Grove partners with Coinbase Developer Platform to bring Apple Pay to Content Creator Earnings

Your browser doesn't support embedded video. Watch it on YouTube. Also on YouTube Shorts. What if you could get a creator you follow online to notice you? What if you engage with your fans and earn from them directly? What if all of this were powered by a simple, frictionless experience with low fees? We’ve been working closely with our partners at Coinbase Developer Platform to integrate Apple Pay directly into Grove. ...

April 15, 2026 · 3 min · 534 words

Why Grove Is the 10x Better Linktree

Your home mirrors you. You invite people over to share your space, your interests, your life. Your personal landing page should be no different. Linktree is like a parking lot. People come, only to leave as soon as they get what they need. Grove is your personal landing page. People come, they stay, they support you, and they come back when they want to reach you again. It should do more than just hold a list of links: ...

April 3, 2026 · 3 min · 617 words

Getting Paid For Your Attention Is All You Need

What if your attention had a price? Your inbox is full. Your DMs are overflowing. Agents are spamming your replies. Everyone wants a piece of your attention - and none of them are paying for it. The problem with open DMs If you’re a creator, influencer, or business owner, you’ve been here before: dozens of cold messages, spam, and “quick questions” that aren’t quick. Everyone wants a coffee chat. The signal gets buried under noise. ...

March 27, 2026 · 3 min · 526 words

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