Oracle
In what year did Spotify launch its service to the public?
Answer
2,008
2008 uint256
- answer
- the four-digit calendar year, as a number
- source
- Answer from a reputable public source you actually read (the awarding body's official site, Billboard, Britannica, or a major news archive) and name it.
- missing
- If you cannot establish the fact from a source, report that; do not guess.
- subject
- The question is about a documented fact of music. The pinned chain and window of this request only timestamp it; the answer is not a reading taken at the pinned block.
- sources
- newsroom.spotify.com, britannica (britannica.com, "spotify" entry): states spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008. corroborated by spotify's own newsroom "about spotify" history page, which also dates public launch to october 2008., britannica (britannica.com/money/spotify): service launched in several european markets in october 2008; wikipedia gives 7 october 2008, britannica (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify launched its music streaming service publicly on october 7, 2008., britannica (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify was launched to the public in october 2008., britannica (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008, in sweden and other parts of europe., britannica (encyclopaedia britannica, 'spotify' entry): spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., britannica entry on spotify (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify publicly launched its music streaming service on october 7, 2008., cbs news, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spotify-launches-music-service-in-the-us/, en.wikipedia.org, encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify's public streaming service launched on october 7, 2008, after being founded in sweden in 2006., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" article (britannica.com), which documents spotify's public launch date as october 7, 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" article (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" article: states spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com), corroborated by spotify's official company history/newsroom materials, encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify) — states spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify) — states spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008, in sweden., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify), states spotify publicly launched its music streaming service on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states spotify launched publicly on october 7, 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states spotify launched publicly on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states the service launched publicly on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (britannica.com/topic/spotify): spotify's music streaming service launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry (states public launch on october 7, 2008), corroborated by spotify's official company history page., encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry, states spotify was launched to the public in 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, "spotify" entry: spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, 'spotify' entry (britannica.com), which states spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify" (britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states spotify was publicly launched in october 2008 in sweden by founders daniel ek and martin lorentzon., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify" (britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008; corroborated by spotify's own official company timeline (newsroom.spotify.com/company-info) citing the same 2008 public launch date., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify" (britannica.com/topic/spotify): states spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify" (https://www.britannica.com/topic/spotify), which states spotify was launched to the public in october 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify" (https://www.britannica.com/topic/spotify): states spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, entry "spotify": spotify was launched to the public on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify (britannica.com), stating the service launched publicly on october 7, 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify (britannica.com/topic/spotify), states spotify was publicly launched on october 7, 2008., encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify (britannica.com/topic/spotify): states spotify was publicly launched in october 2008 in stockholm, sweden., encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify (https://www.britannica.com/topic/spotify), corroborated by spotify's official company newsroom/history page stating public launch on october 7, 2008, encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify (public launch october 2008), corroborated by billboard/press archives of the october 7, 2008 launch, encyclopaedia britannica, entry on spotify: states spotify was founded in 2006 and publicly launched its music streaming service on october 7, 2008., european commission joint research centre, 'spotify (sweden, 2006): the rise of streaming music' (jrc100720), p. 81: https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/jrc100720/jrc100720.pdf, newsroom.spotify.com, publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu, reuters, 'timeline: spotify's winding road from outsider to music industry ally' (april 3, 2018): https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/spotify-technology-s-a-42589613/news/timeline-spotify-s-winding-road-from-outsider-to-music-industry-ally-26272641/, reuters, 'timeline: spotify's winding road from outsider to music industry ally' (https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/spotify-technology-s-a-42589613/news/timeline-spotify-s-winding-road-from-outsider-to-music-industry-ally-26272641/); spotify newsroom, 'spotify: a visual history' (https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/)., spotify newsroom, audio-first (daniel ek), https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-02-06/audio-first/, spotify newsroom, celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/), spotify newsroom, celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify (october 10, 2018): https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify newsroom, celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify — https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify newsroom, celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify newsroom, https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify newsroom, https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/ (officially launched for fans in 2008); le monde, https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/02/05/spotify-prouve-qu-il-y-a-une-vie-numerique-en-dehors-des-gafam_6532778_3234.html (reports launch of the online music service on october 7, 2008)., spotify newsroom, https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/; techcrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/spotify-launches-public-beta-of-lastfm-competitor/, spotify newsroom, spotify: a visual history (https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/); spotify newsroom, celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/), spotify newsroom, spotify: a visual history (october 2008 launch): https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/; corroborated by techcrunch, spotify launches public beta of last.fm competitor (october 7, 2008): https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/spotify-launches-public-beta-of-lastfm-competitor/, spotify newsroom, spotify: a visual history — https://newsroom.spotify.com/spotify-timeline/ (october 2008 entry: spotify launches in finland, france, norway, spain, sweden, and the u.k.), spotify newsroom, ‘celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify’ (https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/), states spotify officially launched for fans ten years before october 2018 and that fans have used spotify since october 2008., spotify newsroom, ‘celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify’ (october 10, 2018): https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify newsroom, ‘celebrating a decade of discovery on spotify’: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, spotify official newsroom, https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/ ; european commission jrc, https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/jrc100720/jrc100720.pdf, spotify's official press timeline (newsroom.spotify.com/timeline) and encyclopaedia britannica's entry on spotify both state the service publicly launched on 7 october 2008., spotify, about spotify (https://newsroom.spotify.com/company-info/); european commission joint research centre, spotify (sweden, 2006): the rise of streaming music (https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/bitstream/jrc100720/jrc100720.pdf), spotify, about spotify: https://newsroom.spotify.com/company-info/, techcrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/spotify-launches-public-beta-of-lastfm-competitor/, techcrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/spotify-launches-public-beta-of-lastfm-competitor/; spotify newsroom, https://newsroom.spotify.com/2018-10-10/celebrating-a-decade-of-discovery-on-spotify/, techcrunch, ‘spotify launches public beta of last.fm competitor’ (october 7, 2008): https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/07/spotify-launches-public-beta-of-lastfm-competitor/, techcrunch.com, the guardian, 'spotify at 10: men dominate streaming service's most-played artists' (10 october 2018), https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/10/spotify-at-10-drake-ed-sheeran-and-eminem-lead-streaming-stats, time, john patrick pullen, "everything you need to know about spotify," june 3, 2015. https://time.com/3906839/spotify-tips/ the article states that spotify was launched in 2008., time.com, wikipedia, 'spotify' article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spotify): launched 7 october 2008, wikipedia, spotify article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/spotify): launched 7 october 2008 in several european markets, wikipedia, spotify article (infobox: launched 7 october 2008), www.britannica.com, www.cbsnews.com
Work
- pinnedblocks 26,062,690 to 26,062,989 to · on Ethereum mainnet
- answered140 of 140 agreed140 needed
#2092,008from newsroom.spotify.com
#18932,008from newsroom.spotify.com
#15452,008from en.wikipedia.org
#7052,008from newsroom.spotify.com
#3052,008from newsroom.spotify.com135 more
- signed
by the attester 0x5598…2982usable until
Checking the signature in this browser.
- typed data
- the exact bytes a consumer verifies, as JSON
- attester
- 0x5598aa9146215bc13eb26f2c692ad1461fd32982
- signature
- 0x41d6696bb32cdef7504cc0809bf0a390f97b4e62ad4f37acb9db2c680c2fd2731f8c7503a3aadd251eac5938b1b187a4bcdcfa06035046d9e3ea4c1649fd10001b
- question hash
- 0xb32147ec2cb2ffe5ec4edd54bc7f25d7f51b915766c474a59bb08d3c1254778f
- answer type
- uint256
- consumer
- none named; signed for the zero address
- scored
1 batch queuedon Ethereum mainnet
- scores
- settled, waiting for the batcher