The primary development of STPv2 is Tiers, which can be understood as the ability for creators to provide different offerings at different price-points.

For example, a subscriber to the $5 tier might only get access to Bob's newsletter, while a subscriber at the $10 tier gets access to Bob's newsletter and his private group chat. Creators can create... See more

Multi-tier contributions. With STPv2, funds can flow from any tier into a single Subscriber Rewards pool. You can then choose whether to share rewards with members of every tier or just the top tier of subscribers as a special perk.

Adjustable reward curves. Maybe you want day one subscribers to get 90% of the rewards. Maybe you want all of your... See more

Undateable Pricing. Pricing of a subscription contract can now be updated for any tier at any time.

Inactive Status. For supply-capped subscriptions, you can now mark particular subscribers “inactive.” This allows them to maintain possession of their token while opening up a spot for a new subscriber to join.

Subscription Duration. Creators can now... See more

Web3 is pushing from several angles to make creators less dependent on platforms, and expanding the way creators can generate upfront financing would be a key way to do that.

Bundling is one of the next big ideas for platforms like Substack and bundles can make very obvious economic sense. But today - they typically require you to bundle platform and payment. This crytpo-economic model of tokenized essays however allows for a radical new way of bundling. Creators can bundle not at the platform layer (i.e. publishing at... See more