Reid DeRamus

We shipped 3 updates to help readers discover great writing and writers reach more readers: 1) Search(!) 2) Revamped XMTP integration 3) New & improved home feed Check out the post for more details & let us know how we can improve discovery on Paragraph for you! https://paragraph.com/@blog/better-discovery

Great reflections on launching a writer coin and trying new ways to fund journalism & creative work 0x365C6BB4d3399D125a5495dE5Aa809f5356BC0e0

Love this post from @mazmhussain. And very much appreciate his ongoing openness to experimenting w/ new ways readers can support his work. If this post resonates with you, consider checking out $MAZ!

We just rolled out verified socials and a bunch of security fixes to make impersonation much harder on Paragraph. If you see anything we should tighten up or ideas to make things safer / more transparent, we’d love your feedback!

@fredwilson.eth has been writing on the internet for decades. AVC was was one of the first newsletters that wiggled into the things I opened every time it landed in my inbox. Beyond stoked to see Fred's writer coin live & love that he rewarded a bunch of folks that supported him in the past. Check to see if you got any rewards & buy some more below: https://avc.xyz/coin

"That’s the trap I worry many will fall into now, thinking the tool gives you an identity, when your identity is the only thing that gives the tool any power."

Awesome profile w/ @vysakh! https://paragraph.com/@designchannel/designer-of-the-week-vysakh-g-nair Love this take on design and how, when done well, it impacts our lives:

Day 5 of featured writer coin launches on Paragraph! Today’s feature: GIDORAH, an exploration into onchain sensemaking {crypto × culture}, written by @4484.eth (aka Rani Haddad). Rani blends research, storytelling, and investing insight to explore how crypto evolves from infrastructure to culture: from stablecoins to social networks, protocols to lore. Check out GIDORAH’s writer coin ($GIDORAH), see who’s already earned rewards, and find out if you have any to claim (or grab some extra): https://paragraph.com/@gidorah/coin

Day 4 of featured writer coin launches on Paragraph! Today’s feature: the one & only @debbie!! Writer / author, entrepreneur, @privy extraordinaire, and so much more. Debbie writes personal essays & musings to over 28,000 subscribers and has some of the most popular posts on Paragraph. She's also the author of Digital Mavericks, a book about how blockchain empowers creativity. And now she’s launched her writer coin: $DEBS Head to the link below to support Debbie & see if you have any rewards to claim: https://paragraph.com/@debbie/coin

Reading Abundance & they actually have a nice little section on the 30-year mortgage: The 30-year mortgage was possible only because the federal government guaranteed it. They claim that 30-year mortgage (which truly is kind of a crazy thing when you think about it) would never have stood up in a free market w/o gov't support. They also point to Japan (Tokyo in particular) trying 50 – 100 year mortgages to make housing more “affordable”, which led to a crazy spike in property values, then a big time collapse in values that haven't recovered three decades later. Agree w/ @brandondonnelly.eth that longer mortgages will likely lead to higher property values & more risk in the housing market. https://brandondonnelly.com/how-long-is-too-long-for-a-mortgage

Day 3 of featured writer coin launches on Paragraph! Today’s feature: @trpplffct — an onchain poetry magazine written by @arjantupan. trpplffct just published its 270th(!) edition and is read by over 1,000 subscribers. Check out trpplffct’s writer coin ($TRPLFFCT), see who’s already earned rewards, and find out if you have any to claim (or grab some extra): https://paragraph.com/@trpplffct/coin

We love seeing early supporters & readers of @eth_daily — s/o to @allenbarth, @junxiao, @jesse.base.eth, @epicdylan, @samuellhuber.eth & many more — getting rewarded for supporting great writing. If you're a subscriber or have supported ETH Daily in the past, check to see if you’ve got rewards waiting: ethdaily.io/coin

This is an excellent post on writing. I've been thinking about how my relationship to writing & reading has changed as we move deeper into an LLM world. One notion I'm gravitating toward: writing continues to be a valuable way to clarify your thoughts, opinions, desires, frustrations, etc. In that light, I think writing will continue to be a meaningful craft, albeit maybe one that's more selfishly important, maybe more inward vs. writing to be read by others. Anywho, check out @tombeck.eth's wonderful post below: https://paragraph.com/@driftless/the-daemon-in-the-machine

Day 2 of featured writer coin launches on Paragraph! Today’s feature: @ethdaily.eth — the go-to source for everything happening across Ethereum, DeFi, staking, and ZK. ETH Daily has published almost every day since June 2022 and is trusted by over 3,300 subscribers who want to stay ahead on all things Ethereum. Check out ETH Daily’s writer coin, see who’s already earned rewards, and find out if you have any to claim (or grab some extra): https://ethdaily.io/coin

We’re rolling out writer coins on Paragraph: a new way for readers to support their favorite writers and share in their growth. We'll be featuring some of the writers that launch a writer coin over the next few weeks. @brandondonnelly.eth is the first to launch a writer coin! Brandon writes a daily blog on city building & urban development. He's been writing for years & has grown to over 5,000+ subscribers. Check out Brandon's writer coin & see if you were one of the hundreds of early supporters that received rewards: https://brandondonnelly.com/coin

Lots of excellent nuggets in here... I really wonder how much of the experience economy (which I'm very bullish on) will happen online vs. IRL. 99% of it is I'm just getting old, but I find a lot of our hang out spaces online aren't as much fun, and I find myself looking for IRL experiences vs. better online alternatives. I love the idea of spontaneity, unpredictability, bringing folks together over shared interests. Would love to hear any examples of these types of experiences online!

Very cool & love seeing @brandondonnelly.eth launch a writer coin bc: 1) Brandon isn't a "crypto" writer (writes mostly ab very interesting real estate things!) 2) he's been writing FOREVER & has earned a large audience 3) he shared his writer coin w/ his subscribers & other early supporters Writer coins give Brandon a new, compelling way to interact w/ his readers. Excited to see where it goes! Check out & buy Brandon's coin here: https://brandondonnelly.com?modal=coin

we just launched the first writer coin for my blog! you can check it out by heading to link below & hitting any of the "Support" buttons: https://paragraph.com/@reidtandy huge shoutout to @0xluo.eth, @seeingblue, @boona, and many others for being early supporters. as a thank you, y’all should have received some of my writer coin! claim your rewards here: https://paragraph.com/claim i did this mostly so we could iron out bugs (of which there are still a few!), but hoping to have fun w/ $DEW & use it as motivation to write more!! ps - let us know of any bugs 🙏

Luckily, most people never experience their work being censored, throttled, hidden, or removed from the internet. But when it happens, obviously it really hurts.

A little glow up for @paragraph from @kualta.eth during his first week. Including some fun animations to bring things to life a bit.