VePress is powered by the VeChainThor blockchain and compatible with Sync and Comet. All you need to get started is one of connex compatible clients and VePress will recognize your VeChain address as your user account.
VePress will replace the backend servers and DB systems used by the old-fashioned CMS such as Drupal and Wordpress with blockhain and serverless technology. Node.js, React, Firebase (GCP) are what powers the non-blockchain part of VePress.
VePress integrates social tipping with the platform, so you can easily monetize your content in a new way. You write an articles and with a few clicks, others can directly tip you in the article using VET, VTHO and other VIP180 tokens.
VePress won't be just a single centralized node SNS platform. Shortly it will be fully open-sourced, thus anybody will be able to contribute and start their own node but still interconnected via VeChain blockchain. We will also provide a fully managed SaaS for non-techy users in the future.
In addition to creating and posting original contents on VePress, it will let you import your contents from other platforms such as Wordpress, Youtube, Twitter and other blockchain-based CMS/SNS like Steemit. You will be able to monetize all your contents regardless of where on the web they were originally uploaded.
VePress will be extensible with smart contracts and it will give developers unlimited ways to enhance VePress functionalities with trustless operations. "Campaign" is one such example, with which you can pool VET for the prize to win and the smart contract will automatically calculate entries and distributes the prizes according to your preferred settings.
The Campaign Contract can be used to run trustless contests or events where you want to pool VET to automatically distribute at the end of the campaign period.
The Ticket Contract can be used to buy and sell any forms of service on the platform. With this contract, you can have paid articles or subscripton srvices, e-commerce feature etc.
VePress will make it possible to plug arbitrary VeChainThor smart contracts into the platform so we can utilize unlimited extensibility of CMS. A smart contract marketplace is on the horizon!
You are right on it! VePress.org is the center of our VePress community! You can simply login and post articles using Sync or Comet on this site. It will be forever free for all members of VeFam.
So you want to run your own VePress just like VePress.org? We hear you! We are working hard to open source the entire project so anybody can run their own VePress node.
What if I can't do all the OSS setup myself? No worries! We plan to launch fully managed VePress as a service. It'll be a paid service, but you can have your own Vepress without any hassle.