Here we go, I also launched my Writer Coin on Paragraph. I don't think coins are the answer to everything, and that's why I hesitated for quite some time. I still don't think coins will solve our problems, and will possibly add more problems, but it's hard to explore these topics standing outside. Hence this writer coin launch, and creator coin launch on Zora.

If I put my skepticism aside - you now have a simple onchain way to back my writing, thinking, education, and experiments around BuildBetter, and Web3Magic pod (which will soon become BuildBetter podcast to keep branding simple), and whatever will come.

I hope you will treat $BBDR as a long-term ticket to my work, not a short-term trade. You won't most likely gain anything by trading it except a good feeling. But who knows!

• If you find my writing, podcasts, and frameworks helpful. If they inspire or help you build better products and a as a proxy better life, this is the onchain way to back that work directly.

• I've been doing this for a while, and I plan to continue.

• Supporting my work shows your respect for it. Which is always nice - it's like receiving a pat at the back from a friend every now and then.
  

• Distribution options, go-to-market strategies, and partnerships for early-stage products/companies;

• Web3, DePIN, privacy, and the weird new rails we’re building for value and identity;

• Long-term life design, habits, and how to stay useful while having fun for decades;

• etc.

The coin is not tied to a single newsletter or a single season. It’s a claim on my ongoing body of work as a writer and operator on Paragraph. You’re not just “buying content.”

You’re saying:

“I want this person to keep going for the next 5–10 years, and I’m happy to have onchain proof that I was here early.”

If that’s what you want to say, I’m happy to have you, and I’m happy to work for you.

• This is not a guarantee of financial return.

• This is not a promise of token price targets, yield, or buybacks.

• This is an experiment in making the relationship between writer and reader more direct, transparent, and long-term.

• Honestly, I have a lot of conflicting feelings about writer & creator coins, but it was impossible to explore them from “outside”, without giving them a try. It truly amplifies all.

If you ever feel like you’re gambling instead of supporting my work that you find useful, you’re thinking about this wrong.

• You don’t need to understand every technical detail.

• You’re basically doing kind of a “coin-charged subscription”:

  • You support the work financially.

  • You might get access to experiments that regular readers don’t.

  • You can always choose to sell the coin later if you need to. It might be worth less or more; we will not know until that time comes.

Please, start small. I immensely appreciate everyone who's playing with me in this experiment, but please, please, only put in money you’re comfortable putting into an experiment that may not go up!

Also, if you came for the coin, you'd better stay for the ideas! 😉

“BuildBetter” is way too long as a ticker. I know that ticker and name don’t have to match 1:1, but I wanted the ticker to be somehow related to the name of the main publication the coin backs. (and yes, there's $bfg coin on Zora already, so that was not an option).

I went through several iterations, and it turned out that BBDR as a ticker was free - or at least wasn't well-known and visible anywhere.

At the end - Gemini, ChatGPT, and Grok, all recommended — $BBDR — as a good option.

Why BBDR works in my eyes:

• Directly tied to BuildBetter BuilD BetteR → BBDR. Once you see it, it sticks. I can still call the coin “BuildBetter Writer Coin” alongside the ticker BBDR.

• Short, clean, 4 letters that are easy to read in UIs, charts, and links. 3–4 characters is the sweet spot for human memory.

• Not obviously colliding with a big existing token BUILD is already taken by multiple projects and exchanges. BBLD / LABB / BBLT etc. all have live coins attached. BBDR doesn’t show up as a major live ticker – it appears mostly as an acronym in research papers, not as a crypto brand.

• Keeps some Brand flexibility as it works across different mediums. Visually pleasing in potential UI and graphics, in case I decide to put in graphics. Symmetric, all caps, easy to drop into banners, “BBDR holders only” copy, etc.

And that's how we got here:

• Name: BuildBetter Writer Coin

• Ticker: BBDR

BBDR (BuildBetter Writer Coin) is the onchain way to back my writing and thinking across BuildBetter, the BuildBetter Podcast, and possibly Lab2094 experiments.

It's intentionally not linked (onchain) to my BFG's Zora Creator Coin, because I consider both platforms being in full-experimental mode that will keep things changing. And it is unlikely that any of this will be the same in five years time (that's the time my share of $BBDR is vesting for). So I didn't want to complicated understanding of the coin for anyone new, nor I wanted it at risk from multiple side alignment.

And that's it - announcement done. Experiment started.

Before we all get rich together from experimenting, let's BUILD BETTER businesses! 😉

BFG

ICYMI: Newsletter with argument why your first non-technical hire should be a experienced Distribution Architect and not junior SDR ... read it here.

Connect with me:
- on Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/bfg
- on X: https://twitter.com/aka_BFG
- on TG: https://t.me/BrightFutureGuy 

I still have a LinkedIn in case you're that old.