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General
The original name of our project was 'projectMUSE', but after receiving a Cease and Desist Letter from the band, MUSE, (which we laugh about now) we went through a rebranding phase and settled on 'NEWM' for many reasons, including the following.
The Music Nerd Side
NEWM is derived from the word neume, pronounced /njuːm/, which is the basic element of Western and Eastern systems of musical notation.
The Branding Side
Since we are introducing a NEW Music industry model to the world, spelling 'NEWM' this way gives us endless possibilities for wordplay and makes our copywriting team very happy.
NEWM is building on the Cardano blockchain. Cardano offers an eco-friendly solution where tokens operate as native assets, providing higher security and smaller transaction fees.
$ƝEWM is a utility token.
Token Name: ƝEWM
Symbol: Ɲ
Total Supply: Ɲ 9,735,033,900 (+6 decimal places)
Blockchain: Cardano
PolicyID: 682fe60c9918842b3323c43b5144bc3d52a23bd2fb81345560d73f63
Stake Pool
A stake pool is a reliable server node that holds and maintains the combined stake of various stakeholders in a single entity. Stake pools use the Cardano node to validate how the pool interacts with the network and are responsible for transaction processing and block production.
source: docs.cardano.org/getting-started/operating-a-stake-pool/about-stake-pools
$ADA holders on the Cardano blockchain have a ‘stake’ in the network, meaning these users have a say in who should add the next block to the blockchain. If you are not or do not want to be a stakepool operator, staking with an existing stake pool allows you to ‘pool’ your resources (i.e., $ADA) together with others to receive rewards through the delegation process.
Staking your $ADA with NEWM stakepools is an easy way to get involved and support the continued development of our music project while earning some rewards and generating passive income in the process. We currently have three stakepools to choose from:
- Ticker: NEWM
Margin: 5%
Pool ID: 926b65d00c21aa1fb19e44faa2293e342578ed6a80aca4a551191a70
- Ticker: NEWMC
Margin: 99%
Pool ID: 9e5dbc61ade8b23176636e739fb056d30572c1669d2671f590b83afa
- Ticker: NEWMX
Margin: 5%
Pool ID: 40fd2f82c5b6eeee096d761c9d4c8352f3901467bd49a5658f30c6c2
For more information about each pool, or to start staking, heading to https://newm.io/stakepool/.
When you initially stake with either NEWM or NEWMX, after two epochs, you will be eligible for $ADA rewards.
$ADA rewards will be automatically updated in your wallet when your stake is eligible.
NEWM utilizes DripDropz for $NEWM Rewards’ distribution. As a core DripDropz Pool, NEWMC delegators have the option to receive $NEWM rewards instead of Ada in addition to other tokens offered on DripDropz. Learn more here.
Important: Delegators need to claim rewards every epoch (5 days) on DripDropz. For $NEWM however, your rewards stack up to 6 months.
- Active stake - When your stake becomes eligible for rewards.
- Delegator - The person who stakes $ADA in a stake pool.
- Rewards - Monetary benefits of staking for delegators.
- Epoch - How time is measured in the Cardano staking world - i.e., every 5 days.
- Saturation - A decentralization mechanism of staking shown in a percentage. Once pools receive 100% saturation, rewards are diminishing.
For Artists
NEWM will be a whole world of everything music! Everything artists, listeners, labels and collectors need, will be available in the NEWM Ecosystem. Uploading, minting, distributing, streaming, buying, selling, trading, tipping, ticket sales and marketplace – you name it, and we’ve got it covered.
The objective of NEWM is to be governed by musicians and fans for musicians and fans - i.e., the community. We want the artists and fans to own the platform; and that’s what the Cardano blockchain gives us the power to do.
We believe every participant in the music industry should get their fair share, regardless of whether they are a label, musician, songwriter or composer, listener or collector. The future of the music ecosystem will be in the hands of the community, we are removing all the gatekeepers and middlemen.