Hey @Authority_Null, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts!
On/Offramping on LISAR is handled by Onramper.com (same infrastructure powering major platforms like Bitcoin.com, Bitget.com, Coinbase Wallet, Solflare.com, Gate.io among others)
Decision of where/to whom delegations are routed ultimately lies with the delegators, Lisar only lists all active orchestrators on livepeer with important metrics (such as fee cut, reward cut, reward call, performance etc.) to inform this decision.
LISAR will be a global service. Africa serves as our strategic proving ground for two key reasons:
- Our team already has deep operational experience here with on-ground networks, and
- These markets currently lead in crypto interest - Nigeria and several African markets (Ghana, Kenya, South Africa) all rank top for adoption despite low technical penetration.
For expansion, we’ll take our playbook from Africa and apply it to other markets with similar profiles - high yield interest but low technical adoption. Our next wave would likely target LATAM markets like Brazil and Mexico, followed by Southeast Asia including Philippines and Indonesia.
Each market gets full localization: native currency support, region-specific payment methods, local language interfaces, and partnerships with local communities and creators.
We absolutely understand GTM is key and are treating it as our highest priority.
We’ve already had success hosting delegator workshops with good turnout despite minimal marketing and little resource.
Our approach would be to scale this workshop effort, having one across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Each workshop seeds the region with initial users, followed by virtual sessions for broader reach. Participants learn about Livepeer’s value proposition and get onboarded as active delegators during the sessions.
Beyond workshops, delegators become growth drivers through referrals - they earn a portion of their referral’s APY (1-2%), so the bigger their referral circle, the more they earn. This creates viral word-of-mouth growth where every delegator brings in more delegators.
We would also leverage content to drive growth - platforms like earn boasts of 119k creators producing 100+ contents daily and has been used by projects like Jupiter, OKX, Solana, Solfare to drive growth. We have a collaboration with earn in view
Finally here are some of the creators we’re reaching out to from our network @euboid (32k audience), @StephanieInii (15k audience), @zayn4pf (15k audience), @defiprince_(24k audience)
Interest for crypto yield opportunities in Africa is real and proven by market activity. Several crypto yield services are already expanding into the continent, with Ugly.cash being the latest major entrant (see their announcement: https://x.com/stablecoinapp/status/1955308339107336462).
With LISAR we’re simply meeting existing interest in yield opportunities and channeling it to Livepeer delegation.