Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future #4: The Attention Economy with Ryan X Charles of Yours.org

Rhys Lindmark
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

Creating a Humanist Blockchain Future focuses on the intersection of:

In this podcast (Youtube, Soundcloud, iTunes), we dive into the Attention Economy with Ryan X Charles, the co-founder of Yours.org, a blockchain-based content platform that uses LiteCoin to implement “Medium with a Paywall”. Show notes below:

Yours.org

Why Are You Working On The Attention Economy?

  • Medium with a Paywall now possible previously non-existent microtransactions (4:00)
  • Analogies to Rodin.io, 21.co (5:30)

Yours in Alpha and Dogfooding

Who Are Your Early Adopters?

Why No Token?

  • crowdraising.co (17:00)

Business Model

Incentivizing non-Filter Bubbles

  • Ad-based incentives: ”Looking at the content is disconnected from the meaningfulness of the content.” (24:00)
  • Civil (27:00)

Disincentivizing Trolling


Thanks to Keith Klundt, John Desmond, Colin Wielga, Harry Lindmark, John Lindmark, Veronica Stamats, Jacob Zax, Katie Powell, Jonathan Isaac, Ryan X Charles, Chris Edmonds, Ramsay Devereux, Ned Mills, Kenji Williams, David Long, Scott Levi, Peter Rodgers, Kenzie Jacobs, Jon Frechin and Kash Dhanda for supporting me on Patreon!

About Me: My name is Rhys Lindmark and I’m a social entrepreneur. I’m creating a humanist blockchain future by writing, speaking, and advising at the intersection of Effective Altruism, UBI, the Attention Economy, and Blockchain. I lead the Colorado chapters of Effective Altruism and the Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition. I’m an alumnus of Techstars Boulder 2015. Please reach out if you’d like to connect or have feedback! I’m curious about what you’re working on. You can support me on Patreon, follow me on Twitter, or connect on LinkedIn.

Disclaimer: I own less than $100 of any given cryptocurrency, so my monetary incentive is not directly aligned with Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.

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