Token-Curated Registries 1.0

If you’ve been following me and Messari for a while, you know I’m bullish on token-powered information curation. The v1 token-curated registry primitive had some flaws, but in general, curation markets could replace centralized, ad-driven algorithms, improve credentialing and social signaling, reduce low-value redundant work, and crowd-fund high-va... See more

Since 2018, I’ve been intrigued by the concepts of curation markets and token-curated registries as a digital replacement for credentials. NFTs may prove to be the missing building blocks that finally make them work because they 1) granularize achievements, 2) have technical specifications that will make them easy to integrate across a variety of p... See more