Bitwords, A Crypto-Focused Ad Network For Crypto Publishers Launched

By Kapil Gauhar

Crypto news aggregator CryptoControl.io has launched a crypto-specific ad network called as Bitwords.io. Bitwords.io is a smart-contract based ad network that provides transparency by publicly showcasing how funds move in the network.

The problem with existing ad networks

The existing problem with ad networks is the lack of transparency with how money is moving. Ad networks don’t reveal how much cut they take from the money credited by advertisers and how much of it actually goes to publishers.

This means that advertisers who spend money don’t know how much of it actually going to drive clicks and impressions; and publishers always will have to trust on the ad network that they’re getting the revenues they deserve.

How Bitwords is using the Ethereum blockchain to provide transparency?

To solve this problem, the CryptoControl team decided to create an ad network, leveraging the publishers who were already a part of the platform which would use an Ethereum smart-contract to manage all the funds.

The smart contract would show how much Ether is there on the platform and how much of it is going to Bitwords and how much of it goes to the publishers.

Because the code for the smart-contract is publicly available and cannot be modified even by Bitwords themselves, everyone can see that Bitwords only takes a 10% cut from revenues.

Everyone can see who are the different advertisers on the network and how much of their ether is going towards publishers.

The Bitwords team is further working with matic.network, an Ethereum based sidechain (based on Plasma.io) to even show how many clicks/impressions have been served on the network.

High click-through-rates

As part of the initial beta launch, the Bitwords network launched with 5 different crypto publishers and saw click-through rates as high as 10%, averaging at 3-10%.

Steven Enamakel, founder of CryptoControl.io and Bitwords.io said in a statement that:

“The main reason we’re able to drive a ridiculously high CTR is because everything in our network is because everything is crypto-specific. The advertisers are crypto advertisers, the publishers are crypto-publishers and they’re both looking for a crypto-audience.”

Bitwords.io also recently allowed a feature to let publishers even share traffic by showcasing articles they’ve written as advertisements on other publishers. This allows publishers to share high-quality and relevant traffic amongst each other, driving even more higher CTRs.

Signup and learn more

To become a part of the Bitwords.io network, advertisers and publishers can visit their website for more information or reach out to the team directly via email.