Why Micro-Tipping Is the Fuel for Original Content on the Open Web

tl;dr Humans crave novelty. Agents crave data. Creators crave income. Stablecoins move value. Incentives create alignment. One of a16z’s recent posts, 8 big ideas for 2026, touched on a topic that stuck with me: the invisible tax on the open web. Table of Contents Table of Contents Two problems collide An old but new primitive Why would humans tip humans? Why would agents tip humans? This is not about paywalls Two problems collide The core idea is simple and uncomfortable. ...

January 4, 2026 · 5 min · 968 words

7 Pocket Network Analogies

tl;dr Explaining what Pocket Network is through a series of 7 internet networking analogies. Subscribe if you want to be notified of when…

October 22, 2024 · 8 min · 1647 words · Medium

Monetizing User Data on the Blockchain

Note: This is a repost of a blog published in early 2018.

July 20, 2018 · 6 min · 1247 words · Medium