Frequently asked questions

Is this real money?

The platform is currently on Stacks testnet. STX earned on testnet has no fiat value — it's the equivalent of playing on a sandbox. Mainnet launch is on the roadmap once contracts are audited. Everything you learn now will work identically on mainnet.

Do I need Bitcoin to use MOZOflix?

No. You need a Stacks wallet, but rewards are denominated in STX, not BTC. Long term, we plan to support sBTC-denominated rewards so creators can pay in Bitcoin without leaving Stacks.

How much does a creator earn from ads?

Zero. There are no ads on MOZOflix. Creators fund a reward pool up front; viewers get paid out of it. The economic loop is: pay directly for verified attention, capture that attention as an audience and follow-on funding, not as ad spend.

How is a view verified?

The player counts real playback deltas — small timeupdate ticks that only fire during actual playback. Seeking or scrubbing produces large deltas that we ignore. The reward fires only when accumulated real watch time crosses the creator's completion threshold (default 70%). Full detail in How it works.

What if I watch and the pool is empty?

You still see the video — it plays exactly the same — but the reward call fails with “pool empty”. The pool balance is shown on the watch page so you can see before you commit the time.

Can I earn from the same video twice?

No. The Clarity contract records each viewer's claim per video. Rewatching is welcome — the reward just fires only the first time.

Do wallets work on mobile?

Yes, but not via a mobile browser's address bar — wallet extensions only work on desktop. On mobile, open MOZOflix inside the Xverse or Leather app's built-in browser. The Connect modal detects mobile and offers a one-tap “Open in Xverse” deep link.

Can I upload YouTube videos I don't own?

MOZOflix has no way to police copyright at upload time. If you post someone else's content and they report it, the video gets hidden and the pool can be slashed. Publishing content you don't own is a policy violation and puts your pool at risk.

What AI does MOZOflix use, and where?

We use Anthropic's Claude Haiku for two things: the Upload Assistant (generates title/description/tags from your filename) and the moderation classifier (rejects nudity, gore, violence, drugs, hate symbols at upload). Inference runs server-side; the video file itself is never sent to Anthropic — only extracted image frames.

Is the Reward Optimizer AI?

Not in the LLM sense. It's a heuristic that looks at the network-wide median reward-per-view, your chosen category, and current pool sizes, and suggests a rate. Every input is visible in the widget so you can override it.

When mainnet?

After a contract audit and a controlled beta of creator invites. We're actively pursuing an ecosystem grant that funds both.