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what this paper is really about is allowing tokens to be more than just financial objects. Rather it is about allowing them to pick up ‘attestations’ that allow your account, or “soul”, to become a nuanced multi-faceted decentralised identity, opening up the wonders of decentralised sociality.

Layer on top of that the onboarding frictions for social money once you're in Discord, and you have the perfect recipe for good ol' country churn. Crypto communities have developed a real affinity for using tokens as access gates (i.e., the channels you can see are a function of how many tokens you hold). This approach presumes a high degree of aud... See more

Ultimately, being able to interact with NFTs beyond trading and ownership opens up new data relationships, new monetization opportunities, new communities to dive into, and new narratives to discover. This data, the relationships, and the people behind them should not stay stuck inside walled gardens.

There has been lots of talk about the current battle between “old” media platforms like The New York Times and upstart newsletters on Substack, and I believe tokenization could emerge as a key differentiator for forward-thinking media companies. Especially for new companies and products, allowing early subscribers to benefit from future upside can ... See more

As we move into this post-money crypto era, we’re going to start to pick up all the complexities of human sociality, and now more than ever, we need to adopt a critical stance to the directions we move in as a community.

This is a new design space for tokens: one that is more social-oriented and flexible. As the community grows and changes, the design for the token is able to change as well. This is similar to many early internet communities or fan pages. Once communities figure out which of these templates work best, more communities will shift towards the minimal... See more

so, what's the onchain equivalent to substack?

hypersub.

hypersub is the economic infrastructure for future communities, the financial rail that empowers creators to build their communities through media and channels that best align with any evolving brand.

like substack, it provides a direct creator-audience relationship that aligns incentives betwee... See more