this a platform that will only allow women in bikinis in kiddie pools or is this a platform that will openly allow full hardcore sex? How will that work? How will you verify the ages of the streamers? How will you verify the age of consumers? Is that the responsibility of the realm, the platform or the individual streamer? What about clothed erotic content: Leather/latex streaming, foot fetish groups, kink education groups, LGBTQIA+ groups? Will locality information be able to be hidden? Will Realms be able to gatekeep by age of consumer? Thank you, I know this questions is long and involved however the internet has always been pushed by adult content and you can pretty much chart the success and the failure of platforms based on the answers to these questions.

As a European creator I'd love to use a platform like Moonbeam, but I've seen other platforms decide to lock out EU citizens rather than be in compliance with GDPR. Is Moonbeam planning to comply with EU regulations like GDPR, and will it be available for EU citizens?

After reading through everything I had a few questions re: the tech behind Moonbeam. I wasn't able to find anything on these within the text, but if I missed something I do apologize. Are you planning on using AWS IVS for livestreaming/video on demand, similar to other livestreaming services, or are you planning on using a different/your own solution? What resolution are you expecting to be broadcasting streams at? Is Moonbeam considering to have transcoding support, and if so will that only be available to partnered/moonbeam+ creators? I'm aware of the not insignificant cost associated with transcoding, but it is an accessibility feature for folks living in places with bad internet. Lastly, given that serving live video content can get expensive quick: Is there a plan in place to deal with potentially ballooning streaming costs?

Do you have any other social media than X and YouTube to help promote? I really think the live streams should have been recorded to push in those platforms too. Is there any other community interaction such as Discord than via BackerKit?

Hey! Noticed that Alchemy RPG was a launch partner with you guys, and I am a Founder and Kickstarter backer of their product. I had backed them at a high tier (Highest one on their Kickstarter, in fact) because I used their product beforehand, saw its potential, and saw the product was sustainable. However, while I initially have backed at the $500 tier on this product, I feel much more trepidatious doing so in this case - particularly, it seems like your income might be tight compared to what a service like streaming video may demand. That, coupled with no initial proof of concept makes it tough to decide whether I'd feel good about a higher tier. So my question is - is there plan for additional monetization beyond simply the moonstone tariff? (This is the only one I say on the story page). I dig what I read about the product, but this is something that caught my attention, especially with so many video livestreaming platforms having been shut down or having been repurposed to something different in the past, like Mixer of Caffeine. Thanks!