Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet

Through token incentives and community ownership, we are able to unbundle the role of a publisher through a bottom-up set of contributors, players, and guilds which instead drive worldbuilding, product development, and governance.

"There are so many facets to what crypto can enable, including the creation of community-owned platforms. That's the biggest shift—it's tough (or near impossible) to build wealth without ownership, and artists have never had ownership of platforms. If you look at the market cap of Spotify, look at the value of Patreon, it's in the billions of dolla... See more

A community member drafts a brief for a short film or animated series. Token holders — community members who have obtained either NFTs or fungible “social tokens” that give multiple holders equal governing weight — could vote to approve the brief, and allocate an initial budget for it. Production companies could then respond to it, creating a trail... See more